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We Recommend: Camille Silvy

An exhibition of the work of Camille Silvy has just opened at the National Portrait Gallery.

A pioneer of early photography and one of the greatest French photographers of the nineteenth century, this show includes many remarkable images which have not been exhibited since the 1860s.

Artist News

Kurt Tong has a solo show opening on the 30th July at Photofusion where he is exhibiting his series "In Case it Rains in Heaven" and "Memories, Dreams; Interrupted". On the 21st September Kurt will be in conversation with our own Bridget Coaker at Photofusion discussing his work and practise.

Currently showing at Rencontres d'Arles, Kurt is previewing five images from his project, "The Queen, The Chairman and I" in the exhibition "Hong Kong Chronicles".

The annual Foto8 Summer show has just opened and amongst the work selected this year are submissions from this month's Critic's Choice artist Tom Pope and Nina Mangalanayagam.

Christine Erhard has been selected to take part in FotoSommer Stuttgart 2010 Award Show, which opens on the 30th July 2010. Christine will be showing work from her new book "Fotografien", which is now available from Troika Editions.

Christine has also been awarded a scholarship to study at the Rodtschenko School of Photography in Moscow where she will have an exhibition at their School of Photography in September 2010.

Our congratulations go to Bill Jackson has been the recipient of a number of prizes with a bronze medal at the Royal Photographic Society Print Awards for the portrait of his mother and six bronze medals for his series of portraits of artists at the Epson Panoramic International Photography Awards.

Hin Chua is profiled in the July issue of the BJP with his series "After the Fall". 

Stuart Bailes is the recipient of this year's Hoopers Gallery Award, given to an outstanding Royal College of Art graduate. Stuart is exhibiting his winning series alongside five other RCA graduates including fellow Troika Editions artist Noemie Goudal in the Hoopers Summer Show, which runs until 3rd September.

Stuart and Noemie are also taking part in the group show "The Marquise went out at Five O'clock" at the Edel Assanti Gallery, London runs to 5th September.

Noemie has future solo shows at the Hotshoe Gallery, London; the LBC Gallery in Dublin and in December at the Uno+Uno Gallery in Milan

Jan Dunning has been asked back by the Tate Britain to run one of her popular animation workshops on 24th July.

The June/July issue of The Photographer Magazine features Lynne Collins and her series "The Trespasser". Lynne is interviewed by editor Jonathan Briggs who says she is "Not your average artist and not your average photographer - Lynne Collins has brought together classical still life, woodland scenes and urban decay in a series of works that stand alone in their beauty."

Lynne is also showing work from her series "The Edge of Perception" as part of a group show at the Bigger Picture Gallery in Crystal Palace, London. The exhibition runs to 31st August.

Critic's Choice: July

We are delighted to bring you our July Critic's Choice by Diane Smyth of the British Journal of Photography. Diane has chosen "Willsbridge" by Tom Pope from his series "Over the Edge" and writes:

"...this is serious funny business. Tom Pope's playing the Fool, a naive but intelligent role. Fools don't play by the rules, in fact they seem incapable of it, and that's what makes them absurd. But that's what makes them visionary too. "Not all there" in this world, they have a special take on it, and were once revered for it." Read on...

Tom is currently studying at the Royal College of Art where he is pursuing his ideas about anarchy and the absurd. In April 2010 his portrait of the scientist Stephen Jones was selected as the National Portrait Gallery's Photograph of the Month and his series "The Escapades of the Higher Man" was shown at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. Read on...

Collections

Troika Editions and the FORMAT International Photography Festival are delighted to announce the three winners of the Troika Editions FORMAT Exposure Prize - Katrin Koenning, Jae Hee Schin aka Schinster and Kurt Tong.

These winning artists, selected from hundreds of submissions, will take part in a group exhibition during Photomonth 2010 in a preview of the 2011 Exposure Festival: “RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW: Exposures from the public realm” and their winning series will also become part of the FORMAT Collection.

Each artist offers a very different response to working in public spaces. From Kurt Tong’s exploration of the issues of security and terrorism effecting the professional photographer when working on the street; Schinster’s exacting recreations of people moving through public spaces to Koenning’s beautiful observations, capturing pedestrians as they walk into the sunlight; this exhibition highlights the varied and interesting approaches employed today by young artists working in the public realm.

The FORMAT Collection, to be launched in October 2010 will feature twelve photographers, all of whom, including our three award winners, have been selected from the Exposure Open Submission and will be given the opportunity to show case their work on Troika Editions, with all net profits raised through the sale of these prints going to the artist and in support of FORMAT.

Our new initiative, Collections, is designed to provide photography organisations with the opportunity to showcase their own portfolio of artists and photography online and pursue an alternative funding avenue through the sale of limited edition photography prints.

We hope with your support we can help these photography projects continue to thrive in this new age of reduced government financing of the arts.

The net proceeds from all sales of limited edition prints in these special collections will go to the photography organisation and the supporting photographers. In some cases through the generosity of the photographers, the net proceeds will go entirely to the photographic organisation.

Troika Talk: Picture of the Day

Last week we looked at the colour blue with work as diverse as Stephen Klein's Lady Dior to Richard Misrach's turquoise blue ocean.

Starting tomorrow we will be showcasing the photography commissioned by French Banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn, who in 1909 launched an ambitious project to produce a colour photographic record of human life on earth.

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