Events
Our Lomographers have attended 281 events across 24 countries so far, have a look at how you can get involved!
Lomographers all over the world are hosting fantastic happenings almost every day - from photowalks, to meetups, workshops, exhibitions and more. Scroll through our global calendar for upcoming events and join us! Think we should know about an amazing event in your area not already listed? Send us the details through this form or through email to events@lomography.com and we will add it here!
Coming Soon
- 2023-04-06 (United States): NYC-SPC Camera Work featuring Stephen Leslie from the UK
- 2023-04-08 (Derby, England): A Brutalist Architecture Lomowalk with Format Festival & Stephen Marland
- 2023-04-12: Film Photography Day
- 2023-04-30: World Pinhole Photography Day
Ongoing Events
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30 Years of Lomography
2022-11-23 – 2023-11-23
In November 1992, the Lomography story began in the grand-old city of Vienna, Austria. We’re now 30 years old and are proud to be an eccentric, free, enthusiastic, creative, experimental, social, wonderful Lomography Community, uniting millions of analogue admirers from around the world who are keen to help us keep film photography alive. Get ready for a full year of birthday celebrations, the experimentation must go on!
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The Spirit of Revue Noire: A Founding Collection
2022-11-25 – 2023-03-31 · Tananarive, Madagascar
HAKANTO CONTEMPORARY, Antananarivo, Madagascar is pleased to present The Spirit of Revue Noire: A Founding Collection, a survey of works from the collection of African publication RevueNoire. Running from November 25, 2022, to March 31, 2023, the exhibition features over 140 photographs by nearly 30 international photographers, bringing the important international collection to Madagascan audiences for the first time. Revisiting the quarterly publication, it reflects on Revue Noire’s inspirational and influential vision. The exhibition highlights the vital role that photography plays in deciphering and accentuating the diversity of contemporary practices across the continent.
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Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious at Fotografiska
2023-01-26 – 2023-05-21 · New York, United States
Legend has it that the culture of hip-hop kicked off in a Bronx basement party on August 11, 1973, giving hip-hop an official birthday. Fifty years later, Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious explores the people, places, and things that hip-hop has delivered unto us. Together with Mass Appeal, Fotografiska has created the definitive destination to celebrate hip-hop’s global impact on visual expression – an immersive experience bringing together a community of artists that have documented this cultural phenomenon.
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Elizaveta Porodina’s: Un/Masked at Fotografiska
2023-01-27 – 2023-04-30 · New York, United States
Un/Masked reflects the past few years of Elizaveta’s life and work. Her imagery is surreal, dreamy and intimate, on occasion frightening, haunting and delicate. Tears and water are recurring themes in her images and she draws inspiration from her childhood in Russia, art, history, film and religion. Combining the intimate and the uncanny, Elizaveta pursues her subject matter with startling precision, achieving an intensity and freshness.
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”Vintage,” a Great Elliott Erwitt Retrospective on Show
2023-01-28 – 2023-06-11 · Abano Terme, Italy
Until 11 June, it will be possible to visit Elliott Erwitt’s 'Vintage' exhibition at the Villa Bassi Rathgeb Museum: 154 photographs rarely shown to the public and thirty truly iconic shots of his work.
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Lomography+ Relocation
2023-02-01 – 2023-04-30 · Tokyo, Japan
Our Lomography+ store in Tokyo, Japan recently moved from our old location in Akihabara to Jimbo-cho. During the renovation period, check out our pre-opening hours and stay tuned for our official opening. With over 20 years of Lomographic history in Japan, we are very excited to welcome you in our brand new store!
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Between Friends: From the ICP Collection
2023-02-27 – 2023-05-01 · New York, United States
Between Friends: From the ICP Collection presents seven decades of photographers portraying their friends in snapshots, casual studio portraits, and going about their everyday lives.
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PHOTO IS:RAEL Open Call for Participation in the 11th International Photography Festival
2023-03-08 – 2023-04-23
PHOTO IS:RAEL invites photographers, as well as video, performance, and interdisciplinary artists from around the world and at different stages of their careers, to submit their existing works or proposals for new works in the 11th International Photography Festival’s central exhibition and special projects, which will take place in Tel Aviv in November 2023. A committee of experts spanning multiple artistic genres will review the proposals and select 20 artists to exhibit their work. The ten chosen projects will be showcased prominently in the 11th PHOTO IS:RAEL International Photography Festival. In addition, 10 more projects will be displayed in the group exhibition “Unthemed”. The submission deadline is on April 23, 2023, and the submission fee is $15.00.
