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Ian Parry was a photojournalist for the Sunday Times who died during the Romanian revolution in 1989 at the age of 24. In his memory, a scholarship was set up.
Each year a competition for this scholarship is held for photographers enrolled in a full-time recognized photography course or who are under the age of 24. In order to enter the competition, students must submit a portfolio of their work and a brief synopsis of a project they would like to complete if they won the award. Only digital entries will be accepted.
The scholarship is about $5,000 and Metro Imaging is also offering about $1,000 worth of vouchers to the winning student.
To find out more information and to download an entry form please visit www.ianparry.org/main.php
The curator of a new student photography exhibit at Middlebury College in Vermont told the weekly campus paper that before the opening of school-sponsored Center Gallery in May, students were prone to get involved in, “guerilla art shows.”
Reading this online at my tidy little desk, the term struck me. I could just picture some gallant student artists forging ahead, hanging their work on the streets. The idea felt romantic, rebellious and frankly useful. Why create if you can’t share your vision with the world, right?
I got in touch with said curator, Stuart Hurt, to find out exactly what he meant by the term. Hurt, a graduate intern at the Middlebury College Museum of Art said the type of exhibits he described had been going on for at least five years. “I mean shows that were not officially sanctioned by the school." How bohemian, I thought.
Hung in spaces that weren’t designed to be galleries such as dorm basements, lounges and the school bike shop, the shows went on without permission or help, he said. The downside of course was that students had to finance exhibits themselves and the work was sometimes left unprotected from thieves or lacked the lighting it deserved.
One of the more successful examples however, was a recent show at the campus bike shop, curated by architectural design and music major (and shop manager) Hubert d’Autremont and his photography major friend Brett Foreman. According to d’Autremont shows like his grew out of a basic need for space that could be utilized by students interested in the arts, many of which are not studio art majors, he added.
The bike shop show took place in a basement space of an old building and d’Autremont built the showcase by using pieces that interacted with the space itself. Multiple photos of a single family were placed on the old wooden door for instance, lending consistency.
One aspect of the show being “guerilla” is that it went up in about a day or so, d’Autremont said. “I like the term because it implies that art should be political in some ways or at least make people think of the current state of things and react.”
At Middlebury the reaction was in some ways the advent of its student-only Center Gallery. “Shows like this probably did help the case for a gallery,” Hurt said. While the administration wanted a space but needed funding, “Seeing students show despite the myriad obstacles helped people know the desire was there even if the space wasn’t … yet.”
I couldn’t end either curator conversation without some tips for getting noticed. From d’Autremont: “One of the best ways to get your work seen is to display it in a ways that are a little unordinary. I think that is why installation art can be so successful, especially when it’s un-commissioned.” And from Hurt: “As a curator, you want to see people who are thoughtful about their work. You want to see that it’s not just a happy accident involving a good camera and some luck.”
Photographs by Brett Foreman.
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.
If June is filled with wedding bells, July’s the month to see thousand-dollar wedding dresses being torn, dragged and trampled—all to the accompaniment of feverish clicking.
More post-wedding brides are commissioning photos of themselves showing off their costly togs in unconventional, and often grungy, settings. Locations have included the car wash, marshes and the deep ends of swimming pools. The trend is credited to John Michael Cooper, who took a picture a couple of years back of a bride with her dress literally on fire.
The world’s biggest “Trash Bash” to date took place last week in Atlantic City and involved 11 real brides and more than 40 professional wedding photographers. The radiant subjects were photographed splashing around in the ocean and trailing their finery through the sand dunes.
Mark Eric, writer of the Trash The Dress blog and organizer of the Atlantic City bash, says that the ritual would let women get unforgettable pictures out of a garment that would otherwise go to waste. It can also be a symbolic act of commitment; after all the abuse, the gown can’t be recycled for a second wedding.
My take on it? The brides might mean well, and some of the photographs certainly are interesting. Personally though, I’d rather see the dress donated intact to people who need it. Leave the indulgent stunts to the fashion magazines, I say.
What do you aspiring wedding photogs out there think? Speak out now, or… you know the rest.
Photograph © Mark Eric
The Lange-Taylor Prize 2007 was awarded to writer-photographer team Kurt Pitzer and Roger LeMoyne. Supported by a $20,000 grant awarded by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Pitzer and LeMoyne will investigate the repercussions of war on the people of the former Yugoslavia more than ten years after the region was wracked by fighting that left thousands dead or displaced.
