Mary Walker, the driving force behind Focus on Imaging has picked a new team of creative professionals. The new members include Editorial Photographer Matt Sills, independent film maker Ross Casswell and imaging expert Jonathan Briggs. Mary Walker explained: “With growth and development constantly taking place in this marketplace, it’s always been essential for Focus to embrace and represent it - by trend setting as much as following. This annual reinvention keeps the show fresh, and ensures that it continues to meet the needs of the industry, both in terms of suppliers and end-users.” Focus on Imaging 2012 takes place from 4 to 7 March 2012 at the NEC Birmingham.

A group of emerging photographers from City and Islington College in North London will be auctioning some of their work on behalf of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The auction will take place from 6.45pm to 8pm on Wednesday 15th June as part of an exhibition at John Jones London, which runs from Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th June 2011. The twelve lots that will be on offer can be viewed at the website below.

Center has announced a public photographic portfolio walk for Friday, 3 June 2011, 5:30 to 8:00pm, at Santa Fe Hilton Historic Plaza. This is a free event that forms part of Review Santa Fe, an invitational photographic portfolio review event that allows 100 photographers to present their work to nationally and internationally renowned curators, book publishers, editors and gallery directors. At this event, collectors and art enthusiasts will have the opportunity to view the work, talk with the artists and add to their collections at a reasonable price. (The photo above is from Tamás Dezs?‘s project Here, Anywhere, which has won him the 2011 Center Award.)

INFLUX is the title of an upcoming photography exhibition hosted by East London gallery theprintspace. Showcasing a mix of portraiture, landscape and documentary photography,  INFLUX reflects the interest of 2nd Year Foundation Degree Students at Brighton University in contemporary photographic practice. “All students have drawn their inspiration and skills from working with design artists, web designers and from within the field of teaching, which is reflected in the depth and diversity of the exhibited photographs,” the company says. “theprintspace gallery is proud to provide these students with the unique opportunity of exhibiting their work to photo enthusiasts and industry experts.” The exhibition runs from 6th June-17th June, Monday-Friday 9am-7pm. The gallery is located at 74 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DL.

The Suffering of Light is the title of an upcoming exhibition of key photographic works from the career of American photographer Alex Webb. Presented by the Magnum Print Room, the exhibition opens on 17 June, runs until 29 July 2011 and showcases twelve of Webb’s best known images. The Magnum Print Room is located at Magnum Studios, 63 Gee St, London, EC1V 3RS. Additionally a 204-page book entitled, The Suffering of Light: 30 Years of Photographs by Alex Webb is available from Thames & Hudson for £45.

Ludwig Museum is going to host a large-scale exhibition of the works of László Moholy-Nagy, a key figure of Modernist art. Raised in Mohol and Szeged, Moholy-Nagy taught at the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, lived and worked in Berlin, Amsterdam and London before settling in Chicago where he became the first director of the New Bauhaus school. In 1939, he opened the School of Design, which went on to become the Institute of Design in 1944. Widely regarded as one of the fathers of modern light art, he became famous for his photograms, or photographs made without a camera. The present exhibition, opening on 9th June and running until 25th September, includes 130 of his paintings, black-and-white & colour photographs and sketches. Ludwig Museum is located at Komor Marcell utca 1, District IX, Budapest, Hungary.

Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) has announced that WPPI NYC – the first-ever WPPI trade show to take place on the US East Coast - is co-locating with PhotoPlus Expo this fall in new exhibit space at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. WPPI NYC will host a full day of educational programmes for professional photographers on Wednesday, 26 October 2011. A two-day tradeshow will follow on 27-28 October 2011 from 10:00am – 5:00pm each day.

At this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, a set of large-format printed images are incorporated into the external landscape to showcase the work of contemporary landscape photographer David Anthony Hall. Measuring up to 3m x 1.5m, the panoramic images have been produced on a Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9100 large format printer (pictured) by Canon UK’s distributor, Surrey-based Velmex Distribution. Hall comments: “By integrating my images into the concept garden, I’m hoping to challenge convention and stimulate a debate around the placement of art outdoors. I also want to show how it can brighten up difficult outdoor spaces, including courtyard gardens, by adding depth, colour and a focal point to these areas.”

The Association of Photographers (AOP) has announced that photographer Pedro Alvarez will be the guest speaker at the next AOP Careers Talk. Every month the AOP offers the opportunity to listen to an experienced member talk about their journey into the photography industry. The June event will take place from 3pm-5pm on Wednesday, 29th June. The address is 81 Leonard Street EC2A 4QS, London. Entry is free.

Website: Pedro Alvarez

Photo: © Pedro Alvarez

Photoshelter has announced a new free webinar entitled, “How We Hire Photographers”. Building on Photoshelter’s recent guide, What Buyers Want from Photographers, this webinar sheds light on what potential clients love and hate about photographer promotions. Attendees will learn how to create effective promotions that capture attention and turn into new business, where they go to find new talent, and how to avoid common mistakes that drive them crazy. Taking place tomorrow, 25th May, from 4pm to 5pm EDT; the “How We Hire Photographers” webinar consists of two thirty-minute interviews with Erin Fagerland, Martha Stewart Living’s Assistant Picture Researcher & Special Projects Photo Editor and Kat Dalager, Manager of Print Production at advertising agency Campbell Mithun. Interested readers can register at the website below.

Website: How We Hire Photographers Webinar Registration

Accomplished photographer and Editorial Director of MOTO magazine, Adam Duckworth, has announced a one-day workshop on dirt bike photography. Offering expert tuition and a unique access to pro riders on a top motocross circuit, the workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn how to use off-camera flash lighting for dramatic effect and get sharp action shots every time. “Some of the world’ s best riders will perform for your camera in controlled but spectacular action,” Adam says. “Pupils will get expert tuition and the chance to take some once-in-a-lifetime shots that could kickstart their career in contributing to magazines. Or simply fantastic pictures for their porfolio from this unique opportunity.” The number of participants is limited to 12. Taking place on 30th June in Fat Cat Motoparc near Doncaster, the workshop is £249 per person.

