She was slightly afraid of him, and the photographs show Bacon looking fearsome. Click through to see the short recording of Jane talking: the Guardian refrains from telling us when this was, but since Bacon died in 1992, perhaps in the late 70s or early 80s.

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Laura Goodman’s photographic exhibition continues its UK tour in Glasgow at The Gallery at Mussel Inn.

The Coombe End Preview is on Thursday 4th September: mail Laura if you’d like an invitation. The work will be on show until 30th September, and then we’re hoping Laura will come and do a talk about her methods and practice at Number 7, the new private gallery space.Similar Posts:

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A new wimmin photographers’ showcase site. It’s so difficult to come up with new names for babies, bands, networks, collaborations. Argh. I quite like this one. Click through to see their site, some smashing work.

Please submit your suggestions for:
a) acceptable non cheesy adjectives to describe photographs you like. ‘Nice’ and ‘wow’ are both banned.
b) ideas for names of collectives of photographers.

All suggestions will be published. Good ones will be used. August is a possibility for the resumption of normal service, but all comments will be read. Similar Posts:

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The woman gutsy enough to get student internships out of Rankin and Telfer, and merit winner of the Fujifilm Student Award in 2006 has just published her professional site. We’ll be linking to a few more of these early career photographers in coming months, along with the occasional interview.Similar Posts:

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There’s now a slim majority of young women in most UK photography schools, so inevitably the industry itself must start to change.

The reputation of the photography business on the whole, isn’t great.

The freelancer disease is symptomised by hugely long hours, little professional representation, periods of aching isolation, gaps between jobs punctuated by periods of time where commissions all come at once and with the same deadlines.

Liz Kuball came up with this idea, prompted in part by a rather snarky article in the New York Times about gallerinas – young women, ridiculously overqualified, working as gatekeepers, secretaries and whatnot, in the art world.

We’re not gear heads, and neither are we air heads. The reason why so many over-qualified women work in front of house McJobs with no future, is that it’s so very difficult to be taken seriously still, and the kinds of professional support clubs and elites that do exist, tend to be male dominated, competitive and culturally oblique.

And then there’s the creepy guy syndrome which is still pretty much ubiquitous throughout, and overt, which you’d think would make it easier to handle, but instead is misanthropy normalised.

Liz writes: “I didn’t know what I could do to conquer the gallery scene or combat sexism, but I thought maybe we could do something to draw attention to all the women photographers who are generous and helpful and wanting to share their knowledge.”

The buttons above are to display on your blog or website, or go ahead and make your own version. The only condition is that you have to be willing and eager to share your knowledge with other women photographers. Take one in any colour, and link back here so we can make a chain, or to Liz who came up with it all.

Mrs Deane has another analysis of the gallerina syndrome, along with a different version of the button, should you feel the same way. She definitely has a point, but perhaps has the good fortune to work in a more enlightened context than either Liz or I.

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