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There are a host of complementary events, workshops and exhibitions taking place throughout Look 07, some of which did not quite make it into the brochure, so please make sure you check this page from time-to-time.

Explore this page, and the links to the right to find out about some of the alternative events, like Bitmapping at the Corner House, Redeye's events listed below or perhaps contribute yourself by visiting the The Democratic Image Flickr Group.

Also, should you be involved in a photographic event which may be of interest to other why not let us know and if possible we will give it a mention - contact us here.

Redeye Events

DISCUSS: Democratic Image

Thurs 11 April onwards

Look 07's theme issues of photography and democracy at the Democratic Image blog, hosted by openDemocracy.net in association with The Photographers' Gallery: openDemocracy.net

CONTRIBUTE: Democratic Image

Thurs 11 April onwards

Contribute to the Democratic Image with your own photography on the subject of democracy at the Flickr group: www.flickr.com/groups/democraticimage

COLLECT: Julian Germain

From 12 April onwards

Julian Germain has been commissioned by Look 07 to produce a special supplement that contains all the images submitted by The Associated Press to the Metro newspaper within a single twenty-four hour period. This collector's item is available free from participating Manchester galleries.

Preview: Green Modernism

Friday 13 April 5:30pm-8:00pm

Includes photographer David Spero's ongoing series Settlements, which looks at British communities who live in dwellings designed to have a low environmental impact.

Talk: Tim Smith

Friday 13 April 6:00pm

Photographer Tim Smith talks about his experience of putting together The Grand Trunk Road - from Delhi to the Khyber Pass exhibition.

Free. Booking advised.

Talk: Ian Beesley

Date

Ian Beesley will talk about Seeing Is Believing.

Admission free.

In Conversation: Matthew Shaul and T.O. Immisch

Sat 14 April 2:00pm

Do Not Refreeze curator Matthew Shaul will discuss the project with T.O. Immisch, curator at the Moritzburg Foundation, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.

Tour & Talk: Everything Equally

Sat 14 April 2:00pm

This informal talk and discussion is led by the exhibitors and is suitable for students and photography practitioners.

Free; ring Touchstones Rochdale on 01706 924492 to reserve a place. Touchstones website

Talk: Michelle Sank

Saturday 14th April 4pm

To coincide with the opening of a new exhibition of Michelle Sank’s portraits of women who worked on and around the Liverpool waterfront (Open Eye, 14 Apr – 2 Jun), we are delighted to welcome her to Manchester. She was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She left in 1978 and has been living in England since 1987. Michelle has been commissioned and exhibited widely throughout the UK. Her recent portrait projects are the subject of a new monograph by Ffotogallery, Cardiff and Belfast Exposed (published December 2006). www.michellesank.com

Tickets £5 (£4 concession) from RedEye's website

RedEye Special Network Meeting

Tuesday 17th April 7pm

Redeye’s network meeting will feature talks from some of the participants featured in Everything Equally, the new group show on at Touchstones, Rochdale, of work made as part of Redeye’s most ambitious series of workshops to date. As well as showing some of the work, speakers will discuss the challenges and advantages of creating new work for a themed group exhibition. Free

Pedro Meyer Portfolio Masterclass & Reception

Thursday 19 April 4:00-7:00pm; 7:00-9:00pm

Masterclass (4:00-7:00pm) - Unique chance to have your work discussed with one of the world's most influential figures in photography. Reception (7:00-9:00pm) - all are welcome to attend. Refreshments.

Tickets for Masterclass £20 / £15 from RedEye's website. Booking essential.

Workshop: Zoom 1 - Digital Image Manipulation

Thursday 19 April 5:00-8:00pm

Recommended for teachers of all disciplines; beginner level. £40 per teacher (refreshments provided).

Tickets from Cornerhouse on 0161 200 1500

Talk: Mark Durden

Thursday 19 April 6:00-7:30pm

Dr Mark Durden discusses the work of artists including Andreas Gursky and Martin Parr; contemporaries of the artists in Do Not Refreeze, but operating in different political climates.

