Category Archives: Happenings

Louis Garrel, Léa Seydoux and Rebecca Zlotowski in London

Louis GARREL, Léa SEYDOUX and Rebecca ZLOTOWSKI will be in London on Tuesday 10 January at Ciné Lumière for the UK Premieres of their films “The Little Tailor” and “Dear Prudence”. These special screenings announcing the launch of the second edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival.com (12 Jan – 1 Feb), uniFrance’s online festival.

Looking for Scotland’s top nature photos

The hunt for Scotland’s best nature pictures is on, as part of a Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) contest to celebrate Scottish Biodiversity Week. The fifth annual Nature Photography Competition is open to both amateur and professional photographers. First prize is a one-to-one tutorial with a professional photographer; second prize is a Olympus E-450 Digital SLR [...]

Open Day Presentation web links

For our visitors who attended the Open Day talk today, here are the links to the websites I mentioned. Paul Gray (Programme Leader, Photography and Film) Graduate website links: Aleksandra Kocela (2010) http://www.aleksandrakocela.com/ http://www.festivalofpolitics.org.uk Niina Topp (2009) http://www.niinatopp.com/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3392959/ Martin Scott Powell (2008) http://martinscottpowell.com/ Niki Rooney (2006) http://www.limepictures.com/Hollyoaks.htm Gem Pope (2005) http://www.gempope.com/ Anna Purkis, Dee [...]

Social Documents The Ethics of Encounter Part 1, Opening Preview Screening

    Scotland’s centre for photography Social Documents The Ethics of Encounter Renzo Martens, Artur Zmijewski, Frederick Wiseman Part 1: Saturday 6 November – Sunday 28 November 2010 Opening Preview Screening Join us on Friday 5 November 6.30pm Drinks followed by screening When artists site their practice within the fabric of social relations, documentary modes [...]

HARMAN PHOTO : Student Competition 2010 UK

HARMAN PHOTO is delighted to announce the launch of a UK 2010 student competition. THEME : URBAN CULTURE ‘A SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY’ We have left the brief deliberately broad to encourage a diverse range of images. You could focus on lifestyle & experiences, city to city, at home or abroad. Be inspired by Art /Music/Travel and [...]

Celtic Media Festival Call for Entries – Only a week to go!

Call For Entries Celebrating the best work from the Celtic countries. 21 Torc awards will be presented at the Festival. Spirit of the Festival (Gold Torc), Jury Award and 19 “best of” category awards. Or alternatively download our offline entry form (198 KB – PDF) CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: FRIDAY 22 OCTOBER 2010 AT 5PM [...]

SIMON NORFOLK’s Lecture at Hawthornder Lecture Theatre In The National Galleries,Edinburgh

Friday 15th October 6.00pm is the Scottish Society for the History of Photography, Annual Photographer¹s Lecture at the Hawthornden Lecture Theatre in the National Galleries on the Mound. The lecture this year is by acclaimed photographic artist Simon Norfolk. Simon Norfolk is an internationally acclaimed photographic artist who has won numerous prestigious awards for his [...]

Mike Steven, Yoshi Kametani and Rowan Lear exhibit at Futureproof

Three 2010 Photography and Film graduates from Edinburgh Napier University have been invited to participate in Futureproof: [Some] New Photography in Scotland. Rowan Lear, Yoshi Kametani and Mike Steven shall be exhibiting work at at Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow from 6th August – 12th September 2010. Futureproof is a selection of work from graduates in 2010 of [...]

Andrew O’Connor – cinematography showreel

Recent graduate Andrew O’Connor has produced a showreel of work he has made over the past three years. Andrew has shot short documentaries, fiction films, animation and experimental films, and on many formats including 16mm, Super-8, HD, HDV, MiniDV and DSLR. His showreel can be viewed here: Andrew O’Connor Cinematography Showreel 2010. Andrew can be contacted [...]

Skip 11 nominated for The Scottish Short Documentary Award

Hey folks, It’s been a while since i’ve been on here i just wanted to let you all know my film was screened during Edinburgh International Film Festival in the Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening and received a tremendous reception. I didn’t win the award but after discussions with the judges found out that it [...]

Pride In The House exhibition

Jamie McAteer, a 2009 graduate of Photography and Film has been selected to exhibit his work at “Pride in the House” at Lauderdale house in London. The venue can be found at: Upper Gallery, Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG (nearest tube Arch) The exhibition is open Tuesday 6 July to Sunday 18 July [...]

Free Range Art & Design Show in London

Seven 2010 graduates of Photography and Film at Edinburgh Napier University are exhibiting final year work at the 10th Free Range Art & Design Show, which takes place every June and July at the Old Truman Brewery. The show provides the best platform for graduate art and design students to showcase their work to both public [...]

“Found Footage”

Recent graduate Rowan Lear is taking part in a collaborative event as part of Screen Bandita and West Port Book Festival in Edinburgh. “Found Footage” shall include performances by poet Jay Bernard, and author and playwright Mia Gallagher, projections by Screen Bandita, and installations by Izzy Bocchetti and Rowan Lear, plus music from Vroni Holzmann. [...]

Call for Submissions!

The Aperture Portfolio Prize is an annual international photography competition, and the one opportunity for photographers to have their work seen by Aperture’s editors. The purpose of the prize is to identify trends in contemporary photography and specific artists whom we can help by bringing them to a wider audience. We are looking for work [...]

Keir McDowall

Keir studies Photography and Film at Edinburgh Napier University, graduating summer 2011. In his work he often focusses on the landscape, but has a keen interest in fashion and portraiture. Keir’s portfolio can be viewed in full at keirmcdowall.co.uk and his blog, comprising part-diary and part-research, can be read at beautiescandie.tumblr.com

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