We want to give photographers a welcoming platform to practice their pitching skills while receiving valuable feedback from a panel of online editors, curators and publishers. Photographers’ Night is a great opportunity to determine which outlet is best suited for bringing your project to the right audience.
Photographers who would like to present their work to discuss in a 7 minute pitch should submit one project prior to the event. They will then be given a time slot and all presenters will be listed online. Those who would like to join as a general attendee can book online for £5. After each pitch, there will be a few minutes for questions and feedback from industry guests and others. Industry professionals will be present at tables respective to the platforms of their expertise, and everyone is encouraged to visit across these groups to have a chat and a drink.
To sign up for a pitching slot please email julianne.rooney@www.beta.frontlineclub.com with a paragraph summary of one project and stills/website link, under the subject heading ‘Photographers’ Night’. Priority will be given to new, story-led projects of journalistic nature.
Industry Guests
Kate Brooks began working as a freelance photojournalist in Russia while documenting child abuse in state orphanages. The resulting photographs were published worldwide and used by the Human Rights Watch to campaign for orphans’ rights. Brooks has been the recipient of numerous international awards, and her photographs are regularly published in American and European magazines. Her photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums in Europe, the U.A.E and U.S. She researched the poaching of elephants and rhinos for the documentary film project The Last Animals that she is now working on between assignments in the Middle East.
Hannah Watson is Director of Trolley Books.
Sarah Tilotta is an award-winning multimedia producer, currently working as a photo editor for CNN International, and as a freelance photographer based in London. She has previously worked as a visual journalist at NPR, and in sales and communications roles for photographer-owned agency, NOOR Images in Amsterdam. Her work has been published internationally and focuses on themes of migration and human rights, including long-term projects on asylum-seekers in Europe and statelessness in the Dominican Republic
Alina Kisina is an award winning Ukrainian-British artist photographer working in the UK since 2003. Since 2014, Alina has been the official photographer for the Subtitle Film, Cat Laughs Comedy and Kilkenomics Economics Festivals in Ireland with work published in The Guardian and The Economist. Currently a Public Programme Artist at Chisenhale Art Place, Alina runs public masterclasses and workshops with partners including London Photomonth and Whitechapel Gallery.
Photographers Pitching
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In anticipation of this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest, the biggest event in the UK’s documentary calendar, the Frontline Club is hosting a networking party for documentary filmmakers and those working in distribution and production.
With drinks sponsored by Chivas Regal, the party will pause at 7.30pm for a short panel discussion on how you can get your documentary distributed and how to get the most out of an industry festival like Sheffield.
Moderated by Charlotte Cook, Director of Programming at HotDocs.
With:
Nick Fraser, Editor of Storyville, the BBC’s documentary strand.
Mette Hoffmann Meyer, Head of Documentary at Danish broadcasting corporation DR.
James Mullighan, Festival Liaison, Cinelan.
Lucas Ochoa, Head of Film at Pulse Films.
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With the Frontline Club’s Photo Week 2012 drawing to a close, join us for this photography networking party sponsored by Chivas Regal.
We will be celebrating 25 years of Panos Pictures with a clutch of Panos photographers. A presentation of their work will be on display throughout the evening.
This event will be a chance for those in the photojournalism industry and those with an interest in photography to come together to meet, network and enjoy themselves in a relaxed environment.
Drinks will be provided courtesy of Chivas Regal.
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By Antje Bormann, photography by Peter Garner
By organising this photography networking event the Frontline Club proved it had its finger firmly on the pulse of the industry, as the brief Q&A session highlighted the ever growing distance between image creators and those who make decisions about their publication.
Apart from ample time for closing that gap somewhat, there was a brief presentation on credits for published works. On stage to speak about the subject were freelance photojournalist David Hoffman, photographer, professional printer and Creative Director at Metro Imaging Steve Macleod, Getty Images’ Vice President of Assignment, UK and USA, Aidan Sullivan, Sales Manager at Demotix, Juliette Atkinson, and Editor in Charge, Wider Image Desk at Thomson Reuters, Alexia Singh, who chaired this short panel discussion entitled “Who gets the credit?”.