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New York Now: Home – A Photography Triennial
2023-03-10 – 2023-04-04 · United States
The Museum of the City of New York is pleased to announce the first in an ongoing series of triennial photography exhibitions that will engage themes and issues of the contemporary city. The first installment will examine the idea of “Home.” At its most practical, “Home” refers to the literal places we dwell. Yet it can also stand for family, or the communities of which we choose to be a part. This vital and complex concept arises in often surprising ways in our urban context, from highly personal experiences to debates over public policy. This exhibition aims to look at how artists have responded to and interpreted these issues.
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Free Film: NYC – LES
2023-03-10 – 2023-04-09 · New York, United States
FREE FILM : NYC will kick off 2023 during Women’s History Month on the Lower East Side with the LES Girls Club. The Airstream-darkroom will live outside the LES Girls Club on 8th street for the month as WORTHLESSSTUDIOS distributes film and facilitates photography classes to youth. Participating photographers of all ages will shoot within the boundaries of one neighborhood at a time, responding to the prompt “One Square Mile.” Destiny Mata, The Lower East Side Girls Club’s Artist-in-Residence will teach a series of 6 workshops for Middle and High School girls as part of their Spring 2023 After School programs. Upon completion of the project across NYC neighborhoods, WORTHLESSSTUDIOS will produce a FREE FILM : NYC book.
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2023 International Krappy Kamera Competition Winners, 30 Years of Gallery Artists’ Krap, Jim Rohan – Guest Exhibitor
2023-03-15 – 2023-04-02 · New York
Soho Photo Gallery has announced the 2023 winners of their International Krappy Kamera Competition: Katie DelaVaughn, Albano Ballerini, and Marianne McCoy. Honorable mentions included Joe Ditchett, Timothy Smith, and Levee Wolf. Photographer Jim Rohan will be a guest exhibitor alongside the winners in the show that will run from March 15 until April 2.
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Young FORMAT – Horizons Sixth Form: Surreal Derby
2023-03-17 – 2023-05-02 · United Kingdom
Led by QUAD Education Curator, Daisy Lloyd, Surreal Derby is a collection of mixed media collages created by twelve students from Horizons Sixth Form who attend QUAD weekly, engaging in a variety of creative mediums and themes. The group used Lomography cameras such as the La Sardina, the Sprocket Rocket, and Diana F+ to experiment with multiple exposures, angles, and framing as they photographed key landmarks and interesting aspects of Derby City Centre. Working with the theme of surrealism and using mixed media and collage techniques, the students have created a collection of surrealist work depicting Derby from new perspectives.
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Ruth Orkin – Una nuova scoperta, Photo Exhibition
2023-03-17 – 2023-07-16
From March 17th to July 16th, Musei Reali (Turin) will host the exhibition “A New Discovery,” the largest anthological exhibition ever organized in Italy by one of the 20th century’s leading photojournalists: Ruth Orkin.
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Festival Fotografico Europeo
2023-03-18 – 2023-05-06
Festival Fotografico Europeo 2023: when images meet the world.
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Mudec Photo presents: MUHOLI, a Visual Activist
2023-03-31 – 2023-07-30
More than 60 images, magnetic shots of social denunciation ranging from the very first self-portraits taken to the most recent works from Muholi’s constantly evolving artistic project.
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Upcoming Events
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Carla Cerati – Le Scritture dello Sguardo
2023-04-01 – 2023-06-04 · Bibbiena, Italy
On show until June 4th at Centro Italiano della Fotografia d’Autore (CIFA) in Bibbiena, Italy, the exhibition “Le scritture dello sguardo,” dedicated to Carla Cerati, designated by FIAF – Great Author of Contemporary Photography for the year 2023.
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NYC-SPC Camera Work featuring Stephen Leslie from the UK
2023-04-06 · United States
Join Stephen Leslie, a London-based photographer, as he showcases his 25-year street photography collection. Stephen’s first solo book, SPARKS was published by Unbound and Penguin. Lensculture described the book as "funny, deep, at times disturbing, at other times profoundly hopeful. But every image gets remade in ways that hold a bit of genius." The sequel MOSTLY FALSE REPORTS will be published later in 2023. He holds an impressive twenty five years experience as a street photographer both in the UK and on extensive travels abroad.
