Foto8 announced the selection of 156 prints and the panel of judges for the third annual Summershow to be held at HOST gallery, open to the public from 26 July 2010. This year’s entries saw a dramatic rise in what has become one of the most inclusive and festive annual photographic events in London.
The selection of prints exhibited in this year’s Summershow demonstrates Foto8’s committment to exhibiting a wide range of photographic styles and genres. Over 2500 individual images were received from photographers representing the six continents, among them also Richard Chivers whose images from the series Textures of Time: Landscape Architecture were selected for the exhibition. This is a project in which Richard investigates the exposed surfaces where mineral extraction is or has taken place. He is specifically interested in the connection of these sites to geology, archaeology and history. Although these quarries represent relatively small scars on the Sussex landscape, they highlight the human need to constantly shape and re-shape our natural environment.
Held at HOST gallery, with over 150 images, the Foto8 Summershow is London’s greatest photographic spectacle, a veritable ‘salon de photographie’ – an inspiring array of framed and mounted images of all shapes and sizes, installed from floor to ceiling. The Summershow will run throughout August. Once the show has been installed, the Summershow judges, representing various photographic interests, will award their favourite piece ‘Best in Show’ with a prize of £1500. The award will be presented at the launch party and a second award, ‘The People’s Choice’ will be decided by public votes cast in the gallery during the show, announced towards the end of the exhibition.