This is just the beginning..

The life.still exhibition will draw to a close this evening in it's wonderful exhibition space but we hope to keep it alive here online. If you haven't seen the work that is on display get yourself into Bristol today as today is the last day of the exhibition. We will be archiving as much as we can online when we can to keep the wonderful work done by the exhibiting photographers and the other participating photographers who took part in the slideshow event so watch this space..

If you would like to be kept up to date with the latest goings on in the life.still camp email us at life.stillbristol@googlemail.com to join our mailing list or simply keep an eye on the rss feed of this blog..

In the meantime here are some photographs from the opening night made especially possible by howies, Butcombe, Tom, Bradley and Rachael..

Comments..

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f.six

Women adore them, you can still get them polished in the street and the last President of the US had one thrown at him. That's right I'm talking shoes. Or a shoe - singular infact. It's the thing that stuck in my mind the most after I visited the F.Six collaborative show in Bristol's 2 Degrees Gallery on the quaint Picton Mews. Mike McCabe's photographs of shoe sawn into a cross section almost too perfectly - were surreal. At first I thought I was looking at a wall of shoes and couldn't really understand why until I lingered and realised. Nice idea - and well executed.

The show finishes today so if you have a shoe fetish go take a look - 2 Picton Mews just off of Stokes Croft.

Slowcoast and New York Shorts

life.still previews the 'Bicycle Portraits' slideshow at the Flashcube event - The Cube Cinema, Bristol

There were some gems at the Flashcube event. Firstly three slideshows and a talk by Nick Hand. Slowcoast is a journey Nick made on his bike from Bristol around the coast of Britain. Nick also documented artisans he met along the way using a combination of images with audio to produce short documentary films.

Bill the stick maker was particularly good, we all went away marvelling at such a great storyteller and decided we all really wanted one of Bill's beautifully crafted sticks - even though we didn't really need one. The images were wonderful and Bill was a great character, I highly recommend watching it and many of the other slideshows on his site.

Secondly New York Shorts by Naren Wilkes - the sounds and images were intense, really emphasising the high octane experience of New York.

Over the next few weeks of the Bristol Festival of Photography the team here at life.still will be doing our very best to blog about all the events we go to see, so stay tuned....

Flashcube: The Event - Tonight!!

Don't forget tonights event at the Cube cinema. To celebrate the first ever Bristol Festival of Photography they have curated a special evening of photographic treats.

We are taking part and will be showing a selection of the slideshows from the life.still open slideshow event. And just so you know - all of the slideshows - yes that's right ALL - will be shown all week at the life.still exhibition at the 2nd floor gallery, howies, Clifton.

We'll also be taking an exposed film for the film swap - hmm what can I dig out..

..and taking a 6x4 print for the wall to become part of Cube history..

For more details head to www.bfop.org.uk or www.cubecinema.com

Well that went well!

What a great evening we had at our opening evening last night. Thanks so much to the people who came along - we hope you enjoyed yourselves. It was a very busy evening - we filled our gallery full with over 150 people who could dart between the open slideshow event in the screening room and the main exhibition space..

But wait...It's not over yet!

Thats right the life.still exhibition continues until 30th May including the open slideshow which will be displayed in the space for your viewing pleasure

Oh and when I said no pets...I think a wolf is just about cool enough to allow some rule bending..

Today is the day!

Today is exhibition day

number of floors mopped - 3

number of hours sleep - 4

number of amazing friends who have helped us our - too many to mention!

number of dirty feet - 8

number of ipods - 3

pints of beer - 220

computers - 2

number of minutes to get changed and back to the space - 51

number of slideshows - 27

Please come along and enjoy the space. Enjoy the photographs. Enjoy the slideshows and a beer.

See you this evening.

Less than 24 hours to go!

That's right - there are less than 24 hours to go to the start of the life.still exhibition.

The Bristol Festival of Photography has kicked off already in style at the Tobacco Factory in Southville where we have been chatting to photographers, artists and pub-goers about the upcoming events. There are a mammoth amount of events coming up for your entertainment so make sure you come to the life.still show this Friday night and check your schedules against your friends schedules and enjoy a pint of locally produced beer from our sponsor Butcome.

We have been busy painting walls, printing photographs, writing text, hanging work, compiling slideshows, encoding, decoding, cleaning glasses, measuring, replacing bulbs so that you can kick back, relax and enjoy some great work.

We look forward to meeting you!

Opening night - everybody welcome!!

There is less than 48 hours to go before you can enjoy some photography, share a thought and refresh yourself with a beverage at the life.still exhibition opening night. Everyone is welcome - we want to see you - and we want you to see the 'open democratic slideshow'!

