PHOTO LONDON: 9 Talks You Can't Miss This Year
As the largest event devoted entirely to the art of photography, PhotoLondon's daily programmes will offer viisiotrs to Somerset Jouse a rare chance to hear from some of the most important photographers, curatprs, and commentators working today. The 2016 talks programme is curated by William A. Ewing, distinguished curator and writer, former Director of the Musée de l’Elysée, and former Director of Exhibitions at the International Center of Photography, New York. Here are five talks across the 4 day fair that you can't miss:
WEDNESDAY 18TH:
Nick Knight in conversation with Hans-Ulrich Obrist
2.30 – 3.30pm
Nick Knight OBE, the British image-maker, fashion photographer and documentary photographer, will speak with Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Co-director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery. Hans-Ulrich Obrist is an art curator, critic and historian who is highly visible on the world stage.
Nadav Kander in conversation with Sandy Nairne
4 – 5pm
Nadav Kander is an internationally renowned, London-based fine artist, photographer and director, best known for his portraiture and landscape works. He will be interviewed on his unique practice, with special attention given to his most recent work. Sandy Nairne CBE FSA is an English historian and curator. From 2002 until February 2015 he was the director of the National Portrait Gallery.
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THURSDAY 19TH:
Don McCullin in conversation with Simon Baker
2.30 – 3.30pm
Don McCullin CBE Hon FRPS is a British photojournalist, justly recognised for his extraordinary war photography and images of urban strife, as well as his a longstanding practice of landscape photography. Photo London is honoured to be awarding Don McCullin as the 2016 Photo London Master of Photography. Don McCullin will speak in conversation with Simon Baker, the first curator of photography and international art at Tate Modern in London.
Mishka Henner in conversation with Philip Gefter
6.25 – 7.05pm
Mishka Henner, the award winning artist and photographer, has featured in several surveys of contemporary artists working with photography in the internet age. His recent exhibitions in New York have drawn critical acclaim. Mishka Henner will speak in conversation with Philip Gefter, the American author and photography critic, whose most recent book examined the life and times of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe. Gefter is currently working on a biography of Richard Avedon.
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FRIDAY 20TH
Olga Sviblova on Russian Photography
11.10 – 11.55am
The Russian documentary director, curator, art critic and founder of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Olga Sviblova, has been commissioned by Photo London to present an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of Sergei Chilikov. Olga Sviblova has long been considered a figurehead of photography in Russia.
Martin Parr in conversation
4 – 5pm
Infamous British documentary photographer and photojournalist Martin Parr is best known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world. (Interviewer to be announced)
Richard Misrach
5.30 – 7pm
Richard Misrach is an American photographer who is identified with the introduction of colour to fine art photography in the 1970s and his use of large-format traditional cameras. He is also recognised as one of the most important landscape photographers of our time. Richard Misrach will lecture on his wide-ranging landscape practice, speaking in particular about a current major project.
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SATURDAY 21ST David Maisel in conversation with William A. Ewing
2.30 – 3.30pm
The eminent American photographer and visual artist David Maisel, whose works explores remnants of civilizations both past and present, will speak with the curator of the Photo London talks programme, William A. Ewing. Maisel is celebrated for a number of books on landscape, of which the New Yorker wrote enthusiastically of his geometric geographies. Maisel’s most recent book is Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime
SUNDAY 22ND
Miles Aldridge in conversation with Francis Hodgson
1.20 – 2.05pm
Miles Aldridge, the distinguished fashion photographer and artist will be interviewed by Francis Hodgson, Professor in the Culture of Photography at the University of Brighton and photography critic of the Financial Times. Miles Aldridge is highly respected for his brilliant fashion work, and in particular for a unique and bold colour sense.
