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Travis Hodges sharing his work with photography students. 

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Year Two analogue students lifting large format polaroids.

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Programme visit to the new Gursky show at The Hayward Gallery. 

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Great to see alumni Daniel Loveday and Matt Strange in the current Beaney show.

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We recently spent an evening at Dreamland in Margate, undertaking a lighting workshops. These images are by Charlie Watson.

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Programme visit to London. Where we met programme alumni Daniel Loveday who showed us his winning image at the Truman Brewery (below). We also visited the Whitechapel Gallery to see Thomas Ruff (above), the Photographers’ Gallery and Torbjørn Rødland at the Serpentine Gallery. Great to see some exhibitions and think about curation. 

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Between the Tides: Walpole Bay Tidal Pool at 80

It might seem strange to celebrate a Pool’s anniversary – but throughout the its 80th year filmmakers and photographers have been engaging with the communities who use this extraordinary and extraordinarily democratic place and space and this event provided an opportunity to gather and share the work produced with the maker’s reflections. 

The event featured talks by Dr Karen Shepherdson and Rob Ball, from the Photography Programme Team. Who shared their work and discussed the importance of community and the Walpole Bay Tidal Pool. 

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This week our Y3 students visited the Turner Contemporary for a tour of the Hans Arp and Tracy Emin exhibits. 

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Associate Lecturer Monica Takvam has curated the Renaissance Photography Prize exhibition, currently on show at Getty Images Gallery in London. Last day is tomorrow Saturday 21st October.

ABOUT RENAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017 – 10th EDITION Renaissance Photography Prize is an international photography award that discovers and celebrates outstanding work from emerging and established photographers. It has become an important prize for photographers, giving recognition, opportunities and exposure to the selected entrants from all over the world. The annual prize is open for anyone to enter. All profit from entry fees is donated to the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care. The prize is run by CCCU associate lecturer Monica Takvam.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION The exhibition presents the winning, shortlisted and finalist images selected by this year’s judges. Entrants were invited to submit single images in the categories Life, Identity and Border, or series of work in an open category. Thousands of photographs were submitted from 59 countries worldwide. The exhibition showcases some of the best of photography today, with a wide range of photographic practices from 18 countries in the final selection.

JUDGING PANEL 2017 Melissa DeWitt - Editor-in-Chief, HOTSHOE Gem Fletcher - Getty Images / Independent Art Director Clare Grafik - Head of Exhibitions, The Photographers’ Gallery Marloes Krijnen - Founder and Director of FOAM, Amsterdam Dewi Lewis - Founder, Dewi Lewis Publishing Fiona Rogers - Global Business Development Manager, Magnum Photos Simon Roberts - Photographer Fiona Shields - Picture Editor & Head of Photography, Guardian News & Media

Entry for the 2018 prize will open early next year, sign up to the newsletter to get notified www.renaissancephotography.org

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Following on from a lecture about prisons and photography, years one and three did some location shooting at the old prison site on Canterbury Campus.