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Stuart Griffiths (photographer)
Stuart Griffiths (born 1972) is a British photographer and writer living in Hastings, East Sussex. He published photographs from his time in the Parachute Regiment in ''The Myth of the Airborne Warrior'' (2011) and wrote about that period and later in ''Pigs' Disco'' (2013). Griffiths has had a solo exhibition, ''Closer'', at MAC, Birmingham and his work is held in the collection of the Imperial War Museums. Life and work Griffiths is from North West England. He was born in Manchester and grew up on its outskirts. The family later moved to Warrington where he spent his teenage years. He joined the British Army at age 16, spending five years in the Parachute Regiment, deployed as part of Operation Banner in Northern Ireland. He left in 1993, aged 21 and moved to Brighton, East Sussex. In 1993/94 he attended outdoor illegal rave / free parties around Brighton, which he photographed. From 1994 he studied for a BA in Editorial Photography at the University of Brighton, graduating i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is an airborne infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part of the Special Forces Support Group under the operational command of the Director Special Forces. The other battalions are the parachute infantry component of the British Army's rapid response formation, 16 Air Assault Brigade. The Paras, along with the Guards, are the only line infantry regiment of the British Army that has not been amalgamated with another unit since the end of the Second World War. The Parachute Regiment was formed on 22 June 1940 during the Second World War and eventually raised 17 battalions. In Europe, these battalions formed part of the 1st Airborne Division, the 6th Airborne Division and the 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group. Another three battalions served with the British Indian Army in India and Burma. The regiment took part in six major parachute assault operations in North Africa, Italy, Greece, Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean O'Hagan (journalist)
Sean O'Hagan is an Irish writer for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'', his specialty being photography. Early life and education O'Hagan was brought up in Armagh, Northern Ireland, during "The Troubles", and has written about the experience. As an undergraduate, he studied English in London. Career He began his media career as a writer for ''NME'', ''The Face'' and ''Arena (magazine), Arena'', and during this period became interested in photography. As of 2013, he is one of six regular "Art and design" critics for ''The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...'' website, and the only photography critic among the six. O'Hagan is a nominator for the Prix Pictet Award in photography and sustainability.For the Prix Pictet nominators, seNominators: Prix Picte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner Contemporary
Turner Contemporary is one of the UK’s leading contemporary art galleries. Celebrating Margate’s connection with the painter J.M.W. Turner (1775 – 1851), an artist who believed that art could be an agent of change, its year-round exhibition programme offers free access to creative and cultural experiences. The building, designed by Sir David Chipperfield, is recognised as an important cultural icon. The ground floor accommodates a reception area, shop, event space and cafe while the main exhibition spaces are on the first floor, benefitting from natural north light and panoramic views of the North Sea. Working with Kent County Council, a committed partner in a long-term strategy that puts culture at the heart of place-making, the gallery has established a locally embedded, nationally significant gallery connecting art, people, and place. Turner Contemporary plays a leading role in advocating for the importance of curiosity, critical thinking, and creative learning. Its pio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Sussex College
East Sussex College or East Sussex College Group is the largest higher education college in East Sussex, providing education and training from foundation to degree level. The college educates almost half of the county's young people and over 8,000 adults each year at campuses in Lewes, Eastbourne, Hastings and Newhaven, and in the workplace. Sussex Downs College, itself created from colleges in Eastbourne and Lewes, merged with Sussex Coast College in 2018 to form the East Sussex College Group (ESCG). East Sussex College is a provider of work based further education and apprenticeships in these areas. History The college traces its roots back via the four original institutions: one in Hastings, two in Eastbourne and one in Lewes: *Lewes Tertiary College, created in 1989 when Priory School, Lewes sixth form (using the former Lewes County Grammar School for Boys building) and Lewes Technical College merged to create the new institution. *Park College, Eastbourne, renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London College Of Communication
The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation, film, graphic design, photography and sound arts. It has approximately 5000 students, and offers about sixty courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level. It is organised in three schools: media, design and screen; all are housed in a single building in Elephant and Castle. It received its present name in 2003; it was previously the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, then the London College of Printing, and briefly the London College of Printing and Distributive Trades. History The school was formed in 1990 by the merger of the College for Distributive Trades with the London College of Printing. The London College of Printing descended from the St Bride's Foundation Institute Printing School, which was established in November 1894 under the City of London Parochial Charities Act of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is owned by the monarchy government of Qatar. It is the first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Instead of being run centrally, news management rotates between broadcasting centres in Doha and London. History The channel was launched on 15 November 2006, at 12:00 PM GMT. It had aimed to begin broadcasting in June 2006 but had to postpone its launch because its HDTV technology was not yet ready. The channel was due to be called ''Al Jazeera International'', but the name was changed nine months before the launch because one of the channel's backers argued that the original Arabic-language channel already had an international scope. The channel was anticipated to reach around 40 million households, but it far ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People & Power
