SPECIAL PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM
Norwich & District Photographic Society are delighted that the accomplished and inspirationnal fine art photographer Viveca Koh has agreed to deliver her first online presentation via zoom to the Society’s members and guests.
URBAN EXPLORATION TO FINE ART: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY BY VIVECA KOH FRPS, FIPF
This presentation encompasses my photographic development over the past decade, which has progressed at a fairly rapid rate following an albeit slightly slower but life-long love and practice of photography.
I discovered Urban Exploration in 2009, and this led to a series of visits to abandoned mental asylums and hospitals, where I spent much time taking photographs and showing these online via the photo-sharing website Flickr.
It was here that I received much positive feedback and encouragement, and gradually developed my technique and post-processing style, which led to my submitting a panel of ten photographs to The Royal Photographic Society for a Licentiateship Distinction, which was attained in April 2010.
I began experimenting with texture overlays in my work and gradually developed a different style of photography, which in turn led to a collection of images based around what remains when people leave a building for the last time. This became my successful Associateship panel ‘Left Behind’ with the RPS in June 2011.
Over this period my work has moved towards a very artistic and painterly style, which is why I now refer to what I do as Fine Art Photography. This presentation is not so much about attaining Distinctions from the RPS, although I do discuss the process during my talk, but more about how I have developed in terms of style and maturity of vision over the past few years. There will be plenty of photographs, tales of Urban Exploration and the attendant thrills and spills that are a part of this activity, and even something which may or may not be a ghost!
About Viveca Koh FRPS FIPF
I am a self-taught Fine Art photographer, and I see potential images everywhere around me, often things that many seem to miss or simply pass by. Abandoned buildings are a passion of mine, as are the details of places that attract my eye, the minutiae that collects in hidden corners, the small parts of bigger things that are fascinating in their own right.
I enhance many of my photographs with texture layers and overlays, experimenting with digital double exposure, using old documents that I have collected to add a different dimension to the work in question.
Following on from my previous distinctions LRPS and ARPS I attained Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society in 2014, and Fellowship of the Irish Photographic Federation in 2021. I am an LRPS Panel Member and Visual Art Panel Member, assessing all three levels of distinctions in these categories.
I have exhibited in a number of venues, and all my photographs are sold via my website as signed numbered Limited Edition Giclée Fine Art prints.
Members of the Society are normally able to attend Special Presentations free of charge. However, NON-MEMBERS wanting to attend a Special Presentation can usually purchase a guest ticket prior to the event. Guest tickets (subject to availability) must be purchased in advance and are only available from our ticketing partner Eventbrite.co.uk.
Every month at Norwich and District Photographic Society there is the opportunity to hear inspirational photographic talks by photographers who are recognised to be at the top of their game and renowned specialists in their field of photography. The quality and range of subjects included in these Special Presentations are we believe unequalled both here in Norfolk and much further afield. Further, arguably alone they more than justify the cost of becoming a member of the Society.
The programme for the 2021-2022 Season is well advanced and has been designed to offer a broad range of excellent speakers who will cover, as in past seasons, a far reaching range of photographic genre. Whilst there remains some uncertainty regarding how quickly we shall return to the new normality after covid we will continue to take a flexible approach and only announce the final details about a month before each presentation.
ONLINE PRESENTATIONS
During the coronavirus pandemic the Society put together a revised programme of Special Presentations that were presented online. These online events proved to be very successful, with good attendance and we thank all our speakers and members who have adapted to this medium. Post-covid we envisage that we shall continue to make full use of the available technologies to deliver our Special Presentations. In the past year online presenttions has widened our reach and we have hosted speakers from the furthest points in the UK, throughout Europe and much wider afield from Australia and the United States.
We don’t intend to allow geography to be a reason for not hearing from the very best photographers worldwide in future seasons. Equally, we shall evolve to ensure this is achieved in the most effective way for our members