Channel Hastings Newsletter

Thursday 5 June 2008

Contents

• Latest Photos• May’s Open Theme Challenge Winner• ‘The World in Hastings’ Challenge• ‘Black and White’ Imagen Exhibition Preview• Out and About• Upcoming• Postcards For Sale

Editor’s Welcome Hi everybody

Welcome to this week's newsletter!

This week we’ve decided to try out a new newsletter format . We hope that you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it! Let us know what you think…

Terry Russell (Tezzr)

LATEST PHOTOS

Latest photos in the Channel Hastings Flickr pool

MAY'S OPEN THEME WINNER

Congratulations go out to Alli for winning May’s Open Theme Challenge with her fab ‘View Through The Railings' image. The other winning shots can be viewed on Channel Hastings.

THE WORLD IN HASTINGS PHOTO CHALLENGE

This month’s challenge is ‘The World In Hastings’ and is a celebration of all things international found in and around a traditional seaside resort.

Black and White Exhibition Preview

Hastings creative framers Imagen have invited four local photographers to showcase their work in a forthcoming exhibition to be held at The Imagen Gallery. Entitled simply "Black and White"

There will be work on show from Lin Gregory LRPS, Ian Land, Richard Fisher and Patrick O‘Farrell ARPS. The exhibition runs from Saturday 7th until Saturday 21st June inclusive with a private view on Friday 6th at 6.30pm.

The black and white work being shown will include a range of genres, from theabstract to the more traditional landscapes of the 1066 area and beyond. The variety of subject material produced by the photographers reflects the diversity of the area that we live in, capturing an alternative viewpoint of many local landmarks as well as those further afield.

Prints at the exhibition will be offered for sale with further copies available on request.

Ian Land

Hastings Beach

Ian Land

Born in London in 1965. Member of London Independent Photography. For the last few years working almost entirely in monochrome, mostly using medium format and 35mm film cameras, and developing and processing his own film. Living in Hastings since January 2006, the town and surrounding area have become his main subject. Currently planning a self-published book of his photographs of Hastings and around, which should see the light of day late in 2008.

Web site: http://www.ianland.net/

Lin Gregory (Light-Worker)

Beach Huts

Lin Gregory

My interest in documentary photography led me in the early 1980’s to the purchase of my first film SLR camera and from there my passion for photography grew. I studied City and Guilds photography in the early ‘90s and gained the Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society. I continued to work with film, printing my own black and white images, then, in 2005, the improvements in digital cameras finally persuaded me to switch. Since then I haven’t looked back and found that the potential within the new technology has introduced me to a whole new digital darkroom experience.

Email: lingregory@btinternet.com Tel: 01424 425664

Richard Fisher (Fishric)

Bottle Ally

Richard Fisher

A local born amateur. Photography is a recreation for me, and if my work reflects my fondness for my home town and it's suroundings, I'm glad.

OUT AND ABOUT

Unpopular Culture

Premiering at the De La Warr Pavilion, celebrated British artist Grayson Perry will present a personal selection of photography, sculpture and painting from the Arts Council Collection. Featuring photographers Ian Berry, Bert Hardy and Martin Parr

Unpopular CultureDe La Warr Pavilion Gallery 1Bexhill-On-Sea10 May to 6 July 2008

UPCOMING

BATTLE

Two Tides by Adrian TurnerThe Independent Photographers Gallery is proud to present-Two Tides by Adrian Turner An exhibition of seascapes.20th June -11th JulyIndependent Photographers Gallery, Battle

UPCOMING

BRIGHTON

Karine Laval: Leisure11 June to 20 July 2008Private ViewFriday 13 June6pm-9pm

Crane Kalman Brighton

Postcards For Sale!

POSTCARDS FOR SALE AT THE BULLET CAFEIndividual postcards from the Hastings Flickr crew are on sale for £1 each at The Bullet Cafe 38 Robertson Street (on the corner of Robertson Street and Claremont) All proceeds going to The Sara Lee Trust.

HAPPY SHOOTING!

Tezzr (Terry Russell)

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