2011 Festival
The London Street Photography Festival had its inaugural run in July 2011 to outstanding critical acclaim. The festival enjoyed high visitor numbers to its many prestigious partner venues and received a wide range of mainstream press coverage.
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
- LSPF hosted the first UK exhibition of Vivian Maier: a Life Uncovered, listed by the Observer and Culture Critic as one of the top 10 photography exhibitions in the UK in 2011
- 30,000 people visited 14 exhibitions and 2,500 people attended events and workshops
- The festival received nine major broadsheet features (Independent, Guardian, Times, New York Times) and a five-star review in the Evening Standard
- Four galleries reported record visitor numbers as a result of the festival
- Our website received 500,000 visits in 2011 and we expect 750,000 in 2012 and 1,000,000 in 2013.
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Focusing on the policing of public streets by private security firms, our Stand Your Ground documentary went viral and was seen by over 200,000 people worldwide. The film contributed to the I'm a Photographer Not a Terrorist campaign, which led to new government guidance being issued to private security firms in November 2011.
Venues included:
18 Exmouth Market, British Library, Centre for Creative Collaboration, Collective Gallery, German Gymnasium, HotShoe Gallery, Housmans, Minnie Weisz Studio, National Portrait Gallery, Photofusion, St Pancras International, Tate Modern, Victoria & Albert Museum
SELECTED EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
All archived exhibitions and events can be found in the diary.
| Exhibition | Venue | |||
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On Street Photography: A Woman's Perspective | Photofusion | ||
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Vivian Maier: A Life Uncovered | German Gymnasium | ||
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Entente Cordiale: Images from France and England - Nick Turpin and Nils Jorgensen | St Pancras International | ||
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Street Markets of London in the 1940s - Walter Joseph | British Library | ||
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Adventures in the Valley - Polly Braden and David Campany | Minnie Weisz Studio |
SELECTED WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS
| Workshop | Venue | |||
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Street Photography Workshop with Jesse Marlow and David Gibson | Toynbee Studios | ||
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London to Paris - Street Photography Workshop with Nick Turpin | Eurostar Terminal, St Pancras International | ||
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Pinhole Camera with Madaleine Trigg | Centre for Creative Collaboration | ||
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Photo-walk with David Gibson | Rivington Place | ||
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Photowrap Photo-walk | The Cat and Mutton | ||
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Olympic Photo-cycle with Toby Smith | Regents Canal | ||
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After Dark Street Photography Workshop with Toby Smith | The Water Poet | ||
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The Global Street and the Long Term Project - Workshop with George Georgiou | Rivington Place |
SELECTED EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
| Event | Venue | |||
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Stand Your Ground | City of London | ||
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The story of Vivian Maier - a talk by John Maloof | National Portrait Gallery | ||
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Film Screening Double Bill: Everybody Street and In-Sight + discussion | Tate Modern | ||
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Firecracker presents... Polly Braden and Kate Hooper | Centre for Creative Collaboration | ||
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The V&A Collection of Street Photography - an exploration with Susanna Brown | Victoria and Albert Museum | ||
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Restless Cities: Psychogeography and Street Photography | Housmans Bookshop | ||
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Caught on Camera; Street life and beyond - a talk by John Falconer | British Library | ||
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Panel discussion: Why does street photography make us paranoid? | Housmans Bookshop | ||
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Festival Fundraiser | German Gymnasium |
2011 Contributors included:
Christophe Agou, Tom Archer, Arif Asci, Narelle Autio, Anahita Avalos, Simon Becker, Polly Braden, Susanna Brown, Bang Byung-Sang, David Campany, Philip Cheung, Damian Chrobak, Julian Coquentin, Maciej Dakowicz, Bela Doka, Carolyn Drake, Pari Dukovic, Cheryl Dunn, Melanie Einzig, John Falconer, Ibolya Feher, Richard Fish, Reinis Fjodorovs, George Georgiou, David Gibson, Bruce Gilden, Thierry Girard, Andrew Z. Glickman, Siegfried Hansen, Chakib Hantabli, Markus Hartel, Mishka Henner, Tiffany Jones, Nils Jorgensen, Walter Joseph, Richard Kalvar, Osamu Kanemura, Martin Kollar, Witold Krassowski, Jens Olof Lasthein, Frederic Lezmi, Douglas Ljungkvist, Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Jesse Marlow, Jeff Mermelstein, Joel Meyerowitz, Alison McCauley, Martin Molinero, Mimi Mollica, Johanna Neurath, Trent Parke, Martin Parr, Gus Powell, Mark Alor Powell, Bruno Quinquet, Paul Russell, Grant Smith, Toby Smith, Otto Snoek, David Solomons, Anne-Sophie Stolz, Matt Stuart, Ying Tang, Nick Turpin, Dougie Wallace, Munem Wasif, Alex Webb, Amani Willet, Michael Wolf, Ciaran Woolcombe, Artem Zhitenev, Wolfgang Zurborn