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The summer is fast approaching and so is the VII photography seminar.
Hurry up and sign-up for VII's three-day seminar in Dumbo, New York, May 16th to May 18th at the New York City Technical College located at 300 Jay Street. The three full-days will include: keynote speakers, photographer presentations by Marcus Bleasdale and Franco Pagetti, network presentations, a special guest presentation by Simon Norfolk, panel discussions on "photojournalism within the context of contemporary photography," breaking product news, book signings and exclusive evening events at 28 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Be sure to reserve your spot because general admission for the three days is only $50! Portfolio reviews are also provided for an additional fee. To sign up or for more information visit,
www.viiphoto.com/event.html.
Image courtesy of VII Seminar
Do you admire fine art photography and runway couture? Then check out Paolo Roversi’s third solo exhibition in New York City at the Pace/MacGill Gallery.
The photographs depict Roversi’s friend and model, Guinevere, over the past 12 years. The pictures move beyond physical beauty, creating both abstract images of splendor as well as intimate studies. Similar to Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, Roversi’s photographs bridge the spheres of commercial photography and fine art.
The Pace/MacGill Gallery will be running the exhibition from May 21, 2008 to June 14, 2008. To visit the gallery head over to 32 East 57th St., on Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Any questions call 212.759.7999
I was lucky
enough to visit Brazil this month, and my trip didn’t end with the passion fruit caprihinis served on
the beach. I couldn’t leave the country without checking out the photography
offerings in Sãn Paulo—South America’s
most populous and cosmopolitan city.
On an
overcast Saturday afternoon on Paulista (Sãn Paulo’s equivalent to New York’s Fifth Avenue), I
started my art tour at the Caixa Cultural building. Caixa—the Brazilian bank that sponsors
cultural projects—was showing “Magnum, 60 Anos,” a retrospective in honor of Magnum
Photo’s 60th anniversary, curated by Joao Kulcsar.
Among the photo mix of mostly documentary journalism were Steve McCurry’s classic Afghan girl
(both the 1975 and 2002 versions), Eve Arnold’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe in a
1960 studio session and Elliott Erwitt’s hard-not-to-love pet portrait, “Felix,
Gladys and Rover.” Of course, no Magnum showing would be complete without a
gratuitous Martin Parr American flag on-the-ass shot.
View the entire Magnum gallery here.
A few blocks up from the Caixa building is the Museu de
Arte de São Paulo (Sãn Paulo Museum
of Art). After
two floors of both classical and contemporary art (including inspiring painter Brazilian
Candido Portinari), I moseyed
down to the museum’s ground level.
The entire floor was devoted to Tatsumi
Orimoto, a Japanese performance artist and photographer. His series “Art
Mama” is immediately intriguing, with documentary portraits of his elderly
mother who suffers from Alzheimer’s and depression and is under his care.
While some of the images are inevitably sad—his mother needing help
bathing—Orimoto also brings out her sense of humor. One portrait invites her to
pose in a cardboard box—and she does—while others show her in exaggerated
shoes, eating soup or laughing with her friends.
Orimoto’s other series—in
my opinion, less compelling—was Bread Man, where he tied loaves of bread to his
face, and photographed himself among different people in different countries
and cultures. According to the museum’s Web site: “The basic principle, according
to Orimoto, is approaching the East and West: the bread as symbols to establish
communication and integration between the two parts of the world.”
I see Orimoto's point with "Bread," but my vote's with his "Mama."
Top photo © Jessica Gordon
Bottom photo courtesy of MASP © Tatsumi Orimoto
Recipe of passionfruit caprihini: passion fruit pulp, sugar, sweet rum.
Looking for an interesting photography exhibit to visit in California? The Art of Photography Show, an international exhibition, will open April 25, 2008 at the Lyceum Theater located in San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter. This is the fourth year of the annual exhibit and this year the exhibit will showcase 102 photographs from all over the world.
The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the weekends. Admission is free to the public seven days a week.
To view a four-minute video featuring several images from the exhibit visit: http://www.artofphotographyshow.com/2008_trailer.html If you do plan on attending, be sure to show up for the free public reception, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on opening night.
It’s still cold outside, but summer will be here before you know it, so start making plans!
Sign up to be part of three days of peace, love and photography as historic downtown Charlottesville is transformed into a “living image.” LOOK3 is having their second annual Festival of the Photograph, June 12th to June 14th, celebrating the careers of three legendary photographers: Mary Ellen Mark, Joel-Peter Witkin and James Nachtwey.
These three photographers will each create a special gallery exhibit for LOOK3 and then individually share the stage at the historic Paramount Theater with NPR’s Alex Chadwick to discuss their lifetime work.
With three packed days of exhibitions, outdoor projections, master presentations, film screenings, on-stage interviews and special events, LOOK3 creates the perfect setting to share ideas and be inspired.
Interested in workshops for the summer? Workshops are also available from June 7th to June 12th. Photographers of all skill levels will find invaluable instruction and experience by enrolling in classes taught by renowned photographers David Alan Harvey, William Albert Allard, Eugene Richards and Lynn Johnson. Also, Maggie Steber and MaryAnne Golon will lead project critique sessions to help students edit and develop working photographer projects.
Last year LOOK3 sold out early, so make sure to plan ahead! For more information visit, www.look3.org
Michael Schmidt, a post-war German photographer, will be displaying his photography at the Chelsea gallery from March 7, 2008 to April 12, 2008. This is his first solo show in an American gallery and the exhibit will showcase several different series of his photographs. The series includes Waffenruhe (Ceasefire) and Frauen (Women), as well as individual images from Stadtbilder (Cityscapes) and Naturbilder (Landscapes).
According to the press release, “Schmidt’s images are concerned with the burden of history and the uncertainty of memory. In his photographs of urban architecture which are not simply physical landscapes but social ones as well, he provides a formally balanced but menacing portrait of the modern metropolis.”
The Chelsea gallery is located on 534 West 26th Street, New York, NY and is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information call, 212.744.7400.