''People & Power'' is a current affairs programme on Al Jazeera English which broadcasts once a week, on Wednesdays, and repeated throughout the week. The show is also shown on Al Jazeera America once a week on Thursdays. Each half-hour programme features one investigative documentaries on an issue related to the power from around the world. The programme occasionally has one-hour specials. History ''People & Power'' was launched on November 15, 2006 when Al Jazeera English launched. The programme originally had a presenter. It was hosted by Shereen El Feki but she was replaced by a new presenter, Samah El-Shahat, a development economist, in March 2007. Juliana Ruhfus was the programme’s main reporter and occasional presenter. Her film on the ex-combatants in Liberia launched the programme the day Al Jazeera went on air. The show introduced several regular slots. A series called ‘If I had the Power’ asked people in the street what they would do if they had the power o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Arts Centre
The Metropolitan Arts Centre, usually referred to as the MAC, is an arts venue in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter and is home to all kinds of exhibitions, theatre performances, experimental works. The MAC is a cultural hub and a vital shared space in Belfast. Open 363 days per year, the MAC offers an eclectic programme of visual art, theatre, dance, family workshops and lots more. Since opening in 2012, some 1.5 million visitors have come through the doors of the MAC. In 2015 the MAC was shortlisted for the Museum of the Year prize, with sponsor The Art Fund stating that “Belfast’s new arts venue presented an outstanding programme in 2014 and established itself as a world-class attraction”. Architecture Designed by Belfast-based architectural practice Hackett Hall McKnight, the MAC sits on a roughly trapezium-shaped site opposite St Anne's Cathedral. The building, completed in February 2012, consists of a number of intersecting brick volumes and a basalt tower topped wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Exposed
Belfast Exposed is a photography gallery in Belfast, established in 1983. It was Northern Ireland's first dedicated photographic gallery and in 2018 Sean O'Hagan in ''The Guardian'' described it as "the key independent space for contemporary photography" there. Belfast Exposed houses a 20×7 m gallery for the exhibition of contemporary photography, digital archive browsing facilities, a spacious black and white photographic darkroom and a digital editing suite in its Donegall Street premises. It was established "to challenge and subvert media representations of the Troubles-torn city". The gallery has focused on the production of socially and politically engaged work, the development and exhibition of community photography. Training is used to encourage local communities to use photography to record and understand their environment. Belfast Exposed hosts an archive of half a million images, which were to be published online in a digital archive by March 2004. The gallery is us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Williams
Val Williams is a British curator and author who has become an authority on British photography. She is the Professor of the History and Culture of Photography at the London College of Communication, part of the University of the Arts London, and was formerly the Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at the Hasselblad Center. Life and work Williams has curated the work of Martin Parr and Daniel Meadows. She "has championed Meadows' work for years even as most British institutions have ignored it". Williams curated the influential Tate Britain show ''How We Are: Photographing Britain.'' She has also written on the representation of women, and work by women photographers. Her photographic archive is held at the Library of Birmingham. Exhibitions curated *''How We Are: Photographing Britain,'' Tate Britain, London, 2007. Curated by Williams and Susan Bright. *''Soho Nights,'' The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2008/2009. Curated by Williams and Bob Pullen. "Part of an ongoing se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photography And The Archive Research Centre
Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC) is an organisation in London that commissions new research into photography and culture, curates and produces exhibitions and publications, organises seminars, study days, symposia and conferences, and supervises PhD students. It is a part of University of the Arts London (UAL), is based at UAL's London College of Communication at Elephant & Castle and was designated by UAL in 2003. According to PARC's website its activities span the history and culture of photography, particularly post-war British photography, the documentation of war and conflict, the photography of fashion and style, the visualization of the counterculture and photographers as filmmakers. Details Val Williams is its director and Brigitte Lardinois its deputy director. The Centre has a core group of members including Tom Hunter, Alistair O'Neill, Patrick Sutherland, Wiebke Leister, Jennifer Good (née Pollard), David Moore, Paul Lowe, Corinne Silva, Paul Tebb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon MacDonald (editor)
Gordon MacDonald (born 1967) works with photography as an artist, writer, curator, press photographer and educator. He is the founding editor of ''Photoworks (magazine), Photoworks'' magazine and was head of publishing at Photoworks in Brighton. He co-founded Brighton Photo Fringe in 2003; and was for a time its chair of the board of trustees. He was co-founder and co-director, alongside Stuart Smith, of the visual arts publisher GOST. MacDonald is also half of the collective MacDonaldStrand, with his wife Clare Strand. Life and work MacDonald was born in East Kilbride, Scotland, in 1967. He worked in photography studios and as a professional photographic printer before studying for a BA in Editorial Photography at the University of Brighton in the 1990s. He has also worked as a photographer, writer, photography curator, press photographer and educator. MacDonald is the founding editor of ''Photoworks (magazine), Photoworks'' magazine He stood down as editor at issue 17, in Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
