Portrait Salon

plotting…

We’ve been a bit quiet on the blog recently, but we have been busy behind the scenes planning for Portrait Salon ‘12. Here’s a little update as to where we’re at. 

After the success of the inaugural Portrait Salon last year, we are planning the same again - only bigger and better! This time, we will have an all singing all dancing website, designed and built by Birch Studios, which will enable us to have online submissions, as well as have an online resource of last year’s projection, and the projections to come. 

Last year we self funded the project, as we felt strongly that the newspaper was key in creating a legacy for Portrait Salon. This year, we are seeking funds to help us build the website and for the publication of the second edition of the paper. Sadly, the Arts Council rejected our submission to Grants to the Arts, so now we are seeking sponsorship from organisations associated to the photography industry. 

Our strategy is to ask many organisations, each representing different sectors of the industry, for the small sum of £250. In return, we will feature logos on the website and the newspaper, with a click through to their website. So far, we are very pleased to announce that the following organisations have come on board:
Creative Advice Network
Metro Imaging
Hero
Lucid Rep
Heather March Casting
Tony Swinney

But we still need more cash, and we are still seeking sponsors… so if you’d like your organisation to join this prestigious list, please do get in touch! We even have a new email address: info@portraitsalon.co.uk

Many thanks, and here’s to an exciting Portrait Salon 2012!

News

2012 has kicked off nicely for Portrait Salon. Last Thursday we were invited to Open Eye in Liverpool to give a talk about the project and to show the projection. Open Eye Gallery has recently moved to a lovely new build near the Albert Docks in Liverpool, and we were excited to see the Richard Simpkin exhibition and see the space.

This was the first time we talked about the project in public, and it was a good exercise for us, with the audience raising some interesting questions which created a rather lively debate. All in all a successful evening, and we are very grateful to Karen and her team for inviting us up and looking after us so well. We hope we will visit again with Portrait Salon 12.

The next day saw a trip over to Manchester, where we met with Ed Watts at Whitworth Art Gallery. He was very supportive of our project and keen to support us for our next edition. In the meantime, the Gallery Shop have agreed to stock the paper, so now we have two stockists in the North West, as we have some at Open Eye too.

Finally, we are dead excited to have been selected for the Photobook Arts Fayre in Cardiff on the 25 February, which is organised by Photobook Show. They are also organising a photobook show in London on the first weekend in March, and would like to take our paper to that, too, so smiles all round! More details on them can be found here: http://www.photobookshow.co.uk/

For Sale on the web

Finally you can buy our newspaper anywhere you like! Portrait Salon ‘11 is available on the Internet, at Black Box Press:

http://www.blackboxpress.co.uk/shop.php

Enjoy!

Going Up North…

We are very excited to have been invited to present the Portrait Salon slideshow at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. The event is on 26 January, and we will also be giving a talk. More info here:

http://www.openeye.org.uk/events/portrait-salon-event/

for sale

Many people have been asking where they can buy a copy of Portrait Salon 11. Here is the definitive list:

Silverprint: 12 Valentine Place, London, SE1 8QH

Metro Imaging: 32 Great Sutton Street  London EC1V 0NB

Hotshoe Gallery: 29-31 Saffron Hill  City of London EC1N 8SW

Underground Gallery: Exit 9, Charing Cross Underground, The Strand, London WC2N 4HZG

For those of you not in London, Portrait Salon will soon be available on various sites on the web. We are still ironing out details but as soon as they’re up and running we’ll let you know.

Meanwhile, Wayne Ford is giving away eight copies of the paper from his blog. For details on how to win a copy, see here: http://wayneford.posterous.com/new-blog-post-portrait-salon-newspaper-giveaw

thank you

Our event at Roxy Bar and Screen on Wednesday was an overwhelming success. Many thanks to Jess and other members of staff at the Roxy and thank you all so much for coming!

Pics on the slideshow below…

hot off the press

Yesterday we spent an amazing day at the printers, watching our first Portrait Salon newspaper come off the press. It will be available to purchase on Wednesday at Roxy Bar and Screen, for a mere £2…. don’t miss it!