The Photojournalism Nights is an event that promotes committed and courageous photojournalism and engages the public to social justice and human rights.
27 January 2020 18:30-20:30
How photography can be used as a tool to address questions of belonging, place and the histories we learn and inherit.
A talk event exploring how experiences of citizenship, nationality and identity can inform notions of identity. The speakers’ powerful work is directly influenced by personal journeying and displacement, and a quest to build understanding around notions of identity. The Photojournalism Hub is very pleased to present:
Zula Rabikowska, photographer, born in Poland, grew up in the UK and worked in France, China, South Africa, India, Palestine and the Caribbean. Citizens of Nowhere is a project about experiences of citizenship, nationality and identity on a political, cultural and social level and is a personal response to the 2016 Brexit referendum where 51.9% of the British population voted to leave the European Union, and the increased racism and xenophobia that followed.
Adam Razvi, documentary photographer, will present work that addresses issues of belonging, and disputes the rose-tinted nostalgia still commonly associated with the British Empire. Adam’s work aims to build understanding of how culture, nationality and the past inform notions of identity, He explains “As a person of mixed-heritage I have become increasingly conscious of a sense of belonging and place, raising a number of questions – often without clear resolutions. At the core of this questioning, visual perceptions, including how British I look and feel and how this impacts everyday interactions and my roles in society.”
19th November 2019 18:30 – 20:30
Exploring today’s form of rebellion, resilience and resistance through photojournalism.
Part of a series of talk events exploring photojournalism as a tool of activism in today’s movements and forms of resistance, resilience and rebellion, the Photojournalism Hub present four guest speakers whose work bring testimony and engagement to current moments and events of fortitude and activism.
Alice Marcelino is a London based photographer, born in Luanda, Angola, moved to Portugal at a very early age. She experienced and explored various art forms, from dance to theatre, until adopting photography as her main form of expression. Her images and photo stories explore concepts of identity and sub-cultures, and their meaning in our globalised world.
Pierre Alozie is a Franco-Nigerian photojournalist based in London, whose work spans years covering social, political, cultural issues including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Velvet Revolution and Kosovo war.
Vindhya Buthpitiya is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at University College London researching the interweaving of conflict, popular photographic practices and political articulation among the Northern Tamil community in postwar Sri Lanka.
Zainab Ravat is a geography graduate who last year won first place in the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG ) Social and Cultural Geography Research Group Dissertation Prize for her dissertation entitled ‘Photojournalism: Explorations into the Geographical Witness, Activist and Traveller’.
12th April 2019 18:30 – 21:00
A panel composed of leading charity organisations and photographers who have made participation and collaboration inherent to their visual practice will discuss their current participatory projects and explore future possibilities.
Andy Fearn, Direct.or & co-founder of ProtectionApproaches.org, runs the Outreach and Learning programme working with schools, young people, marginalised communities, decision shapers in media and culture, and the wider UK public seeking to increase understanding of the processes that lead to prejudice and Identity based violence.
Becky Warnock, is a London based visual artist and activist, whose work engages with the politics of representation and questions of identity and her practice is rooted in participation and community engagement.
Grace Gelder, is a freelance photographer and educator and who has exhibited and published in the UK and abroad. Her practice explores inter-personal relationships, dynamics and the intersection of photography and other disciplines and regularly designs and leads course for galleries, museums and universities.
Ingrid Guyon, is a photographer, filmmaker and participatory visual media practitioner of passionate advocate of a better world through community engagement and self-representation. In 2009, she established Fotosynthesis, a social enterprise that specialises in participatory photography.
Tom Elkins, Chief Executive Officer, PhotoVoice.org, has worked for a number of voluntary sector organisations, focusing on issues relating to equality, disability, and empowering individuals and communities to campaign for better services and policies.
Kallina Brailsford, Chair, founder of HumanCamera.org and a PHD candidate in Participatory Photography and young people
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Thank you for the generous support from Stanhope
The Photojournalism Hub opens one of its programmes dedicated to promoting, engaging and disseminating photojournalism with a talk event to reflect and explore what are the existing challenges that those committed to expose social justice issues face in the current climate.
Have you ever heard the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words”?
My name is Cinzia D’Ambrosi, a freelance photojournalist who has captured the plight of refugees across Europe through my lens. I have witnessed and documented human tragedy; something we see on the news every day. Back in 1984, Kenyan cameraman Mohammed Amin’s powerful images shown across the World from Ethiopia prompted Bob Geldof to create Band Aid which raised millions for the Ethiopian famine relief. Just one example of how images can say more than words.
The Photojournalism Hub aims to raise the profile of photojournalism and become a showcase for stories through images that prompt social change. Activities will include workshops for aspiring photojournalists and, exhibitions and talks from experienced practitioners.
I would like to invite you to the launch of the Photojournalism Hub where we will be explaining a little more about our objectives and provide you with an opportunity to get involved. Free tickets are here. although limited in number.
