30 Oct

Postcards from Babylon

Christian de Sousa

"Postcards from Babylon" is a book of photography and writing about cities, subcultures and the state of the world. It is a portrait of the way we are living, and it is a journey in search of freedom, transformation and the remembrance of who we are.

Emerging from leftfield traditions of reportage photography and writing, it weaves together influences from film, graphic novels, poetry, meditation, electronic music and the dancefloor, to create an entirely new kind of photobook.

To officially launch the book, the gallery will be filled by a light installation inviting visitors to 'step inside the book'.

01 Nov - 01 Dec - Preview 1 November 6pm-9pm

Can Ts Pelle

C.A. Halpin

A journey celebrating the overlooked, the left behind and the lonely. Using a camera as a sketchbook the artist takes images of her surroundings, events and objects, made memorable by being noted and seen. It is the idea of drawing and the wry wit on the spur of the moment that is found in these images.

Artists Talk 15 Nov 6.30pm-7.30pm - Blink and You'll Miss it

09 Nov - Friday 9 November 7pm-10pm

Darkroom - talk and workshop

Holly Revell

‘DARKROOM’: artist’s talk followed by individual mini photo-shoots and social. Participants will learn about the artist’s unique style of photo booth and then create their own individual or group images in Holly’s ‘DARKROOM Picture Parlour’. The ticket price includes the talk, a mini photo-shoot, a small print and a digital file of the image(s) made. Guests are invited to pose as dressed up or undressed as they like, receiving the opportunity to become a classical nude or to create surreal tableaux for example. Props and inspiration provided or bring your own!
Cost - £12 per person (discounts for pairs/groups)

04 Oct - Awards Presentation and Party. See website for times and tickets

AOP Photographers Awards 2012

A celebration of exceptional work by the industry’s elite. This competition is only open to Full & Provisional Photographer Members of the AOP. It is regarded as THE awards competition for professional photographers and being selected for entry into the book and accompanying exhibition is considered one of the highest accolades available to photographers around the world.

13 Sep - 13 Jan

EVERYTHING WAS MOVING: Photography from the 60s and 70s

Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston, David Goldblatt, Graciela Ilturbide, Boris Mikhailov, Sigmar Polke, Malick Sidibe, Shomei Tomatsu, Li Zhensheng, Ernest Cole, Raghubir Singh, Larry Burrows.

A major exhibition exploring the changing world of the 60s and 70s through the lenses of 12 renowned international photographers. Each contributor has, in different ways, advanced the aesthetic language of photography, as well as engaging with the world they inhabit in a profound and powerful way. Over 350 works will be on view, many on show in the UK for the first time.
Tickets £10/£7 concs online, £12/£8 concs on door.
Booking: www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery 0845 120 7550.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

New Skies (for East London)

Paul Greenleaf

Creating moments of transitory fragile calm in otherwise busy incongruous environments, photographic prints of idyllic blue skies will be exhibited throughout october and november.

Displayed on police noticeboards across East London, Bethnal Green, Bow, Limehouse and Isle of Dogs, the prints are designed to gradually fade when subjected to sunlight and will slowly alter throughout the exhibition.

13 Oct - 11am - 1pm Walk

Rebels, Strikers and Anti-Fascists: the Radical East End - Photo Walk led by author David Rosenberg

In the struggle for better lives in the East End, sweatshop workers downed tools, bakers formed workers co-operatives, councillors went to prison, people built barricades to stop fascists and police were pelted with kitchen implements. Join this walk and discover who was agitating and rioting and refusing to accept injustice and inequality, where they protested and what they achieved.
David Rosenberg is the author of Battle for the East End: Jewish Responses to fascism in the 1930s published by Five Leaves Publications. A photographer will assist this walk. Tickets £6/£4 concs. Meet at Bishopsgate Institute.

06 Oct - 2.30pm Talk

Radical London in Focus - David Hoffman: Policing Protest

David Hoffman has specialised in social issues photography for more than 30 years. Resolutely independent, much of his work centres on the increasingly visible control the state exerts over our lives and choices. Racial and social conflict, policing, homelessness, drugs, poverty, social exclusion and environmental protection are documented, often through coverage of protest. A board member of the British Photographic Council, a founding member of Editorial Photographers UK, Photo-Forum London and the campaigning group ‘I’m A Photographer Not A Terrorist’ with a critical interest on issues around press freedom and policing as well as copyright and intellectual property.
www.hoffmanphotos.com Tickets £6/£4 concs
Booking www.bishopsgate.org 020 7329 9200 enquiries@bishopsgate.org.uk

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Radical London in Focus

David Hoffman, Ed Thompson, Jenny Matthews

London has a proud history of radicalism, of protesting against injustice, inequality and racism, of rising up in favour of a fairer society and seeking to improve the lives of ordinary people. The East End of London has also undergone radical changes within its landscape from the redevelopment following the Blitz of WW2 to the current regeneration created by the 2012 Olympics. Photographers David Hoffman, Ed Thompson and Jenny Matthews have documented different aspects of ‘Radical London’ from the Poll Tax riots, to ‘Reclaim the Night’ and the Occupy movement. They will give talks about their practice and show images of their work during October and November 2012 at the Bishopsgate Institute and author David Rosenberg will give a guided tour exploring the radical history of the streets of East London.

03 Nov - 2.30pm Talk

Radical London in Focus - Ed Thompson: Occupy London

On 15 October 2011 Ed Thompson went to photograph a group trying to occupy the London Stock Exchange in Central London. On that day something changed when the protestors were surrounded by the police in an attempt to contain them (kettling), they set up tents and built a city. Ed continued to photograph the Occupy London movement for another five months and created an independent self-published book containing photographs and essays from various occupiers to create an intimate and historic account of Occupy London from the inside.
www.edwardthompson.co.uk Tickets £6/£4 concs
Booking www.bishopsgate.org 020 7329 9200 enquiries@bishopsgate.org.uk

10 Nov - 2.30pm Talk

Radical London in Focus - Jenny Matthews: From 'Reclaim the Night' to 'Slutwalk' - 30 years of Feminist Activism in London

Jenny Matthews became a photographer in the early 80s seeing this as a means of being an activist, of documenting social issues and becoming part of campaigns to change society for the better. She was part of Camerawork, a photographic collective based in the East End of London, which promoted documentary photography. Her own practice was propelled by becoming part of a women’s photo agency Format. As feminists they felt it important to document women’s lives and their struggles. In recent years this has led Jenny to photograph the effects of war on women in other parts of the globe.
www.jennymphoto.com Tickets £6/£4 concs
Booking www.bishopsgate.org 020 7329 9200 enquiries@bishopsgate.org.uk

25 Oct - 30 Nov

East One

Deborah Aitken, Andrew Grainger, Abdul Hamid, Suleman Khan, Nigel Madhoo, Alison Philcock and Amiri Shongeeth.

‘East One’ explores the lives and environment of people living on the fringe of the City around Petticoat Lane and Spitalfields Market. Their images will be exhibited in the Bishopsgate library as well as online. A group exhibition curated by Phil Maxwell.

13 Oct - 18 Nov

LUCE - The Moonlight Paintings

Antonella Fabiani

LUCE is a series of 12 images created by harnessing the light of the moon and the lights of the city - creating an ethereal and unique glimpse of London at night.
Equipped with only a tripod and using a long exposure setting, the photographer framed the reflections of the moon and city through a tilted attic window in her North London studio. With a series of fluid movements, she captured this series of soft "light paintings" with the night sky serving as the perfect backdrop.
www.antonellafabiani.com

01 Nov - 04 Nov - Book signing 1 November 6pm-9pm

FITZROVIA NOIR Street Art - collaboration and documentation

Garry Hunter, Doralba Picerno, Jaime Rojo and others

A showcase of photography of street art in East London and worldwide with a rare chance to see on display a commissioned piece with Fitzrovia Noir photographer Garry Hunter working collaboratively with graphic designers and painters.

20 Sep - 11 Nov - Private View 20th September 2012 / 6pm

In absentia lucis - In Absence of Light

Paulina Otylie Surys

Sumptuous and often melancholic imagery, and a unique take on fashion photography has truly established Surys as one-to-watch. Artworks from her collection, plus brand new pieces will be on display at her first solo London show, 'In absentia lucis - in Absence of light'.

Sury approaches each shot as an auteur, using analogue camera equipment to capture the shots and then painstakingly developing the photographs before printing them and adding her own creative flair with paint, oil, gelatine and other materials. Her photographs are otherworldly, existing somewhere between fairy-tale and nightmare, referencing religious iconography and ritual.

09 Oct - 31 Oct

Chagossians

Phuc Quach

Chagossians is a portrait study of the Chagos Islanders and their Mauritian-born descendants.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, an entire population of 2,000 people were forcibly removed from Diego Garcia and the surrounding islands by the British government to make way for the US to build one of the largest and most secretive air and naval bases in the world.

The base, built on the island of Diego Garcia, was the launch pad for the B52s and Stealth bombers to attack Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.

20 Nov - 19 Dec - Preview: 20 November, 6 - 9pm

Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self

Clarisse d'Arcimoles

Exploring photography’s ability to trap and record time. By recreating Victorian photographs of anonymous sitters with herself as the subject, d’Arcimoles will use a variety of styles, characters and backdrops to encourage the viewer to follow the historical photographic journey of women and their victories of emancipation.

d'Arcimoles will reconstruct a local photographer’s studio in Britain a century ago, creating a space in the gallery for the viewer to be transported into a full experience of photography’s unique representation of particular past events.

24 Oct - 04 Nov - Preview 24 October, 6-8.30pm

Snapshots

Angelina Aleksandrovich, Anita Chandra, Mark Conlon, Michael Marten, Mike Curry, Marta Rovatti, Simon Head, Simon Urwin, Susan Kay

The Brick Lane Gallery - THE ANNEXE curates a group of local emerging photographers to celebrate East London's Photomonth. Artists working in all styles and subjects represent the diversity this medium can produce. Images of the Ugly and the Beautiful, the still and the loud, the abstract and real. All the photographers are London or UK based.

Brighton Photo Fringe online

Brighton Photo Fringe is one of the largest festivals of its kind in the UK. Open to all and with a strong character, attitude, playfulness and freedom, the festival enables Fringe exhibitors to take risks and self-curate a large number and wide variety of lens-based exhibitions throughout Brighton and the south coast.

Brighton Photo Fringe launches Saturday 6th October 2012 with exhibitions opening across the city during the course of the day.

Enjoy the Fringe. There is something for everybody and everyone is invited.

23 Oct - 18 Nov

Worlds

Michael Rodgers

Applying colour and drawing techniques to photographs of London street scenes, Worlds explores the imagination of the city and the relationship between the artist, the viewer, and the city’s inhabitants.

01 Aug - 31 Dec

Gardel

Craig Stevenson

The work on display at this award winning Latin American restaurant represents the debut solo exhibition for Scottish-born lawyer and photographer, Craig Stevenson.

