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A Q&A with… Simon Roberts, election photographer

by Tim Clark

To coincide with the general election, Photofusion in London is showing Simon Roberts’ The Election Project, a body of work documenting the 2010 election campaign. Here he discusses the photographs in light of the current political climate, the symbolic nature of landscape photography, and his attempts to democratise the artistic process.

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Free Spaces for art: “We’re making it as easy as booking a hotel”

by Tim Clark

Art Map London’s new project is Free Spaces, a directory of alternative venues for art. We speak to Art Map’s Jenny Judova about the new online initiative.

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PICTURED #36: Andy Sewell, Something Like a Nest

by Tim Clark

Andy Sewell’s self published Something like a Nest reveals the unique yet odd appearance of the English countryside when it comes up against modern life. Tim Clark celebrates the book’s quiet sophistication in the first PICTURED column of 2015.

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PICTURED #35: Alberto Lizaralde, everything will be ok

by Tim Clark

Alberto Lizaralde’s self-published book, everything will be ok, is an intensely private journey through grief, hope and recovery. Nominated for this year’s Paris Photo Aperture Foundation First Book Award and co-edited by celebrated photographer Cristina De Middel, it’s quickly turning heads – Tim Clark’s included.

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DaDaFest director: “Art has the power to take us out of our usual ways of thinking”

by Tim Clark

The major exhibition for the 12th edition of DaDaFest, The Art of the Lived Experiment, sees Liverpool’s Bluecoat at the heart of a series of city-wide events addressing disability culture. We speak to artistic director Ruth Gould about the need for continued social change through championing disabled and deaf artists.

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National Photography Symposium: “Integrity is most valuable asset”

by Tim Clark

Redeye’s National Photography Symposium, an annual gathering for ideas and discussion, takes place at the new Library of Birmingham this month. Redeye director Paul Herrmann explains what’s in store.

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Photo50: “Most of the artists did not actually use a camera.”

by Tim Clark

For this year’s London Art Fair, Edel Assanti gallery has been invited to guest curate Photo50, focusing on the distinction between the material and the digital. We catch up with co-director Jeremy Epstein to learn more about the aesthetic dialogues they plan to draw out and the huge changes they are witnessing in the medium of photography.

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The Social: “developing a vibrant creative context for photography”

by Tim Clark

The Social: Encountering Photography, a new festival for photography in Sunderland and north-east England, opens to the public today. We speak to the organisers, Carol McKay and Amanda Ritson about what’s in store, and offer a selection of some of the newly commissioned work.

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Rude Food Fiesta: a mouthful out of a meal

by Tim Clark

This weekend, nomadic curatorial and artistic practice, Companis, presents Rude Food Fiesta – a fusion of food, performance and spectacle taking place in Birmingham. Sian Tonkin, one of the event’s organisers, provides a taster.

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Spirit of Brightlingsea: new art festival launches on Essex coast

by Tim Clark

A new mini-festival of live and visual arts by the sea launches this weekend in Essex. We talk to lead artist and curator, Caroline Wright, and the event’s producers, Artsadmin.

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Les Rencontres d’Arles 2013: Back to Black

by Tim Clark

The 44th edition of the pioneering photography festival – Les Rencontres d’Arles – held annually in the south of France is now underway, and despite its strange curatorial proposition still continues to enthral audiences. Tim Clark reports back from the opening week.

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Broomberg and Chanarin win Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013

by Tim Clark

London-based artist duo Broomberg and Chanarin scoop the £30,000 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 for their imaginative reworking of Bertolt Brecht’s 1955 War Primer.