PhotoCafe'

28/05/2020

Photo Café is back!

Maryam Wahid will be joining us for the first Photo Café online, via Zoom.

17th June, 6.00 PM, its free and open to all, register for a place via the link below.

Using the art of photography, she explores her identity as a British Pakistani Muslim woman. Exploring the origins of the Pakistani community in her hometown Birmingham (UK) she works with her deeply rooted family history; and the mass integration of migrants within the United Kingdom. Her academic background in Art, Photography and Religious Studies alongside her fascination in cultural cognition and religious ideologies have progressively influenced her work. Her work is autobiographical but delves into human experiences and existence today. She is keen to photograph the complexity of places around the world and the places people call home.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maryam-wahid-photo-cafe-tickets-107060464732

05/03/2020

Brilliant talk from last night! Thanks to all that came, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Our next event will be on the 22nd April with acclaimed photographer Andrew Jackson - as always its free & open to all!

04/03/2020

We are back tonight from 7pm at 1000 Trades with the brilliant , promises to be a great night!

As always its free & open to all!

02/03/2020

We are looking forward to Wednesday evenings talk with the brilliant Max Kandhola!

7pm, 1000 Trades (Jewellery Quarter) - Free & open to all!

Max Kandhola is a renowned fine art photographer and Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. His photographic work explores complex visual stories and positions of race, cultural and political conditions that inform and questions the way in which subjectivity is constructed by the camera. Max has published 4 monographs The Aura of Boxing, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2014, Flatland A Landscape of Punjab, Dewi Lewis Publishing 2007, Illustration of Life, Lightwork Syracuse NY, Impressions Gallery & Dewi Lewis Publishing 2003, and Autograph Monograph series, Autograph ABP 1996, a collection of photographic work responding to identity and race. His photography is held in major public and private collections in England, Europe, America and India, including, The Deutsche Bank Collection and Government Art Collection UK.

Max is currently preparing to install The Last Seven Words of Christ, in collaboration with St Marks Church in the Bowery, New York, February 26th 2020. Recent exhibition ‘u fu***ng paki’ was exhibited at FotoFest 2018 Biennial: India/Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art, Houston, Texas, United States, March/April 2018.

25/02/2020

Join us next Wednesday (4th March) for a talk by photographer Max Kandhola from 7pm at 1000 Trades in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham.

As always its free and open to all!

Max Kandhola is a renowned fine art photographer and Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. His photographic work explores complex visual stories and positions of race, cultural and political conditions that inform and questions the way in which subjectivity is constructed by the camera. Max has published 4 monographs The Aura of Boxing, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2014, Flatland A Landscape of Punjab, Dewi Lewis Publishing 2007, Illustration of Life, Lightwork Syracuse NY, Impressions Gallery & Dewi Lewis Publishing 2003, and Autograph Monograph series, Autograph ABP 1996, a collection of photographic work responding to identity and race. His photography is held in major public and private collections in England, Europe, America and India, including, The Deutsche Bank Collection and Government Art Collection UK.

Max is currently preparing to install The Last Seven Words of Christ, in collaboration with St Marks Church in the Bowery, New York, February 26th 2020. Recent exhibition ‘u fu***ng paki’ was exhibited at FotoFest 2018 Biennial: India/Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art, Houston, Texas, United States, March/April 2018.

18/02/2020

Tomorrow! Join Grain Photography Hub at at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum from 6pm for a talk by photographer Lottie Davies.

Tickets cost £3/£5 (plus booking fee) and can be purchased via the link below.

About Lottie Davies:
Davies’ work is concerned with stories and personal histories, the tales and myths we use to structure our lives. She takes inspiration from classical and modern painting, cinema and theatre as well as the imaginary worlds of literature. She employs a deliberate reworking of our visual vocabulary, playing on our notions of nostalgia and visual conventions with the intention of evoking a sense of recognition and narrative. Sandy Nairne, former director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, described Davies’ work as “brilliantly imaginative”.

