Monday 30 October 2006 at 18.00 hrs
British Council, Ilica 12/I, Zagreb
British photojournalist D J Clark will be speaking about his 15 year career covering news around the world. As well as showing his work he will comment on the changing global image market since the introduction of digital technology and demonstrate how international news photographers now cover world news events. Over the past year Clark has been running British Council sponsored photography workshops for emerging Croatian photographers which he will also discuss during the talk, showing some of the work created.
PHOTO:Bilbela - Photography: DJ Clark
DJ Clark graduated from Lancaster University in 1984 and went on to work as a photojournalist. In 1989 he took a job in Ramallah, West Bank, which led to a new interest in working for aid agencies. By 1991 he had established himself as a freelance photographer working for both news publications and aid agencies worldwide.
Returning to the UK he established Folly, an agency producing still and moving images for overseas development organisations. Folly developed into a public media arts centre and continues to thrive. DJ Clark started lecturing in Photography, first at Lancaster University and then as course leader/senior lecturer on the Photography and Video degree at The University of Bolton, In 2005 he set up a new MA in International Photojournalism, Documentary and Travel Photography that runs both in Bolton,UK and Dalian, China (where he is now based).
D J Clark continues to work as a freelance photographer for publications worldwide and is represented by Panos Pictures in London. He also researches and writes about photography as a vehicle for social change, the subject that drives both his photographic and academic work. In 2003 he was awarded a Winston Churchill Trust Fellowship for his research, presented by the Queen in 2006.
Please e-mail us before 27 October at zagreb.info@britishcouncil.hr to confirm your attendance. Everyone attending the event will be offered 50% discount for British Council Croatia Library membership.
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