London Photo Gallery Featured Photographer: Stuart Cashmore #photography #london #londonphotofestival #atlanta #londonphotogallery

Of all of the pictures I have taken this is my personal favourite. I woke early one Sunday morning in a hotel in downtown Atlanta, looked out of the window and this scene greeted my eye. From a technical perspective it’s probably not the best – it was taken on an inexpensive compact camera through a dirty window. However I love the stark “canyon” which the buildings create, their near monchrome countered by the bright red of the solitary car. If this picture had been deliberately posed it couldn’t have been better.

Stuart is a regular exhibitor at the London Photo Festival and went on to successfully exhibit this image at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition.

Stuart will be joining 20 other photographers for a group exhibition at Harris + Hoole in Twickenham for 3 months from 10 November.

Downtown Atlanta, Sunday morning

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We are delighted to exhibit at photo19 in #zurich next year! #photography #photographyexhibitions

We have been invited again to take part in photo19 Zurich’s ‘Directors Choice Series’. The series will show exhibited images from up to 100 photography festivals from all around the world. Congratulations to the following who will be digitally exhibited in Zurich next year and you can view the images on our Facebook page.

Akash S. Chauhan

Alicja Brodowicz

Daniel Munteanu

Eda Korcak

George Digalakis

Geraint Rowland

Hans-Joerg Aleff

Joerg Karrenbauer

Ladislav Rombald

Leka Huie

Levente Toth

Lucy Higgins

Miranda Hodge

Neil Lennon

Prianko Moitra

Renee Chabot

Reza Isapour

Richard Dickson

Roger Jackson

Zorica Purlija

We catch up with Best in Show Winner May 2018 Daniel Bradley Photography #londonphotofestival #streetphotography

‘Lost in the city’ was taken from a series Daniel produced in his third year at university. Daniel excels in street photography using lighting and different camera techniques to produce powerful and atmospheric images.

Titled ‘Isolated’ Daniel wanted to explore street photography is a different aspect, looking at how lighting affects an images atmosphere and the emotion it portrays.

‘Isolated’ looks deeper into how even in our vastly populated society, full of communication and expanding environments, we can still feel alone and uncertain. The work looks to show how a single person can be lost by delving into the idea of being trapped and isolated from everything and everyone around us, even in a world so connected.

Images can be found on Daniel’s website https://www.danielbradleyphotography.co.uk/Photography/Isolated/

The People Have Spoken! Who won our F/factor competition? #photography #london #londonphotofestival

It was a closely run contest in our F/factor competition, where the public have a chance to vote for their favourite image at the Festival. This year’s theme was street photography and you can see the winning images on our Facebook page. Congratulations to the following photographers:-

!st – Tony Sellen (Evolution)

2nd – Tony Sellen (The Reverend)

3rd – Brecciaroli (Rebel Mayo)

4th – Gearoid Hayes (Floating Flowershop)

 

 

Other high votes and not in vote order:-

Alice Gardoni (As Life 2)

AYLC (Shadow Lines)

Bob Chiu (Hiking in the snow)

Helena Sikk ( Fixing the Bike in 2017)

Ilya Trofimenko (Summer In The City)

John Kelly ( Little China Girl)

John Kelly (Watch the Master)

Kant Rathod (The Lost Art of Conversation)

Keith Davies (Ice Cream)

Maria Kalogiorgi (Man Counting His Money)

Mark Heathcote (Zombie Love)

Matthew Pritchard (Homeward Bound)

Maya Simeon ( Angel Kid)

Mayur Channagere (Old and Forgotten)

Michael Callagher (Wine By The Canal)

Muge Karatas (Stop)

Natasha Bennett (Dog Walker)

Nicola Breen (water competition)

Pablo Ruiz (The Right Step)

Samantha Connolly (Only Passing Through)

Stuart Cashmore (Lonely Table)

Tony Sellen (Running in Circles)

 

 

Best in Show, runners up & honourable mentions announced! #london #londonphotofestival #streetphotography #photography

A big thank you to our judge Filip Gierlinski and to everyone who attended our Private View on 16 May 2018.

Street photography is the observation of juxtaposition and humour, capturing the quirky  moments of life in an everyday urban environment.  It depicts the relationship between people v. architecture and how they live in and use the space.

You can see Filip’s Best in Show, runners up and honourable mentions at our Festival 17-19 May and on our Facebook page.

One from the archives: when we spoke to @KarolinSchwab, our first Best in Show winner at the inaugural LPF in 2011! #photography

It’s been some time now since I have been part of the fantastic London Photo Festival, but my memories of it are still quite vivid. I heard about the LPF from one of my teachers at University in Germany, where I used to study for a Teacher’s degree in Fine Art at that time. Since I was planning to spend a semester abroad in London anyway and now found out there would be a chance to exhibit my work, I didn’t hesitate a second and booked my space.

So finally the big day of the private view came and I remember walking around the exhibition thinking “damn, there are some really good photographer’s in this show, who really know how to use their camera.” A little bit embarrassed about my own photo I tried to look at the positive sides, like that I got to meet a lot of interesting people and generally the whole experience of exhibition practice was very helpful. So, as I was in company of nice people and good wine, you can imagine how I surprised I was, when suddenly my name was called out for “Best in Show”.

I didn’t expect it at all I can’t emphasize this enough!) and I think it actually took me a few days to realize everything. Also the fact that my picture got sold straight from the show seemed very unreal at first. It was all too good. I’m still in touch with the collector who bought my piece and it’s such a nice thing to know my photo is now hanging miles away in somebody else’s living room.

Still, what was even more important to me – That night, after winning the award, my boosted ego decided to take my career as an artist seriously, quite my studies in Germany, stay in London and finish my Fine Art degree here. Looking back, there isn’t much to say other than: It has been the best decision I’ve ever made. After two wonderful years full of art, putting up and taking down many more shows and finally graduating from Uni, I am know back in Germany, Berlin dividing my time between working for a gallery and concentrating on my own art work.

Nothing left to say than life is good. In fact, it’s great and I really have to thank everyone from the LPF, without whom all this might have never happened.

www.karolinschwab.com

London with a Window View: 12 Finalists (penultimate round) @wpftherapy #photography #london #art #exhibitions

We teamed up with WPF Therapy to run a competition to help them adorn their walls with great art. Congratulations to the following 12 photographers who have made the penultimate round, with the final winning images being selected on 8 March. Good luck everyone!

Gaynor Spry
Iu Chung Hong
Jamie Bryan
Jennifer Boyer
Jose Betancourt
Judy Vere Parkinson
Nick Beadle
Regis Lampert
Richard Dickson
Robert Finch
Roger Jackson
Stephanie Mussi-Braojos