The Durham Centre for Advanced Photography has started their annual seminar series, open to Durham University faculty members and interested members of the public. This one’s very exciting (but so are they all). From the invitation letter:
Dr Ian Walker will be giving a seminar on ‘Bill Brandt Underground: Tracing the Shelter Photographs in the Archive’. Ian has published widely on twentieth century photography. His books include:
Here’s an abstract of Dr Walker’s presentation. The seminar takes place in Elvet Riverside 1, room A56, and starts tomorrow, 16th October at 5.30pm. Do let me know if you’re going.
It was superb. Review at some point. I’d forgotten how much like woodcuts Brandt printed his pictures. There’s a book cover, probably Penguin, maybe an Orwell, that uses a Brandt, or possibly more than one. I didn’t realise they were photographs when I first saw them.
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What – nobody I know wants to go to this? Amazed.
Sorry I didn’t have a chance to check my e-mail until Friday, missed it
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- b****r – missed it as well – I would have gone.
It was superb. Review at some point. I’d forgotten how much like woodcuts Brandt printed his pictures. There’s a book cover, probably Penguin, maybe an Orwell, that uses a Brandt, or possibly more than one. I didn’t realise they were photographs when I first saw them.
Time for some heavy Grade 5 printing, anyone? :)