Singapore International Photography Festival

SIPF 2008

Industry Talk

Practical inputs from professionals to give you insight on the operation. Hear directly from sources about what you need to do in order to succeed in a rapidly changing, and increasingly impersonal, business.

Preparing Your Portfolio

Sat 11 Oct, 4pm–5.30pm
Lasalle College of the Arts
Free Admission.

Preparing your portfolio is more than just putting pretty images together. What constitute a body of works? Within a body of work, what are critical elements that will bring the message across to the people who are receiving it? What are photo festivals looking for in a body of works and how to submit your portfolio appropriately to garner the deserved attention?

Understanding Philippines Photography

through the Collection of Silverlens
11th Oct, 2008, 8pm–9pm
2902 Gallery, Old School
Free Admission.

Isa Lorenzo as the creative director of Silverlens Gallery will be presenting contemporary Philippine photography works and recent projects under Silverlens foundation. LORENZO has shown at the Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography, and the Thomas Werner Gallery, all in New York City and more. Lorenzo is also a working photographer who clients include designers such as Bea Valdes, magazines such as Marie Claire, Time, and Newsweek. She has photographed three books and counting.

Presenting, Framing, Conserving Photographs

Sun 26 Oct, 4pm
8Q, SAM
Free Admission.

With a panel of artist, frame maker, and conservation specialist, this is a session that will be useful and beneficial to you whether you are an artist or a collector. Some of the discussion includes the current gallery & museum practices, including the typical norm of framing to face mounting onto acrylic sheet. Some other issues raised include the advancement of technology in inkjet printing, and how to protect prints in this regional humid climate.

Speakers: Chris Yap, Steven Yip, and a conservator.

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