Is catching up on homework and laundry not your ideal weekend plans? Instead of  sitting inside your cramped apartment folding sheets, venture over to the School of Visual Arts to see their exhibition, “Mentors.”
The exhibition will feature work from 71 graduating BFA Photography students. The photographs center around the students’ experiences with their various mentors in the community—New York City’s best-known photographers, curators, art directors, publishers, art dealers, critics and writers.
The exhibition will be on view from April 11th to April 26th and will be featured at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26 Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For additional information call 212.592.2145 or visit www.schoolofvisualarts.com. Photograph courtesy of SVA © Nguyen Trung, Playground
Living in the digital age has made it easier for people to document even the most tragic events. Bystanders, journalists and photographers are able to document events with the snap of a button on a pocket-sized digital camera or even a cell phone. Venture over to The New-York Historical Society located at 170 Central Park West between 76th & 77th Streets to view the Here Is New York: Remembering 9/11 exhibition which displays photographs captured by hundreds of people.
Running until April 13, 2008, the exhibition features one of the largest photographic archives in history devoted to a single event. According to the New-York Historical Society, on view are 1,300 photographs and several artifacts documenting the tragic events of 9/11. One such artifact on view includes a crushed clock with the hands frozen at 9:04 a.m. Another artifact is a piece of landing gear from United Airlines flight 175 or American Airlines flight 11. Also on view are video/oral recordings of survivors, family members, recovery workers and volunteers.
The New-York Historical Society is open from Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Free admission is available on Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cost of admission is $6 for students and $10 for adults.
The winter is still lingering on. And what better way to spend your time then to stay warm, inside, viewing some photography at the MoMA.
Check out Jan De Cock’s first-ever museum exhibition in the United States running from January 23, 2008 to April 14, 2008. The exhibition will feature a floor-to-ceiling photographic and sculptural installation. According to the MoMA Web site, “The installation has a kaleidoscopic view into the lineages of modernism through his own interdisciplinary lens.”
Jan De Cock shot the photographs with two cameras—a film Sinar and a digital Hasselblad. The MoMA website explains, “He uses repetitive framing devices, extreme close-ups, and fragmentation, and the inclusion of the black strip of film dividing photographic frames.” The result: unique fine-art photographs. To find out more information about the exhibit or to see the photographs and a video of the installation at the MoMA visit: www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/jandecock/
You might recall hearing about the woman who bit, chewed and spit enormous blocks of chocolate and lard to create a sculpture or the woman who dipped her hair in paint and mopped the floor with it to create a painting.
Janine Antoni, is without a doubt, most famous for her outrageous artistic expressions, incorporating the use of her body in most of her works. However, what you might not know is that she also incorporated photography into her career as an artist.
Her photography, of course is not of serene landscapes, instead she continues to challenge society by photographing the unusual, like her mother dressed up as her father and her father dressed up as her mother in portraits.
To hear Janine Antoni talk about her inspiration behind her artwork and her experiences as an artist visit 133/141 West 21st Street, room 101C on Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30 p.m. Additional images of her work will be available for viewing along with a short question and answer period. The event is presented by the BFA Fine Arts and Visual and Critical Studies Departments and will be free and open to the public.
Snapshots. Everyone has photo albums filled with them—but when exactly did taking a snapshot become a common practice?
The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson, organized by the National Gallery of Art, is being presented at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas from February 16th to April 27th and will feature nearly 200 anonymous snapshots. According to the Pegasus News, the exhibit explores how snapshots have had a profound impact on American life, memory and fine art photography.
The exhibit begins with the invention of the Kodak camera in 1888 and continues to photographs taken during the 1970s, mainly focusing on the changes in culture and technology.
According to the director of the National Gallery of Art, George Eastman, “This exhibition and catalogue celebrate the remarkable creativity of American amateur photographers and provides fascinating insights into American life in the last century.”
The museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. To find out more information visit www.cartermuseum.org.
I attended the opening night of the FIT photo club’s exhibition, “Unveiled Allure,” and was impressed with the turn out—students were crowded around photographs displayed on the walls, admiring their classmates originality and artistic ability; teachers also attended the exhibition supporting the talents of these up-and-coming photographers.
Every photograph I saw had a unique element and story behind the shot. The photographers were inspired in numerous ways either by a trip to a foreign country or an emotional state they were struggling with.
I spoke with three separate students regarding their photographs and what inspired them to create such amazing images. Katrina Dumas is a sophomore and she is continually inspired by flaws that appear during the development process.
“I really, really enjoy the old scrap booking, Polaroid look—I really like the flaws in the photos, and I don’t like things properly developed. I did transfers and they were all ripped and crinkled,” says Dumas.
Dumas’s set of photographs on display at the exhibit was entirely accidental. “I was given an empty room, a camera and six hours with no model to shoot—I just figured I would shoot myself. I just kind of played  around, and that’s what came out of it,” she says.
Another student, Martha Gardikas, captured her sense of isolation by using a gold frame and a mirror from the 1950’s. “For these particular shots I think I was definitely in an emotional state, but what I wanted to capture was my experience when I was in Paris, France last year and the loneliness that I felt in that city. I used these frames because I think they capture the essence of that and the beauty of the city but at the same time I think the expressions on my face show the way you can feel lost in a foreign country especially with a language barrier,” she says.
Our intern, Caitie McCabe, also made her debut at the exhibit. Her photographs were inspired by the fashion industry and their continual portrayal of what they believe is acceptable beauty. “I wanted to take a funny play of what the fashion industry thinks is beautiful and what I believe is really beautiful. I tried to make it very over dramatic, almost Vogue like, to make it seem very overdone,” says Caitie.
“Unveiled Allure” is running until February 23rd, so be sure to check out the photographs and let us know what you thought about the display.