One of the moving early images to come out of their project is LeMoyne’s shot of a Bosnian-based group called the Mothers of Srebrenica. The group’s mission is to find justice and preserve the memory of the thousands of sons, husbands and relatives lost in the war.
Like the Mothers of Srebrenica, LeMoyne and Pitzer are interested in those who are fading out of the general consciousness. Their project documents the shifting period in which fresh emotions and memories transform into cold history.
Now in its 17th year, the Lange-Taylor Prize is awarded to a pair of collaborators planning a documentary project in the tradition of photographer Dorothea Lange and social scientist Paul Taylor. The deadline for next year’s application is January 31, 2008.
Photograph © Roger LeMoyne
Fed up with press images of politicians caught jeering and napping during New Zealand’s parliamentary sessions, a committee is plotting to severely restrict what photojournalists are allowed to capture. The use of any still or videotaped image for satire is to be prohibited. Also included in the new rules is a ban on still photographers from snapping anything, except the MP (Member of Parliament) officially speaking, "to minimise the prospect of disturbance by photographers moving around the public gallery," and "because still photographs cannot themselves reflect the context of the proceedings to which they relate.”
Aside from being a full-on assault on lively political discourse, the ruckus also raises interesting issues about photography. Why would a written description of an MP snoozing through a speech be allowed, unlike a picture of the same act? Is it inherent to the nature of a still photograph that important context is sacrificed? It’s a classic conflict of photography—the tension between its sheer symbolic power, and the fact that the so-called “decisive moment” is only one shot among countless others.
The theory behind even the most innocent of images can be mind-bogglingly complex. The inquisitive will be glad to know that Aperture Magazine, the intellectual guide to new and established photography, has just announced a new discount rate for students and educators. Sign up for a one-year subscription rate (four issues) for $25 and save $15 off the regular $40 subscription fee.
Nothing will make you appreciate school more than a book about work. Coinciding with Labor Day, National Geographic published Work: The World in Photographs, a 352-page hardcover coffee table book depicting work in its many forms.
Be it fishing, fashion or fighting, National Geographic
compiled photos taken by some of its greatest photographers--Steve McCurry, David Alan Harvey and Chris Johns to name a few. With text by author Ferdinand Protzman, Work makes the mundane look exotic.
Work (National Geographic, August 29, 2006) is available for $35.
Photo Steve McCurry © 2006 National Geographic
 Eight freshman honors students from Hampden-Sydney College taught pinhole photography to seven inmates from Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Virginia.
Why pinhole cameras?
"Pinhole cameras don't have to include anything sharp or anything
metal. Logistically speaking, they are cheap, they are easy to build
and they are fun. They were our best option," student Corey van Vlymen
said in an article reported by Kathryn Orth in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The students went to the jail six times, setting up a temporary
darkroom and making presentations about documentary photographers,
including Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine and Dorothea Lange.
The photographs will be on exhibit for only two more days at the Artspace Gallery at Plant Zero.
This week the Art Directors Club hosted their annual National Student Portfolio Review. Two hundred of the best students from the top advertising and design schools were INVITED by their professors to participate.
Monday was devoted to design, co-chaired by Oprah Magazine's Carla Frank and MeyerNewYork's Jackie Merri Meyer. And Tuesday was devoted to advertising, co-chaired by McCann Erickson's Joyce King Thomas and Taxi's Wayne Best.
The event took place at the Art Directors Club Gallery in NYC.
I know, I know. You want an invitation for next year's event. You want to network, be critiqued, and be recruited. Start bugging your teachers NOW! No, I take that back. Start polishing your portfolio NOW.
For more information, call 212-643-1440.
The staff of PDNedu is now busy cooking up a great line-up for the Fall issue, but we want to hear YOUR ideas. We're introducing a new legal column, so e-mail your questions on copyrights, model releases or anything else you'd like answered to mwakem@pdnonline.com Are you a student with a great idea for a story? E-mail me your thoughts on articles for students, by students and you just might see your name in print! Looking forward to hearing from you...
Here is an article for photo historians and photographers alike.
It is about the photographs that we've studied and how they are being collected. It is about references to and influences from other arts. It is about the elevation of the value of the photograph.
Enjoy the read. It was written by Souren Melikian and published in the International Herald Tribune on February 24th. It is called "Photography's draw: It's all in the canvas."
Nikon just announced that it will cease manufacturing film cameras with the exception of the F6, beloved by professionals, and the FM10, used by the entry-level SLR photographer.
In addition, Nikon will stop producing all large format Nikkor lenses, enlarging lenses, and manual
focus Nikkor interchangeable lenses.