'Gardel' is a series of images illustrating the influence that legendary tango singer Carlos Gardel has had and continues to have over the architecture and culture in Buenos Aires.

11 Oct - 04 Nov - Preview - 10 October, 6pm / Talk - 25th October, 7pm

The Fall

Melanie Stidolph

Solo show of photographs and projections by Melanie Stidolph, which extend her recent explorations using motion, light and sound detectors. Naturally occurring and constructed events replace the decisive role of the photographer in triggering images of subjects and objects in tension and suspension.

Stidolph's interest in the idea of 'The Fall' is located in popular photography and art works that engage with the moment before a destructive or fatalistic event, showing the subject on a trajectory that will lead to permanent change, the images are held in the mind's eye as a futile hope in contradiction to the resulting event.

30 Sep - 26 Oct

A Study in Still Life

Jojo Filer-Cooper

For her latest series of works, ‘A Study in Still Life’ Jojo has journeyed back through the ages seeking stylistic inspiration. Having long admired the perfection of the still life images produced by such ‘Old Masters’ as Willelm Kalf and Caravaggio, combined with the many incredible paintings displayed in the Uffizzi. Jojo has now produced four series of works, each with a different style reminiscent of genres from the 16th to the 21st century.

05 Oct - 14 Dec

Urban Notations [Barbican]

Ruth Hommelsheim

Urban Notations [Barbican], is part of a long-term research on urbanity. It presents an analysis of the city based on experience. The artist makes use of the situationist technique of roaming and immersing herself into the flows of the city and their photographic notation. Using the technique of superimposing, Hommelheim emphasizes the multiplicity of contemporary urbanity.
Urban Notations [Barbican] is a project about and exhibited within the Barbican Estate. The artist is wandering through this large scale estate - a city within the city - notating her impressions using the camera.

02 Oct - 04 Dec - 7.30PM

UCS First Tuesday Talks

Oct 2nd First Tuesday Talk - Ania Dubrowska. Nov 6th First Tuesday Talk - Prof. Del Loewethal – A Life in Pictures: Phototherapy and Post-Existentialism. Dec 4th First Tuesday -Mick Williamson - The Photo-Diaries of Mick Williamson.

Regular talks from the home of Contemporary UK Photography.

05 Nov - 03 Dec

'Dolled Up'

Jane Skinner

An exhibition of darkroom produced, hand tinted black and white photographs.

The photographer likes to use Sindy dolls and Action Men to recreate images of her personal Ikons and to comment on popular culture,fashion and film in an amusing and idiosyncratic way.

01 Oct - 04 Nov - Opening 4 Oct 5pm-8pm

London In Character

Jean-Francois Rodrigues

An exhibition in 2 parts. " Characters In Monochrome" and "Charlie". "Characters In Monochrome" is a collection of reportage imagery, which artistically documents the talents of numerous creative individuals
living in London, a fashion designer, a textile sculpture artist, an actor from Theatre Royal and a Mime artist.
"Charlie" is a collection of interesting and intriguing portraiture which gives an open an honest depiction of one of East London's last enduring and eccentric characters.

13 Nov - Tues 13th Nov 2012 - 6.45 - 9.00pm

Vintage car photography

David Southcott

David Southcott will present an evening of his great vintage car photography. David owns and photographs classic, vintage and veteran cars at events around the country.

Hear about the cars, and how he takes his pictures.

16 Oct - 6.45pm-9pm

City of London & Cripplegate Photographic Society - London from the Rooftops

James Burns

Pro photographer, James Burns, has built up a fantastic portfolio of stunning shots of London. James gets access to high vantage points in some of the most prestigous skyscrapers in the City.

He is coming to show us his stunning shots, give us the story on how he got access, and tell us how he made the shots.

This is your chance to see London as you've never seen it before!!! Not to be missed.

16 Oct - 12 Dec

Inspired

Alix Edwards

From blank pieces of paper to creative richness, this exhibition documents the journey of Art In The Community, a group set up to rekindle that creative spark that's there in all of us (but that can so easily get lost) - from inception to exhibition!
There will be a selection of individual artworks on display.
A donation will be made to hosts The Salvation Army for each artwork/photographic print sold to continue the project.

08 Oct - 14 Oct - Opening 9 October, 6-8pm

Truth & Art: 3 Artists, 3 Continents, 1 Truth

Sunara Begum

Truth & Art is a new exhibition exploring the relationship between three global artists/musicians and their work. Combining paint on 16mm film with archive images as well as 35mm photographs the images are evocative and timeless. The exhibition tells the story of the ancient and modern, illustrating its relevance and importance to our present.

Exclusive performance by South American group, the Diana Baroni Trio and Musicialist. 9 Oct 6-8pm

Hugo Elsewhere: The Jersey Studio and the photography of exile online

Victor Hugo and the Jersey Studio

Dr Jann Matlock, Senior Lecturer, UCL French and School of European Languages, Culture and Society

What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Channel Island of Jersey between 1852 and 1855. In these years, the Hugo group turned exile into a photographic project, and in doing so, they transformed the history of photography.

08 Nov - 11 Nov

Deja Vu

Mitch Karunaratne, Laurie Griffiths, Paul Walsh, Heather Shuker, Chloe Lelliot, Kerry Grainger, Kat Williams, David Sterry, Alina Linnas, Kristin Hoell , Vanessa Roy, Holly Oliver.

Déjà-vu

The photograph is an uncanny object, fascinating because of the way it doubles the world, stops time and folds one moment of history into another. In this sense it shares the structure of our experience of ‘déjà-vu’.

But it also promises the special quality of recognition and revelation that is associated with ‘déjà-vu’ – a feeling that, in the suspension of time, something that we desire might be revealed, something that links us to our origin in the world, something that we might recognize as being fundamentally true.
http://www.dejavu2012.co.uk/

12 Oct - 28 Oct

I Love Chatsworth Road

Jørn Tomter

Jørn Tomter is making an ongoing record of the people living in the Chatsworth Road area of Hackney. Stories are continuously published on to the dedicated website ilovechatsworthroad.com. Last year Tomter opened up his first pop-up studio on Chatsworth Road; offering people free portraits and prints to take home. More than 300 people were photographed during the week and a wide selection will be on show at The Dentist. The portraits show a natural wide mix of people and how proud residents are to live there. A joint show will be exhibited at Jims, 59 Chatsworth Road.

01 Sep - 05 Oct

Helsinki City Thoughts & Personal Works

Emiliano Verrocchio

"Helsinki City Thoughts"
a selection of photos taken when I was living in the Finnish capital. I caught so many interesting aspects of human life while I was living in one of the most beautiful, inspiring and cute cities of Europe.

"English Strip" is a collection of 11 images taken around England, since 2001.

Plus a personal selection of my favourite photos. Prints will be available for sale.

About me:
I am a freelance photographer, I started taking photos since I was 13 and I currently live and work in London.

08 Nov - 6.30pm-9.30pm

STEPHEN GILL Coexistence. Book Signing

Stephen Gill

6 different marbled covers available by Stephen Gill. 90 colour photographs. 215x280mm. 152 pages. Doubled gatefold. Hardback. Leather spine, quarter bound binding. Foil blocking on front spine. Painted speckles on book block. ISBN 978-2-919873-10-4. Edition of 1500 copies £30. Enquiries s@stephengill.co.uk www.nobodybooks.com.

17 Oct - 28 Oct

Art of Imperfection

Pascal Ancel Bartholdi, Ryuji Araki and Bernhard Deckert

This show includes three artists who each make use of this medium with a conscious disregard for flatness, reproducibility and static design entering the quantum realm by unifying the instant and the eternal the distant and the local. Photography moving with a body, transmuted into a personal understanding of the Mandala or fathomed as receptacle of visceral and psychic phenomena, with an accolade to the Dada artists, the anonymous visionaries of medieval times and the creative shamans who painted on rocks and bodies more than 15 thousand years ago.

14 Nov - 18 Nov

Forms

Elisa Noguera, Emma Jane Spain, Diane Bielik, Fanny Jannsen, Monica Takvam, Ella Bryant

Ribbon Machine is a collective of artists who predominantly work with the photograph. They share a common interest in experimenting with processes of making, each using their own methods to give physical form to emotions, perceptions and memories.

21 Nov - 25 Nov

Four Londoners

Barry Sutton, Clare Bowen, Jessica Davies, Sarah Groves.

From the constantly changing skies and skylines to the life that moves through its streets; from its buildings grand and shabby to the detritus that drifts and accumulates in its gutters London provides many opportunities for those with a searching eye to make images both arresting and unsettling. This is an exhibition of the work of four contemporary Londoners who use their cameras to take fresh and vibrant glimpses of the city in which they live, work, play: the city that they love.

03 Oct - 07 Oct

Mythed

Chloe Meunier and Carlos S Armendariz

The exhibition presents the work of two artists exploring the prominence of personal stories in the media. Photography and video are used to highlight moral lining of our society that is reaffirmed by this blind reading of life's surface, and all forms of imposed morality are encoded in the flux of static information advertised through a multitude of ideal imagery.

10 Oct - 14 Oct

Rotten

Mark Stringer

On 23rd June 1996 Mark Stringer was commissioned to cover the Filthy Lucre Tour on Johnny Rotten's home turf, the Sex Pistols had reformed. When the moment came the security let him into a pit full of an image hungry, gladiatorial, telephoto lens waving mob. With short fast optics and a vintage analogue style, Mark came away trembling with one great picture.

31 Oct - 04 Nov

Subtexts

Heloise Bergman, Coral Howard and Kate Kotcheff

This selection of three photographers presents a variety of approaches to subtext. Ranging in subject from behavioural patterns and conflict, ambiguity and idealization of the body, to imagined and constructed interiors spaces,

07 Nov - 11 Nov

Suburban Light

Penny Dampier, Sophie Barr ,Naa teki lebar, Talitha robert

This exhibition of new work by four London artists explores the contradictions of the suburban landscape: light and dark; interior and exterior. These images collectively evoke a yearning for a simpler past but they often hint at something darker. This is a child’s world seen through adult eyes. Works include both prints and projections innovatively installed

01 Oct - 01 Nov

Darkroom Magic

Guy Paterson, Sebastian Sussmann, Michael Grieve, Brad Feurholm, Constanza isaza martinez, Rachel Thompson, Miriam Nabarro and many more

Oct 6-7 --- Intro to darkroom weekend course. Oct 20-21 - Lith printing open workshop. We have a gallery space in the studio which is used by darkroom members and photographers to display work and work in progress during photomonth we will be displaying a collection of Silver gelatin and alternative process work submitted by darkroom members and studio users.

08 Dec - 08 Jan - PV and Wet plate Portraits by John and Katie Sat 8th Dec 10-4

Vanitas

John Brewer, Kate Horsley

Vanitas - An exhibition of unique photographic plates using the wet collodion process by John Brewer and Kate Horsley.

