The New East Photo Prize 2018 at Calvert 22

This Autumn brings us the second edition of the New East Photo Prize, an initiative championing contemporary perspectives on the people and countries of the New East (Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia and Central Asia) and welcoming the work of professional and non-professional photographers alike through the Calvert 22 Foundation. Metro Imaging are thrilled to be collaborating again with Calvert 22, providing printing and mounting for the exhibition. The NEPP is supported by The Calvert Journal, with an esteemed judging panel including Deputy Head of Photography at The Guardian Joanna Ruck, Creative Director of Calvert 22 Foundation Ekow Eshun, leading documentary photographer and educator Tomasz Kulbowski, and Metro Imaging’s own Steve Macleod.

Having received over 600 entries this year from 26 New East Countries, the biennial NEPP is a unique glimpse into the self-identity of an underrepresented region and the lives of its people, with a diverse range of works reflecting a spectrum of approaches and topics. This year’s shortlist includes 16 photographers and collectives from Latvia, Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Croatia, Slovakia and Azerbaijan, who will be part of a dedicated group show at Calvert 22 Foundation, with the prize winners to be announced during the Private View and Awards Ceremony on Thursday 11 October.

Here at Metro, we have had the pleasure of producing the exhibition, which will include a mixture of Matt and Gloss C-type Prints mounted to Dibond. And not only that, we will also be awarding one of the finalists a full Mentorship Award, tailor-made for the artist over a period of 12 months and including £1000 worth of production credit.

The finalists participating in the exhibition are:

Antal Bánhegyesy
Vika Eksta
Daria Garni
Ilkin Huseynov
Join the Cool
Karol Pałka
Lucia Sekerková
Michał Sierakowski
Michal Solarski
Alnis Stakle
Lana Stojićević
Elena Subach & Viacheslav Poliakov
Fyodor Telkov
Peter Trembeczki
Adam Wilkoszarski
Bolgárka Éva Zellei

Read the full press release here.

Exhibition Dates: 12 October – 1 December 2018
12pm – 6pm Wednesday – Sunday
Free entry

Private View: Thursday 11 October, 6pm – 9pm, RSVP here

New East Photo Weekend: 12 – 13 October 2018

22 Calvert Avenue, London E2 7JP

IMAGES ©
Lana Stojićević – from Sunny Side
Boglárka Éva Zellei – from Furnishing the Sacred
Michal Solarski – from Infirmi
Vika Eksta – from The Devil’s Lake

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We offer the following types of printing

Partial photo of a face covered in hundres and thousands printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper which is available in both gloss and a semi matt finish.

C Type Professional Photo Printing

We have been printing the highest quality C-Type prints for decades and digital C-Types produced on our Lambda have the archival and tonal benefits of traditional photographic papers, with the advantages of digital photo printing. C-Types are a conventional photographic print from a digital file, and as such is the most suitable option when printing a colour photograph.

Printing linking you through to our giclee printing service.

Fine Art Giclée Printing

We have Hahnemuhle and Canson Giclée Certified Studio staus and with over 30 years experience in photographic printing we use the most advanced inkjet technologies. Giclée is a gallery-quality inkjet print onto fine art watercolour paper. This is most suitable for art illustrations, but can also be used for colour and B&W photographs.

This a picture take of a very large black and white ilford fibre based print of two people.

Black & White Printing

We have worked in collaboration with Harman Technology to develop genuine B&W silver gelatin Fibre-Based and Resin-Coated photographic prints from digital files. The Resin-Coated is suitable for most types of B&W printing, and Fibre-Based is ideal for exhibition quality.

Picture of a Duratran. Duratrans are a real chromogenic print on translucent material and are then mounted on lightboxes.

Duratran Printing

We produce Duratrans at a quality level unmatched by anything else out there. Duratrans have to be lit from behind, so need to be mounted in a rear lit display, or we can produce led lightboxes, which are conventional photo frames containing the Duratran and led panel.

Metro called it Direct to Media. Essentially this is a UV printing machine that can produce very large, up to 3m x 2m prints on any flat material less than 10cm thick. So we can print on wood, metal, slate and pretty much anything you can think of.

Direct to Media Printing

Direct to media printing is exactly that; we print your image directly to a substrate of your choice. Be it paper, card, aluminium, Perspex, canvas, wood, slate… Our Jetrix UV inkjet flatbed printer can print on any flat surface up to 3m x 2m, less than 10cm thick. To ensure your material is suitable, we can print test prints around A4 in size.

This is a print on adhesive vinyl. The vinyl is on a roll and 1.2m wide, but it can printed in multiple pieces in order to cover a wall.

Vinyl Printing

Vinyl Phototex is chosen for its high-quality Giclée finish as well as its ease of application to wall or mounting material due to its self-adhesive properties. We can print on vinyl using our direct to media printer, in strips of 1.5m x 3m and these can be applied to the wall in the fashion of wallpaper to cover a complete wall or interior.

Mounting and framing

Picture Frame Hire

Picture frame hire is a great alternative to our framing service; we offer photo frame hire on a short or long-term basis, for art or photographic projects. Our range of ready-to-go picture frames, come in a range of sizes including 20 x 16, 24×20 and 30×20 inches, and are constructed to our usual high standards.

Picture Framing

Whether you have photographic prints or original art, our bespoke framing service provides expertly hand framed work by our talented finishing team. We have facilities to mount and frame works tup to 10ft x 6ft.

Photo Mounting

Photographic mounting is a great way to present your photographs for exhibitions or the home. Surfaces such as MDF and foamex are prized for durability, MDF for rigidity, Foamboard for lightweight versatility. Reverse Perspex is ideal for vibrant colours and aluminium adds a modern twist.