Saturday 25th February 2012

Kevin Cummins will be taking a Master class on Saturday 25th February between 10am-4pm. Tickets will be £49 each, including a banquet lunch.

The day will feature Kevin giving an hour’s talk centered around his exhibition at the gallery and some of his other portraiture work, followed by a workshop on portraiture.

Using images from his catalogue of photographs, Kevin will discuss how you don’t need expensive equipment to take a great saleable shot.

For the workshop, to aid demonstration of the process, a model and make up artist will also be present in the studio.

The day will end with the resulting photographs from all those taking part in this special master class, being professionally and constructively critiqued by Kevin.

Tickets available at the gallery – 6 Tariff Street, Manchester M1 2FF or by emailing bookings@manchesterphotographic.com with your name and a contact telephone number to take telephone payments.

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A few notable ones have been:

Manchester Photographic was really pleased to work with Red Productions, for the new BBC Drama ‘The Fuse’. Christopher Eccleston, and his brother Alan, Andrew Scott and the beautiful Myanna Buring were just a few of the many cast and crew that visited the exhibition.

Thoughts and images from our ‘VIP’ delegates

Manchester at Night Photography Tour

Carousel by Angela Harrod

“I wanted to write and say how much I enjoyed last night’s course in the city centre. I am downloading my photos as I type and am really pleased with some images. Good tutor; he gave us some interesting tips and techniques, and was able to help out with any problems that arose. I definitely intend to go out in the dark much more now! Thanks.”

~ Christine ~

Theatre by Angela Harrod

“I really enjoyed the Night Shoot last night!  I took some photos which I was very pleased with!

I would definitely recommend you courses and will be visiting you gallery soon!

Many thanks to the Tutor, who was particularly good!”

~ Katie~

Oncoming Traffic by Angela Harrod

“Just want to say a HUGE thank you for such a great time at the evening course in Manchester the other night. I learned a lot and it was great to meet other photographers. I will recommend your course to my photographer friends. I’m so glad we weren’t rained off!

I will be booking the day course and landscape course next week……”

~  Angela Harrod ~

MCR Santa by Rosie

“I just wanted to drop an email to say thanks for a great evening on 6th December. I’ve never been able to capture a good night photograph but Mike’s tips really helped and I feel that I learn lots in the space of a few hours. I’ve attached a couple of shots I got that night, I loved the China Town lights and trying to get reflections in the puddles and will definitely be trying out the shutter speed light trails again (and investing in a tripod…)

If you’re planning on running anymore courses I’d be really interested in them too, or I’m not sure if you run any type of photo club/society that I could get involved in?

Thanks again!” ~ Rosie ~

Manchester Photographic is pleased to welcome the WPO in Late February and the whole of March, 2012.

The WPO global theme for 2011/2012 is ‘Portraits of a City‘.

City Projects events is an on going WPO programme which is designed to connect enthusiastic and professional photographers with a global project.

WPO arranges workshops led by established professional photographers, In Manchester, we are proud to announce that it will be Jez Coulson and Kevin Cummins, each of whom interpret the theme with their own unique style.

Workshop dates – 24th Feb 2012 – 26th Feb 2012

Exhibition Dates – 1st March – 30^th March 2012.

Schedule: The workshop will consist of a 3-4 hour evening masterclass and two full days of independent shooting and editing and critique. For full details of the workshops see the WPO City Projects page.

What to expect!

• 3 days of workshops, with leading photographers.
• A selection of the work produced during this city project will be printed and exhibited at the Manchester Photographic Gallery, Thursday 1st March – Saturday 30^th March, 2012.
• Participants registering for this workshop, will also be upgraded for free to Premium member on the WPO website!

Jez Coulson

Jez Coulson is a British photojournalist and ‘reportage artist’ based in New York.

Jez Coulson, photojournalist and reportage artist, will lead his workshop exploring the dynamics of reportage photography on the streets of Manchester. From the central St Annes Sq Markets through some of the smaller out lying street markets “The Economics of the Street” workshop will seek to explore the life of the City through the commerce conducted out on its streets. He will touch upon the philosophy and mind-set of reportage photography but look specifically at strategy and techniques for achieving certain types of pictures, exploring skills such as using extremely slow shutter speeds, hand held or shooting reflections.

There will be practical guidance on showing participants how to work in public spaces and interact successfully with members of the public as a ‘reportage photographer’. Jez will also talk about being a photo-blogger and give practical guidance on how to run a successful photo blog and increase digital presence.

“The Economics of the Street”……… the market stalls and the burger wagons……… the traders and their customers…….. the stands and the goods………… the deals and the money…….. the grind of setting up early and going home late………. the T-shirts and the CDs…… the antiques and the combat jackets……. the covered and the open ……… the upscale and the down beat…….. trading in all weather………. ” Come on now ladies any three you like for a fiver. ” ………. ” All the bargains from the sweet man! “…….. the people and their shopping ……… the old man selling his shoes ……… the grit of basic commerce …………. the life of the city……………… “The Economics of the Street ” – Jez Coulson
For more information about Jez, visit his agent’s website and his personal blog.