Point of Interest is an upcoming exhibition of images taken by Magnum photographer Peter Marlow. The twenty-seven colour photographs and ten black-and-white prints are from a body of work comprising several thousand photographs that have been made alongside major projects. “It is photojournalism turned inside out, where the geography of where he is in the world, and the narrative context, becomes an irrelevant and unnecessary detail,” the organisers say. “The title Point of Interest is surely ironic – these images capture the overlooked, the abandoned, the derelict and the detritus of contemporary life and would rarely be the focus or centre of anyone’s point of interest. It is Marlow who places them centre stage in a sequence of masterly but disturbing photographs.” Running from 24 May - 2 July 2011, the exhibition is hosted by the Wapping Project Bankside gallery, 65a Hopton Street, London, SE1 9LR.

“Full Exposure: Images to Change the Future” is a photography symposium featuring acclaimed photographers Daniel Beltrá and Molly Steinwald, presented by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, and sponsored by National Camera Exchange and Tamron USA. The lecture-style symposium will meet from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, 11th June, in the Arboretum’s Oswald Visitor Center. The symposium fee is $40 for Arboretum members and $50 for non-members. To register, visit the website below.

Photowrap is a brand new series of online workshops on documentary photography. The three-week course begins on 6th June and goes on until the 26th. Participants from around the world can log in on the private Flickr Photowrap group to take part in live discussions, upload their photographs and follow the tasks given every other day. Skype will be used for a series of one-to-one sessions that will regularly take place to tailor the tutoring around the students’ needs and time-schedules. In addition to that, special-guest reviewers will provide feedback on participants’ images. Once the course is finished, the photographers’ photo-essays will be published in the ever-growing Photowrap website, through which they will receive international exposure. The cost of attendance is £500.

Website: Photowrap

The London Street Photography Festival launches this summer to celebrate the time-honoured genre. Taking place from 1st-31st July 2011, the festival features curated exhibitions alongside a diverse events programme. Highlights include the first UK exhibition of the incredible archives of mysterious Chicago street photographer Vivian Maier at the German Gymnasium, as well as a newly discovered body of work by previously unknown British photographer Walter Joseph. (Chicago nanny Vivian Maier died in 2009, leaving behind an incredible archive of over 100,000 negatives, prints, and home-made films only discovered shortly before her death, while Joseph was a Darmstadt-born Jewish refugee and a dedicated amateur and semi-professional photographer who photographed London markets and street traders
after the Second World War.) The festival will also present the first ever International Street Photography Award, alongside a student category, celebrating the best work undertaken today from thousands of submissions received from around the world.

Calumet Photographic will host two marketing and self-promotion related workshops in Los Angeles, California. Presented by Maria Piscopo, both classes will take place on Saturday, 18th June. The first workshop, Getting Your Business Started ($45), will be held from 10am to 1pm. You will learn how to: start a creative business, handle taxes and business records, find the best clients for your creativity, sell your work by getting appointments, make presentations and better deal with pricing and negotiating. The second workshop, Marketing in Today’s Economy ($45), will take place from 2pm to 5pm, and will cover techniques to keep your clients coming back, to become more aware of the courtship and bonding in the photographer and client relationship and the latest in web sites, direct mail and internet marketing. Both workshops will be presented at the 1135 N. Highland Avenue, Los Angeles store.

John Swannell, world renowned fashion, beauty and royal photographer, is hosting a public lecture at The Royal Geographical Society on 7th June in order to raise funds for the National Autistic Society. The lecture will take the form of a journey through John’s photographic career, from his first days as an assistant at Vogue Studios through to his time working for publications such as Harpers & Queen, The Sunday Times and Tatler. John Swannell said: “This will be the first time I have talked in public about the early years of my career and I will also be revealing some never-seen before photographs as well as some of my more famous work.” Tickets will cost £15 with all proceeds going to charity. To book tickets visit the website below.

The brand new Brighton Photo Festival is taking place on 14th and 15th May as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Set in Brighton Marina Square, this will be an open-air event bringing together manufacturers, retailers, service providers as well as photographic exhibition stands. There is also a live stage with entertainment, live talks and demonstrations, whilst over in Eclectia Gallery and studio you can see great local photographers and a few extra special studio lighting and retouching demonstrations throughout the weekend. For more information, visit the webiste below.

From 20th May to 3rd June, 100 images of Japan taken over a period of 13 years by award-winning photographer Jason Hindley, will be exhibited at theprintspace gallery in Shoreditch, London. ‘Familiar and Distant’ is a compilation of Hindley’s personal photographs taken during his various trips to Japan. ” Seemingly familiar views of backstreets, public spaces, and people going about their daily life reveal subtle details in an intimate and yet reserved manner,” the organisers say. Admission is free, and there is an opportunity to purchase the exhibited prints at an affordable charity price, with all proceeds from the print sales going British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. The gallery is located at 74 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DL, and is open Monday-Friday from 9am till 7pm.

Starting 18th May, the Colmore Business District in Birmingham will play host to ‘take to the streets’, an outdoor exhibition of street photography showcasing over 100 images by seven of Magnum Photos’ most prolific documentary photographers. The project will culminate in a book and a small touring exhibition and the photographs will be added to Birmingham Library’s Collections within the brand new Library of Birmingham opening in 2013, creating an important new chapter in the history of street photography in the city. For more information, visit the website below.