exposure 2001Now in our 12th year, exposure continues to grow and find national and international recognition. Each year the photographic work that is submitted increases in quality and scope, to match the leading invited practitioners that we show. We are increasingly able to show work that has been recently published in books and we want to continue this trend. This year we have been able to also to increase the efforts in project and group work, which we will to continue to develop on a wider front. The local problems of flooding and the foot and mouth disease that have afflicted us in Hereford since last year have abated, but have left their strong marks. Several of our exhibitions this year reflect on the nature of the land and our relationship with it, as is appropriate to the rural home of the festival. In particular we are pleased to be able to show the landscape work of David Farrell, winner of the European Photography Book Award for 2001. This connection with the landscape is also the subject of a major new commission project with members of local communities, looking at the important issues of rural mobility and the effects of transport on the environment. For 2001 we have the opportunity to show some of the finest young British photographers who have been making their mark over the past few years, in a curated show in cooperation with the major German photography festival in Herten. This has been a very interesting and difficult selection to make, but has again shown the concentration of powerful work in Britain that addresses human issues, from the politics of the right to positive presentation of alternative lifestyles. The link with Fototage Internationale in Germany is apart of an increasing international flavour for exposure, with work this year from German and Norwegian photographers. I really hope that we will be able to attract more submissions from abroad as we expand the festival and develop links with other European festivals. The selection of exhibitions and projects is always stimulating - we have to take some risks and we know that not everyone will like everything we choose. Hopefully we will always have some work that creates strong reactions and shows that we can use photography to address all types of human issues. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those in both the local and the photographic communities who give time and support to the development of the festival. We welcome visitors from near and far, in presenting the selections for 2001 we hope that you will again find that photography is very much alive and well, and responding to the world and its problems.
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