Internationally renowned artist Tadanori Yokoo released a photography compilation based on his signature work “Y-Junction”, including a print that covers an entire wall without join lines. In order to produce this mural-sized print, he used a HP Designjet L65500 large format printer. Standing in front of his newly printed giant-size work, Yokoo expressed delight with its high quality and reproducibility. “I was surprised at the lack of join lines in the print and that it had been completely printed as a single work. Standing in front of it, it feels like I’ve entered the actual Y-junction depicted.”

Beyond Borders is an exhibition of the works of graduates of the LCC’s Photography MA, a course completed entirely online. The exhibition is to be held at East London’s prestigious photographic gallery, theprintspace. Amongst the amazing fusion of work are stories such as Belarus seen through the eyes of an American photographer living in Sweden and a disparate collection of Londoners photographing their own visions of the city, shot on everything from medium format cameras to mobile phones. The exhibition opens at theprintspace - located at 74 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8DL - with a private view on 10 March 7pm-10pm and runs to 1 April from 9am-7pm Monday-Friday.

Prix Pictet 2009 Commission winner Ed Kashi will show his photographs from Madagascar at London’s Diemar / Noble Photography gallery from 20 April to 1 May 2010. Kashi was one of twelve leading international photographers shortlisted for the 2009 Prix Pictet, the world’s only major annual photography award to focus on sustainability. Nadav Kander, the 2009 Prix Pictet winner, received the CHF100,000 award from Kofi Annan, honorary president of the Prix Pictet, in October 2009. At the same time Kashi was invited to produce a portfolio of images from Madagascar, where Pictet & Cie had decided to support a sustainability programme relating to ‘Earth’, the theme of the 2009 award. Kashi, who travelled to Madagascar in January 2010 said, “My work has led me to many places on this earth and it’s critically clear our world is under tremendous stress.  The relationship we hold as human beings with the earth, and the issues that are raised with regard to how we go about conducting this vital relationship, have developed into core themes within my work. Nowhere are the effects of this dysfunctional relationship more evident than in Madagascar.” The Diemar / Noble Photography gallery is located at 66/67 Wells Street, London W1T 3PY.

Red Bull Reporter is giving wannabe reporters and photojournalists the chance to experience a couple of Red Bull Music Academy’s events. One of the assignments involves the coverage of Barcelona-based Sónar’s taster event in London, for which Red Bull Reporter needs a writer and a photographer. For the other event, The Red Bull Music Academy presents 12x12’, they only need a photographer. Interested (adult) readers are encouraged to check out the assignments below.

David Noton is reminding interested photographers that his Chasing the Light Road Show is taking place on 25 February in Sheffield. The show will explore the making of David’s most iconic and inspirational photographs, including landscape, travel portrait and wildlife images. The Sheffield show will also showcase David’s brand new images and video clips taken on recent trips to Bolivia, Umbria and Canada. The photo above, for example, was taken this month in Umbria, Italy. Tickets for the Sheffield event are priced at just £16.50 and can be purchased online at www.davidnoton.com.

The first Lomography Gallery Store and official Lomography Embassy will open its doors on the US West Coast on 18 February. The USA’s Lomographic Society is planning an “epic celebration” with drinks, live Mariachi music, tacos and tamales, and dancing girls. The festivities will begin at 7pm - if you want to take part, send an RSVP to [email protected]. A series of workshops will also take place on the first week, starting on 19 February. Lomographic Society USA is headquartered at 7998 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90047. Click through / read on for the details.

Photo Quest Adventures have announced their new 2010 specialised global photography workshops and unique Nikon-sponsored US flash clinics for small groups of all skill levels. PQA was created by a group of professional photographers with the purpose of conducting intimate photography workshops in the world’s most unique places and across the US. The new workshop destinations include: Patagonia, Baja, Morocco, Peru, Kenya and South Island, New Zealand, while the new Nikon sponsored flash clinics locations include: Santa Barbara, New Orleans, Jackson Hole, New York City, Moab, Las Vegas, Miami and Sonoma. The latter offer a weekend long workshop where photographers master the basics of flash photography using the Nikon Creative Lighting System.

