Photo Meet is proud to present the Saturday Lunch-Time Chat with PYLOT Magazine

Published bi-annually, PYLOT aims to pioneer a modern approach in a digitally saturated image economy. The publication works with a carefully selected group of the most exciting creative minds to form a distinct voice through its design and content. The soul of the magazine is devoted to the publication of all analogue fashion, fine art and architectural images. It subscribes to a strict no beauty retouching policy, celebrating the unique artistry of analogue processes. The objective is to offer readers a critically engaging, rich and multi-faceted content. Through the craft of creating images PYLOT looks to explore the ever-increasing questions that form around the ethical uses of photography in fashion and popular culture.

Editor-in-Chief Max Barnett and Creative and Fashion Director Patricia Villirillo will talk about the editorial line of the magazine, which work they are looking to publish and the message PYLOT wishes to deliver to its readership.

Saturday 13th May @ 13:15 – 14:00
PLEASE NOTE: The event is exclusively open to Portfolio Reviews tickets holders only

The Offspring ’17 Photo Meet is proud to host the Photobook Club on Saturday 13th May from 15:00 until 17:30 at our Space HQ in East London!!!

The Photobook Club, founded in 2011 by Matt Johnston is an on and offline project created as a space for conversations around the photobook. The project has developed into an international network generating events, publications and critical discussions, bringing together a variety of voices connected with the photobook with those who are new to the format. The philosophy is one of openness and access, believing that the photobook does not need to be a veiled and complex work of which we only trust a select few voices. Instead, here, the photobook is a vibrant medium for open consideration, learning and enjoyment.

The Offspring ’17 Photo Meet presents

Laura El-Tantawy & Kevin Davy in

Beyond Here Is Nothing

Laura and Kevin will interact in a live performance of photographs and music.

The evocative images of Laura’s latest work will be projected while Kevin will improvise with mighty trumpet skills in a dance of words, music and photographs.

Beyond Here Is Nothing is a photographic meditation on the idea of ‘home’. For much of my life home has been an abstract place far away from my reach. This body of work navigates the boundaries of being – exploring the unsettling feeling of rootlessness, the mental burden of loneliness and the constant search for belonging in unfamiliar places.  

FREE Entry!! but you MUST REGISTER! Valid for all Saturday evening and night program!

 Laura El-Tantawy is an Egyptian photographer. She was born in Worcestershire, England to Egyptian parents. She attended high school in Saudi Arabia, started university in Cairo, Egypt and completed her degree in the US. Living between East and West for much of her life has been a source of both immense enlightenment and considerable anxiety — contemplating notions of home, identity, culture and ultimately, ‘the self’. It is through the allure of photography as an artistic medium of limitless boundaries that she chooses to explore these themes. With her characteristically painterly and impressionistic eye on reality, Laura explores social and environmental issues pertaining to her background.

Kevin Davy is a London-based trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader. In a career spanning three decades, he has amassed an extensive recorded discography, which includes work ranging from musical theatre to modern jazz and contemporary music. He has toured extensively with groups such as: Lamb, Adam F, Lemn Sissay’s Secret Society, and Finley Quaye. Born in Nottingham in 1961 and relocating to Manchester in 1986 becoming a well-known figure in the city’s vibrant arts and music scene and building strong affiliations with venues Band On The Wall and PJ Bells where he held long residencies. In 1994 Kevin relocated to London. Collaborations with the writer SuAndi and others followed, participation in many community-driven projects and more recently a longstanding international tour with the acclaimed show Afrika Afrika, conceived by Andre Heller and choreographed by Georges Mamboye.

A Way of Living – Jazz Short Documentary from Federico Gangemi on Vimeo.

SLIDELUCK EDITORIAL GOES TO OFFSPRING PHOTO MEET – LONDON

Slideluck Editorial is a platform that aims at showcasing the best photographic work from Slideluck events worldwide, and of providing tips and advice for the creation of effective multimedia storytelling.
Their mission is to give a credible space to photographers who want to experiment with this visual language, providing an inspirational and communal environment in which to learn.