Photographs courtesy of Danny Tsui, © Martha Gardikas
Thanks to our intern Caitie, I recently found out about an interesting display at the Fashion Institute of Technology here in NYC. The photo club at FIT has organized an exhibition, “Unveiled Allure,” set to open on January 29th and run through February 23rd at the Museum at FIT, located at Seventh Avenue at 27th street. The exhibit will showcase about 50 photographs ranging from images of narrative works that tell a story, to nude studies and self-portraits.
For most of the aspiring photographers, their time is spent behind the lens, however this exhibit has given them the chance to display their photographic skills in front of and behind the camera by largely focusing on self-portraits.
A glimpse into the world of these rising stars and a taste of their personalities are felt through watching DVD interviews, on display at the exhibit. Another part of the exhibit will showcase slideshows displaying all of the photographs along with some added ones that won’t be separately displayed at the exhibit.
According to FIT, an example of one of the displays you will be able to see at the exhibit is a group of “self-portraits by a photographer inspired by the city of Paris, who seeks to capture her own impressions of the essence of French culture and beauty.”
Go out to support your fellow photographers, I hear opening night should be amazing! To find out more information contact FIT at 212.217.4558.
Photographer, Tierney Gearon has become popular amidst criticism from art critics, journalists and parents alike because of her unique style at how she depicts her subjects. She concentrates on photographing her immediate family, her children, children of her friends and even people she doesn’t know.
Yet, the controversy isn’t solely on the people in the photographs, the debate revolves around the fact that the photographs frequently depict naked children, playing on the beach, or peeing in the snow.
In an interview with a London-based art critic, Martin Herbert, Gearon was quoted as saying, “[…] these pictures aren’t humiliating. They might be eerie, but that’s their power. My son peeing – big deal, men pee all the time, they still do it, but I want him to grow up never feeling ashamed of that.”
Now with all that said, I know I am really interested in learning more about Gearon and her photographs, and the Camera Club of New York made that all possible.
According to SVA, an event focusing on Tierney Gearon will be held on Tuesday, January 22nd at 7p.m. at 209 East 23rd Street, 3rd floor. Admission is free for SVA students and Camera Club members; other students (with ID) $5; regular admission is $10. To find out more information call: 212.592.2000.
****This event is temporarily canceled and might be rescheduled. As soon as I find out when and where, I will let you know!****
The School of Visual Arts, located at 209 East 23rd Street, New York City, announced a new exhibition that will display several different types of artwork related to the war in Iraq.
The exhibition is being called, “Testimony to War: Art From the Battlegrounds of Iraq.” Five artists will be featured, all having had a direct experience with the war in Iraq: Army Major Peter Buotte, Army Sergeant Aaron Hughes, embedded artist Steve Mumford, embedded photographer Lucian Read, and Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Roa.
The exhibit will include examples of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and video. You can view the displays at the Visual Arts Museum, from February 4th through March 8th. Admission is free and the museum is open Mond ay to Friday from 9a.m. to 7p.m. and 10a.m. to 6p.m. on Saturday.
A few examples of some of the displays at the exhibit: Peter Buotte created an installation of target-shaped American flag magnets, evoking the number of US military deaths in Iraq. Aaron Hughes created a collaborative project with Ahmed Jabar Shareef, a nine-year old boy, who was blinded and badly wounded in a firefight outside of his home.
Also on display, you will find 90 color and black and white photographs by award-winning photographer, Lucian Read. I believe these images will stir an emotional response in the viewer as they depict scenes ranging from “fraternal camaraderie to stark images of isolation and displacement,” according to the press release.
If you have the time to attend the exhibition, let me know how you felt. What type of emotions did these photographs create? What was the most emotional display?
If you have any questions or want further information regarding the exhibit, please call 212.592.2145.
Photograph taken by Lucian Read courtesy of SVA
Hey everyone! I just heard about some exciting news: Steve Sch apiro will be doing a book signing for his new book titled, Schapiro’s Heroes, on January 13th from 1p.m. to 3p.m., at B & H Photo, 420 9th Ave, New York, New York 10001. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
I think the book sounds extremely interesting. Schapiro tells a story with photographs in a photo-journalistic tradition. According to the powerhouse books website, the book also incorporates several behind the scene photographs of famous people, such as Muhammed Ali, Robert Kennedy, And y Warhol, Ray Charles and Martin Luther King Jr., that have influenced our lives, politics and tastes over the last century. To me, it seems as if these images are more intimate and demonstrate a humanistic side to these iconic people that we have admired for all these years.
Take advantage of this event, by getting the opportunity to meet Schapiro and ask him a question or two. Let me know what you think of the book. What questions would you want to ask Schapiro? Share you experience with fellow photo enthusiasts that might not get the opportunity to meet such a talented photographer.
To see more images featured in the book visit:www.powerhousebooks.com/books!/SchapirosHeroes/
Photographs courtesy of powerhousebooks.com
Hello PDNedu readers and bloggers. I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday and I wish everyone a wonderful soon-to-be New Year. I wanted to keep you updated on new and exciting exhibitions in the artistic world. I recently learned about a new exhibition featuring Trisha Donnelly in Philadelphia, PA.
Donne lly uses a combination of elements such as: sculpture, drawing, photographs, text, sound, video and painting to create original contemporary artwork. Her very first solo museum exhibition in the United States can be viewed at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), from January 18 to August 3, 2008.
The exhibition can be found on the second floor of the gallery and will display her artwork created between the years of 1998 and 2007. Throughout the exhibition, which will last 7 months, the installation of her work will shift and change.
According to a short biography about the artist, on the Guggenheim Museum website, “In recent projects, she has used photography and video to present fragments of ‘lost’ performances or collaborations; in Blind Friends (2000), for example, a photograph of a group of people at a beach is all that remains of a project in which blind people were taken to a beach and asked to follow the direction of the wind.”
Donnelly’s work is unique and inspiring; her work tends to explore the power of the human mind and it’s ability to make ideas become a reality.
In my opinion, all of her artwork is interpretive and allows the viewer to explore ideas more thoroughly by suggestions. I find it rather interesting her choice of different elements and how she combines the elements to form an interpretive display of artwork.