Website: Photo Quest Adventures

Guardian photographer and filmmaker David Levene will be exhibiting a selection of his Haiti earthquake photographs and films at the Old Truman Brewery from next week to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal. David visited Haiti to cover the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck near Port-Au-Prince on 12 January 2010. The exhibition – ‘Haiti 12:01:10’ – will run from Tuesday 16 February until Sunday 21 February at the Old Truman Brewery’s Dray Walk Gallery in London E1. Open each day from 11am – 7pm. Signed, limited edition prints of David’s photographs taken both this year and during an earlier Haiti assignment in 2008, will be available for sale at the exhibition, with all proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committe.

Eve Arnold is to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Sony World Photography Awards. Arnold was one of the first women to be taken on by Magnum, first as a stringer and then, in 1954, as a full member, working under the tutorage of founders Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa. From early in her career, she photographed a host of stars including Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford, Marlene Deitrich and Isabella Rossellini. She travelled the world extensively, photographing in China, Russia, South Africa and Afghanistan. She will be honoured at the annual awards ceremony in Cannes on 22 April, the day after her 98th birthday, amongst leading figures of the international photographic community.

Micro Anvika is offering free tips and advice from Canon experts at five special events. The Demo Days take place from 10am until 6pm on Saturday 13th February at 6-17 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 1BH, Westfield London Shopping Centre, London W12 7GE, 48 The Whitgift Centre, Croydon CR0 1UQ, Bentalls Department Store, Kingston KT1 1TX, Fenwick Department Store, Newcastle NE1 7AF.

Photographer Nick Hannes has travelled the length and breadth of the fifteen former Soviet republics to document the life of their inhabitants. Awarded with the Nikon Press Photo Award in 2009, his photo series, “Red Journey”, will go on display in Antwerp’s FotoMuseum on 12 February. The exhibition runs until 12 March. The opening ceremony takes place from 5pm to 7pm on 12 February.

After the stir caused at the SWPP Convention in London in January, Aaduki have announced that the “Aaduki Boys” will also appear at the Focus on Imaging show. Nik Stewert, Marketing and Business Development Manager said, “The Boys caused a few eyebrows to be raised in Hammersmith to say the least. Everyone was talking about them and to say there were a lot of photographs taken of them is an understatement. Visitors and exhibitors alike were keen for a quick snap with the lads!!” Dressed in pre-branded underwear they will be helping to highlight the event itself as well as the Aaduki brand. Aaduki is an insurance company that offers a specialist service to photographers and video makers to insure cameras and other equipment.

On 23 March, Swann Auction Galleries will hold an auction featuring important photographs from the Stephen White Collection and other fine works by distinguished artists. One of the many highlights includes renowned American photographer Alfred Stiegletz’ Going Home by Ferry (estimate:  $50,000 to $75,000). Other noteworthy pieces include Andrew Russell’s Golden Spike (estimate:  $30,000 to $45,000), Lewis W. Hine’s Spinner, Cotton Mill (see above; estimate:  $12,000 to $18,000), Walker Evans’ Country Store (estimate:  $15,000 to $25,000), Andrew J. Russell’s Golden Spike Ceremony with Flag and Camera, (estimate:  $20,000 to $30,000) and Commanding half-plate daguerreotype of Henry Clay, the “Great Compromiser” (estimate:  $20,000 to $30,000). The collection also includes classical landscapes by master photographer Ansel Adams, as well as works by celebrated photographers Horst P. Horst, Mario Giacomelli and Helmut Newton. Swann Auction Galleries are located at 104 East 25th Street in New York.

The 12th China Shanghai Interphoto & Digital Imaging Exhibition will be held during the Shanghai World Expo on 1-4 July 2010, with confirmed participation from two hundred exhibitors, including Canon, Sony, Mitsubishi, Kodak, HP, Epson and others. Canon in particular is making an appearance at this exhibition with double its 2009 floor space, which is interesting news in the light of Canon’s skipping this year’s PMA. The exhibition, which boasts 20,000m² of floor space, will be open to the general public free of charge.

