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Posted January 2005

ASMP Prexy Stars at Museum of Contemporary Photography

“What our belongings have in common is their capacity to represent (or disguise) the experiences, tastes, relationships, and desires that constitute who we are.”

—Karen Irvine, Associate Curator

ASMP president Susan Carr and Jessica Rowe are the featured photographers at this winter’s Midwest Photographers Project Open House. Their pictures depict homes whose contents signal that they were established decades ago: floral patterns, faded wallpaper, books and papers piled on shelves, objects preserved for their nostalgic value. Pictures of kitsch? An examination of our changing notions of taste? Those are the questions that a museum setting encourages us to examine.

The exhibition runs January 10 - March 3, 2005 at The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL. Hours are Mon-Fri 10 am - 5 pm (Thurs until 8 pm) and Sat 12 - 5 pm. Admission is free.

WPN Expands Staff

WorldPictureNews, a four-year-old news-photo and stock agency, has apppointed industry veteran Rick Boeth to be its Director of News & Features. Boeth has been in both photojournalism and stock; he previously worked at Time in various news roles and at Corbis as its Global News Director. WPN now has 18 staffers in its New York offices.

As you may know, WPN was founded by two photojournalists, Seamus Conlan and Tara Farrell. Its photographers keep their copyrights and are guaranteed at least a 50-50 split on the sales of their images. It now has more 300 affiliated photographers in the field. We were told that it sees itself as a photographer-friendly alternative to the major wirephoto services and stock agencies, and that it is willing to accept submissions from freelancers.

Ethel Jimenez With The Nocturnes in SF

Ethel Jimenez is participating in a show called "Embarcadero Nocturne" at the South Beach Cafe (located at Townsend and the Embarcadero in San Francisco) during the month of January. A native New Yorker, Ms. Jimenez was seduced by San Francisco and moved out west in 2001.  Her interests are architecture, nature and landscapes.  She shoots using available light and does not digitally manipulate the images.

Arts Advocacy Day slated in March

Americans for the Arts invites you to Washington, DC, on Monday, March 14, 2005, where it will conduct the National Arts Advocacy Day Training Workshops and the 18th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The following day, advocates will gather on Capitol Hill for Arts Advocacy Day: The 2005 National Arts Action Summit. The purpose is to keep Congress aware that there is a constituency for art.

FotoFest Announces Print Sale

FotoFest plans to offer a selection of prints from its collection for sale. Fourteen photographs will be available for purchase through the FotoFest website starting in late January 2005. Images and descriptions of the prints will be posted at that time, along with prices and terms of the sale. The prints will be available for a period of eight weeks.

FotoFest is an international non-profit photographic arts and education organization based in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 1983. The FotoFest photography archive consists of several hundred photographs that have been donated or acquired from well-known artists who have exhibited at FotoFest. It contains significant works from Europe, Latin America, Asia and the United States. In addition to exhibitions, the FotoFest Biennial features a large portfolio review program for photographic artists, a film and video series, conferences, multi-media installations, a Fine Print Auction, and four-color exhibition catalogue.

Paper Hoaxed By ‘Tsunami’ Photo

Editor & Publisher reports that a dramatic photo of a cresting wall of water, purportedly from the Indian Ocean tsunami, is bogus. The picture was emailed to the Calgary (Alberta) Herald, which ran it on the front page on Dec. 30.

But the image was not of the tsunami. Rather, it was a September 2002 surge in the Qiantangjiang River in China. The paper published an apology the next day.

As E&P’s story noted, “in the age of ubiquitous tourist cameras, the fact that it was not circulated by a news organization would not necessarily raise any red flags.”

Copyright Awareness Week in March

The Copyright Society of the USA (www.csusa.org) is organizing the 2005 Copyright Awareness Week, to be observed March 21-25. The goal of the event is to teach students basic concepts about copyright. The Society hopes that through this understanding, students will be more appreciative of the efforts of creative people and the protections the law affords them.

MENC — The National Association for Music Education (www.menc.org) is cosponsoring the event. MENC was founded in 1907, and its membership includes more than 100,000 music teachers.

Copyright Society asks its members to participate in Copyright Awareness Week in one of four ways: - be an email consultant to a teacher - visit a classroom by invitation of a teacher - if you are a teacher, organize your own classroom visit - answer questions on the MENC/Copyright Bulletin Board

Further details will be posted to the Copyright Society web site as the event plans mature.

ASMP’s own online resource materials (see www.asmp.org/copyright/) are aimed at adults, particularly photographers and photo buyers. We therefore heartily endorse the Copyright Society’s efforts to educate students (and teachers!) about copyright.

Olympus’s Shimoya to get IPC Hall of Fame award

The International Photographic Council, an organization of the United Nations, has named Mr. Toshiro Shimoyama, Supreme Advisor, Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan as the recipient of its annual Hall of Fame award. The award honors legendary contributors to the photographic industry. Olympus is a major supporter of ASMP.

The presentation is scheduled to take place at the IPC's 2005 Annual New Years Luncheon on Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 11:30 a.m., at the United Nations in New York City. Keynote speaker for the luncheon will be Ms. Susan Walsh, president, White House News Photographer's Association. Seats are limited; for reservations, contact Priscilla Chu, Cygnus Business Media at 631-845-2700, ext. 341, or priscilla.chu@cygnuspub.com.