Donnelly is originally from San Francisco, C.A., and her work is well known in the contemporary art world. Most of her major exhibitions have been showcased in Europe; this exhibition will give local artists and enthusiasts alike the opportunity to see a mind-provoking exhibition encompassing many different types of artistic abilities.
If you get a chance to view the exhibition, let us know what you think. What was your favorite display? Did it provoke any thoughts? How do you feel about photography being combined with different artistic elements?
Photographs courtesy of ICA
En Foco—that non-profit organization dedicated to cultural diversity in photography—has a ultra-valuable seminar devoted solely to marketing your work.
The organization will present Finding Your Audience: An Introduction to Marketing Your Creative Photography on December 8, 2007 in New York City.
The three-hour seminar is open to all photographers, and will be presented by creative consultant and photo-marketing guru Mary Virginia Swanson.
Details from En Foco: "Swanson will provide insights into the most effective avenues for introducing your work to gallery and museum professionals. She will discuss realistic avenues to industry professionals, the value of the national and international juried exhibitions, as well as portfolio review events such as Fotofest, Photolucida, Review Santa Fe and European festivals."
Location:
New York University/Tisch School of the Arts
Dean's Conference Room, 12th Floor
721 Broadway at Waverly Place
New York, NY 10003
Time:
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
(9:30 check-in; 10-1:30 seminar; one half-hour break will be taken mid-seminar)
Cost:
$50 (Current Members)
$95 (Membership plus Seminar)
Cost includes Mary Virginia Swanson's book The Business of Photography: Principles and Practices (a $45 value), refreshments and great company.
BUY NOW online, or call 718.931.9311 to register. For more information, visit www.enfoco.org
 The event that's been described by The New York Times as "An Art Costco for Billionaires" is back December 6-9 in Miami Beach.
Art Basel, the annual international art fair, will host more than 200 art galleries from North America, Latin
America, Europe, Asia and Africa exhibiting 20th and 21st century work by more than 2,000 artists.
Expensive artwork? Yes.
Pretentious? Possibly.
But creatively inspiring, and a great way to network with the international art world?
Absolutely.
Besides run-of-the-mill-million-dollar paintings, Basel will have special exhibition sections featuring young galleries, performance art, public art projects and video art. If you're in the South Florida area, or looking to escape winter for a weekend, Art Basel is a great excuse. (I recommend Hotwire to book a hotel room) Here are more details:
Miami Beach Convention Center
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Miami Beach Convention Center
(Art Galleries, Art Nova, Art Kabinett)
Public Show Days
Thursday, December 6 to Saturday, December 8, 2007
Daily from noon to 8 p.m.
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Wednesday, December 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Thursday, December 6 to Saturday, December 8, 2007
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Wednesday, December 5 to Saturday, December 8, 2007
Daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Closing day
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We support our own here at PDNedu, so when PDN Senior Editor Anthony LaSala teamed up with photographer and former PDN's 30 Seth Kushner on a new book, we had to blog about it.
The Brooklynites is a collection of images, interviews and essays on famous Brooklyn-borough residents like Spike Lee and Steve Buscemi, as well as only-famous-in-our-office Brooklynites like our very own PDN Contest Manager John Gimenez and his girlfriend Amy.
Published by powerHouse books, The Brooklynites is available through booksellers like Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
Also check out an upcoming FREE slideshow and book signing with the authors:
Date: November 14, 2007
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Barnes & Noble
106 Court St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
From top left: A portrait of Spike Lee from The Brooklynites; John and Amy in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Photographs by Seth Kushner.
Spent some time assisting photographers? If you can grip it, stick it and light it, here's your chance to show off and network.
The New York chapter of Advertising Photographers of America (APA|NY) is presenting the Third Annual Assistants' Hexathlon (sponsored in part by PDNedu). The event is scheduled to take place on Sunday October 28th, 2007, at Divine Studio in Manhattan.
From APA:
"The 'Assistants' Hexathlon' is an energetic, unique networking and socializing opportunity
for assistants and other members of the photographic community. We are organizing
teams of 5 assistants to come together on one day to compete against each other in 6
different events. The events are inspired by the skills assistants utilize on a photo shoot.
At the conclusion of this fun and friendly competition, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes will be awarded."
Here are the six events that the assistants will be battling it out in this year:
• "Pack the Right Equipment!" (memory challenge)
• Reflector Folding Race
• Octabank Build & Break-Down Race
• "Name this Gear!" (obscure equipment game-show challenge)
• 12 x 12 Frame Team-building Race
• Sand Bag Relay
The goal of the Hexathlon is to promote community and involvement throughout the
industry. Attendance and competitor registration is open to everyone, regardless of affiliation to any organization. For more information about the competition, visit www.apany.com/hexathlon.
**UPDATE: More information**
WHEN: Sunday October 28th, 2007, 1 to 7 pm
WHERE: Divine Studio, 21 East 4th Street (divinestudio.com)
CALL: 212-807-0399 (APA NY office) or E-MAIL: ceo@apany.com
PDN's 30: Strategies for the Young Working Photographer
Speakers: Jeanine Fijol, Photo Editor, PDN
David Leventi, Sarah Wilmer & Brad DeCecco
When: Saturday, October 20, 2007 1:00 – 3:00
Where: Photo Plus Expo, Javits Center, Manhattan
Cost: $80.00
Photographers who were included in the 2007 “PDN’s 30” issue, which highlights the top new talent, will offer their perspective on getting started in the photography industry. The photographers will give you the specifics on how they got to where they are today, including how they got their first jobs and structured (and more importantly, paid for) their first promotional efforts. They will discuss what they learned in school and what they wish they’d been taught, and share career advice you won’t hear anywhere else. This seminar is a must for any young photographer beginning their career. Beginner to Intermediate levels.
Go to www.photoplusexpo.com > seminars > Saturday
See you there!
