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New Exhibition: Photogenus II, exploration of the pinhole

Photogenus II is the second exhibition by members and guests of the Darlington Photo-secessionists.

Contributors to the exhibition, with their individual styles, have explored many aspects of pinhole photography and have produced iconic images mainly from around the Darlington area.

The exhibition runs from September 26th-November 28th 2009, and is open from 12-7pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 10am-4pm [...]

International Event

Title: International Event.
Location: Darlington Media Workshop
Description: Darlington Media Group will be holding an international event in the Media Workshop on Saturday 20th June from 2-5pm. Top of the bill is a look at the effects of the fall of the Berlin Wall – this year is the 20th anniversary.

DMG is hosting an exhibition by East Berlin [...]

‘Lost World’ by Georg Krause

The Factory Floor in the German Democratic Republic
Opening Decisive Moment Gallery. June 20th at 2pm
Decisive Moment Gallery. June 20th to September 19th 2009

'Lost World' by Georg Krause

The first UK showing of the work of Berlin photographer Georg Krause opens at Darlington Media Group’s Decisive Moment Gallery on Saturday 20th June. Lost World was produced [...]

Exhibition Opening – 20th June 2009 – Georg Krause

Title: Exhibition Opening

Location: Decisive Moment Gallery

Description: Georg Krause’s exhibition ‘Lost World: The Factory Floor of the German Democratic Republic’ opens at 2pm – also two DMG video productions will get their premier today; International Day 2008, and Community Carnival 2008

Start Time: [...]

‘Ramshackles – A Celebration of Alternative Architecture’ by David Thomas

Exhibition Opening 18th of April at 2pm and runs until the 27th of May

Ramshackles by David Thomas

Ramshackles is a generic title I have adopted to describe any kind of functional structure, innocent of the ‘professional’ eye or hand, but built by laymen for their own pursuits, and covering a wide range of activities, from recreational [...]

Big Snap – 2009 – ‘Faces and Places’

21st January 2009 to 25th March 2009

Big Snap 2008 Winner – Alison Gall

Hello to all 2009 Big Snap entrants,

As you may have seen in the Northern Echo at the end of last month, this year’s main prize-winners of the Big Snap competition were:
1st Prize Pete Roberts
2nd Prize Shane Dew
3rd Prize Diana Breeze

The prizes were presented [...]

‘Money Well Spent’ by Phil Dixon

29th November 2008 to 24th January 2009

‘Money Well Spent’ by Phil Dixon

Our criminal justice system spends millions on institutions designed to both protect the public from juvenile crime. They claim to either reform or prepare these young people for the outside world one way or another.

Phil Dixon has spent many years working in a Young [...]

‘Iran: Sisters in Chanel and Chador’ by Newsha Tavakolian

7th September 2008 – 22nd November 2008

‘Iran: Sisters in Chanel and Chador’ by Newsha Tavakolian

Newsha Tavakolian’s vibrant images document the changing role of women in Iran. On display for the first time in the UK as part of the Tees Valley Museums’ Photography Festival, this Wideyed touring exhibition shows facets of Iranian life that rarely [...]

‘Corrina and Anna’ by Sabine Bungert

26th July 2008 – 24th September 2008

‘Corrina and Anna’ by Sabine Bungert

Since 1994 Sabine Bungert has been running a long-term photo project. She takes portraits ofCorinna (34) and her daughter Anna (13) in a strictly documentary style in front of a plain white background. This is to detach them from their social surroundings and focus [...]

‘Lost Industrial Teesside Communities’ by Derek Smith

31st May 2008 – 19th July 2008

‘Lost Industrial Teesside Communities’

The project began in 1971, when Smith was sixteen years old and continued into the mid 1970s, developing into an extensive body of work documenting the communities that had grown up around the huge iron and steel works of the region. Among the pubs, clubs and [...]