This summer I will reviewing at Rhubarb Rhubarb’s portfolio event ‘Collision’ here’s the press release announcing it all. Check it out, and hope to see you there… Check out Rhubarb’s website for more details: www.rhubarb-rhubarb.net
“Collision” is more than a portfolio review. The Rhubarb team is constantly researching cultural developments and activity in the image industry, and the “Collision” program is designed to immerse participants in a dynamic environment of visual and intellectual energy. The structure of formal reviews and informal social interaction is intelligently structured to encourage the easy flow of ideas, information and connections between disciplines, cultures and countries. Stephen Mayes, CEO, VII, New York
As the image worlds shift around and collide, Rhubarb’s 2010 International Review is designed to mark the changes and explore the hybrid forms of practices which are being created by photographers who fall in between, or across, the traditional categories. This year the intention is to see where documentary and commercial practices cross over into the world of fine art, giving participants the opportunity to show their work to specialists from different sectors and reviewers the chance to look at folios that may not usually come their way.
“Rhubarb has reached new levels. Every year, more diverse and challenging opportunities are offered to photographers whilst the professional, stressless and friendly atmosphere remains the same. Rhubarb was one of the key elements that kick-started my career in art photography. “ Vee Speers
As the only Portfolio Review where photographers are able to book all their reviews online in advance of the event, Rhubarb continues to attract respected reviewers from the UK, Europe and USA. Stephen Mayes, CEO of VII Photo Agency in New York and Harry Hardie from Foto8, sit alongside the commercial boys – Tim Paton, Balcony Jump Management and David Birkitt of DMB Media, connecting to fine art officianados including Stephanie Braun, Curator at the Photographers Gallery, London, and Debra Klomp Ching, of Klompching Gallery, New York.
“I am a big fan of Rhubarb’s booking system which allows me to arrange the exact appointments at the time suits me, enabling me to meet and develop working relationships with curators/editors that would have taken months to organise in the real world.” Kurt Tong
Photographers attending the Rhubarb Review are not promised anything, other than the opportunity to meet with their chosen reviewers. However, over the years there have been a succession of stories which give credit to the Rhubarb ethos, of insisting that participating photographers have had an exhibition or publication within the last three years, and are ready for international markets.