Invited Speaker - Juan Vaquero (part II)

When you meet Juan, the immediate impression is of a highly motivated, passionate and talented photographer and a highly approachable and instantly likeable character.

These initial impressions were very quickly confirmed as we received a real treat of a presentation where Juan led us through the works of photographers that personally inspire him to his own commercial, exhibition, personal and travel photography (one of my favourites you see here).

If we could of asked for anything more, Juan also graciously answered all the questions we threw at him. Personally I learned a lot and feel that my photographic awareness has been further enhanced even though I only got to spend a short time in his presence.

Juan has very kindly passed on the list of photographers he referenced during the presentation such that we can educate our eyes further:

• Margaret Bourke-White
• Ansel Adams
• David Burdeny
• Nick Brandt
• David LaChapelle
• Mark Seliger
• Jerry Uelsmann
• Oleg Dou
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Garry Winogrand
• Ramon Masats

Many thanks once again to Juan and we hope to see you again sometime soon.

Invited Speaker - Juan Vaquero

The club is very pleased, and honoured to announce that Juan Vaquero, will be visiting us on the 22nd March to give us all a talk on his photography and creative vision.

Juan a professional photographer from Madrid has workied with Museo Thyssen, Louis Vuitton, Cmmunidad de Madrid, Vogue Mexico and SEAT just to name a few. Along with participating in exhibitions as far a field as the United States, Malasia and China.

A very big thank you to Miguel for organising everything and I think that this is an amazing opportunity for all of us to experience closer up, the work of a professional photographer.

You can see more of Juan's work on his web site.

Invited Speaker - Carlos Borrego Iglesias (Part II)...

The recent presentation of Carlos Borrego to the club was our first photographer of our 'invited speaker' initiative. The club hopes that this will provide the members with the opportunity to understand and improve their creativity in photography by receiving first hand knowledge from advanced and professional photographers explaining their particular process.

Carlos' presentation was a fantastic mix of presentation of his photographic muse's, the reasoning behind his fascination with abstraction, along with a fun exercise in exhibition preparation and sequencing, topped off with some unusual camera techniques demonstrated with his very own equipment.

I came away from the presentation highly motivated and ever more appreciative of the amount of dedication and passion photographers proportion to their art.

Carlos promised to pass on his list of muse's which you will find below:

• Rania Matar - (A girl and her room)
• Maite Caramés - (Ausencias)
• Israel Ariño - (Estudio sobre el arte de enmascarar) 
• Aline Smithson
• Tanyth Berkeley - (The Special Ones)
• Georges Rousse
• Jose Ramón Bas - (Ícaro)
• Antoine d'Agata
• William Klein - (Life is Good...New York!)
• Juan Manuel Castro Prieto - (Viaje al Sol)
• Masao Yamamoto
• David Nebreda
• Isabel Flores
• Robert ParkeHarrison
• Joan Fontcuberta
• Ansel Adams
• Harry Callahan
• Eugene Smith - (Deleitosa)
• Otto Steinert
• Diane Arbus
• Stanley Kubrick
• Sally Mann
• Isa Marcelli
• Francesca Woodman
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Richard Gibson
• Jim Goldberg
• Atelieretaguardia
• Paco Elvira - (Manifestación)
• Albert Gusi

That's a lot of homework to get through !

Thanks Carlos, hope to see you again next year !

Invited Speaker - Carlos Borrego Iglesias

The club is very pleased and honoured to announce that Carlos Borrego Iglesias, will be visiting us on the 13th May to give us a talk on his photography and creative vision.

Carlos from Barcelona, already has a number of exhibitions under is belt and is a passionate and creative artist and advocate of analogue photography.

A very big thank you to Miguel for organising everything and I think that this is an amazing opportunity for all of us to experience close up, the work of a fellow photographer.

You can see more of Carlos' fantastically creative work on his web site and Flickr page.