Marketing News: Betley Whitehorne : The first Guernsey Photography Festival will be held in St Peter Port

News Release from: MarketingUK
11/03/2010
Betley Whitehorne ,Jean-Christophe Godet ,Guernsey Photography Festival,Simon Norfolk, Anna Lisa Det

Betley Whitehorne are pleased to be design partner for the newly launched Guernsey Photography Festival.

Responsible for the identity, graphics and digital requirements the agency is looking forward to this exciting new cultural festival in May 2010.

The first Guernsey Photography Festival will be held in St Peter Port featuring exhibitions by renowned international photographers Simon Norfolk, Josef Koudelka and Judah Passow.

The festival will also feature community activities, with competitions and exhibitions featuring work by local photographers, both amateur and professional.

Festival director Jean-Christophe Godet considers the festival to be of ground-breaking significance in terms of Guernsey’s involvement in the cultural world of photography.

“We’re so excited by the prospect of this festival. We have been able to approach world class photographers; bringing them to the island will hopefully inspire local people to pick up a camera and join in. We will be organising lots of photography focused events, taking inspiration from the 65^th anniversary of the liberation of Guernsey, and showcasing photography at venues across St Peter Port.”

The festival is sponsored by PPF Partners and Generali Worldwide whose significant funding commitments have made it possible to secure the prestigious exhibitions which tie in with the festival themes of invasion, occupation, liberation and celebration – a theme that fittingly overlaps with the 65^th anniversary liberation day celebrations due to take place on May 9^th.

Anna Lisa Detassis, of festival sponsor PPF Partners, said that the firm is keen for local people to get involved in the event.

“A great feature of the festival is that it has an international reach and appeal as well a strong local connection. This reflects what PPF Partners stands for as a company, and we hope that, by bringing world famous artists to the island to display their work, we can engage local people in creating fantastic photography to celebrate the festival themes.”

Gavin Tradelius of joint sponsor Generali Worldwide added ‘The event is a significant undertaking that will bring together a myriad of individuals and organisations from across the Island, creating an event that will be of interest to citizens of Guernsey.  We at Generali are delighted to support such an exciting and community wide event’.