Shots Magazine, an independent journal of photography, is holding an international call for entries to their Annual Portfolio Issue (Shots 98), which is due out this winter. Photographic works can be on any subject and should be submitted by November 1, 2007. Current and new subscribers can submit free of charge, non-subscribers pay $15, and everyone who sends in work per the guidelines will receive a copy of the issue. Check it out at http://www.shotsmag.com/.
If you have tons of lazy images vegetating on your hard drive, it's time to get them working for you. The School of Visual Arts in New York City invites you to an upcoming panel discussion focused on stock photography.
Amy Steigbigel, Director of Photography, Stills Creative Imagery Division will moderate the event, which includes prominent members of the stock community representing a variety of agencies:
Meredith Kamuda, Senior News Editor, Corbis
Jasmine De Foore, Photographer's Representative, Redux Pictures
Stephanie Levine, Key Account Sales Manager, Digital Railroad
Elodie Mailliet, Director of Photography, Getty
Lynn Eskenazi, Collection Director, Jupiterimages
The aim of the discussion is to explain the fundamentals behind royalty-free, rights-managed, third party sales and other arcane stock matters. The panel will also give you insider information on how to become more involved in the landscape of stock photography.
Details:
Saturday, September 29
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
School of Visual Arts
209 East 23rd Street
Amphitheater (room 311)
New York, NY
The event is free to all SVA students and alumni who present a current ID and/or alumni card. All others will be required to pay a $15 entrance fee at the door. For more information, please contact the photography department at 212.592.2330.
As part of a 50th-year celebration the U.K.-based Source magazine has decided to re-launch it’s look with almost a complete renovation including, “ a new design, a new, larger format, 16 extra pages, new features and more reviews” says Marcus Gray, Audience Development Officer of Source.
Incorporated in these new renovations is the launch of a Web site exhibiting 2007 graduate photography student’s work from universities and different master’s degree programs throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland (www.source.ie/graduate/index.html).
The site allows interested viewers to have a current, up-to-date view of contemporary work being made in colleges all across these areas.
Any UK or Ireland college is able to participate in the online exhibit and the magazine is constantly looking for new photographic talent. “Source has an open submissions policy,” says Gray. “We're currently updating and expanding our database to make sure every college is offered the opportunity next year, and it would be great if every college contributed.”
To cover certain costs the colleges are charged a fee to participate, but for any photography student, this is an unmatched opportunity for fast and easy self-promotion. The student’s work is displayed on the Source Web site for one year allowing a chance for grad students to exhibit to a much wider audience all over the world for an extended period of time.
The site provides several samples of each student’s work, details of graduate exhibits for every program, and time and place specifics with contact info for the school and venue.
“We're developing a comprehensive database of college courses with the intention of opening up Graduate Photography Online to everyone who wishes to participate [in the UK and Ireland],” Gray explains. “We're confident that having an existing site to demonstrate (rather than just an abstract idea to promote) will enable us to attract more and more colleges over the coming years.”
Though Source magazine is only involving the U.K. and Ireland in its efforts to expand educational resources, one can only hope that other publications around the world will follow suit.
Any UK or Irish college wishing to take part should contact editor John Duncan at john@source.ie for details.
First image ©Tim Berry
Second image
© Deirdre Keaney
If you are a female photographer of color, co-curators Desiree Mwalimu and Ola Akinmowo want to know what the concept of motherhood means to you.
They're calling all women of color to submit visual art exploring motherhood. Works submitted should address the concept of motherhood as it relates to an individual and/or the collective experience.
The works should explore the following questions:
- How do we reconcile ourselves with the images of motherhood that we have inherited?
- What does it mean to mother someone or something outside of the self?
- Who and what sanctions the term, "mother"?
The entry deadline is July 31, 2007 at 6 p.m., and photographs should be submitted online in JPEG form to blackspiderarts@gmail.com or mailed to:
Excavating Motherhood Team
177 Lincoln Road, Apt. 2
Brooklyn, NY 11225.
(Click the link below for more information and the application form)
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Calling all budding outdoor shooters. Nature photographer Art Wolfe will make his next creative session stop in Washington D.C. on August 3rd. His two-day intensive program, Developing the Critical Eye, will address everything from technology and industry, to urban cultures and the human condition. The class is open to photographers of all levels and half-price for students.
Hundreds of images and a selection of video pieces will explore what makes a shot compelling and emotionally engaging. Wolfe’s focus will be composition, color, balance, perspective, constructing the image and creative solutions. Imagery of nature, wildlife and world landscapes will also be incorporated to provide the most dynamic and imaginative class out there.
Wolfe will be accompanied by a digital photographer who will demonstrate the latest techniques and programs, including Adobe’s Lightroom and Photoshop CS3. Those who attend the class are sure to leave inspired, full of ideas and complete with the knowledge and skills needed to achieve them.
The cost is $179 for students who register in advance, and $219 at the door.
To purchase tickets and view a list of session locations, visit www.artwolfe.com/creativesessions.
Make that three to be exact. But they all add up to one thing: sweet, sweet exposure.
This just in — Surface magazine's Avant Guardian Project, now in its 10th year, is offering emerging photographers in the U.S. and Canada a chance to shoot a professional fashion spread for the magazine. Send in your portfolios by the extended deadline: July 24th.
The Silvermine Guild Arts Center is accepting submissions from U.S. photographers for their National Photography Triennial. This year’s juror is none other than fine-art photography doyen Peter MacGill; his gallery represents luminaries ranging from Robert Frank to Andy Warhol. A $2,500 First Prize award and inclusion in a color catalogue await. Deadline: July 13
SHOTS, a magazine of emerging photography, is hunting for works for its Autumn issue. Photos should fit the theme “Dress-Up.” Just in time to use that Elvis wig you’ve been saving. Deadline: August 1
 If you’ve always wanted to direct your own outdoor photo shoot aided by masses of eager volunteers (check out what these folks did in Beloit, WI), here’s the event you’ve been waiting for.
