Image credit: Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore, Father-land, 2018. Film Still. When stepping out of our comfort zones, creative and critical ‘outside the box’ thinking can thrive with a freedom seldom found in the everyday university context. Artist residencies create ‘field study’ opportunities for exploring and offering insights into characteristics of places. This event… Continue reading 22nd January: Investigating ‘Layers of Visibility’ – the artist residency as a space of practice-led research
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Professor Liz Wells awarded an honorary Doctorate
University of Plymouth researcher, Professor Liz Wells, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, for her contributions within the fields of photography history, theory, curation and criticism internationally. This is especially significant as there is a particular interest in photography and environment at Valand Academy (Department for Film, Photography, Fine Art and Literary Composition)… Continue reading Professor Liz Wells awarded an honorary Doctorate
18th May 2017: Photographies
18 May & 19 May, 2017 309 Regent St, University of Westminster, London UK To celebrate their tenth anniversary, photographies journal is holding a two-day conference. Bringing together a range of international speakers, it promises to be a defining event engaging and interrogating the contemporary condition and currency of the photographic image. Talks will address… Continue reading 18th May 2017: Photographies
Feature: “Regarding Nature”
BY LIZ WELLS Regarding Nature, a solo exhibition by the London-based, French photographer, Chrystel Lebas, opened at Huis Marseilles in Amsterdam on Saturday, 10 December 2016. It draws on Field Studies, a project developed over several years in conjunction with the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. It was particularly good to see some recent… Continue reading Feature: “Regarding Nature”
New landscape photography series edited by Prof Liz Wells
Professor Liz Wells, professor in photographic culture at Plymouth University, has been commissioned by Bloomsbury Publishing to edit a new series of books focusing on landscape photography. This ground breaking breaking series will foster a contemporary investigation into photographic methodologies and practices relating to the inter-relation of land, landscape aesthetics, place, culture and environment, historically and now.… Continue reading New landscape photography series edited by Prof Liz Wells
New filmwork by Claudia Pilsl made in response to Brexit
Walking the Line, a new filmwork made in response to Brexit by Claudia Pilsl, is screening on 16/17 July 2016 at the x-24 2016 24-hour cinema festival. This free festival, in Gainsborough, features more than 100 videos from over 100 artists from over 30 countries. It is curated and produced by Fenia Kotsopoulou and Daz… Continue reading New filmwork by Claudia Pilsl made in response to Brexit
Keynote presentations by Prof Liz Wells this summer in Plymouth and Sheffield
Liz Wells, Professor in Photographic Culture at Plymouth University, is delivering a number of keynote presentations this summer. On 30 June, Liz will be discussing visual literacy, criticality and photo education at the Association for Photography in Higher Education (APHE) conference, hosted jointly by Plymouth University and Plymouth College of Art. And on 4 July 2016,… Continue reading Keynote presentations by Prof Liz Wells this summer in Plymouth and Sheffield