Slideluck is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to building and strengthening community through food and art. Since 2000, Slideluck has been bringing events that combine a multimedia slideshow with a potluck dinner to over 100 cities and communities all over the world.

Saturday 13th of May, starting at 8pm, we invite you to bring a dish to share with the other attendees. After some food entertainment, the lights will be dimmed and the projection will start. 

Multimedia on show:

– Sofi Bensadon, Mujeres Constructoras
– Alvaro Laiz, Wonderland
– Roberto Boccaccino, Potenza 100
– Dalibor Talajic, Mountain Frame
– Amak Mahmoodian, Shenasnameh
– Agnese Morganti, Chinatown Lookbook
– Sofía Alvarez Santaclara, Astigmata
– Mar Martín, A.L.M.A.
– Vincenzo Metodo, 3, The Soul Gear
– Andrea Foligni, Apuan Carbonate

FREE Entry! Valid for all Saturday evening and night program!

I Love Chatsworth Road & Loupe Magazine

Our wonderful guest speakers Jörn Tomter and Luke Archer will present their self-produced and self-published magazines talking about their process and ambitions.

Inspired by our good friends Miniclick and Photo Forum talks, our Beer O’Clock Talk will consist of 2 x 15 minutes presentations followed up by a Q&A session.

Drinks will be available and both Luke and Jörn will be happy to chat in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Free Entry for all of Saturday Photo Boom evening program! 
18:30 until late
SPACE STUDIOS 129–131 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 3RH

A few years ago when my first son was born, I wanted to experience as much of his earlier years as I possibly could. I didn’t feel like traveling much, so I decided to look for a photography project close to home. I embarked on a mission to create a photographic archive of my new neighbourhood in East London. My aim was to photograph as many people and places as possible; I organised pop-up studios offering free portraits, photographed people in their homes, took pictures of shop owners and anything else that I found interesting. Hundreds of people have been photographed, and some, several times since I have started. As the project evolved, I decided I wanted to create a magazine to put the photos in, and now I am the publisher of a magazine released from time to time. I have discovered that there are always new things to explore on my doorstep and have made friends from all walks of life, whom I would never have met if it hadn’t been for this project. 

Loupe is a free photography magazine launched in May 2016.  Primarily featuring early and mid-career photographers, Loupe showcases engaging projects and stunning images.  With no theme each issue aims to celebrate the diversity of the medium. Loupe’s ethos is to be an approachable and encouraging publication, the team review and respond to all submissions and always offer feedback when asked. Loupe is distributed at photographic and publishing centric locations as well as events such as Format photography festival. Issue Four is set for release in May 2017 and the team are planning to expand the roster of stockist both nationally and internationally.

Photo Meet has teamed up with theprintspace, Photoworks, World Photography Organisation, Loft Studios & FilmPlus to offer some amazing prizes for the Best Portfolio Awards.

The three lucky prize winners will receive a fully-funded, large-scale exhibition at Theprintspace Gallery located in the heart of Shoreditch, London’s creative centre. The exhibition will come complete with VIP private view, expert printing and curatorial consultation to ensure the finished exhibition dazzles on the gallery wall. The selected photographers will also feature across our partners’ online and social media channels making sure that their work reaches the widest audience possible. 

The complete list of  prizes is terrific and will be announced soon!!

At the end of each edition of the Offspring Photo Meet our photo expert will have chosen their best pick and we’ll award a 1st, 2nd and 3rd medal along with prizes kindly offered by our sponsors.

On the evening of Saturday 13th May we’ll announce our winners so stay tuned and watch this space for more info!

Kindly Offered by:

Our Winners:

Offspring ’17 Edition

1st Joel Redman
2nd Jon Tonks
3rd Silvana Trevale

Marry Month of May ’16 Edition

1st Chris Bethell
2nd Matthew Finn
3rd Lewis Khan

Halloween ’15 Edition 

1st Freya Najade
2nd Giulietta Verdon-Roe
3rd Monica Alcazar

Offspring ’15 Edition

1st Tamsin Green
2nd Rahel Krabichler
3rd Dudy Braun

Portfolio Winners March 2016 from Mimi Mollica on Vimeo.