Launching the show with a special event. 8th December 10-4 John will be shooting wet plate portraits all day. Only £10 in aid of Core Arts

25 Oct - 28 Oct - Preview 25 Oct 6.30pm-9pm

AOP Open Awards 2012

The AOP Open is run by the Association of Photographers and is the only competition where professionals and amateurs compete on equal terms. There are no categories or themes in this competition so the choice of work submitted is entirely up to the photographer. The competition has been running for 12 years and each year it attracts approximately 1,500 entries from around the world, with a public vote that in 2011 attracted over 5000 voters. Talks & Demo's 26 Oct 10.30am-6pm. To reserve seats email exposure@aophoto.co.uk

03 Oct - 10 Oct - Preview Thursday 4 October 6.30-9pm.

Peaches & Cream II

Chloe Borkett, Jean-Luc Brouard, Justina Burnett, Dan Carroll, Chiara Ceolin, Eran Gilat, Daniel Grant, Seulki Ki, Andrew Kovalev, PutPut, Michael Schachtner,

The exhibition features shortlisted photographers from the second Peaches and Cream competition. To view the online gallery visit http://www.milim.com/news.php?id=187

The private view will culminate by awarding:
- First Prize of £500 and a 3 year contract with Millennium Images
- Special graduate prize of £100 and a contract with Millennium Images.

Millennium will also be launching Catalogue V featuring over 300 photographers on the night.

For more information visit www.milimgallery.com/peaches or contact Madeleine or Federica on kiri@milimgallery.com.

03 Oct - 10 Oct

Peaches and Cream

Millennium Images photography competition, in conjunction with Milim Gallery and Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery.

Five photographers' work will be selected to be exhibited at the Dreamspace gallery during Photomonth. The prize winners to be announced at the Preview.

03 Nov - 04 Nov - Preview 1 November 6pm-9pm

Trinity Buoy Wharf Photographic Competition RESURGENCE

Entrants are asked to produce images on the theme of the ‘Resurgence’ of life on the river in this part of East London, focusing on documenting the immediate area of the thriving and diverse community at Trinity Buoy Wharf in any of these categories :Portraiture, Abstract, Reportage, Landscape, Architecture.

Full details online at http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/photo

25 Oct - 30 Oct - Preview Thursday 25 Oct 6-9pm

Glimpse

Jenny Bush, Matt Taylor, Pawel Prus, John Maher, Michael J. Wills, Mariana Canet, Mark Adams, Clare Lewis, Pete Webster, Marina Lewis, Rachel I'Anson

Glimpse showcases the work of photographers working and living in London. The exhibition offers diverse approaches to photography and invites the viewer to question perceptions between fiction and reality.

01 Nov - 06 Nov

I'm A Real Doll

Jenny Bush

I was inspired by the use of dolls by artists such as Hans Bellmer, finding his photographs of dolls unsettling but also fascinating. These feelings were subsequently invoked by images of Real Dolls.
My 'Doll' series started as a venture into combing re-photographed appropriated film images of Real Dolls with text to create my own photographic artworks.

25 Oct - 29 Oct

Public/Private

Brigitte Boldy, Nick Braithwaite, Bunshri Chandaria, Anne Clements, Julie Derbyshire, Vikki Ellis, Chris Gravett, Lucia Hrda, Olga Suchanova

Public/Private. Public brings to mind notions of the open, outside and the urban (shared space and ideas, community etc.), while Private typically implies, perhaps, more notions linked to home, of the inside, the personal, the intimate, unshared or undisclosed, the solitary and the domestic. We have considered how the use of photography may help apprehend both the notions of public and private as separate entities as well as entities that only exist because of each other.

18 Oct - 23 Oct - Preview 18 Oct 6pm

Uncertain States 2012

Susan Andrews, Robin Grierson, Mick Williamson, David George, Laura Hynd, Ania Dubrowska, Del Loewethal, Fiona Yaron-Field, Aviv Yaron, Sophie Gerrard, Sukey Parnell, Hazel Pitt, Victoria Kovalenko, James Russell Cant, Julio Etchart, Franciso Gomez de Villaboa, Roy Mehta, Graham Asker and Spencer Rowell, Geoff Titley, Eti Wade, Julie Cockburn, Jane Garefield,

Selected works from the UCS collective, as they celebrate their 3rd year in print.

Artists Talk 23 October 6pm

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Sea-thoughts

Bob Dawson

On show are a selection of photographic and photomontage images and text inspired by, and giving reference to poems, myths and legends of the sea and ocean.

26 Oct - 24 Nov

BRUSH IT IN

Joshua Citarella, Fleur van Dodewaard, Christiane Feser, Darren Harvey-Regan, Antonio Marguet, Anne de Vries

‘Brush it in’ is an expression for a wide variety of alterations made to digital photographs after their creation. The transition from analogue to digital post-production yielded an incredible expansion of existing techniques. Adobe Photoshop was originally developed to emulate the physical
techniques of the darkroom. It quickly developed its own
specific vocabulary and it is precisely this language that
Brush it in engages with. Curated by Lorenzo Durantini

01 Nov - 01 Dec

Short stories

Stuart Weston, Oliver Prout, Paulina Otylie Surys, Majella, Paul De Luna

"Short stories" is a group photography exhibition, showcasing works from both established and upcoming artists.

Each photographer will exhibit a collection of prints (up to 6 per story) that form a narrative story. Taking the viewer on a visual journey. Aesthetically the exhibition offers photographers the opportunity to showcase, a range of work that often falls between the boundaries of fashion and art photography, challenging our perception of both.

Often sensual and always engaging

04 Oct - 12 Oct - Opening 4 October 6pm

Third Effect

Yanina Shevchenko, Nicholas Tse, Jelena Hadziosmanovic, Natxa Pomar, Claire Power, Yuri Matsuoka, Eva Sayannou, Orly Zailer, Kyler Zeleny, Parnian Ferdossi, Éanna de Fréine, Juan José Ortiz Arenas, Franklin Lopes, Ruiyan Huang, Roham Shiraz, Sam Bailey, Nelsi Manrique, Sara Faridamin.

f-twentytwo is a collective of 18 international photographic artists from more than ten countries including Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Japan, Russia, Singapore and the UK.

‘Third Effect’ will present the visual work of f-twentytwo, showcasing their theoretical and personal engagements with various aspects of the city in its everyday life, spaces, detours and encounters.

‘Third Effect’ aims to bring together multi-disciplinary perspectives in a visual portrayal of the urban, to generate thought-provoking insights and to interest the eye.

11 October 6.30pm - Artists Talk - URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY THAT SPEAKS? This talk will examine the way the medium can be used to investigate and communicate contemporary ideas and views around society today.

17 Oct - 27 Oct

London: a landscape in transition

MIKE SEABORNE

Recent work by Mike Seaborne concerned with the evolving urban landscape of London and the Thames Estuary. For over 30 years Mike was Curator of Photographs at the Museum of London and throughout that time contributed both to the ongoing photographic archive and to numerous exhibitions and publications.

Mike is perhaps best known for his work on London's high streets, housing estates and the changing riverscape. This exhibition will feature new work exploring the landscape of the estuary as it faces globalised development pressures such as a major new container terminal and an international airport hub.

Artist Talk: 24 October 6.30pm Free

17 Oct - 21 Oct

ACHTUNG?! - RESPECT, CONTROL, CHANGE

Each year FotoDoks invites photographers from a guest country. This year it is the UK and photomonth is linking with the festival. FotoDoks examines and challenges the current state of documentary photography. It is an exhibition, a gathering, a symposium, a discussion, a festival, giving both professional and keen amateurs the opportunity to discover new works and old masters and exchange ideas.
www.FotoDoks.de

16 Nov - 15 Dec

Lab Projects

David Birkin, Walter Hugo, Tess Hurrell

Four Corners presents three new works, commissioned through our latest production-led residency programme.
David Birkin's film and photographic work refers to subjectivity, visibility and constructed identity in the context of representations of war.
Walter Hugo produced a series of hand-tinted ferrotypes of ‘street kids’ and Tess Hurrell has created a moving image piece generated from still photographs of Hackney’s waterways.

04 Oct - Thursday 4 October 6.30pm

Artists in residence: Photoforum

David Birkin, Walter Hugo, Tess Hurrell

Photoforum is Four Corners arts forum, where selected artists
present and discuss their work in an informal environment.
Octobers event showcases Four Corners artists in residence:
David Birkin, Walter Hugo and Tess Hurrell, who explore their
approaches to their residency projects.

22 Oct - 03 Nov - Preview 23 October 6.30pm-9pm

Pulse of a Sequence

Victoria Kovalenko

Using repetition, Victoria creates a continuous fabric of unbroken reality.

Through sequences, the cold abstract is nurtured to a sun-kissed warmth. The surreal fluidity of the photographs further imprints the awareness of time and change on the viewer.

01 Nov - 31 Jan

Lea Valley: Fences | Neighbours

Jane Sarre

A selection from a series of documentary photographs charting change in the Lea Valley from 2008 to 2012. Captured on annual walks around the boundary of the Olympic site these images track the line of the blue fence as it demarcated and closed the site to local usage. Every inch of the boundary route was recorded to create a rich archive of detail.

Many have watched and recorded the building of the Olympic park. This collection looks outwards to the neighbours overlooking the site: it tells an ambivalent story of growth and decline, commerce and community.

04 Oct - 25 Nov

The Effranautica and other Urban Journeys

Max Reeves

A documentation of Lost London River Walks by The Wetherspoons Underground Sykogeosophy Club
WUSC are an anarchistic urban exploration group who have been wandering the overground traces of London's lost waterways. Following opaque trails producing research, documentation and shenanigans.
As we redefine the perimeters of our city the show will also include maps, treasure, documents and poetry.
Fierce Vegetation!

16 Oct - 30 Oct - Preview, 6-9pm 16 October 2012

London Wild

Anita Lawrence

A photographic study of the wildlife in North London. Including a wide variety of subjetcs from organic produce at Farmers Markets to seasonal anomalies such as bees & blossom in January.

26 Sep - 06 Oct

Collective View

Tom Leighton

Tom Leighton’s new works reveal the poetic beauty that can result from painstaking digital manipulation. Leighton has travelled through Europe, Asia and North America, building up an impressive body of photographic images that he then combines to make fantastical landscapes. The resulting works test our instincts. The exhibition title, Collective View hints at some of the many themes of Leighton’s work.

08 Oct - 03 Nov

Light Headed

Various

Light Headed is an open themed exhibition for photographers who responded to our call for entries at Gallery320. Here we present the selected photography forming a broad range of work,from landscapes to a recreation of the Last Supper.

12 Nov - 22 Dec

Bethnal Green - People and Places

Sean Pines

Sean opened his studio in Bethnal Green Road in 2003. Here he takes a look at look at the characters and architecture of Bethnal Green, providing us with his unique insight into his surroundings.

