Photography News issue 22

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Photography News Issue 22 absolutephoto.com

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Mystery solved

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Light fantastic From 18 July until 4 September, the National Media Museum in Bradford will host an Artist in Residence programme supported in part by Ilford Photo which will see artists partake in Double Exposure: A Tale of Two Planets in Darkness and Light. Visitors will be able to see the work as it is unfolding and even better, entrance is free. nationalmediamuseum.org.uk finalists. Showing at the Royal Geographic Society, it’s free to visit and runs from 24 July until 5 September. tpoty.com A long journey home The ever-popular Travel Photographer of the Year competition is bringing its exhibition back to London to celebrate this year’s Sell yourwares A new market developed especially for photographers has been opened by EyeEm. It enables its 13 million strong members to sell their photos to editors, advertisers and pretty much anyone looking for a particular sort of image. Photographers keep 50% of the profit and there is already a large database of 50 million images, with more added daily. eyeem.com ANest egg Providing full HD live video streaming, the new Nest Cam can be set up anywhere to give you peace of mind when you’re away. It’s magnetic and can be mounted to the wall or screwed to a tripod, it can also be mounted upside down for a better angle. Improved night vision is another new feature of the Nest Cam (£159). nest.com

Bleeding London Illustrating exhilarating diversity this exhibition brings a London A to Z to City Hall

Portrait of Christina , 1913, Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman, The Royal Photographic Society Collection.

On show at London’s City Hall are 1200 pictures from the massive Bleeding London project, the aim of which was to follow in the footsteps of Stuart London and record every entry in the London A to Z.

Over 600 photographers have uploaded more than 58,000 images, and 1200 of are show until 14 August. the last year,

The identity of a young woman in a 102-year old portrait has finally been discovered after the national media picked up on the mystery surrounding the RPS’s portrait Christina, taken in 1913 and shown recently at the National Media Museum. The woman is now known to have been Christina Elizabeth Frances Bevan, a relative of Mervyn O’Gorman who took the picture.

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Masters at work

Make your vote count in the Hasselblad Masters 2016 competition

Bailey’s Stardust David Bailey’s landmark exhibition makes its way to Edinburgh On show at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, is a major exhibition of the one of the world’s greatest photographers. David Bailey’s latest showfeaturesmore than 300pictures aswell asmaterial such as books and magazines from his personal archive. Theshowisonuntil18Octoberandadmissionis£11(£9concessions). We’ll be taking a more in-depth look at the exhibition in the next issue of Photography News .

The judges in the Hasselblad Masters 2016 competition have created a shortlist of finalists from more than 10,000 entries. Now it’s your turn to put on your judge’s robes. The competition is being turned over to the public to vote on the winning panel in each of the ten categories. To get voting, just register on the Hasselblad website. The winning photographers will each be asked to create a new theme-based panel of work using the latest Hasselblad equipment, the results of which will be printed in a commemorative book. Winners

will also get to keep a new high-end medium-format Hasselblad camera, so make sure your vote counts. If you want to get even more hands on, Hasselblad is hosting a free two-day ShootLDN event this autumn. International landscape photographer Charlie Waite will be speaking at the event along with architectural and commercial photographer Sean Conboy and wedding photographer David Stanbury, amongst others. Visit shoot-ldn.co.uk to register.

The extra touch The BenQ RP interactive series of flat panels (RP652, RP702 and RP790) let you project in 4K resolution and act as a touchscreen, giving you the opportunity to give interactive learning experiences. benq.co.uk

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