Focus On Imaging has released official visitor statistics for this year’s show. The total number of attendees was 37,684 which, according to the organisers, made for a very busy show floor across all of the four days. Stars of the show included the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, the Fujifilm X-Pro1 (read review), the Nikon D800 and the Olympus OM-D E-M5. Alongside these exciting new products, many of the exhibitors at this year’s show presented an array of talks, seminars and demonstrations on a wide range of subjects.

Browse our photos from the Focus on Imaging 2012 photography show

X-Rite has announced its schedule of March 2012 webinars. The first online seminar, starting Wednesday, 28th March, 11:00 AM EDT and 1:00 PM EDT and hosted by Joe Brady, is entitled “Image Edits and Enhancements in Lightroom 4.” In this webinar, Joe will explore both basic and advanced image editing techniques and focus on the new editing capabilities offered in Lightroom 4. The other webinar, entitled “Creating the Mood with Texture, Color, and Sharpness,” will feature educator, photographer and author Katrin Eismann, who will share a number of colour management, editing, and enhancement techniques that photographers can use in their digital workflow. The second webinar will take place from midday (EDT), 29th March. Click through for the webinar registration links.

From 19 May 2012 The Photographers’ Gallery will present Burtynsky: Oil, a major solo exhibition of works by renowned Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky. Showcasing over thirty images the exhibition will be divided into three sections: Extraction and Refinement describes the process of distillation via aerial views of oil fields, drills and rigs spread across miles of land, networks of pipelines travelling through the countryside and factories constructed as mazes of metal tubes. Transportation and Motor Culture, as made possible through petrol, is depicted in complex images of highway interchanges and connections, panoramas of endless rows of vehicles lined-up in vast parking lots and of car enthusiasts gathered in masses to take part in related events and sporting competitions. The End of Oil displays the consequences of its use as considered by the artist. The Photographers’ Gallery is located at 16 – 18 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7LW.

In June 2012, a wide range of London’s most celebrated venues will play host to a world-class, city-wide celebration of photography, as the London Festival of Photography returns for its second year. Encompassing documentary, street and conceptual photography, the festival will comprise 18 exhibitions and 40 events, including workshops, talks and screenings. Exhibitions will vary in style and theme, as the organisers are looking to present a comprehensive programme of photographic disciplines showcasing work from both established and emerging photographers. The festival exhibitions will be focused around the King’s Cross, Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia areas, in venues including the British Library, Guardian Gallery, British Museum, Museum of London, V&A and Tate Modern among others.

For the past six years, photographer Katherine Green has been documenting the 1948 British Olympic Team. Her images and oral histories are presented for the first time in a UK touring exhibition. 1948 Olympians is due to be on display at 20-­‐21 Visual Arts Centre from 10 March to 16 June. The exhibition will then tour to The Hat Factory Luton, Rugby Museum & Art Gallery and then The North Light, HuddersCield until August 2012. Click through / scroll down for the exact dates and addresses.

The Master Photographers Association (MPA) has announced a national portrait seminar tour. Led by MPA president Paul Cooper (pictured) and sponsored by Epson who will show the workflow to fine prints, the seminars are presented by Colin and Linda Buck and each features a top regional name. After morning coffee, at 11.30am the guest photographer will stage a live studio portrait shoot with a chance for hands-on participation. During the lunch break you can use the studio, outfitted with Elinchrom lights. The cost of attendance is £15 for MPA members/guests – £20 for non-members. Click through / scroll down for the exact seminar dates and locations.

Professional photo printing lab theprintspace has announced that it will host the awards ceremony & exhibition of the Professional Photographer of the Year (PPOTY) 2011 Awards. Organised by Professional Photographer Magazine, the competition was open to digital submissions by photographers from the UK and those across the globe, and there were 13 different categories to compete in, such as The Wild World, Street Photography, Still Life and Breaking the Mould. At the awards ceremony, a winner and runner-up will be appointed in each category as well as an overall winner, who will receive the Professional Photographer of the Year title. In addition, the best portfolio will also be recognised and awarded. The exhibition will run from Thursday 22nd March until Wednesday 11th April, at theprintspace gallery on 74 Kingsland Road, London.

