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25 years of Panos Pictures: "It's about who you're working with and why"

on April 25, 2012 11:17 PM

By Helena Williams For 25 years photo agency Panos Pictures has been covering stories the mainstream media won't. The commercial arm of the development NGO the Panos Institute (now Panos London) has had photographers documenting history as it unfolds, with a focus on social and development stories globally....more

Afghan Army Girls: Q&A with first-time director Lalage Snow

on April 24, 2012 5:00 PM

by Charlene RodriguesThe screening of Afghan Army girls ended with a roaring sound of applause at the Frontline Club yesterday evening. Lalage Snow, also a photojournalist, made her directing debut with a film beautifully weaved in stills and moving images......more

Defending collaboration, with A. A. Gill and Tom Craig

on March 2, 2012 10:48 AM

By Alan Selby The advent of new media has seen an increasing pressure placed upon journalists to become multidisciplinary, but often to the detriment of each medium. During an evening moderated by David Campany, reader in photography at Westminster University,......more

Full House UK Premiere Screening: Under Fire: Journalists In Combat

on February 9, 2012 12:51 AM

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The DNA of culture: Jeremy Hunter in conversation with Paddy O'Connell

on February 8, 2012 11:30 AM

By Natricia Duncan    The Frontline Club was treated to an explosion of colour, culture, festivity and debate as photojournalist Jeremy Hunter explored the “DNA of countries” through pictures.Hunter described how he began travelling as part of his job as......more

Cairo and the super rich

on November 16, 2011 9:49 PM

By Alan SelbyForty percent of Egyptians live on less than $2 a day, and Egypt receives an average of $2 billion a year in foreign aid. Yet millions of people are preparing to migrate away from the centre of Cairo......more

Shedding light in darkness: Kate Brooks and capturing the Middle East

on October 10, 2011 10:20 AM

Last night's Frontline Club event - In the Picture: Kate Brooks: A decade on the front line - shed some light on the motives behind Brooks' incredible life: beautiful photography, capturing every shade of human emotion, from hope and happiness, to despair, and everything in between....more

Photography Networking Party- Who gets the credit?

on July 21, 2011 1:52 PM

By organising this photography networking event the Frontline Club proved it had its finger firmly on the pulse of the industry, as the brief Q&A session highlighted the ever growing distance between image creators and those who make decisions about their publication....more

Shooting Libya: Inigo Gilmore and Andrew Winning at the Frontline Club

on June 15, 2011 1:00 PM

Reuters photographer Andrew Winning and freelance video journalist Inigo Gilmore spoke to a packed audience at the Frontline Club last night about their differing experiences of covering the conflict in Libya....more

In the Picture: Orphaned and Ostracised- HIV in Africa with Carol Allen Storey

on January 19, 2011 1:00 PM

By Antje Bormann Broadcaster Sue Steward introduced Carol Allen Storey as one of the most fascinating photojournalists around. Carol Allen Storey’s photographic career started 10 years ago following a thorough rethink of a successful career in the fashion and beauty......more