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The 2012 festival is taking place throughout June with a focus in King's Cross, Bloomsbury, Euston & Fitzrovia.
THE 2012 FESTIVAL
In June 2012, London's most celebrated venues (Museum of London, British Library, British Museum, Tate Modern, the V&A and more...) will play host to a world-class, city-wide celebration of photography as the London Festival of Photography returns for its second year.
Encompassing street, documentary and conceptual photography, the festival includes 18 exhibitions and 30 satellite events including workshops, talks and screenings.
Exhibitions will vary in style and format, presenting a comprehensive mixture of disciplines with work from both established and emerging photographers. Content will be curated around the theme, Inside Out: Reflections on the Public and the Private.
The festival opens to the public on 1 June 2012 (many exhibitions are open during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend 2, 3, 4 & 5 June). Press events and private views will take place on 31 May 2012. If you'd like to receive exclusive updates and advance tickets to festival events and invites to private views, please consider becoming a Best Friend or Industry Friend.
LATEST NEWS:
- You can now download a map of all the festival exhibitions.
- The Festival interviews Steve Bloom ahead of his exhibition Beneath the Surface at the Guardian Gallery (1 to 28 June).
- Jodi Bieber has been announced as one of fifteen finalists in the Johannesburg leg of TED‘s Worldwide Talent Search. Attend Jodi's talk during the festival or take part in her masterclass.
- Evgenia Arbugaeva has just won the prestigeous Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Bright Spark Award. See May 2012 festival review in the Independent.
The festival programme is now online and can be viewed through the festival diary. More content will be added weekly. Make sure you are signed up to our mailing list, and have liked our *new* Facebook page for updates.
Festival highlights include:
EXHIBITIONS
The Great British Public
Contemporary images from photographers working the length and breadth of the British Isles. John Angerson, Peter Dench, Arnhel de Serra, Liz Hingley, Zed Nelson, Martin Parr, Simon Roberts, Chris Steele-Perkins, Homer Sykes, Giulietta Verdon-Roe...
Dog Eared Gallery, 1 to 24 June
St Pancras International 1 to 30 June
Gaddafi Archives - Libya Before the Arab Spring
From the Human Rights Watch photographic archive, an exclusive view of never-before-seen images documenting the recent history of Libya from the King Idris period and throughout the rule of its most infamous dictator.
The Warburg Institute, 21 to 29 June (9 DAYS ONLY!)
Beneath the Surface
Steve Bloom
Coinciding with the 35th anniversary of Steve Biko's death, Steve Bloom's photographs capture a critical moment in 1970s apartheid-era South Africa.
Guardian Gallery (King’s Place), 1 to 28 June
Let This Be a Sign
Simon Roberts
New work from Simon Roberts looking at the physical, political and social effects of the recent UK recession.
Swiss Cottage Gallery, 25 May to 1 July
The Queen, The Chairman & I
Kurt Tong
A new body of work by Kurt Tong, The Queen, The Chairman and I is a collection of photographs and writing that retrace and bring to life Tong's ancestral roots from more than a century ago to the present day.
Horse Hospital, 1 to 23 June
WORKSHOPS
- Masterclass with Chris Steele-Perkins (Magnum)
- Masterclass with Jodi Bieber (2011 World Press Photo Winner)
- Nick Turpin returns for his London to Paris workshop
- Pinhole Photography Workshop
EVENTS
- Tate Modern will host a screening of the film Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes by Jennifer Baichwal, followed by a Q&A with Edward Burtynsky
- Join Chris Steele-Perkins, Peter Dench, Homer Sykes and Liz Hingley as they speak about their work in the Great British Public exhibition.
- The V&A will host talks by Martin Barnes (Senior Curator of Photographs) and James Stevenson (V&A Photography Manager)
- An evening with Jodi Bieber (talk)
All content is curated by the festival team and guest curators. The festival produces content that will appeal to a wide audience - newcomers and die-hard photography enthusiasts alike.