BRISTOL will bask in a month-long series of high-profile events in May celebrating all-things photographic. Some of the highest profile photographers from across the UK will put their work on show at a series of displays, events and exhibitions as part of the Bristol Festival of Photography.
The event is held every two years and this will be third since it was first launched in 2010.
The original festival was the brainchild of amateur photographer Sarah Macfarlane and Phil Searle, the owner of Photographique, an independent shop in Baldwin Street.
Originally the pair wanted to create a small-scale event but it quickly snowballed into a major showcase. The duo have since stepped aside to allow new people take over.
This year the ambition has been to include as many people as possible and there even some outside exhibits in various parts of the city.
The range of events include solo shows of individual photographers along with photography workshops in traditional and the latest processes at Bristol Folk House and St Pauls Darkrooms.
There will also be photographic and projection based performances, a Victorian Photo Parlour, pop-up art installations, a travelling exhibition, and other events including creative writing and fine dining. One of the highlights of the month will be the Urmson-Burnett Photogram exhibition.
The show which comes direct from London is one of the first national exhibition of photographic images made without a camera.
The show recently moved from London where the winner was announced as the Bristol photographer Sarah Chatwin.
The Knowle West Media Centre is also getting involved and will be staging the South West Graduate Photography prize.
The event will be a showcase of the best new photography talent from across Bristol and the whole of the South West.
The festival will also include a special preview of a new commission from Nicholas White. The display called 5000 Island Forest is a landscape exploration of Bristol and aims to show the city in a unique light.
And one of the most eagerly anticipated events will be held at the Bristol Folk House.
Architectural and landscape photographer David Calvin will be showing his latest project, Somerdale: Unwrapped which gives people a chance to see inside the Somerdale factory for the first time since it closed its doors.
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