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Hijacked - Volume 2 Australia and Germany

Working with German co-editors Ute Noll & Markus Schaden, over the summer in Koln and Stuttgart, and on skype, I am please to announce that we have finally and painstakingly selected artists for Hijacked - Volume 2 - Australia and Germany Here is the list...

Australian Artists
Andrew Cowen, Bronek Kozka, Conor O'Brien, Derek Henderson, Georgia Metaxas, Ingvar Kenne, Jackson Eaton, James Brickwood, Lee Grant, Louis Porter, Michael Corridore, Narelle Autio, Polixeni Papapetrou, Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Suzie Fox, Tamara Dean

German Artists
Albrecht Fuchs, Anne Lass, Ivonne Thein, Jan Von Holleben, Jens Liebchen, Johanna Ahlert, Jörg Brüggemann, Josef Schulz, Julian Röder, Karsten Kronas, Myriam Lutz, Natalie Bothur, Olaf Unverzart, Oliver Sieber, Sascha Weidner, Thekla Ehling

For the Australian Photographic Artists who missed out, don't be disappointed, we will commence work on Hijacked 3 soon and you will again be given the opportunity to submit artworks.

Hijacked - Volume 2 Australian Tour 2010-2012

Collaborating with The Australian Centre for Photography we have scheduled a 6 city Australian Tour, kicking off in Sydney on 10 June 2010. Visiting co-editors and co-curators Ute Noll & Markus Schaden, will be in Sydney for the official book launch and exhibition. Here is the schedule for the entire Australian Tour...

Hijacked Dates: National Tour 2010 - 2012

Australian Centre for Photography - Sydney
11 June - 17 July 2010 | Opening: Thursday 10 June 2010

Monash Gallery of Art - Melbourne
29 October - 16 January 2011 | Opening:Saturday 30 October 3-5pm
presented as part of Berlin Dayz Festival

QCAG - Queensland College of Art Gallery (Griffith University) - Brisbane
19 February - 24 April 2011
presented as part of Queensland Festival of Photography

Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum - South Australia University - Adelaide
13 May - 1 July 2011

Few quick updates

Big City Press is pleased to announce that it will be working together with Australian Photographers Louis Porter & Jackson Eaton in 2010, in its first published monographs.

I have nominated Jorg Koopmann and Rob Hornstra for the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2010. The final shortlisted artists for the 2010 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize are Anna Fox, Zoe Leonard, Sophie Ristelhueber and Donovan Wylie. The winner will be announced on Wednesday 17th March 2010 at The Photographers' Gallery in London.

Rhubarb - Birmingham International Photography Review.

Here is my report list of the top twelve photographers. My 12 favourite photographers at Rhubarb 2009 were:
Lucia Ganieva
Liz Higley
Marrigje de Maar
Toby Smith
Chris Shaw
Moira Lovell
Odette England
Yaakov Israel
Ferit Kuyas
Toby De Silva
Edmund Clark
and Rii Schroer

Also Photos of the Rhubarb - International Photography Review By Ed Barrett-Bourmier

I will be working with Maryann Camilleri from The Magenta Foundation, Canada on a new photography book, the best of Australian Photography compendium Carte Blache, scheduled for release in 2012.

My Local Photography Festival - FotoFreo 2010

FOTOFREO 2010: The City of Fremantle Festival of Photography is coming up soon, and some good friends and associates will be visiting, exhibiting, and speaking on independent book publishing at the Festival. Markus Schaden, Jon Levy, Lee Grant, Amy Stein, Narelle Autio and Andy Adams . The dates are 20 March - 18 April 2010.

Melbourne in December - Designing the Book

I'll be in Melbourne in December 2009 and January 2010, working with designer Fabio Ongarato, to finalise the design of BCP's next photographic publication Hijacked - Volume 2 - Australia & Germany. I am happy to confirm that writers Katja Melzer (Ludwig Museum, Budapest), Anna Funder (UTS, Sydney), Robert Cook (Art Gallery of Western Australia) and Katrina Schwarz will be scribing textual stimulation and photographic analysis in the upcoming volume.

Hijacked - Volume 1 Video Documentary

Currently in Post-Production and Screens on the ABC Television 18th May 2010. Video director Jack Pam from Map Films and producer Matteo Bruno from Valac Films have done an incredible job, bringing this video project to fruition.

Hijacked TV Documentary
Hijacked on ABC TV Australia

Hijacked - Volume 1 Now Available Online

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