While some local cvillains are inspired to create art, most of us will be content to LOOK at this year’s Charlottesville Festival of the Photograph.
Some of you might have seen the preview to this festival with Flip Nicklin’s whales/dolphins inhabiting the downtown mall. From their press release:
LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph will convene for a 3-day program of exhibitions, outdoor projections, workshops, interviews with world-famous photographers and special events that will transform downtown Charlottesville, Virginia into a “living image.” This year’s festival will take place June 12-14, 2008. LOOK3 2008 will feature three legendary photographers: Mary Ellen Mark, Joel-Peter Witkin and James Nachtwey.
On each evening of the Festival, National Public Radio’s Alex Chadwick will host in-depth conversations and big screen projections with the three featured photographers in the historic Paramount Theater.
The LOOK3 Festival is an outgrowth of the “Hotshots” shows that National Geographic Photographer Michael “Nick” Nichols hosted in his backyard for the last twenty years. The intimate, informal spirit of those gatherings continues. LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph’s name signifies “3 days of peace, love, and photography” featuring 3 renowned photographers. Jeff James, Manager of Photography at Rosetta Stone describes his experience at last year’s festival, “…I feel lucky and proud to be a photographer after witnessing the brilliant presentations from my heroes as well as the rising stars in our profession… This is the “Sundance” of photography.”
Find the schedule here. You can find the following featured exhibitions around Charlottesville:
- Mary Ellen Mark - Prom - McGuffey Art Center
- James Nachtwey - The Unvanquished - Les Yeux du Monde
- Joel-Peter Witkin - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Second Street Gallery
- Steve McCurry - Faces - The Downtown Transit Station
- Jeff Jacobson - Melting Point - McGuffey Art Center
- White House News Photographers Association - Eyes of History - McGuffey Art Center
- Lori Grinker - Afterwar - McGuffey Art Center
- Nubar Alexanian - Standard Operating Procedure - The Bridge
- Pictures of the Year International - 2008 Winners – Look3 Festival Office
- Renee Byer - A Mother’s Journey - Sage Moon Gallery
- Glen Denny - Yosemite in the 60’s - Sage Moon Gallery
Photograph is Mary Ellen Mark’s Pinky and Shiva Ji - The Great Royal Circus
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I was backstage at this last year and it was INCREDIBLE. I highly recommend seeing as much of it as you can.
I’ve got my passes! who else?
I got my passes, anyone check out the cville article on Mary Ellen Mark this week? I can’t wait for all the events, seeing all the big pics on the dtmall are great too… I of course, a big music fan am excited too because I hear that Morwenna Lasko & Jay Pun will be playing at the finale at the pavilion, can anyone confirm this? I know the hackensaws played last year and it’s a strange coincidence that both acts will be playing together later this month as well too… Gosh, cville is a great small town when it comes to things like these!
this was one of my favorite events last year. glad to see big money behind something worthwhile.
Is it really $100 just to go to see SHOTS? Ouch!
well, it’s $100 to get a festival pass, which I think is probably worth it. But yeah, it’s a bummer they won’t let people party for a cover charge.
cvillains,, don’t be cheap! Support the arts, isn’t that what cville’s supposed to be all about? People spend more on drinking and eating out at sub par restaurants… So save one night of going out to eat, make a better meal at home and spend your money on something that only comes once a year and brings something fresh to cville!
Yeah, I’m sorry but they shouldn’t make you pay that much for one part of the festival. Now I can’t go.
phew, I have to agree that it’s a little steep– but mb’s endorsement definitely rings very true. Now, if there were only a similar festival for cool paintings….
I expect you all to go and report back to me on how awesome it was.
Well if one just wanted to party, that same saturday is the 80ies Prom Party for Planned Parenthood. It’s only 20 Bucks and you support something local too!
http://www.ppav.org/80sprom.html
Also: even Artini was not 100 Bucks!! And I’d much rather have that once a year.
Ah I apologize, you were talking about the Friday event….still I’d rather do Artini than 100 Dollars worth of Photographs.
seconded.
boooo. $100 gets you admission to three days of awesomeness, hear some of the greatest photographers alive and go to a party. I mean, I realize photography is not everyone’s passion, but still… It’s not $100 for JUST a party.
Jeez, people… There is plenty to do/see/enjoy that doesn’t require a ticket. Check out the schedule of events:
http://www.festivalofthephotograph.org/2008/schedule.html
Jeez, artPark…exactly. That’s why I don’t see why I should pay 100 dollars.
I think $100 for the whole thing is perfectly reasonable. The only thing I can/want to attend though is the show at the IX and the organizers say you can’t get in witout buying the entire 3 day pass. Seems a bit ridiculous. Artni was only $50 and you got free drinks.
yeah, it doesn’t seem quite fair and I wish you could come and party, too. I’ll put a note in the suggestion box about a la carte tickets.
back to drinks drinks drinks… Seems like that’s what cville really wants! Then become a musician, cuz that’s what they end up paying them when they don’t want to pay people to play music… This is experience, not just “let’s drink” and see how much free stuff we can get… This is also a LOCAL festival created by a local born and raised here… I love to have a good time, but this isn’t a festival like bonnaroo, I think of it more as an educational festival… So if it doesn’t float your boat, oh well, but the price for the main events isn’t bad… And since a lot of cvillains compare ourselves to new York, image what some festivals cost up there…
i don’t think c’ville should compare itself to new york under any circumstance, whether it be cultural events, cost of living, population density, property value, or anything else! the point of having these kinds of festivals is that many c’villains can enjoy it. this isn’t some festival like bonnaroo where you see live performances, and it isn’t like burning man where you’re out in the desert with tons of crazy people, where the high ticket price kind of sort of makes sense. it’s a photography festival. now how many people are going to be frightened away by the price? i mean, culture is important and people who are willing to pay for culture are valuable because they support it. but no one goes to an art festival to blow that much money at once just on the ticket. seriously. i don’t even care about free drinks. what i care about is accessibility and the most excitement per capita.
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