University of Ulster’s MFA programme students (including me :-) ) are putting on a half way mark show of their works in progress.  interim opens tomorrow evening at 7pm at Belfast Exposed Gallery.  Running every day (except Sundays) until the 24th May.   ‘Interim is an exhibition of work by first year MFA Photography Degree students at the University of Ulster’s Belfast School of Art. This show presents pieces from sixteen bodies of work in progress. The MFA Photography Degree at the University of Ulster was founded in 2009 and is the only programme of its kind on the Island of Ireland, providing postgraduate study in Photography and in particular a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Photography. Interim, at Belfast Exposed, investigates the origins of the work of the 2014 graduates, while also suggesting a space for its future.’All very welcome!   Belfast ExposedFirst floor The Exchange Place 23 Donegal Street BelfastWorks by:Alison McDonnell Bernard McNichollBes YoungChris BarrDaragh McDonaghDes MoriartyGerry Blake Jill Quigley Jim McKeeverJohnny Savage Ken O’Halloran Matthew ThompsonOliver Smith Peter Evers Simon Burch Tim Durham  
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University of Ulster’s MFA programme students (including me :-) ) are putting on a half way mark show of their works in progress.  interim opens tomorrow evening at 7pm at Belfast Exposed Gallery.  Running every day (except Sundays) until the 24th May.
 
‘Interim is an exhibition of work by first year MFA Photography Degree students at the University of Ulster’s Belfast School of Art. This show presents pieces from sixteen bodies of work in progress.

The MFA Photography Degree at the University of Ulster was founded in 2009 and is the only programme of its kind on the Island of Ireland, providing postgraduate study in Photography and in particular a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Photography. Interim, at Belfast Exposed, investigates the origins of the work of the 2014 graduates, while also suggesting a space for its future.’

All very welcome!

 
Belfast Exposed
First floor 
The Exchange Place
23 Donegal Street Belfast

Works by:
Alison McDonnell 
Bernard McNicholl
Bes Young
Chris Barr
Daragh McDonagh
Des Moriarty
Gerry Blake 
Jill Quigley 
Jim McKeever
Johnny Savage 
Ken O’Halloran 
Matthew Thompson
Oliver Smith 
Peter Evers 
Simon Burch 
Tim Durham
 

A piece from my [transpose] project will be exhibited at Belfast Exposed Gallery from the 9th - 25th May.  This is part of a group exhibition [Interim] which my classmates/lectures and I are working towards.  [Interim] will feature works from all 15 participants.  Get there!  This is the half way mark of the MFA photography program at Ulster University.   Come play!  Opens at 7pm on the 9th May!
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A piece from my [transpose] project will be exhibited at Belfast Exposed Gallery from the 9th - 25th May.  This is part of a group exhibition [Interim] which my classmates/lectures and I are working towards.  [Interim] will feature works from all 15 participants.  Get there! 

This is the half way mark of the MFA photography program at Ulster University.  

Come play!  Opens at 7pm on the 9th May!

First big edit of [transpose] as it’s decision making time for printing. [transpose] is a documentary on transgender lives in Ireland.  It aims to engage the viewer with transgender rights in our country.   To be involved contact me -  Alison [almcdonnell@hotmail.com] More on the project here - http://www.alisonmcdonnell.com/current-project-transpose
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First big edit of [transpose] as it’s decision making time for printing.

[transpose] is a documentary on transgender lives in Ireland.  It aims to engage the viewer with transgender rights in our country.  

To be involved contact me -  Alison [almcdonnell@hotmail.com]

More on the project here - http://www.alisonmcdonnell.com/current-project-transpose

Genius in colour: Why William Eggleston is the world’s greatest photographer

The question section is best thing about this article.  WE you are a legend!

One example.

Philip Hensher, novelist and art critic: What should a photographer do with symmetry?

I have no idea.

Turn to the end of this and you will discover, to your surprise, amusement and perhaps even mild dismay, that William Eggleston has chosen to answer a series of questions put to him by curators, photographers, critics and fans in as maddeningly deadpan and laconic a way as could ever be imagined. It is as if he has stuffed up his ears because he simply cannot tolerate the clamour. Should we blame him for this impatience with post-facto chit-chat?