01 Oct - 31 Oct - Opening 5 Oct, 6-9 pm

Urban Collages

Catherine Ames

20 framed pieces of Catherine Ames's digital photography collage work

http://www.catherineames.com

08 Oct - 13 Oct - Preview 8 October 6-9pm

ADRIFT- The Unfamiliar Familiar in Modern Society

David Kendall, Gesche Würfel, Nora Alissa, Manuel Vazquez, Haraala Hamilton, Isidro Ramirez, Simon Rowe, Laura Braun, Paul Smith, Lene Hald

GASKET has assembled ten artists whose photography engages directly with the increasing tension that exists between the familiar and the unfamiliar. For some it is our environment that remains constant, forcing us to seek new forms of interaction in a rapidly evolving set of relationships. For others, it is the world itself that is shifting beneath us, and we seek solace in the familiarity of routine and tangible connections.
The exhibited artists come from diverse backgrounds and theoretical positions, but all share the common experience of being Goldsmiths College alumni who studied the Photography and Urban Cultures (PUC) course.

01 Oct - 31 Oct

Travellers Children

Colin O'Brien

I came across the travellers in 1987 whilst I was photographing a deserted warehouse near London Fields. They had parked their caravans, in and around, Martello Street near the railway arches by the station. The travellers were Irish, mostly families with three or four children.
I recorded many images over three weeks and got to know the travellers well. They took me into their confidence trusting me with their children. It was only when I started to print the photographs that I realised what an amazing set of pictures I had taken a quarter of a century ago.

25 Nov - 26 Nov - 25/11/2012 8pm-12am, 26/11/2012 4pm-10pm

Mirror / Art Event

Janina Fleckhaus, Bradley Barnes

Inspired by German romanticism the photographs are an instantaneous mirror of memory, they leave a motionless trace of what has been, a fixed imprint of something that is no longer what it was before, a silent simulacrum of people and places who have disappeared forever from our field of vision. Colours and figures blend together like washes of paint and after closer contemplation photography and painting becomes united.

Photography by
Janina Fleckhaus

Paintings by
Bradley Barnes

and

Live Band
Tula and the Blackgang

25/11/2012
8PM - 12AM

until the

26/11/2012
4PM - 10PM

Free Entry

22 Oct - 27 Oct

Metroland

Anaí Tirado Miranda, Karolina Maria Dudek, Nicholas Wiltshire, Sian Macfarlane, Nathalie Joffre, Ian Rudgewick-Brown, Michael Rodgers, Sonja Trabandt, Simone Padelli

A photographic exhibition of work from MA students at London College of Communication that will explore how it is to live and exist in the current space of London.

The exhibition will address people’s need for more comfort, space, connection with each other and better environmental conditions (or the perception of).

29 Nov - 16 Dec

[new] Futures:Understanding China Using Cropped and other 'Taken' Images

Chris Barrett

Introducing the iconic policy of birth planning, which is often referred to as the ‘one-child policy’ by the outside world. [new] Futures presents the formal imagery of the modern Chinese family coupled with ‘taken’ images, found from Weibo - the Chinese version of twitter. The exhibition touches upon an enduring exploration into the intended and unintended by-products and ramifications that the policy has been responsible for. In an ongoing dialogue between the photographer, Chinese nationals and the world-at-large, an interesting visual perspective emerges in regards to the People’s Republic of China, it’s populus and the people amongst the population.

13 Oct - 28 Oct - Preview 18 October

Halsnoy Tales

Brijesh Patel

Lost in the vast fjords of southern Norway, the tiny island of Halsnoy is crisscrossed by slim roads and dirt tracks. My mind was a mix of dream figures of the Norwegian folktales and of the recent images of the shooting tragedy that had taken place on the island of Utoeya .
All of this resonates in my 'Haslnoy Tales'.
Created in September 2011 during an artist residency on the island of Halsnoy, Norway.

01 Nov - 28 Nov - Opening Thurs 1 November 6.30pm

For Our Pleasure

Alex Grace, Daniel Kukla, Martin Usborne, Adrien Ehrhardt

A thought provoking group photography and installation experience examining human interaction with the environment and animals, and culminating in a panel discussion during which the audience can ask questions and partake in discourse regarding issues raised throughout the show.

Through the eyes of four very different Photographers, the exhibition looks at the way we, as humans, exploit and interact with animals in the created environment around us.

Exhibition curated by Alex Grace

http://for-our-pleasure.tumblr.com/

Panel Discussion/Screening: Sunday 18 Nov 2pm-4pm

07 Nov - Wednesday 7 November 2012, from 7pm

Charity Photo Auction for Positive East

Richard Gray, Debs Coady, Jess McDonald, Gary Minhine, Dre Johnson, Jennifer Thomas

This is a one off event in aid of Positive East, east London's HIV charity. Images reflect life, love and positivity in London. A selection of the images have been donated by mobile photographers following an online competition hosted by Instagramers London. Other images have been donated by Paralympians, Olympians and local photographers.

The event will take place at the Hoxton Apprentice, Hoxton Square and all images have been printed by local printers, Point 101.

17 Oct - 19 Oct - Preview 17 October 6.30-9pm.

AOP Assistant Awards 2012

The AOP Assistants Awards showcases the best images from the next generation of professional photographers. Winners from the AOP Assistants Awards regularly go on to win at the AOP Photographers Awards and success in the Assistants Awards often results in making the leap into professional photography.
Talks & Demos 18 Oct 10.30am-6pm. To reserve seats email exposure@aophoto.co.uk

19 Oct

'dead beautiful'

Annabel C-M

This pop-up exhibition is a collection of images that capture the beauty of life, death, decay, transformation, fragility and continuity. A study of diversity of form and colour in nature.

An up-close reminder of process.

21 Sep - 27 Sep

My Tiananmen.

Francis Li Chen.

A Polyphonic structured exhibition in three parts: a film program “Memories in Cross-generational Dialogue”, a video installation “My Tiananmen”, and a special screening event – “Unique and Like Yours”.
Tiananmen Square Massacre is an underlying theme of the exhibition. On June 4th, Hundreds of thousands of students and citizens on the square were brutally suppressed by military forces. After the bloodshed, those who survived either were arrested, fled overseas, or adapted to the aftermath of terror & silence. The exhibition is about the notion of history which is experienced by individuals and resides in people’s memories.

04 Oct - 28 Oct - Preview 4 October 2012

House of Kings

Carlos Gonzalez, Antonio Mena, Mark Stringer, Alice Myers

This new project by Haggerston photographers shows portraits, characters and scenarios from an imaginary Kingdom (Hackney) in transition back to the streets as giant billboard Kings.

03 Oct - 31 Oct - Opening: 3 October 6:30pm

Iconophilia

Francisco Gomez de Villaboa

In the series “Iconophilia” I explored the importance of lighting. Having been strongly influenced by Baroque and Renaissance style of the Spanish religious icons and paintings, in which black backgrounds enhanced high contrasts, the use of light and shadow play being the very characteristics of these works. As a result, I created modified iconic characters taken from the religion, history or legends.

02 Nov - 02 Dec

30 Minutes of Listening

Mark Peter Wright

Mark Peter Wright’s first solo exhibition at IMT Gallery is a multimedia installation exploring sensorial experience, history and discourse with reference to a unique site of the reclaimed land of South Gare. As a source of dialogue between the landscape and its occupation, between the urban and the rural, and between its 19th Century manmade origins and the gradual influx of nature, South Gare is home to some major social, commercial and ecological frictions. The exhibition combines photography, film, text and objects to connect the dots between past, present and future conditions of the site and its relationship to change.

19 Oct - 6-8pm

TOM HUNTER: The Way Home. Book Signing at J. Glinert

Tom Hunter

J. Glinert is proud to be hosting a book signing from Hackney based photographer Tom Hunter.
The artist will be presenting his first extensive monograph published by Hatje Cantz.

Tom Hunter has been using photography to re-imagine the London borough of Hackney, where he lives, since the late 1980s. With his eye for the unusual and exotic details of everyday life, Hunter creates striking scenes that, taken together, make a compelling portrait of this culturally rich neighbourhood. This is the first extensive monograph on Hunter's photography.

https://www.facebook.com/events/502205719789473/

01 Oct - 01 Dec

African Skies

Gwen Campbell

Gwen Campbell's Photographs show Sudan and Egypt. These images record the way of life in Africa. From Egyptian farmers
protecting their land to tribal dances in the bush, traditional religion and relaxing under the mangrove tree. A way of life in transition

12 Oct - 04 Nov

Jim's neighbours

Jørn Tomter

Jørn Tomter is currently creating an archive of his neigbhourhood around Chatsworth Road in Hackney, east London. The ongoing project started in 2007 and Tomter will keep on photographing its people and spaces for many more years. He is convinced that this will be a valuable document to look back on in the future of an area in changes. Every month new stories are published on ilovechatsworthroad.com. Jørn will show a carefully selected series portraits of local residents and landscapes at Jim's Cafe. The exhibition is connected to an exhibition at 33 Chatsworth Road which is showing simultaneously.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

E Hagaki

James Russell Cant

'E Hagaki' is Japanese for picture postcard and the images shown in this exhibition form part of a series of large scale Hiroshima and Nagasaki cityscapes. By using long exposures to empty the streets of people James Russell Cant attempts to reflect the high-altitude and geographically and temporally distancing gaze so often directed at these 2 cities.

04 Oct - 31 Oct - Opening 4 October 2012 6pm-9pm

If On A Winter's Night A Traveller...

Jo Phipps

An image of literate interiority can function as the very sign of the human in an age of capitalist distraction. Drawing on art history and literature Jo Phipps’s work explores issues of beholding and absorption within the space and look of reading.

04 Oct - 31 Oct - Opening 4 October, 6pm-9pm

Other Rooms

Rhona Eve Clews

“…the nature of my sculpture is not fixed and finished. Processes continue in most of them. Chemical reactions, fermentations, colour changes, decay, drying up. Everything is in a state of change” (Joseph Beuys, 1979).

Rhona's work examines photography's attempts to freeze, capture and retain that which is in a state of transformation.

Exploring forgotten corners and spaces, where dust settles and materials disintegrate, light, weather and time become sculptors: edges dissolve, identity’s blur, new forms emerge.

Through the act of photographing the quotidian is elevated above the everyday, and the audience is invited to intimately gaze at an otherwise unobserved event.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Fraction of the second: Private, Incisive and Explosive

Smita Malde, Falk-Hagen Bernshausen, Elisabeth Blanchet

Capturing a moment in a picture is one of the key elements in photography. Defined by Henri Cartier-Bresson, it is all happening in that fraction of the second – creativity, urge and emotion of capturing that particular moment. “Once you miss it, it’s gone forever.”

Three photographers define ‘this moment’ with their own interpretations. Smita Malde peeps into somebody else’s moment as they are being photographed; Elisabeth Blanchet explores the subject’s changing behaviour seconds in front of the camera; Falk-Hagen Bernshausen manages to ‘freeze’ that decisive second in the fast paced rhythm of Muay Thai boxing inside ‘Team Red Dragons’.