There have been a few typos over the course of organising this event - I won't draw your attention to all of them. But their is no private view - it's an opening night. Come along - bring your friends - bring your family - bring your camera - bring your audio recorder - sorry no pets...

We just sat down with David White from duckrabbit to view the open slideshow submissions. Two pots of tea down and it was great to see nearly an hour and a half of really varied work.

But it doesn't stop here - watch this space!!

Four days to go!

Only four days to go until the life.still exhibition at howies, 62, Queens Road and three days to go until the Bristol Festival of Photography Opening Night Party at the Tobacco Factory from 7.30pm - we'll see you all there I hope.

We've also had a brilliant response from people taking part in the open slideshow and Mike is working very hard to put it all together in time for Friday night. We also have some exciting news that Flashcube event at the Cube Microplex cinema will be showing a selection of the slideshows included in our show on Sunday May 23rd. You may be one of the lucky ones!

Keep an eye on out for more news throughout this week.......

Rebecca Harley

We've been really busy here at life.still putting the finishing touches to the work you will see at our exhibition and collaborating with a whole range of exciting new photographers for the open slideshow event. In keeping with the introductions of the exhibiting photographers we present number four of five Rebecca Harley.

Rebecca's work combines formal portraiture with personal stories, often exploring identities and how they relate to the world around us.

A graduate in Fine Art in Context from University of the West of England, Rebecca went on to photograph for a local newspaper in Bristol before joining the national news agency South West News Service. Rebecca completed her MA Documentary and Photojournalism at the London College of Communication in 2009.

I dreamt last night I was writing down my dreams and I kept writing

and writing and then I woke up. I wanted to write down my dreams when

I woke up but I didn't, it was a really weird cycle.

When I close my eyes explores the hopes and desires of people moving through the city. Lost in our own environment and the pressures of the everyday, we are often rushing from a to b without much time to reflect.

What happens when we take a moment to close our eyes, shut out the world and think about our dreams?

Through these short encounters I caught a glimpse into thoughts we all share.

Get involved!

It's been a busy week collating all of the entries into the open slideshow event. We have well over an hours worth of work already to preview on the life.still opening night along with the five excellent displays from the exhibiting photographers. Couple that with a locally produced beer and some good conversation and you may find it hard to get round everything in one night!

It's been great to see such a diverse range of work coming into the life.still inbox. From professional photographers who have a wealth of experience to local teenagers just getting into the world of photography. Teams of journalists and photographers in the UK to published artists in the more far flung corners of the globe. Each one of them making this event a really creative exciting mix of what people are doing day to day - taking photographs!

We are also happy to be in talks with duckrabbit (see blog here) - who specialise in multimedia slideshows to give our open slideshow event an extra edge. See David White talking about us below..

Don't forget to get your submissions in if you would like to take part in this great event. You can send in your submissions up-to May 16th 2010 and it is best to follow the 'submit a slideshow' link at the top of the page. We have server space online where you can send your high resolution slideshow so get in contact with us at life.stillbristol@googlemail.com if you want to taker part.

Have you seen one of our flyers lurking around your local pub, gallery or beach....well pick it up and come along!

life.still out and about..

We have been busy publicising the life.still exhibition everywhere we can.. There's no limit to the places they could turn up..

Any ideas..email us at life.stillbristol@googlemail.com

Duckrabbit and the open 'democratic slideshow"

Obviously getting into the mood with the election one of our contributing photographers coined the phrase 'democratic slideshow' for our open slideshow event. We like it! We want the slideshow to be totally open and are looking forward to getting entries of all shapes and sizes. We have already had a great response and are definitely going to have our hands full compiling all of the entries.

The submission guidelines have been updated again so if you have any questions about submitting your work click on the 'submit slideshow' link above first to see if we have already answered your question.

In other news we have been in conversation with photographer David White of duckrabbit fame. You may already be a fan of their blog but if you haven't heard of duckrabbit they spend their days and nights working with photographs and audio making real multimedia. Not only do we hope to have some of David's work on display as part of our event but due to the great response to the event we hope we can provide something extra for all the talent we have seen coming through our email in the last two weeks!

More info coming soon..

Submissions

Just a quick reminder about submissions for our open slideshow event. We have had a lot of questions about the type of work we are looking for and the way we would like to see it.

We would like you to enter a series of pictures arranged as a slideshow. The photographs don't have to have a particular theme or style and they don't have to be taken in Bristol. You can be a professional or an amateur and the photographs could be a personal project or an assignment, we hope the variety will make for an exciting night.

For more details on how to make a slideshow and how to get it to us head to the 'submit slideshow' link at the top of the page.

In the meantime take a look at another example of a slideshow. Memories of a House by Rebecca Harley.