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Get up & go<br />
The most interesting things to see, to do<br />
and to shoot this week. By Tom Smallwood<br />
LONDON<br />
© MARK BENHAM<br />
Brit wins top prize at Food<br />
Photographer of the Year<br />
THIS year’s top prize<br />
at the Pink Lady<br />
Food Photographer of<br />
the Year has been won<br />
by British photographer<br />
Mark Benham.<br />
Mark’s photograph<br />
‘Flour Frenzy’ (above)<br />
triumphed over more than<br />
7,000 images and fi lms to<br />
make him the second<br />
Briton to take this<br />
prestigious title in the<br />
competition’s fi ve-year<br />
history. His winning photo<br />
also topped The Philip<br />
Harben Award for Food<br />
in Action category.<br />
This is Mark’s second<br />
success in the contest, the<br />
fi rst being in the Food for<br />
LEICA has confi rmed the launch<br />
of the Leica M-D, the fi rst serialproduction<br />
digital M to be made without<br />
an LCD screen. Expected out in May and<br />
priced £4,650, the 24-million-pixel<br />
Leica M-D (Typ 262) is the fi fth camera<br />
in the Leica M line-up. In technical terms,<br />
the Leica M-D is based on the Leica M<br />
(Typ 262).<br />
Leica UK managing director Jason<br />
Heward said: ‘With the exclusion of the<br />
ubiquitous LCD screen, photographers<br />
must return to the principles of<br />
photography when shooting.’<br />
There is neither live view nor video<br />
recording, and this is not the fi rst Leica<br />
Celebration category last<br />
year. Restaurant critic Jay<br />
Rayner, who chaired the<br />
judging panel, said Mark’s<br />
shot of a baker kneading<br />
dough has ‘a lovely<br />
structural element to it’.<br />
Mark, who switched to<br />
photography after a<br />
career as a graphic<br />
designer, received his<br />
award at a ceremony held<br />
at the Mall Galleries in<br />
London attended by 400<br />
guests. This year’s judging<br />
panel included AP Editor<br />
Nigel Atherton and<br />
photography dealer<br />
Chris Beetles.<br />
On his website, Mark<br />
adds: ‘I search for images<br />
that tell engaging stories<br />
and capture the essence<br />
of what I see, whether it’s<br />
documenting the work of<br />
the charity People Against<br />
Poverty, olive harvesting in<br />
Tuscany or covering events<br />
in the UK and abroad.’<br />
In 2011, Caroline<br />
Kenyon launched Food<br />
Photographer of the Year<br />
armed with a desire to see<br />
‘this wonderful and vibrant<br />
sector of photography<br />
given the recognition it<br />
deserves’, and after two<br />
decades of commissioning<br />
photography.<br />
For further details, visit<br />
pinkladyfoodphotographer<br />
oftheyear.com.<br />
No LCD screen on new Leica M-D<br />
digital camera to lack a monitor, but it is<br />
the fi rst production model.<br />
In 2014, Leica released a ‘specialedition’<br />
M to celebrate 60 years since<br />
the birth of the fi rst M-system camera.<br />
The back of the Leica M-D features an ISO<br />
sensitivity dial instead of an LCD monitor<br />
For the latest news visit www.amateurphotographer.co.uk<br />
© SONJA BRASS<br />
© ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY<br />
© DOROTHY BOHM<br />
Magical Surfaces: The Uncanny in<br />
Contemporary Photography<br />
This is an exploration of the uncanny through the work of seven<br />
photographic artists from two generations: Sonja Braas, David<br />
Claerbout, Elger Esser, Julie Monaco, Jörg Sasse, Stephen Shore<br />
and Joel Sternfeld.<br />
Until 19 June, parasol-unit.org<br />
FIFE<br />
RPS Scottish<br />
Region Exhibitions<br />
Scottish RPS members submit<br />
their best work t Rothes<br />
Square, Glenrothes, Fife,hoping<br />
they will be among the 40<br />
chosen for the final exhibition.<br />
Until 21 May, rps.org/regionsand-chapters/regions/<br />
scotland/events<br />
LONDON<br />
LIVERPOOL<br />
Dorothy Bohm: Sixties London<br />
Open 2:<br />
Pieces of You<br />
Six artists, including<br />
photographer Peter Iles,<br />
explore how we gather and<br />
make meaning of experiences.<br />
The exhibition offers new ways<br />
of experiencing and thinking<br />
about photography.<br />
Until 5 June, www.openeye.org.uk<br />
This exhibition showcases fascinating<br />
images of London in the 1960s. The focus<br />
ranges from schoolchildren to young adults<br />
and market traders. To escape the threat of<br />
Nazism, Bohm came to the UK in 1939 from<br />
East Prussia with her father’s Leica camera.<br />
Until 29 August,<br />
jewishmuseum.org.uk/dorothy-bohm<br />
Landscape and Street at Clifton Cameras<br />
Time’s running out for Fuji fans to book<br />
for this course at Clifton Cameras in<br />
Dursley, Gloucestershire, led by two<br />
‘Fujiholics’ – street photographer Matt<br />
Hart and landscape shooter Paul<br />
Sanders. Tea, coffee and lunch are<br />
included, and a mini bus provided for the ‘landscape’ bits.<br />
28 May, 8.30am-5.30, £139.99,<br />
www.cliftoncameras.co.uk/Landscape-and-Street-Event<br />
GLOS<br />
© PHOEBE KIELY<br />
© MATT HART<br />
subscribe 0330 333 1113 I www.amateurphotographer.co.uk I 14 May 2016 7
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