05 Nov - 7pm

PhotoVoice Lecture Series

Tim Flach, Lewis Blackwell

An exclusive PhotoVoice evening - your chance to meet and discover the methodologies of Tim Flach, one of the foremost conceptual fine art photographers of our time. Tim is an international award winning photographer highly regarded for his stylized portraits of animals.
Arguably his most famous work comes from his projects Dogs Gods and Equus, and his work made up an exceptional 14-page feature in the May 2012 issue of Intelligent Life magazine.
Lewis Blackwell, the acclaimed author, publisher and photography expert, will be your guide for the evening as we take a peek into the creative perspectives behind Tim’s images that questions our relationship to animals and nature.

24 Nov

Impossible Film Introduction and Manipulation Workshop

A hands-on 2-hour workshop is designed to show you how to get the best out of your original Polaroid camera and to start taking great artistic shots using Impossible film.
In this exciting Manipulation Workshop with Andrew Millar you will learn the basic film handling techniques and advice on using the different Impossible film types to ensure great results! Explore some of the many manipulation techniques from emulsion transfers to multilayer transparencies. You do not need to bring a Polaroid camera as one will be provided for you on the day at no extra cost. The price also includes Film.

25 Nov

Street Portraiture Photography Workshop

Eddie Otchere

For this workshop you will need to bring your own SLR 35mm camera and a spare roll of film (the first roll of black and white film will be provided for you, so make sure you haven’t loaded a roll in your camera!)
In this street portraiture workshop participants of any level will learn to employ street locations as the basis of creating dynamic and exciting.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

The Stare Show

Tim Bowditch Clare Hewitt

The Stare Show is an exhibition conceived and hand printed by Labyrinth Photographic, highlighting the work of 12 upcoming photographers shooting on film. It will provide the artists with a wall space for a month each, on which to exhibit a preview of their current projects.

The individual shows will run each month for a year from August 2012, and will culminate in a group exhibition at Four Corners Gallery in Autumn 2013.

During Photomonth The Stare Show will be dedicated to two young London based photographers, Tim Bowditch in October and Clare Hewitt in November.

01 Nov - 20 Nov - Tuesday November 20 6:30pm Preview of prints from November 1

PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2012

Simon Roberts, Marcus Lyon, Dorothy Bohm, Vernoica Bailey, Steve Bloom, Tim Flach, Jane Bown, Herb Ritts, Jillian Edelstein, Tony McGee, Carinthia West, Lesley Aggar, Henrik Knudsen, Peter Kennard, Marc Schlossman, Elaine Duignenan, Nick Danziger, Jill Cole, I an Berry, Tim Ashley

The Auction of Exceptional Photographs is the PhotoVoice flagship fundraising event and this year we will be holding our 10th annual auction. Each year we invite established photographers and artists, emerging new talent, galleries and collectors to donate prints to the Auction - resulting in a unique collection of world class photography. The proceeds raised are the life blood of PhotoVoice, and help to support the running of projects and the organisation. We are extremely grateful for the high level of support we receive each year from the international photographic community, which to date has helped us to raise over £650,000.

15 Dec - 13 Jan - Private View Friday 14th Dec 7-9pm

Rosie Mayell | New Photographs - Pop up Exhibition of recent work

Rosie Mayell

Images from Asia and Europe taken in the past 18 months.
Curious about people and the quirks of everyday life. Rosie studied Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art. Her photographs are often voyeuristic in nature with a strong reference to painting and a nod to Martin Parr, Sophie Calle and Henri Cartier - Bresson. "I am interested in recording the beauty of the banal and the everyday... the exotic and the unknown... ultimately things that amuse or touch me (interactions, details, light, walks, gestures, shadows, signs, windows, grafitti, the sea) ...whether they are at home or abroad, familiar or not".

05 Oct - 15 Nov - Preview 4 October 6pm

Deadbeat Summer

Gemma White, Malarky

Deadbeat Summer documents the work of renowned street artist Malarky over the summer months of 2012. Following his exploits around London, we shoot Malarky creating his vibrant characters from concept to finished piece. Shot entirely on analogue film, the exhibition evokes the nostalgia of hazy and fun filled summers.

Photography Walk: Sat Oct 20 & Nov 24 1pm: Join Lomography Gallery Store East London for a photography walk exploring East End Street Art in collaboration with HookedBlog! Tickets are £15 and include a loaner camera & film.

01 Oct - 15 Dec

Photographic Evening Courses

Large Format Photography- 4 weeks,
Studio lighting- 4 weeks,
Basic B/W Process and printing- 6 weeks,
The Self Portrait-4 weeks
Contact: spencer@uncertainstates.com

Beginners colour darkroom- 4 weeks,
Colour portraiture and printing-4 weeks
Contact: Fiona@fionayaronfield.co.uk

Digital to Analogue. Alternative Print Process- 6 weeks,
Intermediate B&W printing - 4 weeks,
Night photography -4weeks
Contact: david@uncertainstates.com

01 Nov - 29 Nov - Preview 1 November 6pm

Steven Berkoff’s East End Photographs

The London Metropolitan University are pleased to be exhibiting Steven Berkoff's East End Photographs, in conjunction with the launch of the London Metropolitan University East End Archive. Steven Berkoff’s East End Photographs is published by Dewi Lewis in association with London Metropolitan East End Archive on 1 November 2012 at 6pm.

12 Nov - 10am-6pm

EAST END ARCHIVE SYMPOSIUM

Discussion on the creation of the On-line digital archive of the East End. Speakers include Susan Andrews, David Howells, Mike Seaborne and Graham Diprose, Stefan Dickers, Zelda Cheatle, Nick Haeffner, Tom Hunter, Steven Berkoff. Coffee, Light Lunch and Afternoon Tea will be served. From 6pm to 8pm there will be book signing by Steven Berkoff and Tom Hunter. Fee £40, £20 concessions. Book online via www.thecass.com

15 Nov - 05 Dec

Step Into My Office

Ben Hughes

11 years riding London's streets for a living. Nine hours a day, five days a week.
It gives you a real insight and feel to a city and its population.
You see in a day, what most see in a month.
Add to the mix, the day to day life style of a cycle courier with no work benefits or insurance and the family bond that it creates between the riders and you get this.
The show has a documentary feel to it as you journey into a city and sub culture as they breath and grow together.

18 Oct - 15 Nov - Preview 18 Oct 6-8pm

2 by 2

Alan & Gretchen

Presenting a romantic view of Antipodeans’ urban and rural landscape. The fragility of nature, veneering
meticulously lit textures and precarious found objects, landscapes resting in twilight to uncover a dark and
mysterious world, where the viewer is invited to contemplate in a somewhat unsteady manner.

03 Oct - 29 Oct - Preview 4 October 6pm.

And God created Woman?

Alicia Clarke

The exhibition features previously unseen work from photographer Alicia Clarke, including a new series that uses female bodybuilders to continue her exploration of gender identity and the construction of the notion of 'woman'.

01 Nov - 14 Nov - Preview 1 Nov 6pm

A Chain of Wooded Mountains

KEEM is a collaboration between artists Kate Elliott and Emma McGarry. It was established as an exploration into the nature of collaboration. Through methodology, ongoing discussion and debate, KEEM produces work which continuously questions subjectivity, materiality and identity.

Last October KEEM travelled to the Balkans, taking 3 cameras and shooting 1237 photographs in 10 days. What happens when two people take the same trip, hold the same cameras, and then reflect separately but side by side?

Both members of KEEM have made a personal edit of 80 images from the original 1237 photographs. For this exhibition, they will both select and display a series of diptychs previously undisclosed to each other - opening up the first chance for conversation, comparison and influence.

For more information please visit http://ke--em.blogspot.co.uk/

12 Nov - 25 Nov

Camarades de velo

Ian Atkinson

Award winning photographer Ian Atkinson presents a series of portraits which look at the fashion and style of a group of cycling enthusiasts from Leigh on Sea, Essex. The images are presented in triptychs and each is set against the backdrop of the South East Essex countryside. Each triptych is interconnected by a continuous horizon that represents a link between man, machine and road. The images also reference the high levels of individual fashion styling that are associated with the sport and its followers.

29 Oct - 11 Nov

Step Into My Office

Ben Hughes

11 years riding London's streets for a living. Nine hours a day, five days a week.
It gives you a real insight and feel to a city and its population.
You see in a day, what most see in a month.
Add to the mix, the day to day life style of a cycle courier with no work benefits or insurance and the family bond that it creates between the riders and you get this.
The show has a documentary feel to it as you journey into a city and sub culture as they breath and grow together.

30 Jul - 29 Sep

Seeing and Feeling

Dorothy Bohm

Margaret Street Gallery’s 'Seeing and Feeling' exhibition features Dorothy’s early b/w photographs, her later colour prints, and a substantial number of her jewel-like polaroids from the early 80s. With over 50 prints, the show draws work from A World Observed, the first comprehensive retrospective of Dorothy Bohm’s work, which was a major hit at Manchester Art Gallery in 2010. Recognising Dorothy as a prominent figure in photography, the Museum of London will also be running a solo show of her work, “Women in Focus”, which opens opens in November 2012.

01 Oct - 01 Nov

The Dead Historians Society

Sanna Charles

This project is about the members of The Dead Historians Society; a non-curricular after school society put together by a group of 16 to 19 year old students at Bsix, a state run Sixth Form College in East London. Members of the Society share an understanding of the power and importance of learning beyond that of grades, they have also each found themselves here in England because of conflicts in their own countries. My role as a photographer has been to give the society a voice to explore their own place in modern History in the UK and the World.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Starting a puzzle: Personal projects

Smita Malde, Elisabeth Blanchet, Falk-Hagen Bernshausen

A personal project is like a puzzle, by joining more and more pieces together, you start revealing the bigger picture, a pattern starts to emerge, a projects begins and a story starts to take shape.

Three London based photographers are exhibiting pieces of their own personal ‘photographic jig-saw’. This eight-week show will show two sets of on-going projects per photographer – each running for four weeks.

12 Nov - 18 Nov

Chance Would be a Fine Thing

Brendan Delaney, Teresa Levitt, Hugh Look, Peter Luck, Heather Martin, Ingrid Newton, Katrin Nodop, Stefanie Reichelt, Krystina Stimakovits, Edith Templeton, Chris Tribble, Ariadne Van de Ven

12 photographers from the Central Group of London Independent Photography respond to the theme of chance.

As photographers, we like to give the impression that we are totally in control but, despite the current trend for staged or constructed imagery, one of photography's defining characteristics is its susceptibility to chance. The photographer chooses the subject, selects the aperture and shutter speed, frames the composition, but the moment the shutter is released, chance plays a part. An expression or gesture changes, light imperceptibly shifts, a figure crosses our field of vision. The serendipitous moment then becomes ‘a fine thing' indeed.

