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Holga Competition Winners Announced!

Written by Rosie French

03 Jun 2008

Heloisa de Melo is the lucky winner of our Holga competition. We had over 300 entries on our Flickr site and it was so hard to choose just one. We loved the colour, composition and atmosphere of this shot so a year's subscription to foto8 is on its way to Heloisa in Brazil.

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We'll be running another competition on our Flickr site very soon... watch this space.

Alternative processes as media critique (f295 cont'd)

Written by Leo
01 Jun 2008
While the focus of the f295 symposium was on the relationship between techniques and execution, there was also a powerful thread of critique in much of the work that was presented. Speakers Robert Hirsch, Jill Enfield, and Jerry Spagnoli all have produced work that speak to the limitations of media conventions, and suggest that there are risks and consequences to accepting conventional media language at face value.

Praise for the all new 8 Magazine

Written by Grace
30 May 2008
"I think the magazine looks fantastic and I was very impressed with the amount of interesting reading content and most of all the sense of respect for such a variety of photography Very difficult combination! Bravo to the whole team. Looking forward to next issue." Ayperi Karabuda Ecer Thomson Reuters "I have the latest issue and it looks terrific. I’ve been buying 8 magazine ever since the first stapled issue quite a few years back. I think the magazine is going from strength to strength; in my opinion it has become THE reference magazine for documentary and photojournalism. And I’m sure that’s not going to change with the new format." Jose Navarro Photographer "a towering achievement" Donovan Wylie Photographer What do you think? Login and leave your comments below.

Toy cameras and tintypes: the f295 symposium

Written by Leo
29 May 2008
The f295 symposium and workshops taking place in Pittsburgh this week have brought together quite a few very different kinds of photography. There is lensless photography (photograms), pinhole photography, and traditional or historical chemical processes that are now thought of as nontraditional or "alternative" including various wet plate processes and printing techniques; there is also some attention to the reconstructed aesthetics of toy cameras such as the Diana+ and Holga.

Do Not Adjust Your Set

Written by Guy Lane
28 May 2008
Guy Lane talks to Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert about the revival of interest in TV Shots, a scathing and uncompromising body of work examining the most pervasive medium of our time.

Beach Sights

Written by Guy Lane
14 May 2008
Richard Misrach is one of America’s most prestigious exponents of large-format colour photography. His work is held by museums worldwide and he has exhibited widely in the States and abroad. He is best known for the politically-charged photographs of the Mojave and Nevada deserts. His most recent body of work – On the Beach – opens this month at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. He spoke to Guy Lane about the project, and about ambiguity and beauty post-9/11.

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