As part of its current contemporary black & white photography exhibition, No Place Like Home – Photographs by Judah Passow, the Jewish Museum London has announced an upcoming Photography Masterclass. The museum’s four-week documentary photography course kicks off on Sunday, 15th April. The cost of attendance is £150 including free entry to the galleries. Advance registration is required.

The Fine Art Society Contemporary has announced an exhibition entitled Resistance: Working Against the Camera. All of the artists selected for the exhibition resist the normal parameters of the photographic medium, either by inventing their own cameras, destroying them or creating unique camera-less photograms. The list of exhibiting artists include Steven Pippin (UK), Idris Khan (UK), Adam Fuss (US), Rob and Nick Carter (UK), Christopher Bucklow, Janet Laurence (Australia) and Edgar Lissel (Germany). The exhibition opens to the public on 18 April and runs until 5 May 2012. The Fine Art Society is located at 148 New Bond Street, London W1S 2JT.

Ilford and Tetenal are exhibiting a range of products at the Focus on Imaging show at Stand C10. Both Ilford and Tetenal staff are on hand to answer any questions you may have as well as tell you about the companies’ new product offerings. In addition, you can purchase the full GALERIE range from both Jacobs Photographic (Stand L10) and Premier Ink (Stand L5), both of whom are running special promotions at the show.

Nikon and the Warner Music Group have unveiled details of their cooperation at the upcoming South by Southwest Music & Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. “The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon” will make its home at Austin’s famed La Zona Rosa, with two days and three nights of performances slated for 13-15 March. Nikon’s activities at SXSW include an HD-SLR Workshop with The Bui Brothers on the 13th, Nikon Shooting Opportunities with Robert Knight and the Your 1 Shot contest, which gives up-and-coming bands an opportunity to play in front of WMG executives and win Nikon gear. Additionally, the whole event will be broadcast online with the help of Nikon’s latest video-enabled digital SLR cameras. Click through / scroll down for the detailed evening and daytime schedules.

Nikon UK has announced that it will be exhibiting its full professional line-up at Focus on Imaging, from 4th – 7th March. The products that will be on display at the show include the new Nikon D4 and D800 cameras and a range of lenses. Along with the chance to check out the new products, an exciting seminar schedule has been lined up to include well-known names such as wildlife photographer Andy Rouse, national sports photographer Mark Pain and fashion photographer John Wright, who will give some insight into his experience of shooting stills and movie with a new D800 camera. Plus, Nikon has scheduled 3 seminars every day covering the details of the new products.

Photographs by MacArthur Foundation “genius award” winner Camilo José Vergara, will be on display at the New-York Historical Society in two rotations — Harlem: The People on view February 17 through June 10 and Harlem: The Place, on June 13 through September 16. The photographs in both exhibitions show streetscapes that the photographer visited repeatedly over the course of thirty-eight years, so he could create a composite, time-lapse portrait of a vibrant, world-famous neighbpurhood seen as a place of ongoing transformation. Selected from the artist’s archive on the Invincible Cities website, the exhibition includes a sequence of photographs showing the evolution of Harlem, its buildings and its people. All of these photographs were donated to the New-York Historical Society by Camilo José Vergara in 2009.

Visitors to the Focus on Imaging trade show will have a chance to see the Olympus OM-D in the flesh and watch a performance by dancers James and Ola Jordan. The four days of the show (4-7 March) will also see a packed schedule including talks by a number of experienced Olympus photographers and the editorial teams of several of the leading photography magazines. Confirmed speakers include Neil Buchan-Grant, Gabrielle Motola, Nick Mason, Rob Spay, Steve Gosling and Jim Saunders. James and Ola will be performing Sunday, Monday Tuesday at 12 and 2pm.

The Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition will be held in London’s Somerset House from 27 April – 20 May 2012 as part of the photography festival, World Photo, London. Presenting the best of over 112,000 entries into the 2012 competition, the exhibition offers visitors an extraordinary range of contemporary photography covering a wide range of subjects from photojournalism and documentary to fashion, nature, architecture and sport. The exhibition will also feature a photographic depiction of cities across the world, through WPO’s exciting new City Projects, a selection of the best images from The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt Photo Competition, and an illustration of London, photographed by the people who live there, exhibited digitally at Somerset House. Tickets are available for £7.50 apiece.

Manfrotto will showcase a number of pioneering photographic products at the forthcoming Focus on Imaging trade show. These will include the full range of Manfrotto tripods, bags, clothing and LED lights, the Gitzo Systematic Tripod range, Kata and National Geographic Bags and Lastolite products. Visitors can take advantage of a range of exclusive promotional activities when purchasing Manfrotto products at the fair. These include the brand’s new Gitzo Scrappage Scheme, which offers a saving of up to £100 when scrapping an old camera support. Additionally, there will be the chance to win limited-edition Manfrotto products daily through a ‘Guess-N-Win’ competition and everyone can take advantage of a 15% discount online product voucher only available at the stand. Focus on Imaging is taking place from 4-7 March 2012, with Manfrotto occupying stand N10-11.

“Continental Drift” is an exhibition of new work - a video and a set of enlarged video stills - by Colin Snapp. Filmed entirely through the windows of tour buses, trains, taxis and rental cars in Morocco, the video “acts to highlight moments of collision between the observer and his cultural restrictions,” the organisers say. Derived from the video footage of Continental Drift, the stills, titled Latitudes, are described as “a visitor’s impressions of the landscape he himself inevitably imprints”. “Continental Drift” will be on display at The Journal Gallery (168 North 1st Street   Brooklyn NY 11211) from 6 March until 29 April.

Aurora Expeditions have announced that renowned photographer Martin Bailey will be running workshops on five of their wilderness voyages in 2012. Participants will travel to The High Arctic, Russian Arctic and Russian Far East, giving budding photographers the opportunity to hone their skills alongside one of the world’s leading experts. Russian Far East voyages include the spectacular Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula and Commander Islands, while the Russian Arctic voyage offers the rare chance to visit Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land.  Russian Coast highlights include snow-capped volcanoes, deep fjords, pack ice and prolific wildlife such as whales, brown bears, rare birds, seals and even the illusive polar bear.  The Jewels of the Arctic voyages include Spitsbergen – the realm of the polar bear, the breathtaking mountain vistas of the East Greenland coast and a taste of Iceland. The 13 and 14 days voyages depart in June, July and August 2012.  Prices start at AU$8700 and include photography programme, ship accommodation, all meals on board, all shore excursions, lectures, medical services, port charges and taxes.

Manfrotto School of Xcellence will be present at the Focus On Imaging trade show, offering inspiring and informative talks and the chance to meet some of the UK’s top photographers. Drew Gardner, Michael Freeman, Phil Coates and Jacob James, will be among the photographers hosting one-to-one sessions to share their professional hints and tips. Budding photographers will also have the chance to bring their portfolios for more in depth tutorials with the experts. Meanwhile, Manfrotto itself will be showcasing a number of pioneering photographic products at Focus on Imaging including the Gitzo Systematic Tripod, Kata and National Geographic Bags and Lastolite products.

Multiblitz USA has added Florida fashion photographer Anthony Neste to the Multiblitz Professional Team. At this yearʼs WPPI 2012, Anthony Neste will be joining the Multiblitz team for daily photo shoots and product demonstration of the newly introduced Multiblitz GLAMKIT and the rest of the Multilbitz product line. “We are honored to have Anthony Neste on our Multiblitz Professional team. It is the next logical step to increase brand awareness in North America.” said Veit Wulms, president of Multiblitz USA. “Anthonyʼs style, experience, stunning images and his exceptional character perfectly fit the companyʼs brand and image. He is the perfect addition to the Multiblitz Team.” The daily photo shoots will be held at Multiblitz USAʼs booth #1426 at the MGM Grand, Marquee Ballroom.