Trongate 103

Date:

11 Sep 2010

Time:

10:30 - 16:30

Venue:

Street Level Photoworks, ground floor

Admission:

£30

Booking Required:

Yes

Booking information:

01698 826414

Paul, born 1941, began his career in the Midlands during the 1960s working as a freelance photojournalist for publications including the Birmingham Post, The Express and Star, The Guardian, The Observer, The Financial Times, New Society and the Telegraph Magazine.

In 1972 Hill was appointed Head of the joint Nottingham-Trent Polytechnic and Derby College of Higher Education course in Creative Photography. This course was the forerunner of every art photography degree now available, unlacing the straight jacket of technical and vocational photographic higher education.
In 1976, with his wife, Angela, he established The Photographer's Place, a workshop and study centre at their home in Bradbourne, Derbyshire. It was through workshops here that Hill invoked a powerful presence that helped change the mindset of a generation of British photographers.

Hill has written several seminal books on photography, whilst also being the subject of many articles. His published works include Dialogue with Photography (1979), which he co-wrote with Thomas Joshua Cooper, Approaching Photography (1982) and White Peak, Dark Peak (1990).

Paul Hill has received numerous awards in recognition of his role in British photography, including a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society (1990), a fellowship of the Hasslebald Foundation (1993), and an M.B.E.(1994). He now works as Course Leader of the MA in Photography at De Montfort University in Leicester.

In the morning Paul will talk about his own work and in the afternoon will discuss attendees portfolios and undertake some book signings. Cost is £30 per person. Please make cheques payable to Scottish Photographers and send with a note of your name, address, telephone number and e-mail contact details to:
Carl Radford
15 Pittenweem Path High
Blantyre G72 0GZ.

 

Please ntoe thsi event will also take palce at Stills Gallery - Edinburgh on 12 September, 10:30am - 4:30pm