September 19th, 2009, 3pm
Lecturer: Peter Dixie
Organizer: kunst.licht Photo Art Gallery Shanghai
Location: 210 North Ulumuqi Rd, Jingan District, Shanghai

On September 19th, British Photographer Peter Dixie will analyze the relation between modern science and technology and classic portraiture from an international perspective. The lecture will trace back to the development and styles of portraiture in history, and will explore the influence of modern science and technology on portraiture.

The session will take a theoretical look at portraiture covering meaning, the role technology plays in creating photographic images, the implications of this technology in portraiture, and arguing for the creation of portraits in series.

Peter Dixie is a British architecture photographer based in Shanghai. He studied Professional Photography at AIB (the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, now known as the Arts University College Bournemouth). He also studied photographic printing, processing and retouching at DOI Tech Tokyo for two years. He has a special deep insight towards technology and photography.

Exhibitions:
March 2009, New[AD]Venture. Shanghai. Group exhibition. In Passing: Two Personal Journeys, Series of 9 black & white prints.
July 2005, Peep. AOP Gallery, London. Group exhibition.
March 2004, Peep. Cafe Blu, Bournemouth. Group exhibition. New York seen through the eyes of 23 photographers.
December 2003, Help a London Child. Cafe Blu, Bournemouth. Group exhibition and photo auction in aid of the charity Help a London Child.
Purposiveness without purpose (March 2002). Gallery i, Tokyo. Solo exhibition. A series of 11 black & white images exploring Kant’s conception of Beauty.

Lectures:
Making Meaning: Narrative/Ambiguity/Symbolism – Garden Books & Café / 21.6.09
Constructed Spaces: the Human Figure in Landscape Photography – Garden Books & Café / 24.5.09
Portraiture: Culture/Theory/Meaning – Garden Books & Café / 12.4.09

Booking info:
Seats available: 20
Price: FREE!
Phone: 021-62490737 (Opening hours11:00-19:00, Tuesday closed)
E-mail: joanna (at) kunstlicht.sh; doris (at) kunstlicht.sh