POLAROID WORKSHOP

With Professional Photographer and Tutor Paul Halliday

Presented by: FOURTH PORTAL

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0	GRAVESEND: Fourth Portal Lab
P	Saturday 16th November, 2024
N	10:30am

Event information

In this hands-on workshop, participants will use Instax ‘Polaroid’ cameras to explore and photograph urban spaces.

The session will begin with a discussion on ‘visual urbanism’ and how this once outdated technology has regained popularity among artists and professionals.

We’ll work on a brief focused on urban materialities - buildings, surfaces, and objects - and participants will also be encouraged to photograph people encountered during the session. The workshop coincides with the Gravesend Christmas lights switch-on, drawing many residents to the town centre.

After returning to Gravesend Fourth Portal, we’ll edit the images, which will be part of a pop-up exhibition on Wednesday, 20 November 2024 facilitated by the Fourth Portal for the Innovation Showcase 2024.

Meeting location: 10:30am, start 11.00am, Fourth Portal, Royal Pier Road, Gravesend, DA12 2BD
A 30-minute lunch break will take place from 12:30 – 1:00pm.
Total Time: 4 hours
All Materials, including Polaroid cameras provided.
This workshop includes walking around Gravesend Town Centre

About the workshop lead
Paul Halliday is a visual artist trained in photojournalism, fine art film, social anthropology, art history and archaeology at LCC, Central Saint Martins, Goldsmiths and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He is a former Channel 4 film director, British Refugee Council Media Advisor, public relations and branding research consultant, Third Year BA Photomedia Leader, and MA Photography and Urban Cultures Course Leader for over 20 years at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Paul has developed many long-term photographic archives working with 35mm rangefinder, Polaroid 190, Rolleiflex TLR and 6x9 medium format cameras. He taught spatial research for cinematography and directing at the Norwegian National Film School for several years. His website is: www.paulhalliday.com