Nikon will offer service for discontinued products for a period of 10 years.
Why?
Nikon has decided to concentrate on products that continue to demonstrate the strongest growth ... digital.
And while I revel in the passion of using my new digital SLR's, I am so glad that I kept my beloved Nikon FM2's with their motor drives and manual Nikkor lenses (105mm f/1.8 and 24mm f/2).
It's that time of year again !!! Champagne, gifts and of course, the year in review.
MSNBC is showcasing its version of the best in pictures. They offer three categories: Editors' Choice, Readers' Choice and Your Vote. You can get to all three via this link.
You really need to go through the slide show in Readers'
Choice before going to Your Vote ... the thumbnails are just too small in Your Vote to really make any decisions. But it is definitely worth the time and the effort, because the photographs are spectacular in both their content and their composition.
How did Justin Sullivan of Getty Images get those gasoline prices into those raindrops? It isn't credited as a photo illustration so that eliminates any Photoshop guru-ship.
There is some overlap of images in the categories of Editors' Choice and Readers' Choice but as you would expect, Editors' Choice has more of the defining moments of this year's tragedies.
After you vote, you will see the Readers' Top 5 picks. As of
this moment, my favorite has only received 1,240 votes and is in 19th place. So far there have been 78,746 votes cast.
I love the idea that 78,746 people have taken the time to appreciate photography at its best!
 The December issue of Rangefinder magazine is devoted to the winning images of various contests throughout the year large and small. The nice thing about seeing all of this world class imagery (in one
place) is that it gives you a visual goal of what is being recognized
and rewarded by the photo community.
Here is a sample of what you will find:
62nd Annual Pictures of the Year International hosted by the Missouri School of Photojournalism
Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards
The Pulitzer Prize - Deanne Fitzmaurice, winner in feature photography
Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Awards of Excellence
Nikon's Small World Competition, which focuses on photomicrographs
World Press Photo Contest, an international competition for photojournalists
The cover of Rangefinder is a photograph titled "Scooter Man" by Damien Bredberg. The model for the photograph was the photographer's dad! Damien was awarded the AIPP Australian Editorial Photographer of the Year award.
Manfrotto has designed a project to bring recognition to photographers who make a difference with their cameras.
Local Heroes is "not necessarily a famous photographer, but is someone who gives back to his/her community..."
Those chosen are presented with Manfrotto equipment (tripods, etc.) and their work is showcased on the Manfrotto website, with each photographer having an individual web page with a biography, commentary and a photo gallery.
Interested in being a Local Hero? Manfrotto wants you to contact them via email or at their website.
Photoshop User is an expensive magazine ($9.95 US) but I can't wait to receive it every month! It is one of the benefits of joining the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Well, I am definitely not a Photoshop professional, but I do appreciate the tutorials, product advice, and this month's offering of "100 Photoshop Cool Tips."
With advice from PS gurus like Kevin Ames, Sean Duggan, Julieanne Kost, and Michael Ninness ... topics include how to use gaussian blur to "feather" edges; how to keep your metadata secret; and how to make round-corner rectangles. (You didn't really think I was going to list all 100 tips, did you?)
The tips are quick, easy, and simple to read. I've already added Dave Huss's tip #2 to my repertoire. Add a little blue to your sunset. To create a twilight transition in your sunset photos, start by adding a new layer then choose the Gradient tool (G). In the Options Bar, click on the down-facing arrow to open the Gradient Picker and choose Foreground to Transparent. Make your Foreground color a light shade of blue to complement the orange and then draw your gradient through the clouds.
I just might be on my way to becoming a Photoshop professional -- woo hoo!
There are a lot of photographs that aren't making it to print because they are too depressing or too ugly or not of interest to our celebrity-hungry culture.
Kit R. Roane who covers conflict for U.S. News & World Report has created WarShooter.com "to provide photojournalists covering conflict and disaster with a voice beyond the editor or the magazine."
In an interview with Donald Winslow in NewsPhotographer magazine, Roane said that WarShooter.com "came about because of my great and general frustration with the state of the news business and where it is headed, the driving force of celebrity, and the constant squeezing of the news hole at many papers. I was also pretty shocked when I came back from Iraq following the invasion and found that many publications had failed to show a full picture of war."
"My hope is that WarShooter.com will give photojournalists who specialize in this area a specific outlet where they can beat the drum for things they find important, as well as promote their work and exchange ideas. I'm particularly interested in providing a forum for information coming directly from the field, unedited and raw dispatches from those who are on the ground and witnessing the events as they unfold."
