Monday 3 November 2008

Brighton Photo Fringe - AWESOME




On the Web, it's at http://www.photofringe.org/
It seems to be so tightly woven into the Biennial as to be indistinguishable, apart from the content. Now, there's a lot of different types of image, it all depends on where you go.
Bell's Gallery on the seafront is shockingly good, we spent a half-hour mesmerized by the 1.2 m square large-format landscapes. Sydney Street gallery is tiny, but has super music photos, in black and white.

There's another 57 venues, and it'll be a hard day's work doing it all; there's a very good map and handbook, available for free from lots of places in Brighton, which makes getting around a doddle. We met enthusiastic gallery-owners and shop-keepers; It is they who pump up the vibrancy so visible in this sleepy seaside town, and make that festival come alive. Yes, and the quality of the superb photos everywhere. Do go, you will enjoy it. And, there's the official Biennial, to sober you up.

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