PhotoStroud: a monster success

Monday evening I went to the opening of the PhotoStroud Festival of Photography 2007 exhibition at the Museum - this is just a couple of exhibitions in a whole host of venues.

Photo: Main exhibition room at Museum

'Facing Youth' at the Museum in the Park features photos by 13 to 17 year olds who attended workshops by Alexander Caminada - there are also some of his photos there - what a great project - we need more of these across the District!!

Photo: Two of Alex Caminada's shortlisted photos - of Puckshole resident and fishmonger David Felce and sculpter Simon Packard whose children go to Randwick School. These are the photos causing controvesy as they have been banned from the final competition due to the frames being while - Alex was offered black ones but considered they would damage the integrity of the photos - he felt guidelines were not clear enough.

The other main exhibition at the Museum is the Stroud District Council arts award shortlist - the public can vote on their favorites and that will form 25% of the final judging.

Photo: Cyril Laffort: loved his photos

This Festival is another example of Stroud at it's best - a large number of photographers are exhibiting across the area - the Sub Rooms, the space, Ruskin Mill, Stroud College, Kanes Records, Tinto restaurant (with Bread Street photographer Mike Gallagher), Kingshill House, Woodruffs, Mills cafe, the Apollo cinema, Star Anise, Prema and many more venues. I've since Monday managed to catch a few others - it is worth the effort before they end on 27th October.

Photos: Allotments

A huge thank you to all who helped organise this event - a wonderful enriching experience. I totally agree with the letter in this weeks SNJ thanking especially Fred Chance and Carlos Ordonez.