 There's a whole lotta buzz about Apple's new post-production software, Aperture.
Some of that buzz came today from imaging superpower Adobe. Though Aperture is said to be a package that is an adjunct to Adobe's Photoshop software, an article today on MacCentral suggests that the Adobe guys are recognizing that they still have a ways to go to figure out what professional photographers need and want in software packages.
From the article:
The forthcoming arrival of Aperture has provided something of a wake-up call to Adobe—but not because the software giant sees Apple’s new pro-level application for managing and editing digital photos as a Photoshop rival. Rather, Adobe believes that Aperture underscores the desire of professional photographers to have better workflow tools. And that’s a desire Adobe hopes to meet with its own offerings.
“Whenever there are other solutions popping up, it is a sign that there is a lot of change going on and that everyone needs to keep innovating to solve those problems,” Kevin Connor, Adobe’s director of digital imaging product management,told MacCentral. “Apple is recognizing some of the same things that we are—there are some problems for photographers that are not fully solved yet.”
The whole article is in this link
Nikki Sixx Says Cheese
Motley Crue bassist tries his hand at photojournalism
link
(I can't wait to see what he looks like in one of those beige photo vests.)
We've got a couple of $250 gift certificates to B&H burning a hole in our pocket. If you fill out our reader survey (see the button on your right) you'll automatically be entered to win!
Here is a website created by student journalists for student journalists. Their intent is to share the fruits of their labor in an open forum so that they can learn from each other and better prepare for careers in journalism.
They also offer image critiques!
Any college student who is currently working on developing their skills in photojournalism either through freelance work or working on staff at a student newspaper is welcome to submit images for critique. Email your 800x600 pixel images to joe@collegefrontpage.com for consideration by David Leeson of the Dallas Morning News or Scott Strazzante of the Chicago Tribune.
Other cool stuff ... a page of links, forums, college newspapers, and jobs/internships listings (that will hopefully grow).
This is a great idea and a great community. Check it out!
This photograph of a housefly was magnified 6.25 times. No, silly, it wasn't created in Photoshop. It is in fact the winning image of the Nikon Small World contest. The photographer is Charles Krebs of Issaquah, Washington.
The Nikon Small World contest is open to anyone with an interest in photography through the microscope. The 20 prize-winning images are exhibited at numerous museums and science centers throughout the United States.
Interested in entering your photomicrographs in the 2006 competition?
This mantra isn't just for war photographers anymore... If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.
- Robert Capa
In addition to two decades of collaboration with U2, Anton Corbijn has helped define their visual image. His seventh and most recent photography book, U2&i, is devoted to his friendship with the band. Corbijn writes: I can honestly say that this book is the best book I have ever made and it is a very bold yet delicate piece of work I believe. As the title suggests, this is a collection of photographs I took of U2 over a period of 22 years and that is unique in itself. The book contains all the photos of the band you'd expect to find (all the well known shots of the Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby for instance), but also a lot of out-takes, private and random photos that are previously unseen. It is such a extra-ordinary relationship between U2 and myself that I decided to write, by hand, comments throughout the book to give the reader an insight of sorts. These comments are not gossip,they are at times informative and at times lightweight nonsense but you have to make your own way through it all.
Corbijn is exhibiting a selection of these photographs at the Stellan Holm Gallery in NYC to coincide with U2's performances at Madison Square Garden. Both the exhibition and the concert will only be in town until the end of this week.
Photo © Anton Corbijn. (This post inspired by Auntie Guppy.)
"Each day as the earth revolves toward sunrise members of a select human species awaken to observe the world with three eyes instead of two. They are the press photographers of the world, men and women who write the visual biography of man on earth." -John G. Morris
Every year there is a celebration of these three-eyed photographers in Perpignan, France - The International Photojournalism Festival. This year the granddaddy of photo editing, John G. Morris, formerly of The New York Times and Magnum, offers us a window into the festivities... A Letter from Paris: Perpignan's Report Card.
And for more insider information, you can read Morris' Get The Picture: A Personal History Of Photojournalism, which includes anecdotes about working with Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa.
I was checking out Pop Photography & Imaging magazine’s recent October issue, and they featured a large story on “How to Break into Galleries,” which from my quick read featured some valuable tips and ideas for doing just that. One person they quoted was fine-art consultant Mary Virginia Swanson, who’s recently published a handy guide, including ways to fund your personal photographic projects, steps to building your fine-art photography business and advice on how to get gallery representation, exhibitions and more.