31 Oct - 20 Jan

Seduced By Art: Photography Past and Present

In association with the Wilson Centre for Photography.
View Old Master painting through a new lens with the National Gallery’s first major exhibition of photography. This show explores the relationships between early photography from the mid – 19th century, contemporary photography and historical painting. It takes a provocative look at how photographers use fine art traditions to explore and justify the possibilities of their art. Work by leading early and contemporary photographers including Martin Parr, Craigie Horsfield, Sam Taylor-Wood, Tom Hunter, Julia Margaret Cameron and Gustav Le Gray are displayed beside key paintings from the National Gallery collection.
Bookings: www.nationalgallery.org.uk 0844 248 5097

09 Nov - 28 Apr

Ansel Adams: Photography from Mountains to the Sea

Ansel Adams

A rare opportunity to see work of one of America's most iconic photographers on display in London. See breath-taking photographs of crashing waterfalls, dramatic rapids and geysers, placid ponds, raging rivers, and beautiful icescapes. From the extraordinary detail of his tiniest prints to some of his largest known works, this major new exhibition highlights Adam's enduring fascination with water. Don't miss your chance to see original works by this legendary photographer up-close. RMG members go free - www.rmg.co.uk/membership
“Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California, c.1940-42. Photograph by Ansel Adams © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. Image Courtesy of David H. Arrington.”

14 Sep - 22 Sep - PREVIEW 14 September 6.30pm - 9.30pm

Mindfulness

Nicolas Laborie

MINDFULNESS by photographer Nicolas Laborie is a portrait project highlighting the benefits of meditation based on the teachings of mindfulness. The practice inherited from the Buddhist tradition.

As a practiced Buddhist and mediator himself, Nicolas sets out to capture that most intimate moment when the sitter slips into the quiet peace of meditation and connects with their own consciousness.

The result is a series of simple, honest and strangely commanding images that are inviting the viewer in to join them in the moment.

The project is in association with MIND, Corby.

02 Oct - 14 Oct

Jump4London: World's Longest composite photo

CL Newton

ITS OFFICIAL !

We made it, a BRAND NEW Guinness World Records title
'Largest composite photograph exhibition', awarded the Guinness World Record Title 27 June 2012.

Hackney artist Clare Newton created this project.

The largest composite photograph exhibition consists of 81,663 photographs and was achieved with1200 Children and Adults across London.

Riverbed Stories online

Mandy Williams

The work I am showing is from Riverbed Stories (2012), a series of photographs that document the riverbeds beside the industrial area of Erith, South London. In the past year the river has become increasingly polluted and choked with debris. Mattresses, chairs, televisions, and car tyres litter the beds, along with handless gloves, floating shoes and discarded baby carriages.
In an area of natural beauty, these riverbeds tell a story about the profit and greed of the waste disposal companies and the local council’s difficulty in protecting the environment.

Urbanality online

Graham Barker

‘Urbanality’ is a visual exploration of the ordinary and the mundane, presenting a series of analogue, double-exposures of buildings – either decadent or brutally bland. These ‘chance’ images provide an alternative way of seeing the all too familiar architecture in our towns and cities, recreating them as ‘castles in the sky’.

GLASGOW and EDINBURGH - Built Environment from Gulf War to Harry Potter, 2003-2007 online

Constantine Gras

A gritty black and white study of how Scotland builds its great cities. 
It reveals how the shaping of urban space in Glasgow and Edinburgh relates to human needs: home ownership, health, security and identity. 
The period covered is from the outbreak of the Gulf War to the publication of the last Harry Potter book, 2003 - 2007. 

01 Oct - 30 Nov

5 Curators, 5 Houses, 5 Days

Five Hackney-based curators Sheyi Bankale, Tim Clark, Leonie Hampton, Rebecca McClelland and Yasmin Reggad will be exhibiting photography in their homes. Open House Curate is a new platform that follows the principles of an open house, or salon, informally exhibiting art within the domestic space. Each of the five curators will exhibit for five days on five consecutive weeks during photomonth. www.openhousecurate.org

01 Oct - 30 Nov - Opening 9 October 6pm-9pm

1Day6Cities

Daniel Alexander, Patrick Dalton and international contributors

1DAY6CITIES is a global photography project that took place on the 11th November 2011, 11.11.11, in London, Dubai, Shanghai, Auckland, San Francisco and São Paulo. Using word of mouth, email and social networks we put together an international team of photographers to create a unique twenty-four hour snapshot of this day across six very different cities around the globe. At exactly 00.00 Coordinated Universal Time (world time/GMT) photographers in each of these cities captured their first image in an event that saw photographs being taken every 30 seconds for the following 24 hours. The films and stills are exhibited here.
Conference Sat 24 Nov 10am-4pm. Participatory Photography.
www.1day6cities.org, www.danielalexanderphotography.

15 Sep - 30 Sep - Preview 15 September 18h.00min

E5 - Chatsworth Rd and Surrounding streets

Guilherme Zauith

E5 is a postcode district within the Borough of Hackney, East London where there used to be a big street market on Chatsworth Rd. During the 1970s recession it started to shrink, with the last four stalls closing down in the mid 1990s.
In the late 1990s young artists and students began to moving to the area, triggering re-generation. There are now coffee shops, a delicatessen, a creperie, bars and other new businesses. In 2011 a Traders and Residents Association was formed to give a voice to the local community. The Olympic impact in the area can only be speculated.

01 Nov - 02 Dec - Preview 1 November 6.30-9.30pm

Detached

Paul Greenleaf, Paul Tucker

A joint exhibition examining the surfaces and depths of two buildings.

After purchasing a discontinued model house made by Hornby, artist Paul Greenleaf tracked down the original building the model was based on, a semi-detached house in Margate built in 1971. The resulting work is a visual deconstruction and subsequent reconstruction of the ubiquitous ‘modern’ house.

Paul Tucker has photographed the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow during a major refurbishment. He records the interior of the building in a process of change, revealing layers of its past as well as showing the creation of a new layer for the future.

11 Oct - 01 Nov - Opening 11 October 6.30pm

Traces

Sinem Mucur

Traces is a series of works covering the artist’s travels to Arthur’s Seat, Scotland. It focuses on the understanding of the landscape, emphasising the paths taken by mankind over time. It questions the chances we encounter in our lives and tries to give a sense of hope concentrating on the light, erasing the city-scape by over-exposure in a landscape famous with its tormentous rain and gales. It undertakes the lessons to be learned from the journey and the visual knowledge that the nature traces itself.

15 Jun - 28 Oct

One Good Thing About Music

David Corio

“One Good Thing About Music” is an exhibition of musical portraits and memoirs by former New Musical Express and Black Echoes photographer David Corio. Classic images from the golden age of Punk, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Jazz and Hip Hop.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

A Year in Photography

Members of City of London & Cripplegate Photographic Society

Exhibition of work by members of City of London & Cripplegate Photographic Society in three shop windows.

01 Nov - 04 Nov

'InDepth'

Emma Brennan, Michèle Clément-Delbos, Ian Farrant, Santa Piterniece, Hannah Richardson, Kasia Kosaka

‘InDepth’ - a group of lens-based artists - come together once again to show new work at The Rag Factory, Spitalfields (1-4 Nov) and also at The Russet, Hackney (8 Nov – 3 Dec).

The Collective’s aim is to explore issues of identity and escapism. These themes thread their way through the images, linking these eclectic and arresting mix of photographic works.

07 Nov - 11 Nov

A Testing Time

Héloïse Bergman, Elizabeth Bicher, Parastoo Ebneali, Bego García, Jane Garfield, Bruna Martini, Lauren Mashford, Saman Partovi, Paul Robinson, Elena Sarghiuta, Geoff Titley, Fotis Variatzas, Elaine Verrier

Thirteen London-based photographic artists present exciting new work. With members of the group coming from countries as diverse as the USA, Iran, UK, Romania and New Zealand, the show promises a wide cultural perspective. The subjects addressed extend from the extremely intimate to the profoundly public, whilst always reflecting a contemporary view.

01 Nov - 01 Dec - Preview 1 Nov 5.30-7.30pm

PHOTOMONTH PHOTO-OPEN

Photography show open to all kinds of photographers, exhibiting a wide range of subjects and approaches. All images will be screened and a selection printed. The public are invited to vote for ‘Best In Show’ and the winner will be invited to attend The World Photography Awards in London during April 2013. Curated by alternative Arts. Prints Sponsored by Metroprint.
Download an entry form at www.photomonth.org or email info@alternativearts.co.uk

04 Nov - 12noon-3pm Screening

FILMS BY PHOTOGRAPHERS

A selection of short films, first screened at the East End Film Festival, by Joan Alexander, Suelan Alison, Pascal Bartholdi, Gregoire Bernardi, Elizabeth Blanchet, Tim Bowditch, Philippe Calia, Oliver David, Raphael Franco, Begona Garcia, Sonal Kantaria, Monika Kita & Nigel Jarvis, Victoria Kovalenko, Monika Marion, Wendy Pye, Hana Ros & Imogen Ogilivie & Peter Larkin, Marc Schlossman, Dougie Wallace, Max Colson, Amit Lennon, Elina Moriya, Rod Morris, Helen Spackman & Manuel Vason.

04 Nov - 4pm-6pm

RADICAL LONDON PORTFOLIOS

Portfolio screening of completed series of images looking at ‘Radical London’, exploring the history, politics and environment of our capital city, inspired by freedom of expression, change and transformation, by established and emerging photographers.
To submit a portfolio for selection apply to info@alternativearts.co.uk

04 Oct - 26 Oct

Photo Voices

Masoud Shinwari, Ismail

Photo Voices is a showcase of image and sound produced by participants from recent PhotoVoice projects that aims to change our view of the world. This diverse display of work, which draws upon UK and International projects including ‘Walk in My Shoes’ – UK, ‘See it Our Way’ – Pakistan and ‘Youth Photo Reflect’ – South Africa, will bring stories and perspectives from some of the worlds most marginalised communities to the East End of London. This multi sensory experience of photographs, text and audio will advance the PhotoVoice mission to amplify important and often unrepresented voices.

04 Oct - 27 Oct - Preview 4 October 6.30 -9.30pm

Confessions

Keely Mangham, Nicolas Laborie, Matt Thompson, Gu, Othello De'Souza- Hartley

CONFESSIONS was devised by curator Charlotte Meddings after a series of event that left her questioning what CONFESSIONS we all hold secretly inside.

Meddings commissioned and selected the works of five London based photographers who all responded to a simple brief, take up to ten portraits including a self portrait. Each sitter must agree to confess to something they have done in their lives.

The twist - each confession is anonymous to the audience, never is the images and confession shown together.

This exhibition features portraits of people from all walks of life and a wall of text displaying their CONFESSIONS.

14 Nov - 28 Nov

Olympic Voices

Homeless and ex-homeless clients of Providence Row and Crisis Skylight members, plus contributions from those living in the local community.

Providence Row’s Olympic Voices, sponsored by international law firm Reed Smith LLP, is a project documenting the experience of the Games from the perspective of rough sleepers and those living in hostels, as well as the local community in East London. The exhibition is a timeline featuring videos, diaries and photos of their testimonials.

