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© Wendy Pye

A couple of Nova photographers will be featured on the Photo Fringe of the Brighton Photo Biennial 2010.

Wendy Pye is one of the exhibiting photographers at In Site at the Bluedog Gallery. Wendy will be exhibiting work from her ‘Luminous Flux’ series - part of her Beachy Head project. An image from her series ‘In Memory of 12′ is available from the gallery.

Julian Ward is one of the featured photographers at Traces at Gallery 100. Julian’s photo ‘Peru, 2006′ is available from the gallery.

We are currently having a few technical problems with the blog. We are working to resolve them and a normal posting regime should resume soon.

Apologies.

Simon C

Nova photographer Tom Hull’s project ‘Sprung’ has been awarded first place in the Architecture: Buildings (non-professional) category of the International Photography Awards. The mission of the awards is to “salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers, to discover new and emerging talent, and to promote the appreciation of photography”.

Tom will be invited to the Lucie Awards in New York on October 27th to compete for the title of the ‘Discovery of the Year’ provided by Blurb, a Lucie Statue and $5,000 cash prize.

From ‘Sprung’ © Tom Hull

At the Gala Awards ceremony honours will also be given for Lifetime Achievement, distinguishing some of the world’s greatest men and women whose life’s work in fashion, photojournalism, advertising and fine art merit the highest acclaim by their peers. The winner of the International Photographer of the Year will also receive a ‘Lucie’.

‘Sprung’ was featured as a Pick of the Day on the Nova blog in October last year.

You can view more of the ‘Sprung’ Project on at TomHull.co.uk.

Congratulations Tom!

Downtown Detriot

Ballroom, Fort Wayne Hotel

Luben Apartments

All photos © Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre

From the artists: “At the beginning of the 20th Century, the city of Detroit
developed rapidly thanks to the automobile industry.

“Until the 50’s, its population rose to almost 2 million people. Detroit was the 4th most important city in the United States.

“It was the dazzling symbol of the American Dream City with its monumental skyscrapers and fancy neighborhoods.

“Increasing segregation and deindustrialization caused violent riots in 1967. The white middle-class exodus from the city accelerated and the suburbs grew. Firms and factories began to close or move to lower-wage states. Slowly, but inexorably downtown high-rise buildings emptied.

“Since the 50’s, “Motor City” lost more than half of its population.

“Nowadays, its splendid decaying monuments are, no less than the Pyramids of Egypt, the Coliseum of Rome, or the Acropolis in Athens, remnants of the passing of a great civilization.”

More ‘Ruins of Detroit’.

All photos © Herve Demers

More at Herve Demers.

Nova Photographer Jon Horvath has achieved the Julie Jensen Bryan and Robert Bryan Philadelphia Museum of Art Purchase Award for his photograph ‘White Car, 2008′.

White Car (2008)

© Jon Horvath

The photograph is on display at the Print Center in Philadelphia as part of the Center’s 84th Annual International Competition: Photography!

Congratulations to Jon!

Nova and photographer Tom Hull have donated a medium sized (20″ by 16″) print of ‘Trailer’ to tomorrow’s ‘Forget Me Not’ charity auction in aid of Age Concern.

Trailer by Tom Hull

The auction features a wide variety of work appealing to a range of tastes and provides the opportunity for collectors to acquire some fantastic pieces. The list of lots.

Auction Details:

Date of Auction:  22nd April 2010, 6:30pm
Venue: The Worx, 10 Heathmans Road, Parsons Green, London SW6 4TJ

Our latest print is ‘In Memory of 12′ by Brighton-based photographer Wendy Pye:

© Wendy Pye

From the artist: “Beachy Head in south east England is known for its quintessential English scenery and also a well-known location for suicide attempts. ‘In Memory Of’ is the first photographic series of the project Beachy Head and documents the flower memorials found along Britain’s highest cliff edge. Through quality of light and feeling for nature, these memorials become symbolic of human fragility and our relationship with loss, tragedy and death.”

The print is available in our usual three sizes, starting from just £19 + p&p.

Nova and Nova photographer Ben Roberts donated a medium sized framed print of ‘Glen Feshie, 6:30am’ to the charity VSO UK for their auction and raffle at their Christmas Concert and Dinner.

Glen Feshie, 6:30am

Rachel Watts, VSO’s Events Manager, thanked Nova and Ben for the contribution: “Thank you again for your generous donation, it was wonderful to be able to display such a beautiful print at dinner and it contributed greatly to the £951, which was raised through the raffle.  To put your donation into context, £500 can train and provide initial funds to 10 HIV+ women in Mozambique to start their own business, giving them and their children income and hope, so we are incredibly grateful for this life-changing donation.”

In total the event raised £49,000 for VSO’s development work.

Normal blog service will resume on the 28th.