My third instalment in this series from the Dinosaur Coast.
Dinosaur Coast 3
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SPACES OF MEMORY ~ Fernando Pérez Fraile
Diary Date : Thurs 11th Oct, yes, this Thursday at 7pm. All welcome to the Opening Reception of Fernando Pérez Fraile‘s SPACES OF MEMORY exhibit. Fernando will be speaking briefly about his photographs, and there will be (limited supply!) of jamon, chorizo and Spanish wine. Venue : Lightgallery, 5A Porchester Place, W2 2BS. The exhibition will run from 12 to 31 October, Tuesdays to Saturdays from 12 – 6pm.
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Tuscany Workshop : Day 3
Imagination. Running Wild. Saw these dead wild thorn flowers on some farmland whilst photographing the typical Tuscan landscape at dusk, on the way back from Bolgheri, on the coast.
Simple pleasures to inspire a generation
We have finally arrived in to Cerbaiola, a hilltop ‘agri-turismo’ group of restored farm buildings and outhouses where we are staying, in the Tuscany hills after a two hour detour in Pisa. I grabbed this shot of Cerbaiola from the heavy minivan, covering the last kilometres on a narrow unmade dirt track, with my smartphone. It’s s painterly, and reminded me of why I love photography. I remember the simply pleasure of just being able to make pictures, any picture, when I was young and my family to us to the seaside o to the parks.
Sometimes, we need to be exposed to natural beauty, a landscape, a waterfall, or an amazing sunset, to be reminded again of what photography and the making of a photograph really is. We get caught up nowadays with all the technical gadgetry, lenses, sensor sizes, megapixels, or perhaps we want to shoot like Bresson or be famous like McCurry, we loose sight of the basic principles and just the joy of taking pictures.
Venice. It’s been a while.
Click on the image to see a full preview of our latest photobook, VENICE, a collection of superb photographs taken at the Venetian Carnivale workshop by our group of photographers. Apologies that it has taken so long to complete, I can only say, it was pushed back, due to some urgent projects to be gotten out of the way in Spring, right after we returned.Spring became Summer, and Summer is now almost at an end. Nevertheless, sitting here at my desk in the late Summer light, looking at these atmospheric and colourful images of a cold, cold February weekend in the Doge city, makes me want to get back right back amongst the canals and alleyways again during the Winter. Venice must and should be experienced in mid Winter. When the soul is at rest, and the night is serene.
Order your copy now.
Princess Diana : 15 years on
Diana, Princess of Wales died in a horrific car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. 15 years on, her legacy continues, but there is not official memorial for her apart from a rather unsympathetic water feature in Kensington Gardens, a short distance away from Kensington Palace. Every year, during this anniversary, her fans lay flowers and tributes at the Palace Gates.
Are you ready? The Notting Hill Carnival is next weekend!
SUMMER images! Did you shoot any?
explorenation is curating a set of images titled ‘Timeless Summer’ for an Autumn event to be held in London, to brighten up the days in Autumn, when the days begin to shorten, shadows lengthen, and the chill wind starts to blow again. Email me your pics now(!) to info@explorenation.net
Images can be on any subject, taken anywhere, depicting a timeless summery moment in your own interpretation. Instagrams, Hipstamatics, Fine Art, anything..
Open to all dedicated photographers, we want your SINGLE timeless image to be included in an exhibition. Photographs selected will be printed and exhibited in a special event (to be announced) where your prints will be available for sale.
Please send your jpeg at 800pixels wide in any format, B&W or Colour. We are looking for that special stand alone photograph that shout out SUMMER, eg. BBQ’s, beaches, outdoor, camping, flowers, fairs, camper vans, ice cream, bikinis,… that sort of thing!
Go on! Have a look at your images and see what you have shot this Summer.
Introducing EXPOSURE+
The Crossing © Tania Lee Crow
EXPOSURE+ is our new photography program which we hope may encourage members to get involve and participate in regular meet ups, exhibitions, present new work, network with other photographers and enthusiasts, and have fun! Our first event is a SlideShare evening on Tuesday 24th July at the French Art Gallery in London.
The evening will start off with two formal presentations by KLPA12 finalists, Daniella Cesarei and Tania Lee Crow who will be projecting recent work and projects. Following which, our projector will be open to any guests who would like to show their photographs.
In the lineup will be Fernando Perez, presenting his amazing interiors of derelict factories and industrial complexes. Yalda Pashai will show her multi-media series of portraits titled Illuminations with interviews with the sitters, examining personal identity, and what’s it like to be gay and Muslim. There will be a short movie about the dying art of the Cantonese Opera in Malaysia Capturing Twilight by Nirmala Karuppiah which was shortlised at the recent Cannes Shorts 2012. Also presenting work is Mei Ying Chan, Zarina Holmes and Preethi Manoharan.
Venue : The French Art Studio, 58 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4QT
Date : Tues 24 July, 2012
Time : 7:30 to 10:00pm
£5.00 to cover drinks and light snacks, per person, on arrival.
In the Light
Visitors admiring the view. Alum Bay, IoW
explorenation.net ~ photography posts, workshops, writings and thoughts by Steven V-L Lee 
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