Latest News Thursday 25th October 16:30hrs

Herefordshire Council's Head of Communciations, Alan Blundell, has just informed us that the Council has reversed its decision on David Modell's exhibition and the two images are being put back into the exhibition.

News 24th October 2001

Hereford Council Censors Exhibitions
Hereford Council closed the City Art Gallery to visitors from Tuesday morning following some complaints about the content of the "Tory Story" (David Modell) and "Baby Oil and Ice" (Sarah Ainslie, Julie Cook and Lara Clifton) exhibitions.

The Gallery has now reopened with the Baby Oil & Ice exhibition completely closed off and one image removed from the Tory Story show. You can see the image removed from the Modell exhibition at the page for the exhibition on this website. The reason for its removal was that, amongst the images it was considered too political a statement for a Council owned property that should be politically neutral. David Modell has commented that he is deeply uncomfortable by the Council's decision to have an image removed from the show, but has accepted it as a way to ensure that the rest of the exhibition and David Farrell's exhibition can be open to the public as soon as possible.

We are currently examining ways in which we may be able to show the Baby Oil & Ice exhibition online.

You can see the full statement about the closures here.

News 10th October 2001

Changes to publicised details

1. Hereford City Art Gallery Opening Times

• In October the Art Gallery is also open on SUNDAYS [Tues - Sunday 10am - 5pm]
  November openings are Tues-Sat 10am - 5pm

2. Festival Forum Saturday 20th October
Revised order for speakers Jon Levy and John Blakemore with Richard Sadler:

• 11.15am Photojournalism now - Internet and Magazine Publishing
  Jon Levy, publisher of the online photojournalism magazine Foto8, is launching a printed magazine version. He discusses his views on the development of the two complementary media for photojournalists.
  
  
• 3pm A Box of Pictures
  John Blakemore in conversation with Richard Sadler, his lifelong friend, about the unusual exhibition at The Cathedral, based on Richard's collection of John's work.

3. Exhibition Venue Changes

• Katrina Lithgow, "Transcendence" is at The Cathedral
• John Blakemore and Richard Sadler is at The Town Hall.

Note: The listing in the Festival Catalogue is correct.

4. Exhibition Opening

• The Perceptions of Mobility exhibition at the Left Bank Village will be opened by John Oliver, Bishop of Hereford, at 12.15 on Saturday 20th October.

Events Programme launched - 28th September 2001

The Events program for 2001 has many more talks, seminars and workshops than the 2000 festival - plenty of reason to visit this year.

The exposure forum on the opening weekend, Saturday 20th October, has talks on Francesca Woodman's surrealist self images, the "Baby Oil and Ice" exhibition about pub strippers, John Blakemore and Richard Sadler arguing about the interpretation of John's work, David Farrell talking about his award winning "Innocent Landscapes" book and two views on the life still left in photojournalism by John Easterby (IPG) and Jon Levy (online Foto8 magazine).

See the full events programme on the Events pages here on the website.

There are special ticket deals for Friends of the Festival and visiting groups from photography colleges - so book early please.

exposure 2001 launched - 1 September 2001

Now in its twelfth year, exposure in Hereford is the only annual photography festival in the UK. Concentrating on photography that addresses human issues, from both documentary and conceptual points of view, it is a national showcase for British photography, and the festival also shows work from many international photographers.

For 2001, the festival features strong exhibitions of new work, as well as community-based projects and events, and will be opened by Sir Roy Strong on 19th October. exposure this year has linked up with the Fototage Internationale festival in Germany, to exhibit a selection of Young Contemporary British Photographers' work, showing both in Herten, Germany, and Hereford. Photographers include Rankin, Tom Hunter, Zed Nelson and Katrina Lithgow.

The other exhibitions line up includes 'Tory Story' by David Modell and Paul Hill's 'Pets don't buy things'. We welcome the return of two German photographers, Tobias Zielony with 'Blumen' (Flowers) about young people on an estate in East Berlin, and Lorenz Kienzle, showing a lyrical evocation of the decline of a traditional industry in 'Hat Factory'.

Landscapes with meaning are featured in David Farrell's 'Innocent Landscapes', the sites of the IRA's burial of murder victims; Paul Chipperfield's 'An ill wind blowing' showing the locations of some of the highest polluting factories in the UK and 'Territory' by Nigel Judge, on the margins of the urban landscape. The urban landscape is also featured in Morten Andersen's 'Fast City'. Other issues covered include Drink Drive Road Deaths (Nina Gustavsson) and Pub Strippers (Sarah Ainslie and Julie Cook's "Baby Oil & Ice").

Robert Ashby, the festival's director said: "The extensive use of photography in the press in reporting the recent disasters in America has demonstrated its power and impact. This year's festival responds to the increasing interest in photography as a mainstream art form and means of communicating human issues. The festival's wide range of strong exhibitions will give visitors opportunities to see how photography deals with some of the bigger issues society has to face".