Maciej Dakowicz: “Cardiff After Dark” | Peter Dench | Free, monthly photography discussions
“Cardiff After Dark”. Miniclick presents Maciej Dakowicz in conversation with Peter Dench. To celebrate the release of Maciej Dakowicz’s new book, “Cardiff After Dark”, published by Thames and Hudson, the miniclick photography talks are pleased to present a book launch evening where Maciej will be selling and signing copies of the book and will be in conversation with Peter Dench.
The miniclick talks are a series of free, monthly photography discussions curated by Brighton photographer, Jim Stephenson. Beginning in September 2010, the talks have now featured twelve different photographers from all walks of the genre. From fine art, to documentary, to conceptual, to commercial, to fashion and music to street and photojournalism, these informal talks are an opportunity for an audience to hear the stories behind the images and delve a little deeper into the artists intent.
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Event Details:
Title: Miniclick Photography Talk.
Guest: Maciej Dakowicz: “Cardiff After Dark”.
Date: Tuesday 16 October 2012.
Time: 18:30.
Entrance: Free, Non-Ticketed (But arrive early for a seat!)
“Cardiff After Dark”
Maciej Dakowicz
Maciej is a Polish photographer and gallerist living in London, UK. Maciej was born in Bialystok, Poland in 1976. After graduating in 2000 from university in Poland with a Master degree in Computer Science he moved to Hong Kong where he stayed for almost 4 years working as a researcher and programmer. In October 2004 he relocated to Cardiff to work at university again as a researcher and pursue a PhD in computing. He left the university in January 2009 and has been working as a photographer since then, in the meantime completing his PhD studies. In February 2010, together with Joni Karanka, Maciej opened a photography gallery in Cardiff, called Third Floor Gallery. In May 2012 Maciej moved to London.
Maciej is an experienced photographer and traveller. He has worked on various projects home and abroad – in Europe, Asia and Africa. His interests are social issues, humanitarian aid and development, but most of all travel and street photography. Maciej’s photos have been widely published around the world and he is a recipient of numerous awards.
Peter Dench
Peter Dench weighed into the world a hefty 10lb 8oz’s. He was born on the feast of Saint George, the patron saint of England and shares a birthday with Shakespeare, arguably the greatest ever Englishman that has ever lived. From Dench’s first breath the salty air of the English Channel permeated his nostrils, the sounds of seagulls crashed into his eardrums, saturated colours startled the retina; bumper boats, Punch & Judy, arcades, striped deck-chairs. This was his his introduction to England and he was hooked.
Looking through the books of Martin Parr, Greg Leach, Paul Reas and Elliot Erwitt, Dench decided to take photography as a career seriously. If you could travel the world, make people laugh and think, that was a fine way to live. If you could do it with a drink in your hand, that was the life for Dench. Dench has been combining his seaside sense of humour with his passion for photography and drink ever since. His project documenting the imbibing habits of his countrymen picked up a World Press Photo Award. In 2010 he placed second in Advertising at the Sony World Photography Awards. In 2011, England Uncensored – A Decade of Photographing the English, was exhibited at the Visa pour L’image festival of photojournalism. With hindsight, it was perhaps inevitable that one day the world would see, The Dench Diary, a laugh out lout account of his life as a sometime working pro, in print , video and online for Hungry Eye Magazine.
Event Details:
Title: Miniclick Photography Talk.
Guest: Maciej Dakowicz: “Cardiff After Dark”.
Date: Tuesday 16 October 2012.
Time: 18:30.
Entrance: Free, Non-Ticketed (But arrive early for a seat!)
