Minnie Weisz

Minnie Weisz
Born London
Occupation Artist, Photographer

Minnie Weisz is a British artist specialising in the camera obscura technique.

Career

Weisz received an MA in Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art and BA Graphic and Media Design at London College of Printing.[1]

Weisz specialises in the camera obscura technique. She adapts this method to turn entire rooms into cameras, across Europe. She has described herself (with respect to her artistic activity) as an architectural detective.[2] The buildings of Kings Cross, London Weisz documented at the start of regeneration.[1][3][4][5][6]

Weisz's studio is located in King’s Cross, north London. Weisz has curated group and solo shows with Tom Foulsham, Caroline Collinge, Carl Hopgood and Poetry evenings with poet and writer Jeremy Reed, and the voice of King's Cross Aidan Andrew Dun. Minnie Weisz Studio has created workshops in early 19th century photographic processes: ambrotype and collodion process with France Scully Osterman and Mark Osterman, Jo Gane.

Weisz curates group exhibitions with multi-disciplinary artists - off-site exhibitions in unique spaces in London prior to their re-development: The Culross Buildings, The Great Northern Hotel, King's Cross; The Express Dairy Depot, Wakefield St, Bloomsbury; The Albion Stables, King's Cross; alongside collaborations with the London Architecture Biennale, London Festival of Architecture, The London Photography Festival and The London Street Photography Festival 2011.[7]

Exhibitions

Curated exhibitions

Publications

Editor with Rizzoli International Publications :

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Minnie Weisz: I am a camera. The Independent. Retrieved 17 June 2012
  2. spoonfed.co.uk – Retrieved 2011-09-11
  3. King's Cross Central Ltd Partnership 2010–2011 – Retrieved 2011-09-03
  4. Phoebe Greenwood – entertainment.timesonline article The Sunday Times
  5. Dominic Bradbury (2007-11-03) – The Telegraph Retrieved 2011-09-04
  6. Dominic Bradbury – Interviews Minnie Weisz – Retrieved 2012-01-06
  7. Hepton.londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/partners partners
  8. lcavaliere Retrieved 2011-09-04
  9. ideologio Retrieved 2011-09-03
  10. wam-webartmagazine WAM 2011 – Retrieved 2011-09-03
  11. (August 2nd 2011) website Andrew Soar (ed.)
  12. group exhibition – Retrieved 2011-09-06
  13. NewsDetail. Retrieved 2011-09-04
  14. ifa2008 (Design by Manha) London festival of architecture.Retrieved 2011-09-04
  15. emmettwilliamwalsh
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