Polaroid and Instant Photography: Developing a Project about Place and Peace
This intensive workshop, in collaboration with The Whitechapel Gallery, is designed for artists working with instant cameras, and developing a project about people and urban spaces, belonging, memory and peace. We will focus on a range of Polaroid and Instax cameras, and briefly explore the history of the medium. Participants will be introduced to both ‘integral’ Polaroid and Instax systems, along with a demonstration of a Polaroid peel-apart camera, and practice photographing in the Brick Lane area in order to develop confidence around framing, exposure and the possibilities of this important analogue photographic technology. Participants will be provided with film and Fuji Instax cameras for their assignments.
About the tutors
Paul Halliday is an artist, interdisciplinary urbanist and educator who originally trained in photojournalism and fine art film at the London College of Communications and Central St Martins (UAL), social anthropology at Goldsmiths, art history and archaeology, at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He is the former founding convenor of the international MA Photography & Urban Cultures, ran the third year of the BA Photomedia at Croydon Art School, worked as the media advisor for the British Refugee Council, and previously worked for Channel 4 TV as a documentary film director. He co-founded Urban Encounters, the annual international conference at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Paul has recently completed a long-term project working with a Polaroid camera. To see examples of his work, please visit his website at: www.paulhalliday.com
Xinrui Qiu is a photographer and visual artist, trained in photography at Goldsmiths, working with colour analogue photography and moving image. Her practice investigates memory, identity, and urban environments, combining archival work with research on diaspora and displacement. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in London, Los Angeles, and Beijing, and through collaborative projects and research initiatives that explore social and spatial narratives. To see examples of her work, please visit: https://xinruiqiu.com/
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