I wish to take this opportunity to thank all the entrants for their photographs, commiserate with those not selected and congratulate those who will be exhibiting during August.

Jon Levy

 

 

The Entrants

The 2009 Summer Show saw an overwhelming response, with over 2300 images entered from 44 different countries, including Bangladesh, Iran, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey. Below we present a full list of photographers selected for the 2009 show.

Helen Aikman Julio Aracil Tigran Asatrjan Abdul Kadir Audah Nick Ballon Jason Bascombe Andrew Bevington Rachel Bevis Michael Bodiam Bill Bold Ales Bravnicar Camilla Broadbent Jorg Bruggemann Craig James David Radek Burda J Carrier Ryan Carter David Chanceller Poras Chaudhary Alex Christofides Eleanor Cleasby Etienne Clement Christopher Coplans Bill Crandal Maciej Dakowicz Phillip Dembinski Alvaro Deprit Luca Desienna Jackie Dewe Mathews Stephanie Diani Alinka Echeverria Joakim Eneroth Sheridan Flynn Susie Forman Linda Forsell Paul Freeman

Jan Fyfe Sean GallagherJo Gane Dan Giannopoulus Chiara Goia Marcin Gradowiecki David Graham Emily Graham David Gray Robert Hackman Pal Hansen Joschi Herczeg Samuel Hicks Jason Hindley Adam Hinton Eveliina Hujanen Amy Johansson Steven Joyce Oli Kellett Kazuaki Kiryu Sofie Knijff Johannes Kroemer Georgia Kuhn Kellie Kulton Inzanjeano Latif Claudia Leisinger Rita Leistner Sarah Leybourn Frederic Lezmi Clemence de Limburg David Lindsay Reinaldo Louriero Judith Lyons Jon Mackenzie Tracey Mancenido and James Tribble Lyndsay Martin

Martin Middlebrook Sophie Mitchell Antonella Monzoni Anna Moller Kate Moyse Alfonso Moral Charlotte Player Maeliss Preux Alessandro Puccinelli Domenico Pugliese Wendy Pye Charlotte Rea Joel Redman Mike Roelofs Rupert Sagar-Musgrave Chloe Sells Erica Shires Moritz Steiger Geert De Taeye Anastasia Taylor-Lind Kurt Tong Abbie Trayler-Smith Corinne Vionnet Sipke Visser Evangelia Voutsaki Lori Vrba Richard Wainwright Dougie Wallace Tomas Werner Torben Weiss Tom White Lisa Wiltse Ollie Woods Antonia Zennaro

The Exhibition

For one month, the Summer Show provides London’s greatest spectacle of photography with over 100 images on display – an inspiring variety of framed and mounted images of all shapes and sizes, installed from floor to ceiling. From landscapes and portraiture to documentary, various genres of photography are represented in the exhibition. The final selection of photographs, chosen by Foto8 editors, is available for sale to the public. The print exhibition kicked off this year with DJ Mira and a street festival taking over Honduras Street, EC1, on 24 July. It runs until 5 September.

The Awards
Our 2009 judges will choose their favourite piece of work to be named “Best in Show” and awarded the prize of £1500. A second award, “The People’s Choice” will be decided from the votes cast by public visitors to the gallery during the show.

Thanks to our panel
Diana Ewer, Director, TAG Fine Art
Richard Kalman, Director, Crane Kalman Gallery Brighton
Simon Norfolk, Photographer
Andrea Stern, Head of Images, Victoria and Albert Museum
Graham Wood, Director of Photography, The Times Magazine

Exhibited images from the 2009 Foto8 Summer Show here
Summer Show 2009 Catalogue,

Oh What A Night

The Launch Night! Surely London’s biggest photography street party? Estimates put the attendance at 700 and it all went off without a hitch. Perhaps some portaloos next year eh? And another 1000 beers maybe too. Here is a selection of images from the 24th July courtesy of Dougie, Emile, Josh and Liz. Thanks guys and thank you ALL for coming! The shows on until 5th September. Remember to Vote for the people’s choice when you visit the gallery before the 17th August! The show runs until 5 September.