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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

The final edit of my short Summer project is coming to an end. I have completed 35 compositions that explore every corner of the new borough two years after the games took place in London. I have made a selection of 12 which is now available on my personal website. The way I will present them will become official later. Until then go to www.davidboulogne.com and click on Studies to get a taste.

I would also take the opportunity to thank again all the artists for their dedication, creativity and support. See you next year with more projects.

RUSSET HALFWAY

One month behind and still one month to go. We are very glad to have this large show at the Russet, which is a real hub for local communities and creative minds. All sorts of events, from parties to weddings, gigs and kids activities are taking place and it's great to have our works blending with local residents and other art forms. I would like to advise future visitors to take the liberty to ask the staff for help if visibility of the show could be improved. The Russet has a new bill daily with different settings everyday, so do not hesitate to ask for help if you need to have proper lightings when visiting. Few artists of our platform are also showing other works in other venues during the London Photomonth festival, so please visit their latest activities by clicking on the relevant link on the right hand side of the blog page. For the truly photo lovers I would also recommend you to go to Brighton where two photo festivals are being held at the same time (Biennale and Fringe) during the whole of October. Again, some of of artists have works there. Have a good Autumn and enjoy the festivals!

http://2014.photomonth.org

http://www.photofringe.org

ARCHIVE: Imagining the East End

You must see this show!

                                                                                                                  
Cass Gallery 59-63 Whitechapel High Street E1 7PF

020 7320 1903 Aldgate East tube

2 October – 2 November 2014 www.eastendarchive.org

The Photomonth opening exhibition, Archive: Imagining the East End showcases the work of a diverse range of photographers whose work relates to the East End of London. The East End is understood here as both a geographic location and an intangible space, a perpetually shifting frontier within the urban sprawl of London that is part real and part imagined. As a reflection of this approach, the images range from documentary practice to works of the imagination.

Books, essays, films and artifacts in the exhibition explore the shifting location of the East End; the role of other local archives; issues associated with digital archiving; using bodies of work in order to better understand the working methods of photographers; the relationship between myth and history in representations of the East End; found photographs; representing the 2012 Paralympians; the ‘archival turn’ in contemporary photography and a project to imagine Alfred Hitchcock’s East End childhood through photography.   

The exhibition is accompanied by the book of the same name, published by Black Dog Publishing. The book is a companion to The East End Archive at The Cass, an online photographic resource intended for artists, academics and researchers from a cross-section of disciplines. It brings together both historic and contemporary collections.

‘An invaluable addition to British photographic archives and the attendant discourses and debates that are examined in the variety of approaches to the subject showcased in the book.’ Paul Hill MBE, Visiting Professor, De Montfort University and University of Derby

'The Cass East End archive is a brilliant idea. It's a wonderful and necessary project and resource' Grace Lau, photographer and author.

‘Throughout the UK Museums, libraries, historical societies, government agencies, charities and trusts are wrestling with how better to understand the digital archive…The East End Archive at the Cass is a leader in the field.’ Zelda Cheatle

Photographers Susan Andrews, Ed Barber, Steven Berkoff, John Claridge, Ian Farrant, David George, Joy Gregory, Brian Griffin, David Hoffman, Tom Hunter, Stephen Gill, Jenny Matthews, Don McCullin, Heather McDonough, Rod Morris, Maggie Pinhorn, Spencer Rowell, Mike Seaborne, Mick Williamson

Archives Autograph ABP, Bishopsgate Institute, East End Archive, Eastside Community Heritage ‘Hidden Histories’, Hackney Archives, Theatre Royal Stratford East Archive, Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Whitechapel Gallery Archive.

ARCHIVE: Imagining the East End is curated by Sue Andrews & Mick Williamson, Photography Dept, Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design, London Metropolitan University.

