30.04.11 - Out and about
Finally got to see a Contact Edition Slide Show Slam – an interesting organisation, print sales, talks – good for recent graduates to meet other photographers and start a professional network. Anna Stevens and Emily Graham who run it are also lovely.
Lunch with Fiona Rogers - exhibition coordinator and educator at Magnum Photos. She has just set up Firecracker supporting European female photographers – check out the website and contact Fiona.
I decided to go and experience the royal wedding first hand but with the aim of gathering research and inspiration for my new series on wedding dresses - greeted by politics as I pitched up outside Westminster Abbey – who got there first, who’s more of a royalist, who’s got the biggest banners……. my idea of doing a performance in my foil wedding dress went unnoticed as compared to everyone else I look like a librarian. My 24 hours gathering research didn’t go according to plan and at 6am we had to pack up the tents – the crowds surged forwards for the best spot and with the prospect of 4 hours standing with nothing to see I went home to watch it on the telly.
Went to Beirut – visited Alakswan – a small artist resource with fantastic residencies – inspirational city – reminded me of Belfast with its invisible boundaries.