The panel from left to right: David Hoffman, Juliette Atkinson, Alexia Singh, Aidan Sullivan and Steve Macleod. Picture credit: Peter Garner.
David Hoffman explained that in his 30 years of experience in the industry, things have gone downhill with publishers actively apologising about forgotten bylines in the old days to not giving credit to the photographer being the norm at present. Online publishing has made matters worse, naming social media as the worst offenders for stripping names from the metadata, thus turning images into orphan works in the legal sense, while at the same time legal developments threaten a relaxation of the treatment of images thus stripped of information identifying the creator.
Aidan Sullivan added that the orphan works issue was a problem for agencies, too, as images published under licence from an agency are subsequently copied and re-published without paying the usage fee. He named PicScout as the best image tracking solution on the market to counteract unauthorised use of images on the web.
Juliette Atkinson stated that Demotix, as a young agency, found it harder to get publications to give credit to the creator of the image and the agency than the more established players. She also revealed that the high number of amateur and semi-pro photographers listed with Demotix often care more about being credited than about being paid.
Steve Macleod raised the interesting aspect of crediting the photographer when in analogue times that one credit stood often for a photographer/printer partnership. These days picture taking is an even more collaborative process with art direction and production of the final publications making it morally more difficult to credit just one person.
Q&A at the Photography Networking Party. Picture credit: Peter Garner.
The brief Q&A session largely confirmed the observations of the panel. One slightly different but nonetheless interesting issue was pointed out by a Brazilian photographer in the audience who said that in his country getting credit for images wasn’t the problem but that often publisher would insist on having the copyright assigned to them. The photographers in the panel and the audience confirmed that this was also a problem in other countries.
After this brief formal part the room buzzed again with people establishing new and deepening old contacts, with drinks available from a free bar courtesy of Chivas.
]]>The Frontline Club is hosting a July networking party to bring together people from all branches of the photography industry. From established photographers to aspiring photojournalists, gallery curators, publishers and agencies, the event will give attendees the chance to discuss photography and network with their peers.
Free drinks will be provided courtesy of Chivas, and a brief debate on the theme of “Who Gets the Credit?” will fuel discussion throughout the evening, with a panel composed of:
Freelance photojournalist David Hoffman, who spoke at the Frontline Club in February 2010.
Photographer, professional printer and Creative Director at Metro Imaging Steve Macleod.
Getty Images’ Vice President of Assignment Aidan Sullivan.
Juliette Atkinson Sales Manager, Demotix.
The discussion will be moderated by Editor in Charge, Wider Image Desk at Thomson Reuters, Alexia Singh.
If you are a photographer and would like to display some of your work (via a projector) at the event then please email three of your best images and information on how you would like them to be credited to flora.carmichael@www.beta.frontlineclub.com before 12:00 on Wednesday.
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Screenings in the week ahead include Bobby Fischer Against the World, which examines the manic, paranoid, and brilliant world of former World Chess Champion and international icon Bobby Fischer.
Next week we see the return of our networking parties, with this month’s bringing together people from all branches of the photography industry and featuring a debate on the theme of “Who Gets the Credit?”.
We have also just announced an addition to our July programme; with the constantly unfolding revelations in the phone hacking scandal, we will be considering what ‘hackgate’ might mean for the future of British journalism.
Follow us on Twitter and catch up on any events you missed on the Forum blog or download our podcasts on iTunes.
ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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The Frontline Club’s networking parties are a unique opportunity for current members, friends and guests to enjoy the atmosphere of the Frontline Club, learn about its activities and join the community.
Drinks served courtesy of Chivas Regal and Beefeater Gin between 7pm and 9pm.