Genius in colour: Why William Eggleston is the world’s greatest photographer 

Today the constitutional convention voted with an overwhelming 79% result in favour of marriage equality for LGBT people in Ireland. Thank you to everyone at the convention who has made this a reality.This August show your support and March for Marriage with LGBT Noise. Let’s make it the biggest and hopefully the last gathering of people in support for equal marriage rights for LGBT citizens.
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Today the constitutional convention voted with an overwhelming 79% result in favour of marriage equality for LGBT people in Ireland. Thank you to everyone at the convention who has made this a reality.

This August show your support and March for Marriage with LGBT Noise. Let’s make it the biggest and hopefully the last gathering of people in support for equal marriage rights for LGBT citizens.

A lovely short on photography told in Henri Cartier Bresson’s voice by 

“Everything is interesting but at the same time you can’t just photograph everything you see there is some places were the pulse beats more “

“There is no new ideas in the world there is only new arrangements of things, everything is new every minute is new”

ASK! HAS THE ARTIST BEEN PAID.

From Visual Artists Ireland - www.visualartists.ie

A breakdown (via a word cloud) of the answers to question 1 from the last 10 shoots from Transgender Ireland. Fear and exclusion being the most used words to the question: What individual words (up to 10) describe your experience of being transgender in Ireland.Although fun, happy and exciting were the 2nd most used words.Positive was the most used word in the first 15 shoots. I’ll have an overall breakdown soon.Also I will be editing and uploading all Transgender Ireland portraits to date over the coming months! More on the project here - http://www.alisonmcdonnell.com/transgenderireland Contact - almcdonnell@hotmail.com Alison
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A breakdown (via a word cloud) of the answers to question 1 from the last 10 shoots from Transgender Ireland. Fear and exclusion being the most used words to the question: 

What individual words (up to 10) describe your experience of being transgender in Ireland.

Although fun, happy and exciting were the 2nd most used words.

Positive was the most used word in the first 15 shoots. I’ll have an overall breakdown soon.

Also I will be editing and uploading all Transgender Ireland portraits to date over the coming months!

More on the project here - http://www.alisonmcdonnell.com/transgenderireland

Contact - almcdonnell@hotmail.com

Alison

The Light is Back on for [Transpose]!! So the last few weeks had me trying to source equipment I need to continue my [Transpose] project.  And most of it has arrived.  Yay.  I’m broke but it’s here! I’ve a big long list of people to get through but do plan on getting through everyone as quick as I can.  I’ll be shooting next Wednesday the 3rd, Thursday 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th.  These will be the first few sets of shoots for this project.  Want to be involved?  Get in touch - almcdonnell@hotmail.com [Transpose] is the documentation of trans* lives in Ireland including allies, activists and partners/family via an environmental photography project.  It’s about positive visibility and aims to highlight the rights denied to trans* people in Ireland.  It’s also about documenting spaces.  It is my intention to show these images at PhotoIreland this year and in an exhibition as part of the MFA photography program at the University of Ulster. More on the project here - http://www.alisonmcdonnell.com/current-project-transpose
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The Light is Back on for [Transpose]!!

So the last few weeks had me trying to source equipment I need to continue my [Transpose] project.  And most of it has arrived.  Yay.  I’m broke but it’s here!

I’ve a big long list of people to get through but do plan on getting through everyone as quick as I can.  I’ll be shooting next Wednesday the 3rd, Thursday 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th.  These will be the first few sets of shoots for this project.  Want to be involved?  Get in touch - almcdonnell@hotmail.com

[Transpose] is the documentation of trans* lives in Ireland including allies, activists and partners/family via an environmental photography project.  It’s about positive visibility and aims to highlight the rights denied to trans* people in Ireland.  It’s also about documenting spaces.  It is my intention to show these images at PhotoIreland this year and in an exhibition as part of the MFA photography program at the University of Ulster.

More on the project here - http://www.alisonmcdonnell.com/current-project-transpose

Michelle Sank’s new work, “In My Skin” documents young people who are challenging their body image.  She has been documenting people who transform their bodies in some way (ie. transitions, augmentations)

Interesting work, more on it here - http://www.michellesank.com/in-my-skin

Just watched Diana Vreeland’s documentary “The Eye has to Travel’ - Fantastic stuff, what an absolute legend!

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