It is not everyday when a photographer is honoured by an opportunity to exhibit at the Guardian headquarters in London. I was fortunate to visit this show, which was associated with the Guardian Travel Photographer of the Year award. By the sheer coincidence my image that was chosen for the exhibition is also forming a…
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Organizing an Exhibition
Organizing an exhibition is no small deal. This is why it might be helpful to look back and see what could be learned from organizing a big exhibition in Oxford. First of all, it is essential to select the works for the show, in my case, the 32 works have been selected to give a…
ECOSYSTEMS @COP24Katowice
ECOSYSTEMS exhibition held at the Oxford University’s Mathematical Institute is in full Swing. We are very grateful to the information about it that appeared in the Royal Photographic Society Journal and the Resurgence. It is our pleasure to announce that on Friday, 30th November will be holding a closing reception between 16:00 and 19:00. You…
ECOSYSTEMS @ClubOfRome
Next week, Environment Europe will be joining the Club of Rome 50th Anniversary Meeting. This will be a unique chance to present our new book, ‘ECOSYSTEMS’ to the international audience. Club of Rome is the most respected forum of sustainability thinkers in the world. The story of the Club of Rome begins with an unlikely…
Ship tracking @MarineTraffic
It has been absolutely nerve-wracking to watch the tsunamis unfolding in South-East Asia recently for a very simple reason that 500 first limited edition copies of our “ECOSYSTEMS” album are currently aboard a ship travelling to the UK. Today, Monday 8 October 2018, the ship has reached Colombo in Sri Lanka and is carrying on…
SPILL by @BeltraStudio
When we think about the history of iconic events that created a shock in the public mind that influenced the development of environmental ideas several key moments come to mind. The Three Mile Nuclear Accident (1979), Bhopal (1984), Chernobyl (1986), Exxon Valdez oil spill (1989), Kuwait Oil Fires (1991), Fukushima (2011). One of those disasters…
ECOSYSTEMS @ClubofRome
We are immensely pleased to confirm the official invitation to attend the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Club of Rome to take place in Rome, 16-18 October 2018. This will be a fantastic opportunity to present our new ‘ECOSYSTEMS’ album to a broad audience. You can already pre-order the album using the crowdfunding page we…
ECOSYSTEMS @Amazon
This moment has arrived! You can now order our stunning limited edition photo album, ‘Ecosystems: Complexity, Diversity and Nature’s Contribution to Humanity’ on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1999624106 The book will be presented at a major exhibition featuring 25+ large scale works by the photographer and ecological economist, Dr Stanislav Shmelev. The show will be hosted by the…
Surfaces and Strategies
This new video describes the most recent photographic work that has just been done in Italy, presents the ‘Ecosystems’ book and announces the ‘Ecosystems’ exhibition to take place at the Oxford University Mathematical Institute in November 2018. . The following images give the first impressions of the new ‘Ecosystems’ book, its design and quality of…
ECOSYSTEMS @OxUniMaths
It gives me enormous pleasure to announce that the first copies of our new book, ‘Ecosystems’ are arriving this week. Beautifully designed and printed by the lead partners of Phaidon, Thames and Hudson, Assouline, Aperture and National Geographic, our book has become a very nice design object. All sleepless nights devoted to sequencing and editing,…
Robert Delpire @rencontresarles
Last year, the great French publisher, Robert Delpire (1926-2017), passed away at the age of 91. To celebrate the life and achievements of this extraordinary publisher the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival hosts a spectacular exhibition: https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/expositions/view/746/robert-delpire-photo-poche Famously known for inventing the ‘Photo Poche‘ book format, a small format photographic album, Delpire published many iconic photobooks…
Exhibiting @TheOtherArtFair
It is very nice when somebody comes to your exhibition. It is particularly nice when the interest is shown by the younger generation of viewers. They are not corrupted by the conventions of ‘good taste’ or art history and spontaneously express their excitement or curiosity when seeing a work of art. At the Other Art…