The Photographer’s Talk coincides with the exhibition of Davies’ project Quinn at The Herbert Museum & Art Gallery , the fictional story of a young man, William Henry Quinn, who is walking from the south-west of England to the far north of Scotland in post Second World War Britain.

www.Lottiedavies.com

Photographers Talk by Lottie Davies, in partnership with Coventry University Photography Department and The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.

10/02/2020

Our next speaker will be the fantastic on Wednesday 4th March, 7pm at 1000 Trades. As always its free and open to all!

Max Kandhola is a renowned fine art photographer and Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. His photographic work explores complex visual stories and positions of race, cultural and political conditions that inform and questions the way in which subjectivity is constructed by the camera. Max has published 4 monographs The Aura of Boxing, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2014, Flatland A Landscape of Punjab, Dewi Lewis Publishing 2007, Illustration of Life, Lightwork Syracuse NY, Impressions Gallery & Dewi Lewis Publishing 2003, and Autograph Monograph series, Autograph ABP 1996, a collection of photographic work responding to identity and race. His photography is held in major public and private collections in England, Europe, America and India, including, The Deutsche Bank Collection and Government Art Collection UK.

Max is currently preparing to install The Last Seven Words of Christ, in collaboration with St Marks Church in the Bowery, New York, February 26th 2020. Recent exhibition ‘u fu***ng paki’ was exhibited at FotoFest 2018 Biennial: India/Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art, Houston, Texas, United States, March/April 2018.

30/01/2020

Grain Photography Hub have 2 tickets available for a making with The Photocopy Club in partnership with Matthew Murray on the 8th February, 10.30am - 5pm at Birmingham City University.

£25 (plus booking fee) to book a ticket email [email protected] - first come first served!

About The Workshop:
8th February | 10.30am – 5pm
The Shell, Birmingham City University
£25 (plus booking fee)

The Photocopy club workshop gives you an insight into the history of zines, self publishing and street photography. You will get to shoot, curate and design as a group and you will have an introduction into Japanese book binding.

Participants need to bring a digital Camera (camera phone) Laptop and any cables to download images. No pre skills, but an interest in photography and self publishing.

The Photocopy Club is an open submission exhibition project which supports photographers and collectors through a series of xerox exhibitions, workshops, talks and events. Since starting in 2011 TPC have curated over 30 group and solo exhibitions within the UK and abroad. TPC has exhibited at the LAABF and the NYABF as well as OFFPRINT London and the Berlin Miss Read Book fair. They have worked with The Photographers Gallery, Magnum Photos, Photoworks, Woohoo Space, Joberg Photo School, Adidas, UCA, John Doe, Margret, Dr Martens, Doomed Gallery and a verity of photography festivals through the world.

www.photocopyclub.com

20/01/2020

Photographers Talk programme at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, great line up of speakers including; Lottie Davies, Lisa Barnard and Arpita Shah.

Details and how to book tickets in the link below!

We are delighted to be once again working with Coventry University and The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum to deliver three talks by acclaimed photographers Lottie Davies, Lisa Barnard and Arpita Shah.

16/01/2020

We had a great time at last nights thanks to all our speakers Charisse Kenion, Tom Hicks, Gunhild Thomson, Marcus Thurman and James Abelson.

Thanks also to all that attended it was great to see so many people!

We will be announcing details for our upcoming talks shortly.

14/01/2020

We hope to see you tomorrow from 7pm 1000 Trades for the frist of the decade!

Great line up of speakers, and as always its free & open to all!

10/01/2020

We are looking forward to the first of the decade!

Join us on Wednesday 15th January from 7pm at 1000 Trades, we have an exciting line up of speakers, including; Gunhild Thomson, Marcus Thurman, Charisse Kenion, Tom Hicks (Black Country Type) and James Abelson.

As always its free & open to all!