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The Guernsey Photography Festival is launching a second series of photographers’ talks following the success of its 2015 series.
Sponsored by Specsavers, the talks will feature acclaimed international photographers and will form part of the Festival’s ongoing cultural and educational programme. The Festival is also collaborating for the first time with the Digital Greenhouse in Guernsey and the Jersey Arts Centre to enable the photographers to speak in both islands.
Festival Director Jean-Christophe Godet said: “We’re thrilled to be able to announce these talks.
“The calibre of photographers that we’ve managed to attract is testament to the reputation of the Guernsey Photography Festival and they’ll provide an exceptional opportunity to find out more about contemporary practice in the world of photography and moving images.
“This is part of an ongoing programme that aims to provide inspiring presentations for the creative community in the Channel Islands. We are extremely grateful to Specsavers, the Digital Greenhouse and the Jersey Arts Centre for helping make this happen.”
Guernsey Photography Festival Director, Richard Jamessaid said: "This series of talks by international photographers and film-makers was originally conceived as a vehicle to inspire and educate Guernsey's creative community.
“Many of the approaches to professional practice that the visiting photographers adopt can be applied to many other sectors including the digital industry. Many of the artists who we invite are at the top of their game and enjoy international respect. Hearing how they generate new ideas and ways of working can be invaluable to anyone who is interested in originating a project of almost any kind."
The programme opens on Wednesday 25 May in Guernsey and Thursday 26 May in Jersey with Sian Davey, whose work about her down-syndrome daughter ‘Looking for Alice’, won widespread critical acclaim last year.
The other photographers scheduled to talk are: Jack Latham on Wednesday 6th July in Guernsey and Thursday 7th July in Jersey who will present his fascinating work ‘The Sugar Paper Theories’ which traces an infamous true crime case in Iceland which involved the testimonies of six people who confessed to two murders they had no apparent memory of.
On Wednesday 12th October in Guernsey and Thursday 13th October in Jersey, Guillaume Bresson will talk about ‘Fukushima No-Go Zone’, an ongoing collaborative project with Venezuelan photographer Carlos Ayesta about the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Finally, on Wednesday 23th November in Guernsey and Thursday 24th November in Jersey, Norwegian photographer Helge Skodvin will discuss his acclaimed project ‘A Moveable Beast’. Skodvin has won numerous awards in the Norwegian press picture of the year awards, and also in the Norwegian advertising picture of the year. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
