Exhibitions

2006

Continuing from 2005

 The official dates for
this exhibition were
21 Oct to 31 Dec 2005

BUT the exhibition
is still on
display now,
 20 Feb 2006)

Ocean Terminal
Leith Docks

2nd Floor

After the Tsunami

Photographs by

Kate Gillan

Kate Gillan, formerly of the Edinburgh Evening News, became Diago Young Photographer of the Year at the UK Picture Awards, 2004.

As a result, she received the Alan Harper Bursary.  This funded a photographic project in which she documented the work of Merci Corps, an international relief development organisation, in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, two of the countries that were hit by the Tsunami on 26 December 2004.

There are 32 framed colour photos in the exhibition, showing scenes from the aftermath of the disaster and portraits of some of those involved.

8 Dec 2005
to 12 Feb 2006

National Library
 of Scotland

Sales of the Centuries

A Celebration of Shopping

An advert for Bird's Custard  -  included in the exhibition 'Sales of the Century:  A Celebration of Shopping in Scotland' on display at the National Library of Scotland from December 2005 ©  Looking along George Street from St Andrew Square  -  included in the exhibition 'Sales of the Century:  A Celebration of Shopping in Scotland' on display at the National Library of Scotland from December 2005 ©

Mary Dudgeon's Housekeeping Accounts  -  included in the exhibition 'Sales of the Century:  A Celebration of Shopping in Scotland' on display at the National Library of Scotland from December 2005 ©

An exhibition, including photographs looking back on shopping in Edinburgh, including  Jenners, Binns, Patrick Thomsons and Frasers department stores.

5 - 28 January 2006

Edinburgh Central Library

Photographs

by David Buchanan

An exhibition of images of Eastern Europe, the Alps, North West Scotland and elsewhere by David Buchanan, a member of Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Poster for an exhibition of Photograhs by David Buchanan in the Fine Art Library at Edinburgh Central Library, January 2006 ©

5 - 29 January 2006

[Thursday to Sunday]

GallerA1, Leith

French Undressing Deux

Simon Carr

An exhibition of photos initially taken for exhibition at the French Institute, Edinburgh and now on view in Leith.

January 2006

[continuing]

Edinburgh Central Library

Prints of Edinburgh

The Butchart Bequest

This is another small exhibition of engravings and lithographs of Edinburgh collected by Robert Butchart, City Librarian from 1942 until 1953.

The exhibition is in the cabinets on the staircase leading up from the ground floor of the library.  Other prints from the Buchart Bequest were exhibited here in early 2003.

20 Jan to 10 Feb 2006

[Monday to Saturday]

Leith School of Art

Marvellous Medicine

Derek Christie

A photograph from Derek Christie's exhibition 'Marvellous Medicine' t Leith School of Art, January 2006 ©

An exhibition of photomicography.

30 Jan to 25 Feb 2006

Newington Library

Scottish Landscape Photography

Tom Gardner

Poster for an exhibition of mainly landscape photography by Tom Gardner, Edinburgh Photographic Society ©

11 Feb to 23 Apr 2006

City Art Centre

'Face à Faces'

Portraits / Self Portraits

   Photograph by Euan Myles - featured in the 'Face à Faces' exhibition in the City Art Centre, 11 February to 23 April, 2006 ©

February 2006

Balerno Shoe Tree

'Shoe Tree' on the A70

This is not an official exhibition, but I have included it in the 'Exhibition' section of the EdinPhoto web site.

Shoes have mysteriously appeared in a tree on the A70, near Balerno.

Edinburgh Evening News:  February 18, 2006, p.18.11 February

12 March 2006

68 Great King Street

Edinburgh Photographic Society

Members' Exhibition

  68 Great King Street  -  EPS Premises  ©

6 May to 9 Jul 2006

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Felicitas Vogler

World of Light

1 - 6 June 2006

Ocean Terminal

and other venues
7 Jun - 10 Jul 2006

MerzArt

'Found'

  'Found'  -  An exhibition of footballs found in the Water of Leith  -  June 2006 ©

1  June 2006

to 1 July 2006

Ocean Terminal

Ryan McGoverne

'Port'

22 July 2006

'for 3 months'

Upper Strand
Waterfront Avenue

Edinburgh Waterfront

Granton Now and Then

29 Jul to 22 Oct 2006

City Art Centre

'Frozen'

Albert Watson

  Photograph by Albert Watson.  Title: Alfred Hitchcock ©

Albert Watson giving a talk on his photography at 'Beyond Words' book shop on the opening day of his exhibition in Edinburgh  -  July 29, 2006©    Albert Watson giving a talk on his photography at 'Beyond Words' book shop on the opening day of his exhibition in Edinburgh  -  July 29, 2006 ©

Albert Watson giving a talk on his photography at 'Beyond Words' book shop on the opening day of his exhibition in Edinburgh  -  July 29, 2006  AND   Neil McIlwraith, owner of 'Beyond Words' bookshop ©

29 July
to 5 November 2006

Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art

Robert Mapplethorpe

  Robert Mapplethorpt self portrait  -  to be featured in a Mapplethorpe Exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2006 ©

4 Aug 2006
 to 7 Jan 2007

Scottish National
Portrait Gallery

'Being There'

An Exhibition of photographs by

Harry Benson

Photographs from the 50-year career of photo-journalist, Harry Benson.

6 Aug to 3 Sep 2006

68 Great King Street

Edinburgh Photographic Society

International Photography Exhibition

A poster for the EPS International Exhibition of Photography featuring a photo by Luis Alberto Steinberg AFIAP. ©        A poster for the EPS International Exhibition of Photography featuring a photo by Volker Frenzel AFIAP ©

Edinburgh Exhibition Catalogue for the 2005 Exhibition©

6 Aug to 3 Sep 2006

68 Great King Street

Broughton History Society

Broughton's Story

Memories of the village in the City

An exhibition of old and new photographs, maps and documents

30 Aug 2006

Auction

Richmond Church

AND

 9  Sep 2006

Wauchope Road

Auction of old Niddrie Street Signs

 with the proceeds going towards the "Niddrie Gathering", a "Fun Day"
that is to include an

Exhibition:

  "Niddrie - Past, Present and Future"

31 Aug 2006

Cheese + Wine Party

Wardie School

AND

1 Sep 2006

10am to noon

Exhibition

Wardie School

Wardie School

75th Anniversary Exhibition

An exhibition of old photos and other items to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the school's opening in 1931 will be held in the school, Granton Road. 

It will be open for  two hours, on Friday morning, 1 September.  Admission is free.

It will be preceded by a Cheese & Wine Party on the previous evening - 7pm to 9pm  on Thursday 31 August.  Admission £5.  Tickets are available from the school.

3 to 30 November 2006

Edinburgh Central Library

Exhibition of prints by Members of Edinburgh Photographic Society  -  in the Fine Arts Dept of Edinburgh Central Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh ©

Edinburgh Photographic Society

Exhibition of prints
from Members of EPS

 

To the best of my knowledge the dates and other details on this page are correct, but I give no guarantee.

Please e-mail me if you are aware of any inaccuracies, or if you have details of any other  photographic exhibitions in Edinburgh.

Thank you  -  Peter Stubbs

 

 

 

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