Guernsey Museums
WWII Photographic Archive
Trinity Square Church
3rd-29th May / 9-2pm Tue-Fri
Josef Koudelka
Invasion Prague 68
Photo Cube Market Square
Nick Despres
Occupation Recollections
Outside Town Church, St Peter Port
3rd-29th May
Judah Passow
Shattered Dreams
The Gallery, 9-11 Mansell Street
CineGuernsey
Memories
Various St Peter Port locations
3rd-10th May / 7.30pm
Simon Norfolk
Afghanistan
Outdoor displays, Market Square
Priaulx Library
Invasion, Occupation, Liberation, Celebration
Priaulx Library Garden, Candie Road
3rd-29th May / 9.30-5pm Mon-Sat
Tim Hetherington
Liberia Retold and
Sleeping Soldiers
Old Post Office, Smith Street
Tim Feak
Guernsey’s Child Refugees
Bus Terminus
3rd-29th May 2010
Mark Windsor
Moments Objects Days
Dix Neuf Brasserie
3rd-29th May 2010
It Keeps Me Occupied
Centre Fold Gallery
3rd-29th May / 1-6pm Mon-Sat
65 Years After
Market Square
8th May 2010
Guernsey Press Archive
The Old Quarter
3rd-29th May
Josef Koudelka
Invasion Prague 68
Photo Cube Market Square
Josef Koudelka, born in Moravia, made his first photographs as a student in the 1950s. In 1968 Koudelka photographed the Soviet invasion of Prague. He was anonymously awarded the Overseas Press Club’s Robert Capa Gold Medal for those photographs. Significant exhibitions of his work have been held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Hayward Gallery, London; the Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam; and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
Simon Norfolk
Afghanistan
Outdoor displays, Market Square
Simon Norfolk was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1963. Afghanistan - Chronotopia, won a European Publisher’s Award, an award from the Foreign Press Club of America and was nominated for the Citibank prize. His work appears regularly in the New York Times Magazine and the Guardian Weekend.
Judah Passow
Shattered Dreams
The Gallery, 9-11 Mansell Street
Judah Passow has been working on assignments since 1978. His work has been published extensively by leading British newspapers, he has also contributed regularly to Time, Newsweek and the New York Times. A winner of four World Press Photo awards for his coverage of conflict in the Middle East, and nominated for the 2008 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, his photographs have been extensively exhibited throughout the world.
Tim Hetherington
Liberia Retold and Sleeping Soldiers
Old Post Office, Smith Street
Tim Hetherington was born in Liverpool. He is based in New York and is a contributing photographer for Vanity Fair magazine. He is the recipient of four World Press Photo prizes including the World Press Photo of the Year 2007, the Rory Peck Award for Features (08), and an Alfred I. duPont Award (09).
Supported by the
Guernsey Arts Commission
Priaulx Library
Invasion, Occupation, Liberation, Celebration
Priaulx Library Garden, Candie Road 3rd-29th May / 9.30-5pm Mon-Sat
Photographs of Guernsey during the Occupation from the Library’s archives. Many unpublished works include images from preparations for war, to Occupation and finally Liberation, these photographs give a glimpse into the heart of the most significant event in the Island’s recent past.
Rost
It Keeps Me Occupied
Centre Fold Gallery
3rd-29th May / 1-6pm Mon-Sat
Collages and assemblages by local artist Rost (Readerswives Collective). These colourful and energetic artworks sample from the past, re-appropriate and create something new. The influence of Pop Art and Graffiti culture is apparent, as is a fascination with nostalgia, creating complex layered compositions.
Guernsey Museums
WWII Photographic Archive
Trinity Square Church
3rd-29th May / 9-2pm Tue-Fri
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery presents historic photographs from its WWII Photographic Archive. Projected images will present a nostalgic journey from the German bombing of St Peter Port on 28th June 1940, through the dark years of military occupation and onto the joyous liberation of the island on 9th May 1945.
CinéGuernsey
Memories
Various St Peter Port locations
3rd-10th May / 7.30pm
A visual feast of short films with a strong local identity will be projected throughout St Peter Port. Rediscover the 1940s and the 1950s as you wander through the streets of town with a selection of films on the theme of Liberation.
Supported by HSBC Securities
Guernsey Press
Guernsey Press Archive
The Old Quarter
3rd-29th May
Throughout the Occupation, Guernsey Evening Press photographers were recording events as islanders struggled under German rule. These pictures, selected from the newspaper’s extensive archives, help to tell the story and will be exhibited in several shop windows along Mill Street and Mansell Street.
Nick Despres
Occupation Recollections
Outside Town Church, St Peter Port
3rd-29th May
A series of powerful portraits of people who lived through the years of German Occupation in Guernsey. These recent images depict the characters 65 years on from the Liberation, fascinating stories and experiences are shown in the faces.
65 years on from the Liberation, fascinating stories and experiences are shown in the faces.
Karl Taylor
65 Years After
Market Square
8th May 2010
On Saturday, 8th of May, Karl Taylor will be capturing an historical record of the people of Guernsey sixty-five years after the Liberation. Karl will take a portrait of as many people as possible with his “street studio” in Market Square. It’s free to all who would like to take part. The final images will be displayed as part of the festival.
Mark Windsor
Moments Objects Days
Dix Neuf Brasserie
3rd-29th May 2010
Visit Dix-neuf for a coffee or a bite to eat… and see the photographs of Mark Windsor, a well known local photographer.
Tim Feak
Guernsey’s Child Refugees
Bus Terminus
3rd-29th May 2010
Working closely with Guernsey primary school children to create a striking set of images. Designed to explore the human, emotional and social impact of the evacuation of children from Guernsey in WWII to the United Kingdom and the effect it has had on Island culture.
Spectrum Photography Club
Liberation Celebration
MORA Restaurant
3rd-29th May 2010
Guernsey Photography Club
Liberation Celebration
Guernsey Photographics
3rd-29th May 2010
Prism Photography Club
Liberation Celebration
Inner Street, Guernsey Market
3rd-29th May 2010
Digital Imaging Camera Club
Liberation Celebration
Hojo’s Restaurant
3rd-29th May 2010
Tom Warry
The Photographers’ Garden
Candie Gardens
3rd-29th May 2010
Candie Gardens has been turned into an exhibition space, with Tom Warry’s portraits as tree wrappings, and The Postcard Project hanging from tree branches. Photography student Vikki Ellis is displaying Red Cross letters exchanged between her family during the occupation.
Amateur Photographers
Photomarathon Exhibition
the greenhouse gallery
14th-31st May 2010 / Mon-Sat & 9.00am - 1.00pm Sun
Private view 13th / 5.30pm
All the photographs taken during the Arts Commission Photomarathon (see Workshops & Events) will be on show in this public exhibition.