Pingyao International Photography Festival - Beyond the Camera
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:52:00 BST
Title: Beyond the Camera
Date: Saturday 19 - Friday 25 September 2015
Venue: Building D3, Pingyao Ancient City, Shanxi Province, China
Curated: Sian Bonnell
This exhibition introduces for the second time at the Pingyao International Photography Festival, the photographic work of tertiary students from eleven selected universities in the UK. The work selected, features undergraduate to doctoral level and aims to provide a snapshot of the new questioning and innovative approaches taking place right now by young British photographers.
What comes through in selecting this work, is a real sense of enquiry into what is going on inside and beyond, the camera. The exhibition offers an overview of the concerns and interests of these new practitioners, contextualising a spectrum of interest, from commercial through to conceptual approaches.
In asking questions about the nature of images and the role of digital technology we are forced to re-think how pictures are consumed and shared whilst interrogating just what exactly does constitute a photograph in the 21st century?
Students from Huddersfield selected for the exhibition are:
Emily Green and Alexandra Stapleton
Beyond the Camera Instagram feed showcasing each student’s work (3 per day) can be found at: sianbonnell
Twitter: @SianBonnell
Web: http://www.pip919.com/
