Thursday 9 December 2010

Annual Members Photography Show
until 28th January 2011 @ Photofusion
Second Thursday night of December at Photofusion gallery was an opening night for annual members photographic show. Editor of a photography magazine HotShoe, Miranda Gavin, selected the winner of the competition.It was a difficult decision,” she said between Odette England, the winner, Vikram Kushwah and David Gopsil.
One of the runners ups, Vikram Kushaw whom recently graduated from Rochester University presented his latest project Ofelia, with strong emphasis on uncanny feeling. He said, “it is good to see my work exhibited as it gives me faith that people like my work.” The Indian photographer Kushwah was pleased with the results, and is now preparing for an up-coming exhibition in Barcelona in the beginning of next year.
Gavin, editor in chief of HotShoe magazine, was honored when first approached and asked to select the winner. She described that “she was evaluating the process in three stages and it was not easy”. Photographers had traveled for inspiration to exotic locations such as Madagascar and also documented local London scene. The gallery co-coordinator Gavin Evans was saying she “wanted also a representation of different genres”. Adrian Wood, a part of the board of Directors added that to the main body that “the idea also was to showcase the diversity of the membership scheme”, when selecting the 14 photographers from first 100 submissions.
The winner Odette England who was not present but receives the Hotshoe Photofusion Award, an annual subscription to HotShoe magazine, a single-page feature and interview with Gavin in the February issue of the magazine.
The exhibition is showcasing Photofusion members ongoing or recent body of work until 28 January next year. The keynotes judges looked at were simplicity, texture, and concept in the diverse selection of artworks.
It is organized annually second year now within membership scheme, photography practitioners from various backgrounds. Works ranged from vivid urban city collages to snapshot style portraits taken with latest iPhone. Publics vote favorite will be announced in the end of the exhibition.

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