Magnum Photos and youth arts charity IdeasTap have announced the second of five UK events which will provide photographers with practical industry information and access to key professionals. Magnum Professional Practice: London, taking place on 10-11th September, is aimed a wide range of photographers at different stages of their career: professional photographers working in a particular discourse but wanting to explore other avenues; emerging photographers who require practical, vocational training; or semi-professional photographers wishing to make the commitment to full time practice. The list of confirmed speakers includes Chris Barwick, Jessica Crombie, Lucy Davis, Peter Marlow, Steve Macleod, Fiona Rogers, Hannah Watson and John Wyatt-Clarke. The event will be held at IdeasTap Head Office in Bermondsey, London, with tickets available at £250+VAT including lunch and refreshments.

Magnum Press Release

Magnum Professional Practice: London
10th – 11th September 2011

Magnum Photos and youth arts charity IdeasTap are delighted to announce the second of five UK events which will provide photographers with practical industry information and access to key professionals.

Originated as a response to the changing nature of the photography market, Magnum’s Professional Practice events deliver impartial guidance from a wide range of visual imaging industries. With access to key individuals working in editorial, commercial, cultural and publishing industries, Magnum is well placed to advise the next generation of photographers.

In a series of weekend lectures, leading figures of the photographic industry will deliver presentations and advice on the best means in engaging with and working in these sectors. Eight speakers from a variety of industries, including the advertising & corporate, editorial, gallery, NGO, museum, publishing and rights managed sectors will each give presentations on their subject of expertise, with plenty of time for questions and networking opportunities.

This event is aimed a wide range of photographers at different stages of their career: professional photographers working in a particular discourse but wanting to explore other avenues; emerging photographers who require practical, vocational training; or semi-professional photographers wishing to make the commitment to full time practice. Each of Magnum’s Professional Practice lectures is tailored to deliver the best impartial advice and provide the opportunity to meet with key industry specialists. Places on Magnum’s Professional Practice course are limited and successful candidates will be chosen on the perceived benefit to the applicant’s career.

Through the generous support of IdeasTap, we are offering 10 bursary placements to photographers under the age of 25. Bursaries are ideally suited to student, graduate or emerging photographers and each awarded place will pay a subsidized rate of just £50 (+vat).

This weekend event will be held at IdeasTap Head Office in Bermondsey, London on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September 2011.
General places cost: £250 plus VAT (includes lunch and refreshments)

Confirmed speakers

Chris Barwick – Business Development Director – Majority World
Chris started working in the photo business in 1997, a pivotal moment in the industry as the production and distribution of imagery was being transformed with the advent of digital. Chris began working with Getty Images and soon moved across to the Hulton Archive, gaining a deep respect for the work of great photographers and a knowledge of associated rights matters. Chris has fulfilled varied roles with Getty Images, Corbis, AP and Magnum Photos from front-line selling to strategic leadership. Whether for the licensing of single images, the commissioning of an editorial assignment, tackling infringements or the structuring of large contracts with key clients; negotiation remains a key competency in the photo industry and will be the focus of Chris’ Professional Practice lecture.
Most recently Chris has begun working with Majority World, an agency founded to promote and create opportunity for photographic talent in the Southern Hemisphere.
www.majorityworld.com

Jessica Crombie - Head of Film and Photography - Save The Children
Jessica Crombie is Head of Film and Photography at international NGO Save the Children where she leads the film and photo department in their creation of new content and innovative uses of lens based media. Jessica entered the NGO sector as Picture Editor at WaterAid, but spent the first decade of her career in commercial photography as an art buyer at a number of top level advertising agencies, Chief Booker at Wyatt-Clarke and Jones and Creative Manager at Magnum Photos. Crombie is the co-founder of the Humanising Photography network, a diverse group of professionals working in the field of lens-based media brought together to explore visual politics and the relationship between lens-based image making, human rights, humanitarianism, and communication. Jessica’s presentation will focus on approaching, shooting & editing for NGO clients.
www.savethechildren.com and www.humanisingphotography.org

Lucy Davis – Picture Editor & Photography Critic – Seven Magazine & Telephoto
Lucy Davies writes about photography for Seven, Stella, the Saturday Magazine and Review, and is photography editor of Seven. In 2009 she created and now edits ‘telephoto’, the Telegraph’s online project devoted to art and documentary photography. She is a guest critic for a number of other photography and lifestyle publications.
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/