A participatory photography project is just one of the endless possibilities you – yes, you – can stage at the Figment Festival. For one day, Governors Island, New York, will become a living canvas for people who want to create or participate in art. According to the organizers, activities and pieces can be anything from a ballroom-dancing class to an avant-garde electronic installation. It’ll be fun, interactive, and best of all, free! Grab your camera and contribute your own talents to the local art scene.
The Figment Festival
11am – 5pm
July 8, 2007
To get more info and/or register your project, go to
http://www.figmentnyc.org/
Photograph © Johan Kritzinger
 Hobnobbing with photographers and enthusiasts 5,000 miles away from home is a fine way to boost your contact list and gain some fresh perspectives. Grab your sun block and Lonely Planet, because this summer we’re going festival-hopping.
Our first stop is Spain, where PHotoEspaña (May 30 – July 22) is celebrating its tenth anniversary with photo exhibitions, master workshops, film screenings and more. Travel from Madrid to Gijón for the International Meeting of Photojournalism, set to take place from July 6 to 15. Then it’s northwards to Rencontres d'Arles (July 3 – September 6) in France: check out their Lou Reed exhibition and showcase of emerging Indian photography. Round out the summer in England with the delightfully named Rhubarb-Rhubarb festival (July 26-29) and get your portfolio reviewed by fine art experts from all over the world.
(For more international photo festivals throughout the year, try Festival of Light or Photo Festival Union.)
Reka Reisinger
Our roundup of summer photo exhibitions shows up-and-coming photographers have a thing for geography.
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Tierney Fellowship Show
On view through July 2
Gulf and Western Gallery, 721 Broadway, Manhattan
http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/object/Photo_TierneyShow.html
Samantha Contis, 2004 Tisch alum and recipient of the Tierney Family Foundation Grant for emerging photographers, exhibits a series of photographs depicting her rural hometown in Pennsylvania as well as her present Connecticut neighborhood.
Approach to landscape, as ripped from the press release: “The void depicted [in Contis’ photographs] … evokes a bleak melancholy that is at odds with the ‘picture perfect’ beauty of the landscapes.”
In the Dirt
On view through July 6
Gitana Rosa Gallery at 19 Hope Street, Brooklyn
http://gitanarosa.com
http://www.humbleartsfoundation.org
Six young photographers – Jason Lazarus, Reka Reisinger, Stephanie Diamond, Rachel Sussman, Angela Smith and Christian Siekmeier – investigate various human relationships to the physical environment.
Ripped from the press release: “The show evokes Ansel Adams’ allegorical representations of manifest destiny… as well as the New Topographics’ commentary on post-industrial sprawl through the late 1970s.”
Vital Signs: Place
On view through September 30
George Eastman House, 900 East Ave, Rochester
http://www.eastmanhouse.org
The Panama Canal Zone, St. Petersburg, Valpariso in Chile and other intriguing locations are featured in works by a group of eight emerging artists from Australia, China, the US and Russia.
Ripped from the press release: “Since many of these artists have themselves lived and worked all over the world, the particularity of the places they depict is often the result of global vision.”
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Know of other showcases featuring emerging photographers? (The exhibitions don’t necessarily have to be located in New York.) Let us know at minying.tan@nielsen.com.
Get ready all you New York City and surrounding area photography students: PDN On the Road will be right here in the Big Apple, May 19-20th.
For the emerging photographer (Transitions/PDN’s 30 track), guest speakers include
Jeanine Fijol, Photo Editor - PDN
Eric Ogden, Photographer and PDN’s 30 member, 2006
Mackenzie Stroh, Photographer and PDN’s 30 member, 2005
Location:
101 Riverviews
101 Sixth Avenue
New York City, NY
(212) 431-2262
Seminar Cost:
Full-time students are eligible for a 55 percent discount bringing the cost for the two-day event to $195. (Regular price: $425)
Register:
For registration only, please call the Santa Fe Workshops at 505-983-1400 x11
For additional questions, visit the contact page or visit http://www.pdnontheroad.com/citypagenewyorkcity.html
There are only two simple things you need to do in preparation to attend the New York City PDN On The Road Seminar:
- Be
sure to bring your portfolio. There is a portfolio sharing time at the
end of the day on Saturday for all attendees. More importantly, you may
win a portfolio review on Saturday or Sunday with guest speakers and
you certainly want to be prepared for that possibility!
- Plan
to arrive between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on each day of the seminar. The
program will start promptly at 9 a.m., and you will need to check-in
each day, get your coffee, receive your Welcome Package and get a good
seat.
See you there!
In the Brooklyn area next week? Check out Fifty Photographs by
Twenty-Nine People, a group exhibition featuring the work of 29
talented seniors in the photography program in Pratt’s Media Arts
Department.
A mix of traditional and digital
prints, the work is the culmination of these artists’ four years of study. Having found their
individual and unique artistic visions, developed critical skills and
honed technical skills, these photographers are now launching their
creative careers.
Where it's at:
DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York
Gallery 208
111 Front Street
April 26 to May 12, 2007
Gallery Open: Thursday to Saturday. Thursday, 12-8 p.m.; Friday, 12-6 p.m. and Saturday, 12-6 p.m.
Opening Reception on May 3, from 5-8 p.m.
The sun, sand and beach of Miami with industry professionals on-hand to check out your portfolio. Does it get any better?
The Miami Ad School Portfolio Review will take place on Thursday, May 10th and Friday, May 11th at the Miami Beach Convention Center (in conjunction with the Clio Awards Festival*).
The Miami Ad School expects 20 to 25 art director and copywriter graduates, with a couple of graphic designer grads included in the mix. If you plan to attend, you must RSVP to Jerrod at jerrod@miamiadschool.com or call 1-800-858-3190 (Be sure to include which day you would like to attend the review).
*As a special courtesy, Miami Ad School portfolio reviewers may purchase Clio Passports for a discounted rate of $725. Clio attendance is not necessary to attend the review.
For more information, visit the portfolio review Web site.