12 Oct - 04 Nov - Opening 12 Oct 6-10pm - everyone welcome!

Reflections in Pubs & Bedrooms

Estefania Araujo, Sophie Polyviou

An exhibition of portraiture approached from two opposing angles: Estefania Araujo looks into people's bedrooms, exploring the unique and intimate spaces of routines and private moments, from daily breakfast to afternoon naps; while Sophie Polyviou bases her portraits of young people in pubs and cafes, public spaces where people meet each other to socialise, and they open up about being the 'lost generation' created by the current recession. Juxtaposing the different faces we wear in our own rooms and when in public, the projects are tied by themes of identity, and how we find our place in the world.

11 Sep - 11 Oct

Points of View

Roy Wenborne, Siobhan Beaton, Raluca Rotari, Mealta Robinson, Anam Indress Khan, Ben Genfi, Paul Duggan, Fussillat Ibrahim, Agnieszka Ajchel, Ebenezer Sogunro, Joss Munson, Nourin Shakur, Vitalia Sokolovaite, Saule Kasearaviciute, Shayan Khoshtinat, Blanche Nicholas

Photography students from Rosetta Art Centre showcase their work that stretches a broad range of conceptual and aesthetic points of view. The students are from the adult education photography A level course, and so the work presents the freshness and excitement of early exploration with the photographic medium at the same time as a diversity of interests and approaches that comes with mature students that focus their wide ranging life experiences through the camera lens. For more information about the photography courses on offer visit the website at www.rosettaarts.org/photography

12 Oct - 30 Nov

Protest

Phil Maxwell

‘Protest’ captures the spirit of protest in East London over the last 30 years. Phil Maxwell has been an active campaigner around issues relating to homelessness, combating racism, and trade union disputes. As a local resident he has also campaigned around issues relating to the so-called ‘regeneration’ of the East End. Phil has accumulated a visual history of struggles in the East End that has added poignancy that could only come from someone who has been closely involved in a range of campaigns.

08 Oct - 07 Nov

[GAMES] 2012

Gina Lundy

Throughout the construction of the Olympic site at Stratford, photographer Gina Lundy has been walking the perimeter of enclosed area documenting the rapid regeneration and development happening in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Concerned with recording the topographic results that external forces such as government policy, economic conditions and developer-led investment have upon the landscape and society, Lundy's photographs aim to explore both on a physical and a psychological level.

Employing different techniques to achieve this aim such as slower analogue film processes and multiple exposures, the viewer is presented with layers of shifting and contrasting surface tensions.

11 Oct - 02 Nov

Life moves pretty fast

Tim Hill

A photographic example of the beauty within isolation and the objectifying nature implicit in being an outside observer.

08 Nov - 03 Dec

'InDepth' Focus Group

Emma Brennan, Michèle Clément-Delbos, Ian Farrant, Santa Piterniece, Hannah Richardson, Kasia Kosaka

The InDepth Collective invites you to 'The Russet Cafe' for an
afternoon of informal photographic discussion, critique and
networking. We would be delighted to view and discuss individual works so please bring these with you.
24 Nov 2pm-4pm

03 Sep - 07 Oct

Step Into My Office

Ben Hughes

11 years riding London's streets for a living. Nine hours a day, five days a week.
It gives you a real insight and feel to a city and its population.
You see in a day, what most see in a month.
Add to the mix, the day to day life style of a cycle courier with no work benefits or insurance and the family bond that it creates between the riders and you get this.
The show has a documentary feel to it as you journey into a city and sub culture as they breath and grow together.

16 Oct

CINEPHOTO: Photography by Film-Makers

Dan Edelstyn, Mohamed El Laymouni, Hilary Powell, Djonny Chen, Islam El Azzazi, Isabelle Rodriguez, Gillian McIver, Jaime Armengol

Cinema was born out of still photography and has an ongoing relationship with it. Many cinematographers and directors also take still photographs. Some do both as parallel careers; for others, the still photography is a private pastime. As still photography has evolved and developed technically, so has moving image photography. Both now share digital technology for example. Yet they are often seen as being different: experienced differently, practised by totally different sets of people.
This exhibition bring together photographs made by film directors, scenographers and cinematographers, none of whom are “known” as photographers but whose whole world is about making images.
http://www.studio75.org.uk

01 Oct - 31 Oct

From Heroin to Heroines

Briony Campbell, Elam Forrester, Therese Henningsen, David Roberts and Andrea Luka Zimmerman.

This exhibition traces the journey of the residents of a condemned East End ‘sink estate’ and how they have come to spend their final days reviving the heroines of 18th Century novelist Samuel Richardson. The Haggerston Estate’s blocks were heralded as ‘homes fit for heroes’ only to deteriorate after years of neglect and acquire the label of ‘heroin capital of Europe’. We photographed and filmed the lives of residents as they embody Richardson’s virtuous protagonists after which the estate’s blocks were named.

The exhibition interrogates ideas of home and history, architecture and regeneration, how we’re seen and how we see.

01 Nov - 30 Nov - Opening 1 November 6-8pm

Hoods: Revealed

Maria Coletsis

This series of photographs explores the many faces of the fetish Hood. Often used in sexual practice as a way to remove the face from the process, these portraits incorporate the hood as part of the face. As human beings, we define our identity by our face, which makes them a source of great power. Identity is tied to the face and thus putting a featureless mask on a person is a way of taking away their identity and objectifying them. This collection of portraits does in fact the opposite by revealing a unique identity and face for each hood.

01 Nov - 01 Dec

Private Preview

David Olsan, Rad Kubon

Two famous Czech photographers David Olsan and Rad 'Kubrick' Kubon have their debut in London.
They specialise in experimental fine art photography and art nudes.

04 Oct - 28 Oct - Preview 4 October, 7pm-11pm

Urban Constructs

Cristiana Montis

An exploration of the urban landscape in some of the most populated cities in the world.

01 Oct - 26 Oct

In Protest

Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall has gained a reputation for his dedicated photography of political protests large and small in London over many years, published in both mainstream and alternative media. This show presents a small selection from the large and unique archive of more than 60,000 images on his popular 'My London Diary' web site, along with some earlier and largely unpublished work.

08 Oct - 03 Nov

Slaughtered

Hester Jones & Sylvie Goy

Slaughtered is an exhibition of works produced around Smithfield Meat Market by Sylvie Goy and Hester Jones, who met studying Photography at Central St Martins: all works exhibited for the first time.

Goy’s social documentary approach captures the atmosphere of Smithfield Market, its idiosyncrasies and the local merchants' tenacity in the face of change and threats from the global market.

Jones’ conceptual approach is inspired by images her father took in the early 60s. She has created her own version of the market today, with her father’s same Rolleicord camera, focusing on women in clubs and bars around Smithfield.

06 Oct - 10am-6pm

PHOTOMONTH PHOTOFAIR

100 stalls and stands with photographers, books, magazines, products and services. An ideal opportunity to see new work, buy prints, commission photographers and select images for exhibition. Look out for the Camera Obscura Campervan by Fotonow. This event takes place in the busy Spitalfields Traders Market surrounded by shops, restaurants, cafes and bars. To apply for a stall visit www.photomonth.org or email info@alternativearts.co.uk 020 7375 0441.

20 Oct - 11am-1.30pm approx

History in the Heart of Hackney. Photo-Walk led by historian Emily Jost

St John at Hackney Churchyard sits in the heart of Hackney old and new. As the graveyard and public space around Hackney’s medieval village church, it has always been a green oasis. A park for the past 100 years, it remains the final resting place of many generations of Hackney residents from world explorers to royal courtiers, and from shoemakers to plague victims and servants. This tour provides an opportunity to find out more about the site’s history, the people buried here, the memorial masonary and to enjoy the 200 trees at their autumnal best. The tour will finish with a look inside St Augustine’s Tower – Hackney’s oldest building – and climb the 135 steps to the roof for the best views of Hackney and beyond. Photographer Heather McDonough will assist the tour. Meet outside St Augustine’s Tower, The Narrow Way, Mare Street E8 1HR near Hackney Central Station. Tickets £8/£6 concs. Book on 020 7375 0441 email info@alternativearts.co.uk

06 Oct - 18 Oct

Heliacal

Rachel Sokal, Miriam Nabarro, Tessa Farmer, Rachel Thomson

Heliacal means ‘belonging to the sun’ in this show the artists rely directly on sun light and natural materials to create their work. From beautifully surreal chlorophyll prints using the leafs natural chemistry to miniscule gothic ‘fairies’ made from roots, leaves, and dead insects, the show promises to delight and intrigue. Exploiting the artistry of old analogue photographic techniques and offering an alternative to the accustomed slicker digital technologies it reminds us of impermanence, imperfection and incompleteness.

18 Oct - 11 Nov - Preview 18 October 6:30pm - 9:30pm

The Tumbled House

Emma Jane Spain & Jake Green

A duo whose practices are combined from different ends of the photographic spectrum, one artistic and one commercial.
The construction of home in glossy magazines is a fantasy that is doomed to fail; life can’t keep up the facade of a perfect home. The Tumbled House turns the idea of the constructed home on its head and embraces failures as if they were triumphs. Playing with notation of product photography and ideas of nostalgia, fakery and the damaged Tumbled House builds an ugly product for mass consumption.

01 Nov - 04 Dec - Preview 1 November 6pm-10pm

Bystander

Kerry Simmons, Jamie Ashman

Born and raised in East London, Jamie Ashman is a documentary photographer whose work focuses on the inner city neighbourhood in which he grew up and its many inhabitants. His project documents the lives and environment of young males living in contemporary Hackney.

London based photographer Kerry Simmons revisits her Essex roots and turns her lens onto her estranged family. A childhood treasure lost then found sparks a journey from digital to analogue in an attempt to re-establish links with the past.

04 Oct - 29 Oct - Opening 4 October 6pm-11pm

In My Country

Daniel Stier

A contemporary portrait of London, told through its incredibly diverse population.

As the host of the Olympic Games in 2012 the world's eyes were upon London, but the world is already here: 40% of all Londoners were not born in the UK.

This phenomenon is the starting point of In My Country - a series of portraits by Daniel Stier depicting immigrants living in London. In each portrait Pakistanis, Poles, Ghanaians, Indians, Peruvians all don their national dress. The dress serves as a symbol of their cultural heritage and lends their portraits a timeless quality.

16 Oct - 28 Oct

London Independent Photography 24th Annual Exhibition

London Independent Photography’s 24th Annual Exhibition is the highlight of the group’s calendar - a must-see event for anyone interested and involved with photography in London.

The impartial selection process is key to the exhibition’s success, as every member has an equal chance of selection. This year over 130 photographs will be on display and they showcase the diversity and extraordinary breadth of talent within the London Independent Photography membership.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Signs & Misdemeanours

Citizen Skwith

Citizen Skwith’s subversive signs will adorn trains, public buildings, parks, walls and pretty much anywhere that invites his peculiar take on London. For the duration of Photomonth they will appear in and around Spitalfields.

Follow the movements of Jacob von Hogflume, inventor of time travel ...

He advises 'do not throw conkers at wild pigs' and 'go on, no one’s looking, be naughty'.

Photographic prints and postcards of the 'exhibition' will be available at the PHOTOMONTH PHOTOFAIR on Sat 6 October in Spitalfields Traders Market at which Skwith has had a stall for the past 3 years.

