FotoFreo 2010 e-Newsletter

Issue 8: March 2010

The first few hectic weeks of FotoFreo 2010 are over and most of our interstate and international guests have departed. However, the exhibitions are still open for another 2 weeks until April 18 and there is a lot to see!

Here are a few of the festival highlights so far:

FotoFreo 2010 Festival Opening Night

Laura Beilby, Festival Manager
FotoFreo 2010 Opening Night © Brett Dorron

The opening of the FotoFreo 2010 festival was enjoyed by more than 900 guests on a beautiful and warm autumn evening at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Friday March 19. After a welcome by the Mayor of Fremantle, Dr Brad Pettit, and some encouraging words from David van Ooran, Director of Eventscorp, Gary Dufour, Chief Curator & Deputy Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia declared the Festival open. Guests enjoyed a preview projection from the 2010 exhibitions and were able to view Another Story: Chinese Contemporary Photography; Magda Stanova, In the Shadow of Photography; Joy Horwood Cooke, A Vision of Africa.

The evening culminated with a projection of work by the students of the Magnum Workshop Fremantle.

Magnum Workshop Fremantle

Magnum Workshop Fremantle with Chien-Chi Chang
© Kevin Yong

FotoFreo 2010 were honoured to welcome Trent Parke, Bruno Barbey & Chien-Chi Chang from Magnum Photos to run workshops with 36 students from Australia, Japan & Italy at the Fremantle Arts Centre. Fiona Rogers, Cultural & Education Coordinator from Magnum Photos London hosted the workshops with assistance from Justin Griffiths, Chad Taylor and Louise White.

Click here to dowload and view the projection of work by the students of the Magnum Workshop Fremantle.

The Magnum Workshop Fremantle was supported by FotoFreo 2010, The Department of Culture & the Arts, HP, Blurb Books, the Fremantle Arts Centre & Team Digital.

FotoFreo 2010 Fringe Festival

The FotoFreo 2010 Fringe Festival has taken Fremantle, Perth & Rottnest Island by storm, with more than 90 exhibitions hanging and opening across the metropolitan area. Keep your eyes open for Fringe exhibitions in your community and check the FotoFreo 2010 Festival programme and website for area specific detail.

Print sales have been fast and furious with photographs even sold from the backs of cars before they were even hung! Make sure you take in huge diversity of works by local, national and international photographers showing across the metropolitan area. FotoFreo thanks all the venues who have supported the FotoFreo 2010 Fringe Festival. Check out FotoFreo on Facebook for images from the Fringe, or follow the Fringe on Twitter. If your exhibition is not included, send in your images and don't forget to show us where you've displayed your FotoFreo poster!

Volunteer Coordinator's Report

FotoFreo 2010 Volunteers at Amy Stein's Stranded
© Seng Mah

Somebody asked me the other day if the volunteers this festival were
all helpful, good people.

I have to say that anybody who unselfishly gives their time and
energy to help a community project is better than good.

We have 106 active volunteers this festival.
19 of those giving between 10 and 20 hours
16 giving between 20 and 30 hours
15 giving more than 30 hours

This festival is based and run on Volunteer power and has only been
successful because of those fabulous volunteers.

Now that the rush is over, we are in workshop and gallery sitting
mode for the next 2 weeks and then the de-installation begins.

The current gallery sitting roster still has many gaps to fill and
the de-installation teams will need to be formed in the next week or so.

FotoFreo 2010 Volunteers installing the Oculi Retrospective
© Elizabeth McCaig

If you have some time to give please email Elizabeth McCaig.

There will of course be a volunteer wind up to look forward to, where we will be handing out certificates and prizes from Nikon and Crumpler to our hardworking volunteers.

Hope to see you all there.

Elizabeth McCaig
FotoFreo 2010 Volunteer Coordinator

The FotoFreo 2010 Volunteer Programme is supported by Nikon.

Special Visitors to FotoFreo 2010

In addition to all our invited guests, FotoFreo 2010 was privileged to welcome from interstate and overseas:

Matthew Bauer, General Manager, EIZO
Julia Durkin, Festival Director, Auckland Festival of Photography
Sandy Edwards, Freelance curator
Craig Gillespie, Australia Marketing Manager, Nikon Australia
Zhang Guotian, Chief Artistic Director, Pingyao International Photography Festival
Dale Hollingsworth, General Manager, Australian Centre for Photography
Graham Howe, Curator & Photo Historian, Curatorial Assistance
Song Jing, Beijing Film Academy
Julie Kimpton, Professional Markets Manager, Nikon Australia
Jeff Moorfoot, Festival Director Ballarat international Foto Biennale
Michael Proud, Pictures Acquisitions Librarian, National Library of Australia
Bronwyn Rennex, Director, Stills Gallery
Fiona Rogers, Cultural & Education Coordinator, Magnum Photos
Moshe Rosenzveig, Festival Director, Head On Photo Festival
Isabelle Rouvillois, Photo Editor & Australian agent for Agence Vu, Tendance Floue & Argos
Malcolm Smith, Programme Manager, Australian Centre for Photography
Christopher Warren, Federal Secretary, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance
Bruce Williams, Development Manager - Graphics Arts & PhotoProfessional Graphics, Epson

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