PowerHouse Books will offer a series of workshops specially designed to engage and enrich the knowledge of aspiring and established artists, photographers, designers and packagers looking to learn the secrets of creating compelling art book projects.
Workshop topics include: “Making the Book: Image Analysis & Sequence Editing,” “Marketing your Work: Book Design & Dummy Preparation/Presentation,” and “Making the Pitch: Portfolios, Proposals, and Presentations.”
All workshops will be held at the powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
Applications are due by July 6, 2007 (Courses may fill quickly, so they urge you to apply as soon as possible.) *If you are interested in taking three or more workshops, a package
deal can be negotiated. To check on availability or for questions about enrollment, email Susanne König at susanne@powerHouseBooks.com.
To register for one or several of the workshops, print out the form found at
www.powerHouseBooks.com/workshop/registration.pdf
Founded by Daniel Power in 1995, powerHouse Books has become the premiere publisher of conceptual art photography and innovative illustrated books, working with the world’s top photographers, art directors, writers, and cultural icons.
If you're in the San Francisco area April 28-29, be sure to check out PDN's On The Road Seminar Series.
A great opportunity for networking and gaining knowledge of the photo industry, this two-day seminar is not only for college photography students, but also professional photographers,
emerging pros and advanced amateurs.
©Art Streiber
Here's what you'll get:
- A
line up of impressive guest speakers including leading photographers and industry professionals especially designed for the student track: Transitions/PDN 30.
- Valuable
door-prizes awarded throughout the two-day event, including
free tuition to the Santa Fe Workshops, HP printers, Adobe software,
Fuji cameras, a PDN Photoserve portfolio, portfolio reviews with guest
speakers and more!
- New technology demonstrations,
inspirational image presentations, valuable handouts, networking,
portfolio sharing and daily lunch round out this interactive,
community-wide event.
PDN On The Road Seminar Series Pricing:
Members of SPE and full-time students are eligible for a 40 percent discount bringing the cost for the two-day event to $255. (Regular cost: $425)
Location:
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
1600 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 441-4000
To register, visit www.pdnontheroad.com/registernow.html
If you can't make the San Francisco lectures, visit the Web site to find a date and location closer to you.
The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 23rd annual photography competition with a difference. Instead of only installing an exhibit that would be seen by a limited number of people, The Photo Review will reproduce accepted entries in its 2007 competition issue. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the country.
Prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and will be exhibited on The Photo Review Web site.
Awards include a Microtek ScanMaker i800 scanner with the ColoRescue system for automatic one-touch photo restoration and a 8x12" transparency adapter, a $350 gift certificate from Calumet Photographic, a Lensbaby 3G Lens and Wide Angle / Telephoto kit ($359), two $100 gift certificates from Sprint Systems, a copy of DC Pro Studio digital camera RAW conversion software from LaserSoft Imaging ($399 value),and $250 in cash prizes.
An entry fee of $30 for up to three prints, slides or images on CD, and $5 each for up to two additional images entitles all entrants to a copy of the catalogue. In addition, all entrants will be able to subscribe to The Photo Review for $34, a 20 percent discount.
All entries must be received by mail between May 1 and May 15, 2007. For more information, or to get a copy of the prospectus, visit the contest Web site. For further information call (215) 891-0214.
Get ready to celebrate "The Photograph" in a new way.
The first of its kind in North America, Festival of the Photograph will be a three-day program of exhibitions, outdoor projections, master classes, interviews with world-famous photographers and special events that will transform the downtown of historic Charlottesville, Virginia into a “living image.” Premiering June 7 though 9, 2007, the Festival will showcase the work of many of the world’s most celebrated photographers and exciting new artists, with images ranging from the fields of photojournalism to fine art.
NPR's Alex Chadwick will interview this year's featured photographers William Allard, Sally Mann and Eugene Richards on three separate evenings at the Paramount Theater. The Festival will provide an immersive experience with photography shows virtually everywhere: in the trees, projected in storefront windows, on the sides of buildings, and in all the galleries.
On Friday and Saturday nights, two exciting special events will present the work of emerging photographers nominated by the Festival’s advisory board in two very distinct settings: an enormous warehouse complex and a 3,000-seat outdoor pavilion located on Charlottesville’s pedestrian mall. Throughout the Festival, attendees with all levels of experience in photography are encouraged to participate by showing personal work at a special exhibit called “Yourspace,” and/or by enrolling in master classes taught by David Alan Harvey, Maggie Steber, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb.
Tickets: Festival Pass—$99 General or $50 student (limited to 200 students and includes college graduates of 2007).
Web site: www.festivalofthephotograph.org
See you there!
The School of Visual Arts in New York City will present a FREE public lecture by British sculptor and photographer Steven Pippin.
A 1999 finalist for Britain’s prestigious Turner Prize, the artist is known for reviving the lost art of pinhole photography on a monumental scale; Pippin turned refrigerators, rooms and even entire houses into cameras. He once spent three months on a train from London to Brighton making self-portraits by using the toilet as a camera. For "Laundromat-Locomotion" (one image below) he converted 12 laundry machines into cameras by means of a trip wire. Since 1991, he has also made sculptural machines, which have interconnected moving parts that spin, flip or rotate, like a gyroscope, around a stable central point, which houses an image or object.
His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center and Tate Gallery, London. In the U.S., his work is exhibited at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, and Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
EVENT DETAILS:
The Honors Program Lecture: Steven Pippin
Thursday, February 22, 7 p.m.
School of Visual Arts
3rd-Floor Amphitheater
209 East 23 St.
Free and open to the public
Information at 212.592.2010 or www.sva.edu/events
IMAGE:
Laundromat / Locomotion (Walking Naked) LL 09, 1997
Black & White contact prints made from the original paper negatives
12 pieces @ 28” diameter each
Courtesy Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
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With the wealth of exhibitions across the country, I thought I‘d help narrow down a few good choices to check out.
