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Derby's photo festival secures Arts Council funding

Arts Council England will continue to fund Quad, Derby's centre for art and film and organiser of one of the UK's leading international photography festivals

Festivals 06 Apr 2011

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Foto8's street photography seminar coming to Derby

Foto8 is running a two-day seminar on street photography at Derby's Format Festival, including talks by Magnum Photos' Mark Power, photographer Tom Wood and writer and academic David Campany

Seminars 23 Mar 2011

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"The photographer was a guy named Robert Frank"

Joel Meyerowitz speaks of his first days as a street photographer, when he worked with Robert Frank 50 years ago

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Geolocations and the Telepathic Witness

US photographers Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman use the GPS technology in standard phones to plot Tweets onto geographical locations and "bring the virtual back into the physical"

Festivals 05 Mar 2011

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Michael Wolf welcomes World Press Photo controversy

A month after receiving a honorable mention in this year's World Press Photo contest, photographer Michael Wolf catches up with BJP. Video interview

Festivals 05 Mar 2011

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Nick Turpin on street photography's challenges

"Street photography is the hardest thing I've done," says Nick Turpin, a street photographer and founder of In-Public, at the Format International Photography Festival

Festivals 04 Mar 2011

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Hear the Format Festival street photography conference

The Format International Photography Festival conference is in full swing, but if you can't get to Derby, you can access it online via OPEN-i

Festivals 04 Mar 2011

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"UK trailing behind in photography," says Brian Griffin

Photographer Brian Griffin has praised Derby's photography festival in an opening speech in which he called for the UK to fight for its place in the photography world

Festivals 04 Mar 2011

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Exclusive video: Bruce Gilden goes "head on" in Derby

When Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden was commissioned for this year's Format International Photo Festival in Derby, BJP went behind the scenes and filmed the legendary street photographer at work and...

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Format Festival opens for business

Derby's Format International Photography Festival opens today, launching a busy programme of talks and exhibitions on street photography

Festivals 03 Mar 2011

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Bruce Gilden meets Jake La Motta

Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden will be the subject of a BJP video documentary next month, as he unveils his take on Derby, home of the Format International Photography Festival - preview

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Photo collectives return to Derby for Format Festival

Six collectives have been invited to create new bodies of work for this year's Collectives Encounter, part of the 2011 Format Photo Festival in Derby

Festivals 07 Feb 2011

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Bruce Gilden takes on Derby, as Format announces festival's highlights

Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden will be presenting his take on Derby at the upcoming Format International Photography Festival. BJP followed the legendary street photographer and has exclusive footage...

Festivals 07 Dec 2010

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Magnum Photos to organise street photography workshop in Derby

Magnum Photos photographers Bruce Gilden, Richard Kalvar and Chris Steele-Perkins will be holding a street photography workshop in Derby, to coincide with the Format11 photo festival

Workshops 06 Dec 2010

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