What They Say…

“You have created one of the most, beautiful, heartfelt, articulate, insightful,  moving portraits of a creative, passionate man I’ve ever seen. The words and images and emotions, I know will stay with me for ever.”

Peter Fetterman
Peter Fetterman Gallery
California

Arizona State University Screening

We are pleased to be working with ASU to host the US Premiere of Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay. The film premiered in the U.K. in 2018 to sell out crowds and is now coming to Bill Jay’s own Arizona State University. The film begins promptly at 7:00 PM on February 11, 2019, and is followed by a panel discussion on Bill Jay with the film’s researcher, art director, co-producer and co-director Grant Scott, former students, colleagues, and family members.

Monday 11th February 2011
Harkins Theatres Valley Art
509 South Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/do-not-bend-film-us-premiere-tickets-1325780445

 

2019 Screening

We are starting off 2019 with news of a free screening of the film as part of the Tyne Valley Film Festival in the North East of England. The screening will take place on Sunday 31st March at the Forum Cinema, Hexham. The film is being screened to help support the Hexham & District Photographic Society, something that we can imagine Bill agreeing with! We will post more details when we have them.

2018 Round-Up

It has been a fantastic year for the film that has been shown at a small number of very well supported screenings. We would like to thank everybody who has helped those screenings come to fruition, and helped us bring Bill back into the photographic conversation. Here are just a few images from some of those screenings.

Martin Parr, Grant Scott, Daniel Meadows, Brian Griffin and David Hurn. Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol Premiere.
The Team: Grant Campbell, Laura Ritchie, Tim Pellatt and Grant Scott. Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol Premiere.
Glenn Edwards, David Hurn and Grant Scott. University of South Wales, Cardiff.
The Edinburgh Napier University, Screening.
The Frontline Club, London Screening.

Tickets on Sale Now

Scottish Premiere of Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay
Edinburgh Napier University

Wednesday 26th September 2018
At Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Craiglockhart Campus

5.45pm – Drinks Reception
6.45pm – Welcome
7.00pm – Film Screening
8.45pm – Question and Answer

Edinburgh Napier University is delighted to host the Scottish Premiere of Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay. The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with film Co-producer and Director Grant Scott alongside Malcolm Dickson, Director of Street Level Photoworks, Ben Harman, Director of Stills Gallery, Edinburgh Napier Honorary Fellow, Robin Gillanders, and Annie Lyden of The National Galleries of Scotland.

Tickets are £5.00 per person

https://store.napier.ac.uk/product-catalogue/creative-industries/events/do-not-bend-the-photographic-life-of-bill-jay-26th-september-2018

First US Screening Confirmed

We are pleased to announce that the first US screening of Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay will be at the 2018 SPE Joint West and Southwest Chapter Conference in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico.

There will be a film screening and discussion on the Saturday, from 1:40 – 4:00PM featuring those who knew Bill and the makers of the film.

You can find out more about the conference here www.cbuphotography.org/calendar/2018/11/2/spe-conference-conflux-coming-together-in-conversation