World Press Photo
@ Festival of Politics
Free Exhibition - The Scottish Parliament, Tuesday 3 August - Saturday 28 August (Except Sundays)
The Festival of Politics is pleased to host the world's premier photojournalism exhibition - The World Press Photo Exhibition 2010. Featuring the winning photographs from this year's World Press Photo competition, the exhibition documents subjects from across the globe, ranging from coverage in war zones and natural disasters, to portraiture, nature and sports photography.
To link in with the World Press Exhibition, the Festival of Politics will be hosting a programme of events that examines the work of, and issues faced by, photojournalists. Full details of these events are given below. Further information on World Press Photo can be found at the following website.
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Gareth Copley , United Kingdom, Press Association
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Charles Ommanney , United Kingdom, Getty Images for Newsweek
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David Guttenfelder , USA, The Associated Press
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World Press Photo Exhibition Tour
Tuesday 3 August, 11.00 (12.00) Main Hall FREE*
Join Stephen Mayes, Joint Secretary of the World Press Photo Jury, as he undertakes a guided tour of the winning photographs from the 2010 World Press Photo Exhibition.
Freedom and Photography
Wednesday 4 August, 16.00 (17.00) Committee Room 1 FREE*
Join a panel of professional photographers and experts as they discuss arguably one of the most important issues faced today by both professional and amateur photographers alike, where freedom to photograph in public ends and where privacy and restriction begins. The panel includes photographer Marc Vallée; Damien Demolder, Editor of Amateur Photographer magazine; Media Lawyer Campbell Deane; and Linda Macpherson of the UK Photographers Rights Guide; they will explore this contentious area, trying to make sense of what many feel are legal ambiguities surrounding public photography.
Chaired by Stephen Mayes, Secretary to the World Press Photo Jury and Managing Director of VII Photo Agency.
Environmental Photography Workshop
Thursday 12 August, 11.00 (13.00) Committee Room 4 FREE*
Join professional nature photographer and founding director of both the Tooth & Claw predator project and Wild Wonders of Europe, Peter Cairns. Following a short talk by the photographer about recent work, there will be time to discuss with this expert his approaches and techniques in wildlife and environmental photography.
Photographic Evidence for Climate Change
Thursday 12 August, 14.00 (15.00) Committee Room 1 FREE*
Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer won a World Press Photo Award in 2007 for
their striking images of footballers. Since 2004, they have concentrated on documenting the human cost of
climate change across the globe, travelling to 16 countries in all continents, from Australia to the Alps to
record the impact upon communities in desert, forest, mountain and glacial environments. Join them and see
the results of their work in a special presentation of their photographic essay.
Chaired by Robin Harper MSP, the Scottish Green Party.
Documenting Climate Change – Does Photography Make a Difference?
Thursday 12 August, 16.00 (17.00) Committee Room 1 FREE*
Many photo journalists are now working co-operatively with scientists, campaigners and stakeholder
groups to catalogue the impacts of climate change and draw attention to the relevant issues. Join award
winning photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer, and photographer and founder of the Hard Rain Project Mark Edwards as they discuss what photo journalism
may add to the climate change debate.
Chaired by Professor Richard Aspinall, Chief Executive of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.
In association with the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.
Moving Portraits
Saturday 21 August, 13.30 (14.30) Committee Room 1 FREE*
Portraiture forms an integral part of photo journalism, often focusing on overlooked members or sections
of society. Teenagers are repeatedly viewed negatively, frequently as a result of reports in the media.
Yet the work of 2010 World Press Photo winner Laura Pannack shows teenagers in a more sensitive light,
that challenges perceived stereotypes. Join her as she discusses how her work often conveys the difficulties
faced by young people today.
Chaired by Charlotte Cotton, National Media Museum and World Press Photo judge.
Picturing Conflict
Saturday 21 August, 16.00 (17.00) Committee Room 1 FREE*
Nina Berman, an American-born documentary photographer and World Press Photo winner, was one of the
first photographers in the US to turn her lens towards her own country, whilst all other eyes were on Iraq.
Join Nina as she presents her work on the effects of conflict. Berman’s work has been extensively published,
exhibited and collected, receiving awards in art and journalism from the New York Foundation for the Arts,
the World Press Photo Foundation and the Open Society Institute documentary photography fund among
others. She is the author of the books Purple Hearts - Back from Iraq and Homeland.
Chaired by Charlotte Cotton, National Media Museum and World Press Photo judge.
*Tickets available in advance (subject to a booking fee) or on the day