 Ok, which seems more tired to you? The Rolling Stones or Rolling Stone magazine? Or both? It may be a non-issue given that in the September 22 issue of the magazine you can find the grizzled Glimmer twins along with Mr. Watts and Mr. Wood, in a group portrait by the much-less tiresome Anton Corbijn (Certainly not one of his better photos.) I would have loved to have been in that editorial meeting: “Hey, I’ve got it. Let’s do this: put the Rolling Stones on the cover!” Come on! More in keeping with what rock and roll has always been about is Kevin Mazur’s fantastic shot of Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong that appears on the table of contents page.
 Indeed, according to the New York Times. That's young Gregory on the left with his tongue out.
Related: PBS's EGG. Gregory Crewdson: Close to Home
PDN's Daryl Lang and Dave Walker interviewed three New Orleans-based photographers and came back with these sad little mini portraits of life down South post-Katrina.
Also in the Newswire:
Storm Chaser Jim Reed Captures Katrina's Wrath in Mississippi
Fund Established to Help New Orleans Photog Herman Leonard and Family
A little mid-week gossip for you..
David LaChapelle trashes Ashlee and Jessica in The New York Daily News today, calling them “everything wrong with culture…all in one family,” If you read on, you'll find that the source of his invective might stem from a few sour grapes over a recent photo shoot.
This is an interesting piece by Kenny Irby of the Poynter Institute about Hurricane Katrina and the picture editor's point of view.
Included are observations by David Frank, Deputy Director of Photography for The New York Times, who said that "the human emotion is the thing I am pushing our photographers to be more aware of."
Steve Deslich, the Managing Editor of KRT Photo Service, said "Knight Ridder photographers were told to bring their own water, gasoline, food and lots of each."
Sandy Ciric, Senior News Editor of Getty Images News & Sport, said "As good as the aerial photos of the Katrina disaster have been, this story really requires the photographers to work on the ground -- in the streets, on the road, atop rubble and in the water."
To read more -- go to Images of Disaster and How They Were Captured.
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Here is an interesting story reported by Mohammed Al A'ali in the Gulf Daily News.
Two hundred photographs from the World Press Photo exhibition are being displayed at the Seef Mall in Bahrain until September 8th. Some of the photographs were censored with black tape to cover up the nudity. People kept removing the black tape so four of the photographs were removed from the exhibit.
Murthada Bader, the Manama Municipal Council chairman, explains why.
"The exhibition shows the world the truth about death, murder, famine, poverty and happy times, but nudity is not an issue we will accept here in our country ... We are not against art, but that which flouts our Islamic and cultural values ... Bahrain is a conservative country - what people in other parts in the world consider as fine art we consider as cheap art."
Nonetheless, Bahrain has invited the World Press Photo exhibit to return for the next three years.
In case you haven't heard about World Press Photo, it is an annual competition and exhibition with a mission to encourage high professional standards in photojournalism and to promote a free and unrestricted exchange of information.
I just signed an online petition in support of New York Times reporter Judith Miller who was sent to jail for refusing to disclose her sources.
According to the National Press Photographers Association website, "she could remain in jail until she elects to testify, which she has vowed not to do, or until the grand jury expires in late October."
As of this post, Judith Miller has been in jail for 44 days, 1 hour, 7 minutes, and 56 seconds.
Sometimes I forget which country I am in ... it's so very terrifying.
Beware of the perils of the paparazzi biz. A photographer staking out Britney Spears' baby shower got blasted with a BB gun this weekend.
Since most photographers now have computer work stations, I thought the following stories would be of interest: Michael Miller, editor-in-chief of PC Magazine, recently predicted how he thinks the year 2006 will be the most dynamic year in the tech world in a decade. The magazine published several articles on the subject. One of the driving forces in this will be the introduction of Microsoft’s new operating system, now called Windows Vista.
West coast school, Brooks Institute of Photography, is being investigated by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, which is a division of the California Department of Consumer Affairs.
The allegations include inflated promises to potential students during recruitment by Brooks admissions counselors for job opportunities ranging from $50,000 - $150,000 in their first year out of school.
The state agency found that 2003 graduates are averaging about $26,000 and owe $74,000 in loans (for tuition and equipment costs) and told Brooks to prepare to return an undetermined sum in restitution to students who have attended since 1999.
Brooks officials will challenge the preliminary charges at a public hearing.
Read more here ....