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A Brutalist Architecture Lomowalk with Format Festival & Stephen Marland
2023-04-08 · Derby, England
We’ve teamed up with Format Festival and photographer and brutalist expert Stephen Marland for a special Lomowalk where Stephen will walk us around the streets of Derby looking at the local architecture around Derby City Centre. There will be a mix of Lomography 35 mm cameras to choose from including the La Sardina, Sprocket Rocket, & Diana Mini, and one Fisheye 2 on a first come, first serve basis. We will help you load the cameras and give you some tips and tricks on shooting with each camera. The film will not be provided on the Lomowalk so please bring along a roll of 35 mm film of your choosing that can be processed either Colour or B&W. At the end of the walk, we will take 1 roll of your films to be processed. Spaces are limited, feel free to bring your own camera along too if you like to shoot more.
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New Ways of Seeing: Photoplay with Color, Light, Filters and Obstructions
2023-04-08 – 2023-04-29 · San Diego, United States
Construct expressive images using playful interventions of color, light, filters, and obstructions. Be inspired through engaging discussions, and experiment with a variety of approaches in this hands-on workshop. There are so many innovative ways to explore your creativity through photography – don’t let “reality” stand in the way! Instructor: Verónica Aponte, MOPA Education Staff
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Film Photography Day
2023-04-12
In 2013, we celebrated the first Film Photography Day. Since then, we’ve made it a yearly habit to honor the creativity and the passion of analogue photography-lovers around the world through exciting workshops, fun parties, and buzz-worthy photo exhibits! Let the good times roll and stay tuned for an event near you!
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World Pinhole Photography Day
2023-04-30
Slow down and celebrate the art of pinhole photography. Whether you are shooting with special gear or a homemade one from a matchbox, can, or even an egg, challenge your imagination and show what a humble pinhole camera is capable of!
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The Bridge
2023-07-11 – 2023-11-04 · New York, United States of America
The Bridge is a groundbreaking, 16-week vision for mentorship-based education, designed in collaboration with the American Society of Media Photographers New York to lift the barriers of Time, Money and Access and help talented young artists who face tough decisions about their road ahead.
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Experimental Photo Festival 2023
2023-07-19 – 2023-07-23
The Experimental Photo Festival 2023 will take place between July 19 and 23, 2023 in Barcelona (Spain). What to expect: 55 workshops, 18 conferences, 15 exhibitions, 5 portfolio reviews where artists will be selected to exhibit internationally and an experimental artistic residency of 10 days. There will be more than 100 face-to-face and online activities carried out by 35 international artists and curators.
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Fotografia Calabria Festival: the New Edition of the First Diffuse Festival of Photography in Calabria, Italy
2023-07-21 – 2023-08-20
From July 21st to August 20th, Fiumefreddo Bruzio and San Lucido, picturesque villages in the lower Tyrrhenian Cosenza region in Italy, will host exhibitions, events, talks, and workshops dedicated to photography.
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World Photography Day
2023-08-19
An annual, worldwide event that honors the art, craft, science, and history of photography. Share your best photographs with #World Photography Day! This celebration originated from the invention of the daguerreotype process developed by Frenchmen Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1837. On August 19, 1839, the patent for this groundbreaking invention was purchased by the French government and declared as a “gift free to the world.”
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Past Events
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Apnea – Alexander Gonzalez Delgado: Photo Exhibition at Spazio Zephiro
2023-03-04 – 2023-03-30 · Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
On Saturday, March 4th, Alexander Gonzalez Delgado’s exhibition “Apnea” will open at Spazio Zephiro in Castelfranco Veneto (Italy). Photographs taken with the Lomography Analogue Aqua camera will be on display.
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MONO NO AWARE: Super-8 mm Color Reversal Filmmaking
2023-03-06 – 2023-03-27 · New York, United States
Learn the art and craft of Super 8 mm filmmaking! This will be a hands-on class designed for the beginner that covers all aspects of Super 8 mm filmmaking: cameras, angle, story, exposure, lighting, editing, and projection. Participants will conceive, capture, hand-develop and edit their own projection ready film prints. 2 workshops in 1 as you will also learn how to mix chemistry and develop your own film. All equipment and materials will be provided for.
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Ireland Analog LomoWalk
2023-03-26 · Galway, Ireland
Ireland Analog will be heading to the West Coast of Ireland for a day trip to Galway with local guide Jack @film_fotojn. There will be a mix of Lomography cameras available to try too! We will be meeting at the top of Eyre Square by The Browne Doorway at 1 pm, which is a few steps away from the train and bus stations.
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MONO NO AWARE: Flatbed Editing on the STEENBECK Editor
2023-03-23 · New York, United States
Learn to cut and edit your own 16 mm film on a flatbed editing table, the STEENBECK. You’ll go through the basics of operation, how to clean and maintain the table, replace bulbs, standard and unconventional uses of the table, and editing workflows. We’ll talk about the different makes and models and open the table up to see what makes it tick. The Model housed at MONO NO AWARE will also play Mag sound, Optical track and Magnetic track! Each participant will get hands on experience of the process and 4 hours of access to the MONO studio at a later date to work on their own projects.
