SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
The Inaugural Singapore International Photography Festival Scheduled to take place from 8 to 31 October 2008, the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is the first event of its kind in Southeast Asia. This biennial festival strives to provide a platform for Southeast Asian artists to showcase their works alongside their international peers at various venues across Singapore. The three main festival components are the official exhibitions, workshops and a 2-day portfolio review session for 50 selected Southeast Asian photographers. This will be followed by a series of workshops facilitated by curators and senior photographers for 40 participants. Alongside the official exhibitions and programmes, the SIPF Fringe activities will be carried out at various arts galleries, arts spaces and education institutions to promote photography across Singapore. website: http://sipf.sg/ anyone going? might be going to check out some of the places next week.

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SIPF Workshop (Oct 17-19 weekend)
It's time to get into the field to rediscover the magic of photography and to learn new skills to kick start new refreshing bodies of works. Get your hands dirty with the following HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS brought to you by SIPF !!! * ILLUMINATED NIGHT: LONG EXPOSURES, AMBIENT LIGHT * 17 & 18 Oct 2008 (Fri & Sat), 7.30–10.00pm @ 8Q, Singapore Art Museum (SAM) FREE Admission Interested participants please email to register@sipf.com.sg (full name, contact number, workshop title, date) to register. Illuminated Night is a great opportunity to learn the fine art of night photography in a different perspective. In this 2-night workshop, participants will get to learn and pick up new techniques from Shannon Castleman, who has recently has exhibited her series of night photography works created in Vietnam. NOTE: Participants are reminded to bring along own camera (with shutter-priority mode) & tripod (& cable release, if applicable) for this 2-night workshop. * LENS-LESS PHOTOGRAPHY: PINHOLES CAMERAS & CYANOTYPES * 19 Oct 2008 (Sun), 10.00am–3.00pm @ 8Q Courtyard, Singapore Art Museum (SAM) $38 per person (cash payment upon arrival) Interested participants please email to register@sipf.com.sg (full name, contact number, workshop title, date) to register. Using the sunlight and simple materials workshop participants will learn how make stunning images. This workshop will start off with participants experiencing the earliest photographic invention, the camera obscura. Then using hand-made pinhole cameras and lens-less wooden box cameras participants will have a chance to create their own unique images. These images will be used as negatives in printing process known cyanotype that makes vibrant blue prints with just sunlight and water. No prior experience with photography is needed for this workshop. Conducted by Shannon Castleman. Shannon Castleman graduated with a BFA in Photography from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, in 1993. She spent eight years working as a freelance photographer, before returning to study at the San Francisco Art Institute, receiving her MFA in 2004. Her experience across a broad array of professional assignments, ranging from photojournalism to fashion, later informed her personal work in its fusion of documentary style and fictional staging. The artist's images have been included in a number of exhibitions, both in her native United States and internationally. In 2003 she enjoyed a residency at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba, under the direction of Tony Labat. Soon after, Castleman undertook a position as an Assistant Professor of Photography, at Dar Al-Hekma College, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She continues to be involved in arts education here in Singapore at the NTU School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) as Assistant Professor of Photography.

SIPF: Paul Kohl's hands-on workshop on Prints (Oct 25-26)
Learn from the Print Master on how to refine your prints in this series of hands-on workshops brought to you by SIPF !!! * FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL BLACK & WHITE PRINTS * 25 Oct 2008 (Sat), 2 – 4pm @ Epsite please refer to workshop fee below If you are a photographer who still shoot with black & white films or store large amount of images in black & white negatives, but desire to create good digital black & white prints, this is the workshop for you. This session will cover techniques on scanning black & white negatives as well as processing the files digitally. Paul Kohl will be covering specific details which include converting colour to greyscale, understanding of image mode/bit depth, image processing for digital black & white prints, as well as Photoshop basics such as sizing, sharpening & spotting. * PERFECTING YOUR FINE ART PRINTS * ~> FULL, due to overwhelming response 25 Oct 2008 (Sat), 4.30 – 6.30pm @ Epsite please refer to workshop fee below Improving on your existing printing knowledge, Paul Kohl explains the finer aspects such as colour management, Photoshop workspace, calibration, custom profile generation, editing and inspections that constitute to creating a good digital fine art prints. Actual demonstration & comparison will take place to discuss what key criteria is required to produce good digital prints & also tips on how to make careful colour judgement. * IS THERE A RIGHT INKJET PRINTER & PAPER? * 26 Oct 2008 (Sun), 4 – 6pm @ Epsite please refer to workshop fee below What are the types of fine art paper available in the market? Do you know the nature of the papers and inkjet printer will either optimize or ruin the image quality? Paul Kohl will showcase and describe different types of inkjet papers, and demonstrate how end images vary with different media types. He will also touch on RIP (Raster Image Processors) to control inkjet print, and share with participants what are the available choices in the market, and where are the sources for quality papers and printers. Paul Kohl is a Visiting Professor at Nanyang Technological University where he is teaching photography, both digital and analogue. His work involves scanned negatives that are printed on a variety of archival papers using Epson printers. He graduated from the San Francisco Institute in Photography with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1973 and further pursued his Master Degree in Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana in 1985. On top of that, he has also studied digital printing with Jon Cone at Cone Editions and John Paul Caponegro at the Maine Center for Photography. Paul Kohl has exhibited his prints internationally and won several grants including a National Endowment for the Arts Photographer’s Fellowship, a Maryland State Art’s Council Grant and an Artist in Residence at Awagami Paper Factory in Japan. His work is part of the permanent collections of the Fogg Museum (Boston), San Francisco MoMA, University of Missouri-St. Louis, as well as numerous private collectors. Before coming to Singapore, he spent ten years in Japan where, besides his photography, he practiced Aikido, Jodo (Japanese Staff Fighting) and Tai Chi. Prerequisite : Basic knowledge of Photoshop and digital photography Workshop Fee : $28 per session, $70 for all 3 sessions. (Limited to 20 participants per session.) Workshop Venue : EpSite 501 Orchard Road #03-18/19, Wheelock Place Singapore 238880 Interested participants please email to register@sipf.com.sg (full name, contact number, workshop title, date) to register. Limited vacancies left. Register soon to avoid disappointment.