Arctic Competition
In issue two of Vignette featured the work of Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson and his photographs of the Inuit people of Greenland. Thank you to all of you that contacted us to say how much you enjoyed this. We launched a competition to find the best reader’s photograph of the Arctic and received over 50...
Book Reviews
We all love our photo books, so here are four great titles on sale at Waterstones right now.
FANTASTICTED
Ted, is 21 and is discreetly capturing the world around him; the world he exists in and the world he witnesses.
Toufic Beyhum
On the day I took this shot of the Himba tribes women I was lucky to have my Hasselblad with me. I thought the juxtaposition between the women and the supermarket was very striking. They agreed but only gave me enough time to use my light meter and shoot one frame. Toufic Beyhum was born...
Portfolio Review: Sam Davey
SAM DAVEY b. 1988Currently living in London and studying a BA Photography at Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London.
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre: In the Privacy of the Hotel Dieu
The Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Lyon is the subject of a new series by photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. Collectively titled Dans l'intimité de l'Hôtel-Dieu (In the Privacy of the Hotel Dieu), these haunting photographs picture the hospital on the brink of change, chronicling the site’s growth and history.
Melanie Manchot at Fabrica
This autumn Brighton’s Fabrica gallery has presented new work by Melanie Manchot. Iris Veysey talks to Fabrica and Manchot about Gathering, its relevance to recent social unrest, the place of photography and film in galleries, and perhaps most importantly in these dark economic times, where the money is coming from.
Vintage 3 Colour Photography
Danny Griffin takes us through an early method of colour photography from the 1910s (with a little twist, of course), telling you how to shoot and replicate this type of image for yourself, with tips on how to get the most satisfying results from the format.
Portrait Salon presents
Inspired by the idea of a Salon des Refusés - an exhibition of works rejected from a juried art show - Portrait Salon will showcase 75 of the 5,973 unselected entries from this year's Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize.
Midwest – photographs by Tom Cops
“Tom led the people outside, one by one, to take a photo. He stopped them all; middle-aged bartenders, tourists, punk rockers, hippies, very old and very young, me, my mom, my daughter, my wife, my son, all of us got stopped in time by Tom’s camera, a kind of living graveyard.” – Charlie Parr
Portrait Salon – call for entries
Not chosen for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize this year? Submit your image to the Portrait Salon, an exhibition of entries rejected by the National Portrait Gallery.
Writers! Send in your Vignette now…
Get yourself published! We're looking for a short piece of writing inspired by this image to include in the next issue of Vignette.