Peter Marlow – Magnum Photographer
Although gifted in the language of photojournalism, Peter Marlow is not a photojournalist. He was initially, however, one of the most enterprising and successful young British news photographers, and in 1976 joined the Sygma agency in Paris. He soon found that he lacked the necessary appetite for the job while on assignment in Lebanon and Northern Ireland during the late 1970s; he discovered that the stereotype of the concerned photojournalist disguised the disheartening reality of dog-eat-dog competition between photographers hunting fame at all costs. Since those days, Marlow’s aesthetic has shifted - in that he makes mainly color photographs - but his approach is unchanged. The color of incidental things became central to his pictures in the same way that the shape and mark of things had been central to his black-and-white work. Marlow has come full circle. He started his career as an international photojournalist, returned to Britain to examine his own experience, and discovered a new visual poetry that enabled him to understand his homeland. Having found this poetry, he has taken it back on the road: he now photographs as much in Japan, the USA and elsewhere in Europe as he does in the UK. Peter Marlow will deliver an inspirational career overview presentation.
www.petermarlow.com
www.magnumphotos.com/photographers

Steve Macleod – Creative Director - Metro Imaging
As Creative Director for Metro Imaging in London, Steve has been at the forefront of photographic imaging for nearly twenty years, collaborating with a vast network of clients, he was awarded with a fellowship of the RSA in 2004 for his commitment and services to his industry. Internationally recognized as one of the most creative photographic printers of his generation, Steve also keeps himself busy by curating; commissioning and lecturing in Photography both in the UK and abroad. He is currently and Associate Professor at AUD in DUBAI; life member of Frontline Club and a Photovoice Ambassador. Steve is also a practicing artist and is represented by Atlas Gallery in London. Steve’s Professional Practice lecture will focus on Exhibitions, including curation, alternative means of presentation, venues and collaborations.
www.metroimaging.co.uk

Fiona Rogers – Cultural & Education Coordinator - Magnum Photos
Fiona Rogers studied Arts & Media at Surrey Institution of Art & Design, beginning her career in photography in 2004 at a populist photography gallery in central London. She moved to Magnum Photos in 2005 and in 2006 developed Magnum’s Educational activities, including the creation of university partnerships and managing an international program of workshops, portfolio reviews and masterclass events. In addition, Fiona also manages the coordination and originating of Magnum’s touring exhibitions and works alongside Magnum’s Cultural Director representing photographers in commercial print sales. In 2011 Fiona developed Firecracker, an online platform supporting European women in photography. Fiona’s Professional Practice presentation will focus on introducing the Commercial Print Sales Market including clients, galleries, editioning and mediums.
www.magnumphotos.com and www.fire-cracker.org

Hannah Watson – Director - Trolley books
After working in online and public art galleries and writing freelance on contemporary art, a focus on photography and journalism lead to Hannah’s current position.Trolley Books are known for predominantly reportage photography and titles, often focusing on underexposed issues, from conflicts to unique stories in photojournalism and contemporary art. Trolley has produced numerous respected and important books by photographers and artists, among them Philip Jones Griffiths’s “Agent Orange -Collateral Damage in Viet Nam”, Paolo Pellegrin’s “Double Blind” on the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, Stanley Greene’s “Open Wound” on nine years of war in Chechnya, and Jan Grarup’s book on the ongoing crisis in Darfur. In 2005 Trolley Books received a special commendation from the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards for its outstanding contribution to photography book publishing. According to the awarding body, “Trolley presented (an) exceptional and extraordinary group of books exploring a range of difficult subject matter. Trolley’s beautifully designed and produced books have a real sense of conviction and purpose that sets them apart.”
www.trolleybooks.com

John Wyatt-Clarke – Photography Agent – Wyatt Clarke Jones
John Wyatt-Clarke is one of the UK’s leading commercial photographic agents. His background in academic History of Art, publishing and at Magnum Photos led him to set up a niche agency that would introduce the work of non-advertising photographers (particularly documentary and fine-art photographers) to advertising clients. The strategy has put Wyatt-Clarke & Jones at the heart of the mainstream advertising establishment. John also lectures and teaches, specialising in commissioned art from the early Renaissance to now, and has been a Visiting Lecturer at Royal College of Art since 2002. His presentation will consider the commissioning process, and how work in the advertising sector can be used to support and develop your own practice.
www.wyattclarkejones.com

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