 In Los Angeles, head over to the Paul Kopeikin Gallery for the 3 x 5 show. The show exhibits three pieces each from five emerging artist. These five artists are four photographers, Matthew Jordan, Lisa Robinson, Andrew Miksys and Amy Stein, as well as ceramic artist Dana Weiser. The show runs until February 3rd.
The gallery is located at 6150 Wilshire Boulevard, just west of Fairfax. For more information call (323) 937-0765 or visit paulkopeikingallery.com 
The Art Institute of Chicago is showing Far from Home: Photography, Travel, and Inspiration through May 6th. The show focuses on photographers whose travels have helped them renew and refresh their work, including pieces by Edward Weston and Irving Penn. The exhibit reveals how a break from ordinary life helps to transform an artist‘s work with new creativity and ideologies.
For more information about the museum and exhibit, check out its site. The museum offers free evenings on Thursdays from 5 – 8 p.m.
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois If you‘re in the Philidephia area, check out Modern People: A Tribute to Arnold Newman, at the Philidephia Museum of Art. The exhibit consists of work from Newman‘s first solo exhibition in 1945, Artist Look Like This, and portraits by Newman’s contemporaries including Richard Avedon and August Sander. Featuring images of Truman Capote and Cab Calloway, the exhibit reveals the range of modern portrait photography and Newman’s influence.
The show lasts until April 8, in the Julien Levy Gallery, and every Sunday you can pay what you wish.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
P.O. Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA
Phone: (215) 763-8100
Check it out!
Image 1: Watering Hole, 2005 © Amy Stein
Image 2: Edward Weston. Washbowl, 1925. Harold L. Stuart Endowment. © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
January 20-21 is a workshop kinda weekend in New York City, and if you’re a budding photographer, this one is tailored for you. PhotoAssistant.net, the premiere database for photography assistants (if you haven’t visited yet, you need to), is hosting its first Capture One Digital Technician workshop of the season.
This hands-on workshop will prepare you for your first digital shoot. Nothing replaces on-the-job experience, but this session is meant to get you up and running. Attendees will be working with Canon and Phase One digital backs, coupled with Capture One Pro software. This is an intermediate to advanced workshop that is great for photographers, assistants, photo students and new digital technicians who want to learn more about digital photography cameras and software. You should have a solid understanding of MAC OS X and a good working knowledge of photography. You should have knowledge of medium format cameras (specifically the Mamiya RZ and Hasselblad H1/H2 systems), studio strobes, flash meters and color temperature. Attendees are encouraged to bring a Mac G4 laptop. Intel Core Duo currently supported as well.
When: Saturday, January 20, and Sunday, January 21; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Cost: $525*
*Payments can be made via credit or debit card online through PayPal. Workshop fee is non-refundable. Lunch for both days will be provided.
Location: Drive-In Studios, 443 West 18 St., New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 645-2244
Space is limited to 16 people so reserve your spot soon. (As of 1/16/2007 6:44 p.m., three spaces are left.)
Register here through Paypal for the workshop. Visit www.photoassistant.net/workshops.htm for more information about workshops.
If you're a budding assistant just starting out, check out PhotoAssistant.net's exclusive E-book, “How to be a Photo Assistant,” available for download here.
PhotoAssistant.Net is the original photo assistant’s database that after nine years, is still free and the most active and complete world-wide real-time database catering to the commercial photo industry. In the spring of 2006, it launched the sister site www.DigitalPhotoTechnician.Com, also a free real-time database listing digital technicians from around the world.
It may be the first day of snow flurries in New York City, but it's 70 degrees and sunny South Florida--perfect timing for FOTOFusion. This yearly international festival of photography and digital imaging in Delray Beach celebrates its 12th year with portfolio reviews, workshops, seminars and book signings from photography masters. It's not too late to book tickets to soak up the sun--and some photo education. Here are the details:
FOTOFusion 2007 produced by the Palm Beach Photographic Centre
January 16-20, 2007
55 Second Avenue
Delray Beach, Florida 33444
Phone: 561.276.9797
The University of Maine Museum of Art is currently accepting submissions for an upcoming exhibition, "Millions Taken Daily Photographs from Everyone and Everywhere."
The exhibition explores the idea that photographs are an integral part of daily life and that we all have a hand in creating and collecting them. "Millions Taken Daily" will display photographs from around the globe, submitted by anyone (yes, anyone). There is no particular theme or subject, and each person may submit up to 20 photographs. Selected images will be installed from floor to ceiling in the museum from July 13 to October 6, 2007. There is no fee to enter, and the deadline is July 6, 2007. Sound too good to be true? Visit www.umma.umaine.edu/exhibition/millions_taken.html for submission rules and guidelines.
Entries may be sent to:
University of Maine
Museum of Art
MTD Exhibition
40 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401
The jen bekman gallery will honor the Fall 2006 winners of the Hey, Hot Shot! competition at its opening reception, Wednesday, December 13, 2006 | 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
If you can't make it, stop by the open house, Saturday, December 16, 2006 | Noon - 3 p.m.
Joe will be serving their divine coffee along with some delicious treats. It's a perfect opportunity to check out the show, meet some artists and warm up from holiday shopping.
Other than that, the exhibition is on view Thursday - Sunday, December 14-17, 2006 from noon - 6 p.m.
Drop in!
jen bekman
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012
www.jenbekman.com
Learn more about this season's Hot Shots at www.heyhotshot.com
Becoming a professional photographer may seem like a fantasy career, but in an upcoming continuing education class, PDN's photo editor Jeanine Fijol shows you how to make it real.
Starting a Career in Photography: A Realistic Approach to the Competitive World of Professional Photography consists of 10 classes at Cooper Union in New York City. Read below for the program's description:
If you are a recent graduate of a photography program, or starting your career as a freelance photographer this course will help place you on the right path. Class discussions will help demystify the photography industry by explaining how to approach magazines and advertising agencies for work. Students will learn how to edit and promote their portfolios so that they are commercially viable. Students wil |
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