FotoFreo 2010 e-Newsletter

Issue 2: 19 August 2009

Festival Update

The FotoFreo Newsletter comes to you this month from our fabulous new office in Fremantle. With thanks to funding from The City of Fremantle and Eventscorp we have moved out of the back yard and into the bustle of central Freo. Winter rains are keeping the FotoFreo team busy inside where we are confirming artists and venues and preparing for the festival program launch in October. Details of the program launch will be released in the next newsletter, coming soon!

FotoFreo 2010 Workshops

We are delighted to reveal a comprehensive line-up of workshops for photography professionals and enthusiasts at FotoFreo 2010. Most bookings will open in September and will be announced via this newsletter, in the press and on the FotoFreo website.

Magnum Photos Workshops FotoFreo 2010

At the top of our list FotoFreo is thrilled to announce an exciting development to our partnership with Magnum Photos. For the first time in Australia, we will host three Magnum photographers who will run 5 day workshops in Fremantle during the opening week of the 2010 festival. The Magnum Workshop FotoFreo is a 5 day intensive, practice oriented workshop that seeks to provide personal photographic growth in an intimate and intensive environment. Each of the five-day workshops will be led by an accomplished Magnum Photographer and will have a maximum of 12 participants. The workshops present an outstanding opportunity for photographers to explore their own work on a new level and build relationships with some of today’s most celebrated photographic artists.

To pre-register your interest please email Amelia Twiss.

Team Digital

In collaboration with our long term partners Team Digital, local suppliers of photographic equipment, software and training, FotoFreo 2010 will be offering 12 technical workshops led by respected Perth tutors covering subjects including Creative Control of Your Digital Camera, Painting with Light and Night Photography, Introduction to Studio Photography and Exhibition Know How. Further information on the Team Digital workshops and tutors will follow in this newsletter and will soon be available on the FotoFreo website.

FotoFreo Safari 2010

See Australia’s magnificent South West with fresh photographic eyes by joining two Master Photographers, Dale Neill and Greg Hocking, on a unique photographic adventure.

The FotoFreo Safari 2010 will take place immediately before FotoFreo departing Fremantle on Sunday 14 March and returning on Thursday 18 March in time for participants to attend the festival opening party.

FotoFreo 2010 Fringe

The closing date for applications for the FotoFreo 2010 Fringe 31 August 2009 is fast approaching. To be listed in the main festival program applications must be received by this date. Participants in the Fringe will be announced at the festival launch in October.

The FotoFreo Fringe Festival is a series of independent photographic exhibitions throughout Fremantle and Perth during FotoFreo. It is an ideal opportunity for photographers to showcase their work alongside the curated core shows and for visitors to view new photographic works by emerging and established photographers.

Fringe organisers are able to help photographers, particularly those of you applying from interstate or overseas, to source venues for their exhibition. Don’t hesitate to contact Fringe Coordinator Seng Mah for assistance and advice with finding a venue.

Sponsorship Opportunities

FotoFreo gratefully acknowledges the invaluable financial support we receive from all our sponsors and partners and is now seeking sponsors for the 2010 festival and events. With more than 68,000 local and international visitors in 2008 and extensive media coverage locally, nationally and internationally FotoFreo provides an excellent opportunity for exposure to a passionate art appreciating community. In addition, The City of Fremantle and Eventscorp have agreed to provide significant support for 2010 festival programmes and assist with comprehensive national and international marketing of the event to substantially develop our audience.

Sponsorship is flexible and possible at various levels. Arrangements are developed with partners to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. Please contact Laura Beilby for more information about sponsorship and benefaction opportunities.

End Note

Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB 09)

Now only a few weeks away, from Friday 4 September the Ballarat International Foto Biennale BIFB 09 takes place at multiple venues across Ballarat and the Hepburn Shire in Victoria. The festival will comprise of more than 120 separate photographic events, including exhibitions, seminars, audio visual projections, workshops, portfolio reviews, and special events. FotoFreo will be represented by Festival Manager Laura Beilby, who will take part as a portfolio reviewer and Amelia Twiss, Festival Marketing Manager.

Australian Minescapes Book - Edward Burtynsky

Following on from the FotoFreo 2008 commissioned project “Australian Minescapes” by acclaimed Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky we are proud to announce publication of the book Australian Minescapes by Western Australian Museums Publications. Australian Minescapes is available to purchase from The Western Australian Museum Shop.

FotoFreo in Arles

Festival staff Bob Hewitt, Laura Beilby & Amelia Twiss represented FotoFreo at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2009 in France in July. The world’s most celebrated and longest running international festival of photography ‘Arles’ celebrated their 40th anniversary with 66 exhibitions, lectures, debates, workshops, projections and more.

Bob Hewitt and Laura Beilby were invited by Arles as Photo Folio Reviewers giving 20 minute critical appraisals to photographers on their work.

FotoFreo would like to express our appreciation to the French Embassy (Canberra) and the Department of Culture and the Arts (Artflight) for their assistance. Parc des Ateliers - Arles Photo Festival, July 2009

Exhibition: Captured : Freo Prison 1991

This new exhibition features black & white photographs shot inside the Fremantle Prison five months before its closure. Contracted by the State Government to document the facility and its customs before it was decommissioned, photographer Karin Calvert-Borshoff had unprecedented access to restricted locations and prisoners inside Western Australia’s maximum security prison. On now until 6 September 2009.

Prize – National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010

The National Portrait Gallery invites all Australian residents to enter the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010. The exhibition will be displayed in the National Portrait Gallery building from 19 February to 26 April 2010 and will subsequently tour to a select number of Australian capital cities and regional centres. Entries close 1 November 2009. With the generous support of Visa, the National Portrait Gallery is offering a prize of $25,000 for the most outstanding photographic portrait.

Prize – Lens Culture International Exposure Awards

Four winning photographers will each earn cash prizes — plus prominent, exclusive photo features on Lens Culture, giving them access and broad exposure to an enthusiastic, influential worldwide audience. Submit your images by September 15, 2009.

Fremantle Workshops

For hands on photography workshops with FotoFreo Fringe Coordinator Seng Mah in Fremantle go to The Snap Shooter.

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