21st Edition of Braga Photo Festival to Offer New Visions on Social Documentary Photography

BRAGA.- The “Encontros da Imagem” (Image Meetings), the oldest photo festival of the Iberian Peninsula is back in 2011 under the theme “New Visions on Social Documentary Photography”. From September 16th until the end of October 13 exhibitions will be shown at historical, cultural and modern spaces of Braga, Portugal, in an event that also includes a 7500 Euros prize for the best portfolio presented to an international jury. The current crisis in Portugal and the transformations of Eastern Europe after [...]

First Retrospective in Germany of Paul Graham at Deichtorhallen

HAMBURG.- The House of Photography at Deichtorhallen Hamburg is presenting in cooperation with the Museum Folkwang the first retrospective in Germany of the British photographer Paul Graham (b. 1956) with 11 major work complexes produced since 1981. With about 145 images, the exhibition shows a representative selection of his work. Graham’s work belongs to the tradition of social documentary photography, which was founded by Bill Brandt in England after the second world war and continued by photographers such as Chris [...]