23 Nov - 25 Nov - Preview Sat 24 Nov 6.30pm- 8.30pm

Going Nowhere and building.....absurd connections and things that don't fit.

Annette Robinson

Using the Studio/darkroom as a space to test ideas, Annette will draw on a large body of work that currently exist as sketches. A range of media including projection and moving image will be used to reconsider, transform and construct new meanings & associations, whilst testing new forms for the work.

28 Nov - 05 Dec

Notebook: Book and print sale

Laura Braun, Heather McDonough, David San Millán

Hand made and limited edition fine photographic books and prints by Laura Braun, Heather McDonough and David San Millán available directly from the makers at this 4 day book and print sale at the photographers' studio.

01 Dec - 02 Dec - 1st - 2nd Dec 2012 12-6pm

Terrace Open Studios

Various uses of photography by Terrace artists, but also you will see a range of other disciplines.

Pop in to see Terrace Studios in their annual open studios event. As one of London’s few independent artist studios you will find a wide scope of work and a friendly welcome. Resident artists include photographers, jewellers, painters, sculptors, furniture designers, fine artists, screen printers and illustrators.

You will also find Legion TV’s inaugural exhibition - a sculptural installation piece by Edward Clive, the 7th annual Terrace Garden Show will be open – this is an outdoor exhibition space where in the summer work is exhibited and then left to the elements and a free Lark gig 5-6pm on Sunday.

04 Oct - 23 Oct - Opening 4 October 6pm-8.30pm

The Rooftop Collective Edition 2

Paul Clifford, Vanessa Short, Chris King, Mireia Guitart, David Aston, Susan Johnson-Mumford, Oliver Fox

Seven London based photographers present individual perspectives in their second annual digest. Images incorporate pinhole photography, English allotments, spatial interpretations, the USA's Deep South, self portraits and geometric abstractions.

04 Oct - 19 Oct - Preview 4 October, 6pm

Thirty-three years on

Smita Malde

This journey started for me in 1979, when I purchased my first camera, a second hand 35mm Pentax and went on a trip as an adult to the land of my grandparents. Both events were key turning points not only in my visual development but also in discovering my roots and questioning my identity, in being a second generation Indian, born in Kenya. My images from the 70’s to the present reflect this dichotomy of seeing my ancestors’ country with eyes of an insider/outsider. This show takes you on a personal/visual quest which still carries on to this day.

20 Sep - 21 Oct

Square E1

Anthony Jones

An exhibition of black and white silver gelatin prints of the Square Mile.
Anthony Jones was born in London in 1962. Since the late 1980's he has developed his fine art photography practise working with a Hasselblad camera and black and white silver gelatin prints.
Though many of his black and white photographs were taken in the city of London, they are about the spirit of a place, not the geographical location itself. The aim being to convey a sense of mystery about the figures and to question their purpose. His work follows a modernist tradition, creating the city in dark shades, a haunting place. Roger Watson, curator at the Fox Talbot Museum has compared his work to that of Bill Brandt and Paul Strand. His work has been published widely including the British Journal of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum Magazine and features in many corporate and private collections. In 2011 his work was exhibited at the George Eastman House and featured on the blog of award winning book and exhibition designer Elizabeth Avedon.

27 Oct - 28 Oct - 11am-4pm each day

PHOTOMONTH PORTFOLIO REVIEW

An exciting opportunity for photographers to discuss their current and future projects and receive critical feedback from experienced professionals including picture editors, curators, gallery owners, publishers, creative directors, commissioning editors, agencies and established artists.
Reviewers include:
Sophie Batterbury Picture Editor, Independent on Sunday
Bridget Coaker Director, Troika Editions
Eva Eicker Assistant Curator, Photographers Gallery
Julio Etchart Photojournalist, Web Reporter
Miranda Gavin Hotshoe Blog
Shannon Ghannam Picture Projects, Reuters News Agency
Emily Graham Co-director, Contact Editions
Lauren Heinz Editor, Foto8 Magazine
Paula James Archive Manager, Panos Pictures
Patrick Llewellyn Photo Editor Reportage, Getty Images
Jenny Matthews Photographer, Photomonth Patron
Rebecca McClelland Photography Editor, New Statesman
Rob Moye Deputy Director, V&A Museum of Childhood
Laura Noble Director, Diemar/Noble Gallery
Alex Ortiz Freelance Picture Editor, Guardian & Observer
Dagmar Seeland Picture Editor, Stern Magazine
Stuart Smith Director, Smith Design (photobooks)
Diane Smyth Deputy Editor British Journal of Photography
Anna Stevens Co-director, Contact Editions
Jacqui Wald Editorial Director, Camera Press
Each participant may sign up for two or more twenty minute slots, allocated on a first come first served basis. Cost £35/£30 concessions for two slots, £70/£60 concs for four slots, £105/£90 concs for six slots. More slots may be booked if available. Booking opens 1 October. Apply by email only to info@alternativearts.co.uk

14 Jul - 09 Dec

Punch Professors in England

Tom Hunter

It is 350 years since Samuel Pepys recorded the first sighting of a Punch puppet in England. To celebrate this anniversary, Tom Hunter has created portraits of contemporary Punch practitioners, known since Victorian times as ‘Professors’. The portraits depict each Professor with their booth, expressing their highly individual approaches to their appearance and performance in typically English settings. Hunter says, “The Punch and Judy booths themselves are something to behold, each one uniquely decorated and adorned with a beautiful, hand painted stage drop. They remind me of Dr Who’s TARDIS - miniature theatres transported from another time - but instead of blending into the English environment they transform the locations into whole new worlds of magic and wonder”.
Exhibition curated by Maggie Pinhorn and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

06 Oct - 02 Dec

Out of the Box!

Julia Spicer

Buried deep in cupboards and attics, stuffed into tins and shoeboxes, thousands of black and white family histories lie hidden. Once photography became widely available, we snapped away diligently. Every precious image was retained for posterity, however fogged, blurred or mistakenly cropped.

Out of the Box! is Julia Spicer’s celebration of Walthamstow’s role in this heroic photographic heritage. The Museum’s archive will be augmented with new ‘vintage’ photographs of the local area and its characters and personalities, taken with Ensign cameras originally made in the Borough. It’s a museum show but liberties with history may well be taken.

09 Nov - 15 Nov - Opening Thursday 8 November 7pm

PRE = POST

Dan Ainsworth, David Batty, Alexander Davies, Kathryn Faulkner, Barry Hughes, Martin Robinson, Eva Roovers, Emma Turpin, Jonny Weeks, Melanie Williams, Tessa Williams

PRE = POST is a dual-faceted show, comprising of curated research followed by an immersive photographic installation. PRE represents the work of 8 artists, in an incomplete survey of alternative realities and limbo states. This dictionary of work provides a springboard for POST, allowing the development of links between what has come before and what might come after.

16 Oct - 21 Oct - Opening 18 October 6pm-9pm

South West Graduate Photography Prize 2012

Adam Pedley, Emilia Moisia, Philip Shannon, Chris Hoare, Jo Filer-Cooper, Mark Perham.

A Fotonow exhibition, curated by previous prize winner Celine Smith, featuring six recent gradates from the South West region; Adam Pedley, Emilia Moisia, Philip Shannon, Chris Hoare, Jo Filer-Cooper, Mark Perham. The works on show explore distinct threads of research pertinent to contemporary visual culture and the wider region. The Prize is an opportunity to support the best emerging talent from the South West. 

04 Oct - 07 Oct - 4th October 630pm-930 pm

International Photo-Graph-in-East London

Dilshad Abdulla, Mariell Amélie, David Geewai Ho, Francisco Gomez de Villaboa, Jesus Jimenez, Patricia Karallis, Claire Lewis, Louise Ogorman, Marta Sanches Costa, Nick Scaife

The Vyner Studio presents 9 selected artists with different approaches to photography in a collective exhibition.

The explored themes include landscape, portraits and also abstract images by emerging talents living and working in London.

http://www.patriciakarallis.com/
http://www.martasanchescosta.comwww.clare-lewis.co.uk, http://www.mariellamelie.com/, http://instacanv.as/italianbrother, http://www.jesusjimenez.com/, http://geewaiho.blogspot.co.uk/, http://www.nickscaifephotography.com/, http://www.louiseogorman.com/
http://gomezdevillaboa.com/

07 Oct - 3pm

Prix Pictet Conversations on Photography

Michael Fried, Francis Hodgson, Leo Johnson and John Riddy

Ten per cent of all the photographs ever taken have been taken in the last twelve months. In an age defined by ever increasing numbers of photographic images in art and visual culture, how do we value the contemporary power and importance of photography? Is there a necessary divide between photography as an art form and photography as an agent for social change and mass communication?

Art historian and critic Michael Fried, Photography Critic for The Financial Times Francis Hodgson, sustainability expert Leo Johnson and artist John Riddy debate the distinctive authority of photography within and beyond the gallery walls.
In association with Prix Pictet. Supported by Pictet & Cie.

Booking essential. Price £5

20 Dec - 7pm

Photomonth Lecture - Simon Norfolk

The eminent photographer talks on the land as battlefield and the inscription of memory and metaphor in the natural world.
Simon Norfolk is a landscape photographer whose work over the last ten years has been themed around a probing and stretching of the meaning of the word ‘battlefield’ in all its forms. As such he has photographed in some of the world’s worst war-zones and refugee crises, but is equally at home photographing supercomputers used to design military systems or test launches of nuclear missiles.
His work is widely acclaimed, he has received many prestigious prizes and produced three monographs. He has been described as ‘passionate, intelligent and political’.
Tickets £7/£5 concs

04 Oct - 4pm

From Cable Street to Brick Lane

Phil Maxwell and Hazuan Hashim

This film is being screened on the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street in 1936. It covers the fight against fascism and for a more inclusive society from the 1930s to the present day. The production was recently selected for the East End Film Festival.

10 Oct - 31 Dec

Sub-tropical Images

Alix Edwards

Warm up those fast approaching cold winter days with lush green leaves and tropical flowers - if you want a colour injection of summer vibrancy and heat this is the place to be!

26 Oct - 1pm-5.15pm followed by reception

From Page to Screen: Making and Remembering Women's History

This event asks how aspects of women’s history and ‘the women’s movement’ have been represented and mediated at key points in time, looking across The Women’s Library Collections and at historical biographies and popular television drama. Professor June Purvis will talk on the biographies of Emmeline Pankhurst, Helen Wheatley (University of Warwick) and Vicky Ball (University of Sunderland) will explore the way in which dramas such as Upstairs Downstairs and Shoulder to Shoulder engage with histories of women and the women’s movement.
Event organised in partnership with the Women’s Film History Network and MeCCSA, Women’s Media Studies Network, with support from the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland. Bookings: www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk

04 Sep - 12 Oct

Uncertain States -Annexe

Fiona Yaron-Field, David George, Spencer Rowell

The founders of Uncertain States show at the Zetter Hotel, Clerkenwell Road.