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Hereford photography festival highlights – in pictures

Hereford Photo Festival: Moldovan woman
Korina, Tiraspol/Transdniestr/Moldova, by Lukasz Trzcinski
This image is part of a series which recreates photographs of Moldovan women posted on the internet. The aim of their online profiles was to attract the attention of men from western countries looking for wives from the east
Photograph: Lukasz Trzcinski
Hereford Photo Festival: Cafe by Jason Larkin
Cafe, by Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin won the Open Here competition at the 2010 Hereford photography festival. The prize was a commission to create an exhibition at this year's festival
Photograph: Jason Larkin
Hereford Photo Festival: Station by Jason Larkin
Station, by Jason Larkin
Larkin's exhibition explores the changing face of business premises in Hereford. It features living rooms that have been converted into cafes and phone booths which are now public libraries
Photograph: Jason Larkin
Hereford Photo Festival: Prostitute and Drug Dealer
Prostitute and Drug Dealer, by Donald Weber
Donald Weber's photographs are being exhibited as part of the Time & Motion Studies show at Hereford Museum & Art Gallery. Weber spent years negotiating access to a police interrogation room in Ukraine, where he photographed people suspected of committing crimes
Photograph: Donald Weber
Hereford Photo Festival: Delinquent and Shop Lifter
Delinquent and Shop Lifter, by Donald Weber
Finally, Weber was granted access to the interrogation room on the condition that he gained the consent of those being questioned. The project was part of Weber's exploration of state power in Russia and Ukraine
Photograph: Donald Weber
Hereford Photo Festival: Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk by George Georgiou
Georgiou's work explores the continued influence of Russia in Georgia and Ukraine, and how this is manifested in the daily lives of ordinary people
Photograph: George Georgiou
Hereford Photo Festival: Dubai skyline at dusk
Dubai skyline at dusk, by Thomas Ball
Taken from the roof of an abandoned villa in Al Satwa, Dubai, UAE
Photograph: Thomas Ball
Hereford Photo Festival: Girl by Vanessa Winship Georgia
Girl in Georgia, by Vanessa Winship
Also included in the Time & Motion Studies exhibition are a selection of portraits by Vanessa Winship. She started taking photographs in Georgia in 2003
Photograph: Vanessa Winship Georgia
Hereford Photo Festival: Young girl by Vanessa Winship Georgia
A photograph of a young girl in Georgia, by Vanessa Winship
Winship's large-format portraits won her the Henri Cartier Bresson award in July. Simon Bainbridge, curator of the Time & Motion Studies exhibition, says: 'She seeks a direct connection, and somehow manages to capture the complexity of this dialogue in the directness and vulnerability of their gazes'
Photograph: Vanessa Winship Georgia
Hereford Photo Festival: Parkour runner by Andy Day
Aerial, by Andy Day
Day has documented the rise of parkour (free running) through its communities in London, France, Nicaragua and India since 2002
Photograph: Andy Day
Hereford Photo Festival: Parkour runner by Andy Day
Brutalism, by Andy Day
Day's images of parkour practitioners aim to challenge our understanding of how spaces are used and appropriated
Photograph: Andy Day
Hereford Photo Festival: Dense Buildings
Dense Buildings, by Andy Day
Through parkour, Day aims to document new ways of seeing and moving through the city
Photograph: Andy Day
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