Speakers include:
Andy Slaughter, Labour MP – will formally welcome the Photojournalism Hub and speak to its significance as an addition to the local community.
Daniel Renwick– videographer and journalist presents ‘Failed by the State’
‘Failed By The State’ was made four months after the fire at Grenfell Tower. It sought to historicise the mood for community self-help and reliance, after the government – local and national – failed the people in North Kensington, both for allowing Grenfell to happen, and failing to provide the requisite services after the fire. The film was narrated by prominent community member Ish, who was born in Grenfell Tower.
Katie Webb – Co-Director of the Writers’ Union Of Italy (FUIS) presents the work of authors from the Middle East and North Africa region, photographers and activists addressing human rights injustices through novels.
David Hoffman – Photojournalist
David has worked as an independent photojournalist since the 1970s. Often raw and uncomfortable, Hoffman’s work is both dispassionate documentary and steely social challenge. Working to document the reality of injustice, the frequent oppression of the state and the all too often tragic consequences, Hoffman’s photography has underpinned legal challenges, brought racist perpetrators to justice, and most importantly, reached wide audiences through newspaper publication for more than 40 years.
We have invited a number of editors and media organisations to join us in the Photojournalism Nights to offer publishing prizes and media support.
Very pleased to welcome Silvia Pingitore, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Shortlisted Magazine , who has offered to select and feature one of the presented projects at the Photojournalism Nights on The Shortlisted Magazine. Silvia Pingitore is a multilingual journalist, novelist and illustrator with three books published nationwide in Italy, her native country. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Shortlisted Magazine, the UK’s 1st Independent Career Magazine: nothing but the truth about work and career. The magazine reunites the best international career writers and bloggers, and publishes tips, how-tos, artworks and frank interviews with celebrities such as Giorgio Armani and the winners of the BBC Apprentice, all focused on work and career. The Shortlisted Magazine | Facebook | Twitter LinkedIn
We have also asked Will Carleton, founder and editor of Photo Archive News to join as a media partner to the Photojournalism Nights. We are thrilled that he has accepted and has also offered to feature a selected project in their media website.
More on Photo Archive News: www.photoarchivenews.com – Founded and Edited by Will Carleton
PhotoArchiveNews.com (PAN) reports editorial photo industry news, jobs and features – daily. The site is read by photo agency and photo library owners and staff, photo editors and creative photo buyers, editorial and stock photographers and photo researchers.
Genesis Imaging has worked for over 20 years with world-class photographers and artists, international galleries, museums, interior designers, architects and individuals across the breadth of the creative industries to deliver a wide range of projects through our diverse range of services.
Designed by the award-winning architecture studio Liddicoat & Goldhill, Elephant West occupies a repurposed petrol station adjacent to the BBC’s former headquarters on Wood Lane. We aim to establish a new model for cultural spaces; neither publicly funded nor a commercial gallery, we support and promote emerging creative practice and build a community of the culturally interested around our programme. The space includes a café-bar, Fuel, and a small shop offering limited-edition prints, books, magazines and associated products. Elephant West programme centres on the Elephant Commissions, projects by emerging visual artists selected and curated by Becca Pelly-Fry, Head Curator. Alongside the central programme, the space plays host to a wide range of events such as film screenings, dance performances, panel discussions, inspirational talks, yoga classes and DJ nights.
Please join the Photojournalist Hub to the second edition of the Photojournalism Nights, an evening dedicated to photojournalism showcasing meaningful discussions and connections. The Photojournalist Hub uses photojournalism to address and engage people on human rights abuses and issues around social injustice, This event guarantees to spark conversation and debate with an impressive line-up of four photojournalists who will present work that portrays issues relating to Belonging, Brexit, European Identity and Marginalisation. We are pleased to present:
Quetzal Maucci Children of Immigrants
Claudia Leisinger Europe Revisited
Sukhy Hullait 100 Days of Brexit
Pete Boyd It’s Not About Football
With a massive thanks to the guest photographers and Genesis Imaging for their donation and support, we shall be raffling a photo from each photographer on the night.
Donations raised to go towards supporting the ongoing work to host the Photojournalism Nights.
To learn more and book a place: RSVP
Genesis Imaging has worked for over 20 years with world-class photographers and artists, international galleries, museums, interior designers, architects and individuals across the breadth of the creative industries to deliver a wide range of projects through our diverse range of services.
29th April 2020 18:30 – 21:00 BST Online Event
Please join the live stream of the Photojournalist Hub third edition of the Photojournalism Nights with an amazing line-up of photographers: Jillian Edelstein, Roland Ramanan, Valentina Schivardi.
Online Event. To join us please register here
28th July 2020 – 18:30-20:30 Online Event
Please join the live stream of the Photojournalist Hub fifth edition of the Photojournalism Nights with an amazing line-up of photographers: Marco Longari, Neeta Satam, Julie Huang.
The Photojournalism Nights is an event that promotes committed and courageous photojournalism and engages the public to social justice and human rights.
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