Дедлаин: 1 июня 2011

Лучшие работы будут экспонированы на фестивале в Великобритании и в Ирландии. Ряд авторов напечатают в книгах от Blubr. Специфику работ можно увидеть на официальной странице фотофестиваля. Участие платное. 

The importance of photography in Northern Ireland's visual culture and history is something we aim to highlight, while also embracing and showcasing the nations upcoming photographic talent both at home and abroad through seeking out new/emerging talent.

Northern Ireland has produced many award winning and internationally renowned contemporary photographers and the festival is a major event which will highlight and present the highest standards of work from some of these practitioners while emphasizing the importance that photography has played in recording and documenting the countries colourful history.

We aim to deliver Northern Irelands first festival of photography and visual culture, while helping to provide a forum and promote the growth of the current photographic infrastructure and practice throughout the country. We will also be supporting audience development across the arts and cultural sector in Belfast and Derry, which will be aided through our mobilization of the existing visual arts infrastructure.

Through a series of interactive events we hope to inspire the countries future photographers, artists and entrepreneurs, offering new, exciting, welcoming and sometimes challenging experiences to audiences through the Festival's programme of events. Within these events our aim is to also foster and develop critical debate, analysis and documentation of photographic arts practice in Northern Ireland.

By placing amateur photographers alongside professionals we aim to be inclusive, increase access and widen participation in photography, provoking thought, discussion, interest and simple enjoyment of the medium. In doing this we hope to open the public to the possibilities of the photographic medium as a mode for self-expression.

The festival aims to forge effective and positive relationships for future festival delivery across private, public and voluntary sector organisations while helping sustain those sectors of the arts.

In establishing a new, innovative, creative and unique photography festival for the UK and Ireland we are focused on creating new channels of cultural exchange within the international photographic community and promoting Belfast as a hub for photographic arts.

Подробности: http://www.belfastphotofestival.com/