Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]is anyone coming to the contact photo fest? I hope to do the portfolio review and I'll definitely be going to the atget show and a few other things. Check it out at http://www.contactphoto.com contact me for details if you can't find em as I have a printed catalog > TORONTO, Ontario, March 21, 2001 CONTACT 2001, one of North America's largest > photography festivals, will take place throughout Toronto, May 1st - May > 31st. The 5th annual festival, which expects over 200,000 local, national and > international visitors, includes more than 130 exhibits, more than 40 special > events and more than 400 photographers exhibiting. Interest from photographers > and media around the world continues to grow. > > The goal of CONTACT is to celebrate and introduce the general public to the > diversity of photography while also presenting new directions. Exhibit venues > include commercial and public galleries, museums, artist-run centres, > community spaces, restaurants and other alternative venues. > > CONTACT 2001 highlights include: > - an official public launch at York Quay Harbourfront Centre on May 1st; > - a panel discussion, "The How and Why of Collecting," that includes A.D. > Coleman, Arnaud Maggs, W.M. Hunt, and Martha Hanna; > - a discussion with Richard Chalfen, a visual anthropologist from Temple > University, on snapshots, home movies and how families want to be remembered; > - a day of portfolio reviews by more than 25 high profile editors, gallery > owners and curators (May 18th); > - An exhibition and lecture on the Imperial Oil-Turofsky Collection at the > Hockey Hall of Fame (opening May 7th). > > The annual Photo Incubator, presented by Adobe, offers programs aimed at > developing business ideas and solutions for commercial photograhers, and > includes lectures, portfolio reviews and presentations. > > For information, visit www.contactphoto.com. Contact guides will be available > at LCBO stores in mid-April. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com