Focusing on only the new features of Adobe’s latest release of Photoshop CS2, this new book, Photoshop CS2 Up to Speed, by Photoshop wiz Ben Willmore is only about 150 page long. But since it's not intended to be a bible or an all-inclusive sort of book, you can find out just what’s new about the recent update of Photoshop. The book is published by Peachpit Press.
We all know that things were better in the old days. So, should it surprise anyone that even the Paparazzi had ethics at one time? That's apparently the sentiment of Frank Griffin, a partner in Bauer-Griffin, a Hollywood picture agency, who is quoted in an article that appeared in this weekend edition of the New York Times.
He states: "It's much like the gold rush...It starts off with quite a few honest, hard-working prospectors who strike it rich now and again. And then you get the hangers-on, the camp followers, the hookers, all the rest of the garbage that comes along because they think the streets are lined with gold." Oh, paradise lost!
But wait, Brad Pitt just went into a public restroom...gotta go!
This very cool book reports on the inner workings of Adobe’s Capture Raw plugin, which is now a crucial part of Adobe Photoshop. Published by Peachpit Press, Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2 offers some fairly technical, although fascinating discussions on just what makes shooting in Raw so interesting and sometimes confusing. The author, Bruce Fraser, contributing editor for MacWorld, member of the Pixel Genius group and well known author of a number of books, does a great job getting into the specifics.
A press release arrived: "Leica Camera AG Honors Brazilian Documentary Photographer Sebastião Salgado." He was presented with a Leica M7 rangefinder camera made of solid titanium and bearing the special serial number 3,000,000. It was given to him for “his extensive humanistic work, particularly his large-scale 'Workers' and 'Migration' exhibits.” The release goes on to say Salgado will donate his prize to the Westlicht auction in the Leica shop in Vienna, Austria on November 27, 2005 with all proceeds going to a trust set up to save the tropical rainforests. Details of the auction and the photo exhibition are available on the Internet at www.westlicht.com. If you don't know Salgado's work, check it out here.
The five W's of photojournalism ...
Who: Full-time students in the US intending to pursue a career in photojournalism.
What: $1000 Bob Baxter Scholarship
Where: Send cover letter, contact information, name of the school you attend, references and a portfolio to Danielle Richards, c/o The Record Photography Department, 150 River Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or call Richards at 201 646 4130 for more info.
When: Deadline is August 1st. Get on it!
Why: You need the money!!!
Today's front page of the New York Times features a photo by an AP photographer, Muhammed Uraibi. Never heard of him, but he caught an incredible, albeit horrifying image. To me, it looks like one of Max Beckmann's painting of intense horror and pathos. The mixture of pain and the beautiful warm light in the background is just almost too much to take.
So, what do you think of Mr. Spock’s “Maximum Beatuy” exhibition at Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York City? As a former Trekkie, I’m always interested in what the former members of the original cast are doing. But while I never get tired of hearing William Shatner’s rendition of “Mr. Tambourine Man” or “Rocket Man”, I’m afraid that doesn’t extend to the Leonard Nimoy’s photography. What’s next, oil paintings by Paul McCartney? Oh, yeah, I forgot…OK, at least Mr. Spock’s “fine” art is better than ONE other celebrity’s ourvre.
Some photographers seem to be able to do anything distinctively: fashion, photojournalism. Even satire. This is the case with Larry Fink, who’s got a new book out, published by Phaidon. He’s the kind of photographer that can even mimic German Expressionist painters, and still get a laugh, as he does in this series of photos.
Have you ever taken your digital photos to Wal-mart or a one-hour lab for quick proofs? Okay, you don't have to admit it ... but you might want to read on just in case.
They might refuse to print your images according to an article by AP technology writer Brian Bergstein, "Copyright-Worried Photo Labs Spurn Jobs."
Why? Because they look too professional and they might not believe that they are yours. Having negatives once offered proof that you owned the copyright to the photographs. Nowadays anyone can bring in a CD of images that could have been illegally scanned or downloaded, and it is even more difficult to spot with software like Photoshop.
Jacquie Young, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart, said "her company's photo departments are instructed to err on the side of protecting copyrights, even if it means a conflict with an insistent customer."
This is understandable considering "professional photographers have successfully sued photofinishers for allegedly being lax about enforcing copyrights," as we should.
A recent book, Recreation, by master street photographer Mitch Epstein has a wide and oversized format that will be a bit of a pain to store on the bookshelf, but the pleasure in fingering through the pages will be well worth it. Something about the book, published by Steidl and spanning the years from 1973 through 1988, reminds me of the serendipity one can encounter on the street…provided that you have your eyes open and cameras ready. Through the years, it’s apparent that Epstein has. (However, both Epstein and Steidl need to better organize and update their respective websites.)
