By Marcel Mosswood
The “First Annual International Photography Festival” will be held on April 13th – May 12th. It is to bring together real-life photographers in one place and allow them to exhibit their photos in Second Life for one month.
“The festival will allow people who are interested in the photo real-life to discover more easily the work of the photographers present in Second Life by grouping them in the same gallery. Currently, they are scattered in several galleries with other artists (painters, sculptors, art designers, etc.). I am convinced that SL is still a good way to promote photographers in the real world,” said Nils Urqhart, the avatar behind the event.
The Annual International Photography Festival will be organized every year with more photographers, this year they are twelve. “It's already a good start,” said Nils. There is no charge for the photographers and they are allowed to sell their photos during the exhibition.
This event was inspired by the photo festivals in real life. For example in France: Montier en Der, Bourg en Bresse, Hauteville-Lompnes, or Namur in Belgium. Montier en Der and Namur are international festivals. It’s also held on April - May in same reason, it is the moment of the photo festivals in France.
For the event, Nils work in a team with Annie Scott-Siegel (claera). This event also supported by Chia (volchia.ferduccio) the owner of the Art'e Gallery which provides a gallery for displaying photography for free during the festival.
Nils Urqhart (Paul Maurice in RL) is a French landscape photographer in real-life. He takes photos mainly in French Alps and other French mountains (Vosges, Jura, Bugey, Aubrac). He is present on SL since December 2007, opening his 1st gallery at Isla Victoria in 2008, and since 2010 he shows his photos at Helvellyn (Art gallery Rill'Arts).
Here is the LM of the First Annual International Photography Festival: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Helvellyn/58/217/30
Marcel Mosswood
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