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Terra Futura by Artland Milano
2023-03-18 · Milan, Italy
The first event of TERRA FUTURA, a sound and performing arts program, will take place on March 18th at Sam – Sampling Moods (Milan), hosting a lineup that features a carnival of dark of sounds, bringing as special guest Elena Colombi, along with Bianco Negativo and Gabriele Casiraghi.
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Photo Forum Fest
2023-03-15 – 2023-03-17 · Barcelona, Spain
Photo Forum Fest brought together the best photographers of social photography, photojournalism, family, portrait, Fine Art. Keynote speeches by some of the most internationally recognized photographers will be held in the great auditorium of Barcelona at Fira Barcelona.
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International Krappy Kamera Competition 2023 Opening Reception
2023-03-16 · New York, United States
Soho Photo Gallery is pleased to announce the 25th International Krappy Kamera Competition – it is also the 30th anniversary of the SPG members Krappy Kamera shows! The gallery is located in lower Manhattan and is New York City’s longest running co-operative photography gallery. All selected photographs will be exhibited at the Gallery as well as on our website. Discover the submissions to the Krappy Kamera Competition during the opening reception.
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DEPTH OF FEEL Exhibition
2023-03-02 – 2023-03-15 · Bangkok, Thailand
“Depth of Feel” is a Lomo LC-Wide film swap project between father and son, Badin and Akin Limapornvanich. They held a solo exhibition called “Unintentional Intention MIS-TAKE Photo Exhibition” last year, and this time they are running a group exhibition “Depth of Feel” from 2–15 March 2023 at Art Center Silpakorn University.
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Lomography × Amarga Vintage: LomoWalk Salamanca – LomoWomen Edition
2023-03-11 · Salamanca, Spain
In collaboration with Amarga Vintage and Verónica Alvez Farias we have come up with a special all-female LomoWalk: women, show us your passion for film photography!
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West of Babylonia: the Italian Premiere at the Cinema Rossini
2023-03-07 · Venice, Italy
Don’t miss the Italian premiere of West of Babylonia by Venetian director Emanuele Mengotti, featuring scenes shots with Lomography Petzval Art Lens. West of Babylonia is a documentary filmed in the Californian desert that tells the story of a community that has decided to leave the comforts of modern society to live in total freedom in a hostile and wild territory: Slab City.
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Milano Sunday Photo
2023-03-05 · Milano, Italy
Milano Sunday Photo is the first market dedicated to photography in Milan. It is an innovative event, in which the stands act as a convivial trait d’union between the public and authors and that features exhibition from different authors, artists, photographers, and all those involved in the fantastic world of digital and analogue photography.
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NYC Film Photo Gathering: Winter Edition
2023-03-05 · United States
Due to popular demand, Brooklyn Film Camera’s annual NYC Film Photo Gathering is now having a Winter Edition and we hope to see you there! Join BFC, Wyckoff Windows, Lomography, Beers & Cameras, and Brooklyn Brewery for NYC’s largest annual gathering of film photographers!
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MONO NO AWARE: Shoot Your Own B/W Titles on the OXBERRY ANIMATION STAND
2023-03-05 · New York, United States
In this workshop participants will be introduced to the method of making titles using the Oxberry Animation Stand. The curriculum will cover the basics of loading ESTAR film stocks into your camera, how to conduct an exposure test, and how to create static top-lit titles from a printed cell. All chemicals and equipment will be provided.
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Lomography x Speed Photo: LomoWalk Milano – Speciale LomoWomen
2023-03-04 · Milan, Italy
Take part in this special all-female analogue photo walk in collaboration with Speed Photo and Aliceinshot!
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MONO NO AWARE: Color Photograms on 35 mm Motion Picture Film
2023-03-04 · New York, United States
Lean how to create full-color moving image photograms on 35 mm film through traditional methods and DIY contact printing techniques! Participants will generate test strips with multiple color filters and have the option to layer photographic images using sync-blocks to bi-pack original footage with color positive stock. Each participant will receive 50 of 35 mm film stock, access to chemistry, lab equipment, and safety gear. After completing tests and experiments as a collective group each participant will have 4 additional hours of access to the darkroom and wet lab facilities to create their own unique moving image photogram.