Website: Interphoto

“Baku with Love” is a new photographic commission on the capital of Azerbaijan by Magnum photographer Gueorgui Pinkhassov. Born in Moscow in 1952, Pinkhassov’s career has its roots in film, and his photography is often described as “cinematic”. The mysterious, impressionistic quality of his pictures of Baku define that quality. Of his approach Pinkhassov says: “The only thing that counts is curiosity. For me personally, this is what creativity is about. It will express itself less in the fear of doing the same thing over again than in the desire not to go where one has already been.” Pinkhassov has taken over 200 images for Baku Magazine, 60 of which will be exhibited at The Mall in London from 14-19 February. Admission is free.

Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) has announced that the first-ever ‘Photographers Ignite’ presentations will take place on Thursday, March 11th from 9am to 11am at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Hosted by professional photographer Kevin Kubota, the premiere of Photographers Ignite at the WPPI 2010 trade show will feature 15–20 experienced and upcoming photographers sharing their cool techniques, trends, ideas and inspirations as they relate to photography as a profession.  During Ignite Presentations, a speaker shares ideas by showing exactly 20 slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds—so each presentation lasts five minutes. Presentations are designed to be concise, creative and educational. Registration for WPPI 2010 is available via WPPI’s newly redesigned convention and trade show website.

Nik Software today announced the Nik Summit, its first-ever multi-day educational event designed specifically to educate and empower photographers and users of the company’s award-winning software tools. Taking place from 13-16 May in San Diego, California, the Nik Summit promises to be an opportunity for attendees to learn how to improve their photographic skills by working alongside some of the world’s leading professional photographers.“The Nik Summit will be more than a photographic experience and is designed to bring our customers and photo enthusiasts together with some of the best working photographers, photo magazine editors, and top Nik Software experts,” said Michael Slater, President and CEO of Nik Software. “The Nik Summit is all about learning and sharing ideas in photography and we are bringing our product specialists and educators, top engineers, as well as Nik Software’s founder and CTO specifically to do just that.” The cost is $599, but early birds registering befor 15 March will be given a $120 discount.

Website: 2010 Nik Summit

Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) has announced two new educational programmes, entitled WPPI Business Institute and WPPI All About Schools. Comprised of six sessions, the WPPI Business Institute focuses on the challenges that professional photographers face today and how these challenges can create unique opportunities for growth, success and creativity. The All About Schools programming includes a lineup of speakers that will cover the ABCs of breaking into school, sports and event photography. Topics will include: why professional photographers should consider offering school/sports/event portraits; how to book them; how to shoot them; how to manage volume workflow; and lastly, how to sell your work. Both of these programmes are scheduled for 6 March, and both will take place during the 30th WPPI convention held at the MGM in Las Vegas. WPPI Business Institute is offered for a standalone price of $99 or can be purchased as an additional add-on to attendees’ full-convention registration. WPPI All About Schools is offered as an add-on to attendees’ full-convention registration for free.

For the first time ever, Panasonic will attend the Focus on Imaging show held at the NEC, Birmingham from 7th-10th March. The company will be showcasing its full range of imaging products, including its Lumix G Micro System and accompanying lenses, its Lumix compact camera range, its HD camcorders and its extensive portfolio of imaging media and accessories. Panasonic’s expert team will also be on hand throughout the event to answer any questions. Visitors to the show will also have the chance to check out Panasonic’s “HD Everything” strategy and ground breaking new 3D technology. Look for Panasonic’s stand in Hall 10.

Annabel Williams Contemporary Photographic Training (CPT) are about to launch a new programme of digital seminars, one of the first being a day full of 5 minute essential Photoshop and Lightroom tricks. Conducted by Dave Wall, this one-day seminar will take place on 19 February 2010. The course will be run in Photoshop CS3 but the organisers promise that every technique covered will work in CS2 or CS4 in exactly the same way. Topics covered include setting up Photoshop for quick and easy retouching, skin and eye retouching, total facelift, face and head swapping, face contouring, digital makeup, white backgrounds and more. Some existing knowledge of layers and masks is required. The course fee is £150 + VAT.

Website 5-Minute Photoshop Techniques with Dave Wall