Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/05
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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.
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John Brownlow
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com