MANY THANKS to the 10 000

DEAR READERS AND FOLLOWERS, MANY THANKS FOR VISITING OUR PLATFORM AND THE OUTSTANDING WORKS EMERGING FROM OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS VISIONS AND DEDICATION TO THE EAST-END. I AM DELIGHTED TO WITNESS THAT THIS INITIATIVE HAS BECOME VALUABLE TO MANY OF YOU. WE HAVE NOW PASSED THE LANDMARK OF 10 000 VISITORS. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO COORDINATE MORE EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS FOR A GROWING AND FOCUSED GROUP ENGAGING WITH THE THEME USING PERSONAL INITIATIVES. HUGE THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!
DAVID BOULOGNE artist, founder and coordinator

SEABORNE / BALFRON TOWER

Very special show happening right now in Poplar. A new photographic group under the name of Transition has invested a flat in the Balfron Tower overlooking Canary Wharf and the A12. Four different takes on the brutalist architecture in a ghostly environment. Mike Seaborne's work is the highlight for me. Simple, straight to the point and poetic with some original twists. I urge you to see the show as the dates are very limited. You will find all the info on the flyer.

ARTISTS BLURBS / RUSSET SHOW

Paul Walsh

is a British photographer interested in the relationship between walking and photography. He began his career as a fine art landscape painter but soon became increasingly interested in the portability of photography. He went on to study a BA in Fine Art and Documentary Photography and an MA in Photography from Brighton University. He is presenting his series All Things Pass. Paul is the founding member of the photographic collective MAP6.

Kajsa Johansson

is a Swedish photographer who resided in East London whist studying photography. Her works essentially attempts to capture a mood from new surroundings. Her Considering Corners series reveal a bare and marginal East End whilst being promoted as something else by the media and hype.

Dominik Gigler

is a German photographer who lived for a 14 years in the East End. His work is today mainly commercial but he produced personal projects whilst living in London. He published his series in a book titled Along the River Lea and tells us the story of a landscape from source to mouth of the stream, a story of non-places.

Arnau Oriol

is a Spanish photographer who has been commissioned by the Hackney Council to photograph the borough’s transformation at the approach of the 2012 Olympic games. He has also been commissioned to make a visual mapping of Kingsland road. His personal works are mostly urban and tell stories of isolated individuals. He is presenting prints from his Pre-Olympic Landscapes series.

Susan Andrews

is a British Reader in Photography and MA Photography course leader at The Cass Faculty of Art. She is a practicing photographer whose research interests include the family, 
home, perception and memory, focusing on the boundaries between public and private worlds. She is a writer, curator and the research project director of The East End Archive at The Cass http://www.eastendarchive.org She is presenting prints from her series Up and down Whitechapel High Street - Photographs from the Car.

David Boulogne

is a French photographer who is interested in using social photography to invest the relevance of the photographic medium. His Arteries of a new East series show the transformation of the East End by attempting to understand the transient relationship between the old and the new. Boulogne also writes, teaches and curates the 2012pics platform.

Alessandra Chíla

is an Italian photographer who is interested in the relation that inhabitants have with their surroundings. Her Olympian Visions series translate a tension at the approach of the Games. She is also interested in digging the history and the concerns that make a place identifiable with photography and text.

David George

is a British photographer with a strong analytic practice. His works are often East End nightscapes and text based. He has an MA in Photography from the Cass school. He also runs the innovative independent photography review Uncertain States http://www.uncertainstates.com He will be showing the Shadows of Doubt and the Dissolutions series.

Christian Dorley-Brown

is a British photographer who has been collecting memories from the East End in the last thirty years. He uses this backdrop to experiment his narratives using different technologies. He likes to explore and blur the lines between traditional social documentaries and the myths it inspires. He will present a mix of his early social documentary years of Hackney.

Peter Marshall

is a British photographer who dedicates his life collecting London memories. He has been photographing the East End long before anyone and keeps returning to it. His endless street photography attempts to deliver a different perspective on the London. You can follow his work in progress. Long time not seen London derives from mid-70’s to mid-80’s will be available to the public.

Mike Seaborne
is a British photographer dedicated to landscape and documentary work. Former picture editor of the Museum of London he left to concentrate on his photographic practice. His work depicts urban views in their glory and autonomy. He introduces us to the East End in the most engaging way. Unseen images from his London Facades series will be displayed.

WE ARE THE LANDSCAPE / PRESS RELEASE

The preparations are all coming together , it's all very exciting. I have to collect postcards and flyers tomorrow and will be spreading them as much as possible in the local key stores and general East End galleries. Meanwhile please find attached the press release/invitation for the imminent Russet show next week. All the infos are to be found on that document. We will not be displaying those at the venue in order to save money, waste and hopefully be greener. Only postcards will be at the visitor's disposal in the hope that they will trigger interest towards this blog and consequently re-route the viewer towards each artist's website. To be continued..