I am definitely two timing. I love digital. But I love film too. And this news reported by the Associated Press breaks my heart.
AP business writer Ben Dobbin wrote, "Kodak said Wednesday it will discontinue production of the paper, specially designed for black-and-white film, at the end of this year. But the world's biggest film manufacturer will continue to make black-and-white film and chemicals for processing."
Kodak spokesman David Lanzillo said, "As the industry shifts rapidly from chemical-based to digital imaging, demand for black-and-white paper is declining about 25 percent annually."
Hopefully Agfa and Ilford, who both declared bankruptcy recently, won't follow Kodak's lead. I still love my silver gelatin prints!
The provocative editorial and celebrity photographer David LaChapelle is getting press as a documentary film maker. His film, Rize, focuses on a dance phenomenon taking place on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. The film and film-maker were noted this week in Time Magazine. In the article, LaChapelle says of his latest project, "I wanted to make a broad, popular film. I come from pop art, and I wanted to make a film that was popular."
In the June issue of B&W Magazine, publisher and editor Henry Rasmussen announced a reversal of their policy of not featuring digital photography. When digital photography first arrived, there was a concern that the new technology would somehow make a mockery of the hard work of traditional photographers … Instead there has been a division into two strata – traditional photographers are utilizing the new technology to more effectively enhance the final image, leading to a co-mingling of old and new. The other stratum represents an entirely new medium – artists are using digital technology to create photo-based images that must be seen as extensions of classic surrealism.
In addition, B&W Magazine won’t be running articles on how to use
digital technology but they will welcome submissions of digital work,
which will be judged in the same way as traditional work.
Submissions can be sent to:
B&W Magazine
4687 Gate Way
Santa Barbara, Ca 93110
ZUMA Press, the largest independent wire service owned by photographers, has birthed zReportage.com where every Tuesday a new photo-essay is launched. Their mission is to fill the void with comprehensive coverage of stories that need to be told. Sign up to receive their weekly updates.
This week features San Antonio Express-News photographer Nicole Fruge's LOST in Love, about a married couple living on the streets struggling together to survive.
Last week featured Minneapolis Star Tribune photographer Jim Gehrz's Against All Odds, about U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jessica Clements fight for recovery from a roadside bomb in Baghdad. Gehrz was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for feature photography and the National Press Photographers Association 2005 Newspaper Photographer of the Year.
Think you have the vision, sign up to be a ZUMA photographer.
Photo © Nicole Fruge/San Antonio Express-News/ZUMA Press
Getty, Klein and Leibovitz. Sound like a lawfirm? Well they’re much more powerful. They’re Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein, the dynamic duo behind stock photo powerhouse Getty Images, and the famed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. All three are featured in the May/June 2005 issue of American Photo magazine’s list of the 100 most important people in photography. Getty Images topped the list. Leibovtiz placed. Find out who came in the other 98 slots.
Kodak has had some enticing rebates to keep you shooting film. You can find them online in Kodak's ProPass Magazine.
This month's issue also spotlights Joe McNally, a well-respected photographer and educator.
McNally has been actively teaching in the photo community for quite some time. I met him at the Eddie Adams Workshop (where he kicked butt as my team leader in 1993), and you can meet him this summer at the Maine Photographic Workshops and at the Santa Fe Workshops.
Photo by Joe McNally
Sydney Schanberg of the Village Voice takes a look at the war photos American newspapers won't run.
Do not recycle this week's NYTimes Magazine section. First, be sure to see the great photos and articles in this past week's Architecture Issue. Of note: Check out the portrait of (in)famous modern  architect, Oscar Niemeyer by Simon Norfolk on page 62. In looking at the image of the 97-year-old architect, who helped in creating what many critics claim as one of modern architecture's biggest flops, namely the building of the Brazillian capital of Brasilia, you get a sense that the six austerely modern windows behind this master are really what he's thinking about. Or maybe he's thinking of the notion of ambiguity between the positive and negative shapes in the space. Then again, maybe the photographer set a really big salad just out of camera view and it's past the architect's meal time. Who knows. What really matters is that it's a wonderful portrait. But it's not the only well done work in the issue. Also, look for Jeff Riedel, who shoots the portraits of "People Who Live in Glass Houses," shooting the present residents of homes built by Le Corbursier, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn.
Chicago street photographer Gary Stochl gets his due in today's New York Times.
