27th November 2024
Petero by Cliff from SINK / RISE: The Day May Break, Chapter Three; Zaina, Laila and Haroub, from The Echo of Our Voices: The Day May Break, Chapter Four. © Nick Brandt
THIS WEEK ON A SMALL VOICE PODCAST MEMBER-ONLY EPISODE...
A check-in with previous guest Nick Brandt (episode 199), who talks about chapters three and four of his epic, global, multi-part project The Day May Break.
And last week's guest Stephan Vanfleteren returns to tackle the bonus questions in fine style.
This week's sample question:
What other artforms or cultural output, either highbrow or popular, do you consume, enjoy or take inspiration from?
Everything. And sometimes if I talk to young photographers, they always think about other photographers, but you see it in movies, of course, because it's about image, but you find it in poetry, you find it in literature, you find it in sculptures. Look to sculptures, sometimes you can learn a lot from that. But also you find it, of course, in music, but you find it in nature. For me, nature is my biggest inspiration. It's all started from there. And it can be from dead animals, but also a tree can be so touching, light, and movement of wind and and the ocean, snow. So don't narrow yourself to your own photography, your medium. Oh my god, no, go to the theatre, look to dancers, how they move, how they jump, how they touch, look to beautiful a movie, whatever it is. You will become a better person. And take things with you and then do it in your own way. But open your sight.
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ALSO THIS WEEK...
Book Fair:
The14th edition of TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR (“TABF”), will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from November 28 (Thu) to December 1 (Sun). Around 300 publishers, galleries, and artists from Japan and abroad will gather to showcase their art books and zines during the TABF.
This year’s “Guest Country” will be Germany. “Guest Country” is their annual project, in which they introduce the publishing culture of one country or region. Invites are a variety of bookmakers who are spearheading the German art publishing scene at the moment, starting from the artist Stefan Marx, who has had steady popularity in Japan; the Berlin Art Book Fair “Miss Read”; the long-established publisher Walther König; and Steidl famed for their beautiful publications.
There will also be a standalone exhibition “Sakamoto Library Branch,” which precedes Ryuichi Sakamoto’s solo exhibition “Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time” set to be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo starting December 21 (Sat); and special booths by New Balance, Hanatsubaki, BEAMS CULTUART and THREE.
Competition:
The 2025 World Press Photo Contest will open for entries on Sunday, 1 December 2024, at 13.00 CET. As you no doubt are aware, The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the past year. It is free to enter and open to professional press and documentary photographers from around the world.
The winning works, selected by an independent international jury, will be included in their annual traveling exhibition and yearbook, and showcased to a global audience online as well. Winners also receive a cash prize of up to €10,000, an invitation to the Winners’ Program in Amsterdam, and more.
Helpfully, you can join one of their online Expert Talks where winners and jury members will give you an overview of the entry process, share insights on how to effectively submit your best work, and answer all your questions.
A number of changes are in place, including the removal of the Open Format category.
Exhibition:
Friend of the podcast Mal Woolford, who was a contributor to the recent Photo Meet Special, has some viewings of his joint project with Charlotte Woolford, No Relation, in London at Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St. Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4EA.
In their ongoing photographic project, Charlotte Woolford and Mal Woolford respond to their personal connection through historic transatlantic chattel slavery. Knowing each other from the school run, they discovered by chance that they share the same surname. Research revealed that a branch of Mal’s family most probably enslaved Charlotte’s ancestors, pointing to a household just a few generations ago in Georgetown, British Guiana. Charlotte and Mal use the early photographic technique wet-plate collodion to make closely observed portraits not as photographer and model but as co-photographers. The show contains images made together in London and on the street and property where the enslaver and enslaved Woolfords lived.
Gallery viewings with Charlotte and Mal plus electric bass improvisations by @benplayingbass
Wed 27 Nov, 7-9pm
Sun 01 Dec, 3-5pm *closing event*
Viewing by appointment is possible by contacting @woolfordandwoolford
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