Offering more than 30 exhibitions and over 30 recreational events, Guernsey Photography Festival 2011 has announced the launch of their annual photography competition.

The theme for this year is ‘JOURNEY’.  This competition is open to all photographers wherever you live. Continue Reading »

An exhibition of photos from renowned Isle of Wight photographer James Dore, and a showcase of historic shipwreck photos are going on display in four libraries. 

His work covered a variety of areas involving Island life, including sport and farming and he also photographed Queen Victoria’s funeral procession through East Cowes. Continue Reading »

Are you struggling to adjust in a digital world?

This month the Isle of Wight Digital Imaging Group (IWDIG) are offering expert advice and information for the digitally challenged.  We want to help ignite your interest in the internet and conquer the digital age.

To support people and organisations all over the Island we are opening our doors on 18th & 25th May 2011 as part of Spring Online Week* to give everyone a taste of what the digital world has to offer. Continue Reading »

A rolling Photographic Exhibition by Larry Ellis is taking place in the Cameron Tearooms at Dimbola Museum and Galleries.

Very much up close and personal with many of the stars of the period, now you to can get up close and personal with the likes of Sammy Davis Jr, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and many more at Larry’s exhibition ‘Tea With The Stars’ at Dimbola. The exhibition is free as long as you enjoy a cup of tea.

With Beatle-mania and the Swinging Sixties scene in London about to explode, 1963 was a very good time for Press Photographer Larry Ellis to be joining the ranks of the Fleet Street ‘snapper’. Continue Reading »

The campaign group ‘I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist’ is organising a flashmob outside London’s City Hall. 

The mass gathering will highlight the restrictions on street photography in a public space.

The event takes place on International Press Freedom Day and is supported by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) London Photographers’ Branch (LPB).   Read more click here

With their fingers firmly on the shutter, the Isle of Wight Digital Imaging Group network of photographers have launched the first  ’Isle of Wight Photo Agency’.

Building on a commitment to ensure photographers realise appreciation in the creativity and value of their work,  the photo agency is part of a series of innovations to give IWDIG photographers a heads up on the business side of their photography.

Due to increasing demand from media publishers for high quality, cost effective images for use on corporate sites, books and in magazines there appears to be a market for this type of stock photography. Continue Reading »

Dark Chamber is a new exhibition of pinhole photography opening at Dimbola Lodge on 1st April 2011. 

In a world dominated by digital manipulation and the instant delete button, the photographs in Dark Chamber are a simple expression of people’s desire to regain the mystery of photography as expressed in many computer and mobile applications offering analogue effects.

Despite its charm, Dark Chamber is not a romance with times gone by, Continue Reading »

Over the last 6 months the IWDIG have hosted a series of informational and practical events to help people get online.  The intended goal, to get as many people who are not already internet-savvy to go online and see the benefits for themselves.

The IWDIG are happy to open the door and run free awareness sessions to give older people and other less confident users a taste of computers and the internet. A special  ’Spring Into Summer Online’ takes place on Wednesday evening between 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm. Continue Reading »

A new exhibition ‘The Age Of Innocence’  by British photographer Norman Parkinson, will go on display at Dimbola Lodge in April.

“Legendary British photographer Norman Parkinson (1913 – 1990), operated in a world of high fashion, but he was also drawn to the carefree innocence of children, capturing a lost era when childhood was an optimistic and untarnished experience.”

Alongside his passionate enthusiasm for Julia Margaret Cameron’s images of children portraying a romantic innocence, this inspired Parkinson’s own work in this genre.  Continue Reading »

A new Isle of Wight photography exhibition in October will look back on the early photographic  work of British film director Ken Russell.

In the 50′s as a freelance photographer Ken Russell now 83, captured the great eccentrics of his youth for posterity in photographs which remained unseen for 50 years.  Read more click here

Dimbola Lodge  will host an exhibition giving a glipse of the impressive photographic talent of Ken Russell from 7th October 2011 – 8th January 2012.