Kevin Cummins

Manchester born Kevin Cummins has an international reputation as one of the world’s leading photographers.

Kevin Cummins: biography Manchester born Kevin Cummins has an international reputation as one of the world’s leading photographers.

His iconic portraits of rock musicians as diverse as Joy Division, The Smiths, Manic Street Preachers, Courtney Love and David Bowie have graced magazine covers, galleries and bedroom walls the world over and are included in the collection of The National Portrait Gallery and The V&A amongst others.

Kevin has published five critically acclaimed monographs to date. The sixth: Sometimes the Sky’s Too Bright, a Manic Street Preachers collection, is due for publication in November 2011.

He has lived in London since 1987 but retains strong links with the North West of England.

For more information about Kevin visit his website.

January 6th ~ February 26th 2012

www.kevincummins.co.uk

The Manchester Photographic Gallery is proud to announce that Kevin Cummins will be exhibiting a special collection of his iconic photographs of Joy Division. Kevin enjoyed unrivalled access to the band for 3 years ~ from their first gig in May 1977 to front man, Ian Curtis’ untimely death in May 1980. These stunning photographs have become synonymous with the band and their public persona, as the band’s influence has become increasingly important. This exhibition is not to be missed by any Joy Division fan.

The private viewing for Exemplar: Joy Division will be on Thursday 5th January 6-9pm (invite only ~ complimentary drinks will be served). This exhibition will be open to the public the following day, which is the date that Kevin did the – now legendary – photoshoot of Joy Division on Hulme Bridge in the snow, January 1979.

Kevin studied photography for four years in Salford. He then embarked on a career which has spanned a broad spectrum of work across the UK ~ from The National Theatre to Manchester City Football Club. Kevin has contributed to numerous UK publications, including: The Times, The Observer, The Guardian, Esquire, Maxim, Elle, Vogue, Mojo, FourFourTwo and The Big Issue. He spent 10 years as the chief photographer for the New Musical Express and was a founding contributor to The Face, the influential style magazine where he won an award for Magazine Cover of the Year. Kevin’s work can be seen gracing many record sleeves and book jackets and he regularly contributes to various publications worldwide.

Kevin will also be IN CONVERSATION - together with Joy Division Drummer Stephen Morris on Sat 7th January 2pm – 5pm. Tickets for the session are £5 each. Kevin will also be available to  sign copies of his book, ‘Joy Division‘  at Manchester Photographic Gallery. This book can be purchased at the Gallery and it is the definitive collection of Joy Division photographs, together with rare band ephemera.

For further information, and to RSVP for the private view, please email: info@manchesterphotogaphic.com

Christopher Eccleston meets a photograph of himself at Manchester Photographic. - Wall portrait photograph taken by Phil Melia.

Christopher Eccleston visited several times and used us as a rehearsal and green room.

We thank Christopher and the production company for using our facilities and generally being excellent guests!

Red Production Company – The Fuse

Dervla Kirwan (Injustice, The Silence) and Ewen Bremner (Page Eight, Perfect Sense) join Christopher Eccleston in this original four part drama for BBC One, written by Bill Gallagher (Lark Rise to Candleford, The Prisoner) and produced by Red Production Company (Exile, Single Father).

Also confirmed are Andrew Scott (The Hour, Sherlock), Lyndsey Marshal (Garrow’s Law, Being Human), Rebecca Callard (32 Brinkburn Street, Robin Hood), MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga, Any Human Heart) and Branka Katic (The Jury II, Big Love).

The Fuse follows Daniel Demoys (Eccleston), a stranger in his own life. Over the years he has gone from being an idealistic young man with a burning desire to make the world a better place, to a disillusioned and corrupt council official. His alcoholism has driven a wedge between him and wife, Alex (Kirwan), and their three children. The fallout from his alcohol fuelled actions prove agonising for all around him.

Colm Henry is principally known as the photographer to Hot Press music magazine, U2, Riverdance, Phil Lynott, Rory Gallagher, Mary Black and many other traditional Irish musicians. His photographs have also appeared in many international magazines, including The Sunday Times, Marie Claire and Hello. Colm is regarded as being one of Ireland’s most stylish portrait photographers.

On Thursday 3rd November, there will be a private view of Colm Henry ‘s special collection of work, including a number of unseen pictures of U2, at the Manchester Photographic Gallery. This exhibition will take up all three floors of the venue: the ground floor will display a collection of small prints ~ signed, numbered and framed; the second floor will be entirely devoted to large images of U2 printed on metal; and the top floor will display a selection of photographs of other Irish musicians. All the prints on display (and for sale) will be the No 1 of each edition.

This private viewing will take place between 6.30pm – 8.30pm. Complimentary drinks and snacks will be served. There will also be an after show at The Crown and Anchor round the corner on Hilton Street with a traditional Irish band performing (8.30pm onwards).

The exhibition is open to the public from Friday 4th November until Sunday 4th December.

Mike Rampton, and Phil Melia have all chosen images that highlight the unique features, buildings, and architecture that creates Manchester’s mettle.

You can preview some of the pieces available by clicking here.