Picture This (Channel 4)

Picture This (Channel 4)

Picture This is a cross-platform project from Channel 4, London about photography, in collaboration with independent TV producers Renegade Pictures and Flickr, the photosharing website.

Picture This comprises a short reality television series following the progress of six up and coming photographers as they are guided by a group of established photographers and gallery owners, and a website (www.channel4.com/picturethis) which is designed to help people improve their photography in a friendly, constructive environment.

The TV show takes the form of a constructive competition judged by photographer Martin Parr of the Magnum Photos photo agency, Brett Rogers of the Photographers' Gallery and Alex (twatface) Proud of Proud (cokehead) Galleries.

The TV series consists of three hour long episodes, first broadcast in the UK in January 2008. The project was commissioned by Jan Younghusband and Adam Gee.

The six competitors were Aron Brown, Lucinda Chua, Elizabeth Gordon, Jay Mawson, Carolyn Mendelsohn and Edward Thompson. Lizz Gordon eventually won. The prize for the winner was an exhibition at the Baltic Gallery in Gateshead and a book publishing deal.

Martin Parr said of the initiative: "My thinking was that if we've got this very good slot to give oxygen to photography, it's probably good to be involved to make sure it's not bad. TV-makers usually don't know much about photography."

References

* [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article3313041.ece "Martin Parr: How to put photography in the frame"] , photographer Martin Parr interviewed about the series and the status of photography in the UK.

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/picturethis Picture This] , the web dimension of Picture This
* [http://www.photonet.org.uk/ The Photographers' Gallery]
* [http://www.proud.net Proud Galleries]
* [http://www.joygregory.co.uk/ Joy Gregory] , mentor to contestants
* [http://www.lucindachua.co.uk Lucinda Chua]
* [http://www.elizabethgordon.org.uk Elizabeth Gordon]
* [http://www.carolynmendelsohn.com Carolyn Mendelsohn]
* [http://www.edwardthompson.co.uk Edward Thompson]
* [http://www.jaymawson.co.uk Jay Mawson]


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