North East Photography Network - http://www.northeastphoto.net
The North East Photography Network is based at the University of Sunderland and offers a range of activities and opportunities for people based in the North East and involved with critically engaged photography. The network runs a web site (http://www.northeastphoto.net), there are a series of free talks currently being given at the Mining Institute in Newcastle, a symposium and portfolio weekend in March 2010 and a photographic commission, which is being co-hosted by Locus +.
NEPN is co-funded by University of Sunderland and Arts Council of England, North East.
Screen shot from www.northeastphoto.net March 2010
The visiting speakers have included -
| Simon Norfolk |
| Rosy Martin |
| John Davies |
| Helen Sear |
| Peter Kennard & Cat Phillipps |
| Paul Seawright |
| Jem Southam |
| Sarah Pickering |
| Susanna Brown - V&A |
| Camilla Brown - Photographers Gallery |
| Malcolm Dickson - Streetlevel |
| Greg Hobson - National Media Museum |
| Marc Prust - curator, Paris |
| Lauren Heinz - Photo8 magazine |
| Patrick Henry - Open Eye |
| Alessandro Vincentelli - Baltic |
| Alistair Robinson - NGCA |
The Network provides opportunities for events and discussion about and around photography, for those people in the region who are interested in critically engaged contemporary practice.