For bookings check with Cornerhouse on 0161 200 1500

Talk: Make It a Better Place

Friday 20 April 2:00pm

Three of the photographic artists "Margareta Kern, Mandy Lee Jandrell and Giuseppe di Bella“ discuss their work at this new exhibition; introduced by Curator Dinu Li.

Free.

Event: Photo Warriors

Friday 20 April 7:00pm

On the eve of The Democratic Image Redeye hosts a discussion on the use of photography by 21st Century political activists. Has photography and video made by protestors, in particular environmental protestors, helped advance their political causes? With Nick Cobbing and Zoe Broughton.

Tickets £5/£4 on the door or from Redeye. Free for Democratic Image attendees.

Symposium: the Democratic Image, Photography and Globalisation

Date

Technology is offering us countless ways to create, view, explore and distribute images. This explosion of opportunity is challenging the way we interpret and value photography as well as allowing communities who would otherwise be unheard the chance of meaningful self-representation. The Democratic Image Symposium seeks to chart this new landscape and investigates the extent to which technological innovation is becoming the foundation for a digital democracy. Lively debate & free food - one of the photo events of the year.

Keynote Speaker: Pedro Meyer

Tickets £75 / £55 (£90 on the door if available) more info and booking at Redeye or call 0845 094 5184.

Talk: Ian Berry

Date

Rare talk from this esteemed Magnum member accompanies two exhibitions currently showing at The Lowry (In the North and The Water Project).

Tickets £5/£4 from The Lowry. 0870 787 5794

Preview: Immediate Retrospective

Date

A celebration of photographic practice by twelve emerging photographers - Web site

Refreshments, free.

EVENT: A 21st CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHER

Wednesday 25 April 6:30-9:00pm

An audience with four experts, photographers Ian Beesley, Karen McBride, curator Greg Hobson and writer Paul Taylor, investigating career options for today's photographers. University of Bolton - venue to be confirmed

Free, booking required: email raw2@bolton.ac.uk or jane.stuart@bolton.ac.uk

Workshop: Zoom 2 - Digital Image Manipulation

Thursday 26 April 5:00-8:00pm

For teachers of all disciplines; especially those who have attended Zoom 1.

£40 inc refreshments. Tickets from Cornerhouse on 0161 200 1500

Talk: All About a Woman

Thursday 26 April 6:00-7:30pm

A conversation between the artists and the curator explores issues such as the body, marriage and child-raising and how these relate to the artists' works.

Further information from the Chinese Arts Centre 0161 832 7271

Workshop: Projector - Shooting Down the Image

Friday 27 April 10:00am-12:45pm

Recommended for AS / A2 level students, Art & Design and History of Art. Addresses issues in contemporary photography with a view to developing skills of interpretation and understanding.

Tickets £3 from venue

Launch Inbetween Sapces

Friday 27 April 6:00-8:30pm

Citywide project puts images on billboards of things we would not normally see there. Bus tours start from the venue at 6:30 and 7:30pm.

See www.myspace.com/inbetweenspaces07

Workshop - Pinhole Photography

Saturday 28 April 11:00am-1:00pm

Join exhibitor Trevor Olner for a hands-on introduction to pinhole photography.

Free, all materials provided; suitable for over 16s. Places are limited so please ring gallery to book. Tel: 01706 924492

Talk: the Spender Archive

Saturday 28 April 2:00pm

Between 1937 and 1938 Humphrey Spender took over 900 pictures of Bolton as part of the Mass Observation Project, a pioneering work that employed ordinary citizens to record the details of daily life in Britain. Now in Bolton's archival collection, these images allow rare insights on life in a pre-War industrial town. Redeye Director Paul Herrmann, a photojournalist who worked with Spender in the last 20 years of his life, discusses Spender's work in this illustrated talk.

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