I love receiving the Photo-Eye Books “New Arrivals” newsletter that arrives by e-mail each week. It keeps me in the know.
Located in Santa Fe, Photo-Eye Books has become the largest bookstore in the country blessedly devoted to photography since New York lost its beloved A Photographers Place.
Photo-Eye Books has a database of 15,000 titles with a gorgeous selection of signed books, limited editions, and a comprehensive index of monographs, visual anthologies, and essays.
As if that wasn’t enough, Photo-Eye also offers online auctions of collectible photography books, and two virtual galleries called Photographer’s Showcase and PhotoBistro.
It is so nice when we "visual people" are the main attraction!
Bill Eppridge, currently a staff photographer with Sports Illustrated and previously with Life Magazine (1963-1972), will be the University of Missouri School of Journalism's graduation speaker on May 13th. The legendary photojournalist was a MU graduate in 1960.
Read more about Eppridge on the NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) website.
(Photo © 2005 David Burnett)
Does your campus library carry Aperture magazine?
The Aperture Foundation is offering free subscriptions
to its journal of fine-art photography. If your library needs
a subscription, just send an email to Dana Cowsert with
the name of your school, the name of the librarian and
their snail mail and email address.
For those in the NYC or tri-state area looking for great deals on special fine-art papers, inkjet papers, supplies, various props or just artsy-fartsy stuff to have fun with, a trek out to the outer edges of New York City might be worth it. The fine-art chain Jerry’s Artarama is closing down its Bellrose (Queens) branch beginning of June, 2005. As the website reads “Closing Our Doors Everything Must Go! 40% Off Everything in the Store!” Just might find that special prop or fine-art supply that you’ve been looking for. I’ve seen some beautiful papers on sale there.
Jerry's Artarama is located in Queens in New York City at 248-12 Union Turnpike, Bellerose, NY. New Yorkers, take the E-train to Union Turnpike, and then jump on the #46 bus.
For more info, call (718) 343-0777.
 New York City's historic “Munson Diner,” the 60-year-old neon-tricked fixture of Hell's Kitchen is moving (yes, they're hauling the whole building away on a flatbed truck) to Liberty, New York. And Liberty, as you may know, is in the vicinity of October's Eddie Adams Workshop, and a preferred location of many of the photographers there.
The Grill is Gone [Time Out New York]
Munson Diner Moving (pics) [What I See]
American Diner Museum
(pic © Ronald C. Saari)
Amy Harmon of The New York Times argues that the abundance of digital images in the world may threaten an individual photograph’s “singular power.” "At a time when this country is indulging in an unparalleled binge of personal picture taking, and some digital photographers find themselves drowning in the product of their enthusiasm, the notion is dawning that even in a digital realm less may still be more."
Harmon gets bonus points for a great lede about emails of unwanted baby pictures.
Stop Them Before They Shoot Again [New York Times]
(Related)
Memory Overload [Wired]
AHHHHH SNAP!!! I'm so excited about the new documentary film about Gregory Crewdson entitled "Beneath the Roses." When I get to see it I will be drooling and gasping in the awe of the man who brought the next step to photography
 Fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti turns up in the New York Daily News today as a mysterious set of nude photos of him go on sale…
Best quote:
"Why would anyone want nude photos of Mario Sorrenti? He's kind of weird-looking."
Sorrenti's Very Own Film Strip [New York Daily News]
Although their taste might be questionable.
These sightings courtesy of Gawker's brilliant Gawker Stalker column, where readers email in New York City celeb sightings. Saw Leo & Gisele Sunday afternoon (4/17) at the Ashes & Snow exhibit at Pier 54. He was much taller than expected, actually a few inches taller than her, wearing jeans and a t-shirt with a fleece around his waist and a Wolverines (?) hat rather than his ubiquitous Lakers gear. She had on a red hat, tank top, khakis and flip flops. She looked amazing, with no make-up at all of course. They breezed through the photo part of the exhibit and watched the movie portion for quite a while.
Just got back from the Nomadic Museum and spotted Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor going in.. I noticed her first – for a brief moment I thought she was Ashley Olsen.
Seen a celeb at a photo event? Or spotted a photographer? Email us: editor@pdnedu.com
Ann Coulter is gabbing to anyone who'll listen about her dissatisfaction with Time magazine and the single-monikered wide-lens-loving photographer who she says made her head “the size of a pea” on this week's cover.
Before she claims some sort of lefty media conspiracy, she might want to take a look at this Esquire cover which ran a few years back. I actually don't even think she looks that bad. Cute shoes.
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