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MONO NO AWARE & GOWANUS DARKROOM: Bring Your Own Black & White NON-TOXIC MIXER
2023-03-03 · New York, United States
Welcome to the fifth edition of the BYOB/W FREE WORKSHOP in non-toxic processing at the GOWANUS DARKROOM. Learn how to process your black and white film using beer and coffee – Super 8 mm, 16 mm, 35 mm, Medium Format, 4" x 5", 70 mm, ALL AGES + ALL FORMATS WELCOME! Everyone who attends will learn how to mix their own negative processing chemistry using a combination of consumable items from the grocery store. All ingredients, equipment, and safety gear will be provided – Bring Your Own Black & White as an exposed roll/cartridge of black and white film, still or moving images.
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UNISONO – WUK
2023-02-14 – 2023-03-01 · Vienna, Austria
The Vienna based artist collective makemake produktionen has been creating theatre performances for adults and young audiences since 2011. The group trusts in the unknown and explores the development of encounters and the construction of realities through dialogue with their diverse audiences. The dance performance UNISONO explores the beauty of things happening at the same time, the power of a group as well as the disruption of harmony. Tell us what UNISONO means to you and win tickets for the performance at WUK, Vienna and a camera! Photo by Apollonia Bitzan
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Creating with Diana F+
2023-02-26 · Ciudad de México, Mexico
Join a workshop about Diana F+ held by Tania Revela (a.k.a. moda_daniela) who is one half of Film In Dreams Lab and analogue store in Mexico.
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NYC-SPC Presents Camera Work: Alice Arnold
2023-02-21 · United States
Alice Arnold is a documentary media maker and educator. She creates, edits, designs and photographs projects that explore the urban environment and visual culture – from street art to advertising and from sidewalks to electric signs. Her films are in the collections of university libraries throughout the United States and have screened at MoMA and other festivals. She is a NYFA Photography Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow in film and an Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York. She recently published “Goldie Timeless” (Cafe Royal Books), a small photo book about a drum n' bass event in 1995.
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San Jose February Photo Walk
2023-02-19 · United States
SJ Photo Walk (@sjphotowalk on Instagram) will be having their monthly photo walk on February 19th. The group will be meeting at Roy’s Station Coffee in Japantown, San Jose. The walk will be from 1 pm to 3 pm. There will be giveaways as well! Tell a friend, bring a friend! Good Vibes ONLY!
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Angela Izzo in LA Art Show 2023
2023-02-15 – 2023-02-19 · United States
Angela Izzo will be participating in this year’s LA Art Show, exhibiting her “Mystical Creatures” series, shot on the Petzval Lens with Lomography films. Through the looking glass of film photography and in-camera effects, “Mystical Creatures” creates a world of mystery and illusion in a gender fluid world. This Tarot is an experimental photo series by photographer Angela Izzo. Reconnecting Ancient and Modern realities, Izzo captures muses as archetypal characters in common settings. Using custom analog film techniques with non-standard cameras and film stocks, Izzo’s work immerses the viewer in intimate, dream-like fantasies. “Mystical Creatures” focuses on the Major Arcana, and is the first Tarot series created by the photographer.
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NYC-SPC Crit Meeting #86 Hosted by Zach Cabanas and Jorge Garcia
2023-02-16 · United States
Join NYC-SPC for a guided conversation about your work with NYC-SPC member Zach Cabanas and NYC-SPC Director Jorge Garcia. This is a great opportunity to meet members of the street photography community while discussing work critically. Meetings give individuals the chance to share work, experiences, techniques, and whatever else helps people advance as street photographers.
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Fine Bright Day
2022-09-21 – 2023-02-15 · New York, United States
ALICE AUSTEN (1866 –1942) was one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers. This exhibition examines the range of Austen’s photography and specifically inserts her into a contemporary context as the modern woman she was. 22 newly printed photographs are paired, and accompanied by interpretive text by leading scholars, artists and activists from the LGBTQ+ and allied community.
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Pinhole London Presents: Tottenham Through a Pinhole Exhibition
2022-11-28 – 2023-01-31 · United Kingdom
In October 2022 Pinhole London led a series of workshops to explore the heritage and culture of Tottenham through pinhole photography. This is an open exhibition celebrating the creative work of local photographers.
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International Krappy Kamera Competition 2023
2022-11-30 – 2023-01-30 · United States
Soho Photo Gallery is pleased to announce the 25th International Krappy Kamera Competition – it is also the 30th anniversary of the SPG members Krappy Kamera shows! Our philosophy at Soho Photo Gallery is that in the hands of any artist great photographs can be made with basic equipment. To explore this talent, we are searching for extraordinary photographs made with lousy lenses.
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