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Posted December 2005

ASMP at Macworld

At Macworld Expo (San Francisco, January 9-13), ASMP will host industry luminary David Pogue of The New York Times as he discusses the next decade of digital photography. You’ll hear about the screens, batteries, storage devices, and software of the next decade’s digital camera, including which current annoyances will go away and which will only get worse. Also featured: virtual video visits from the top visionaries at Kodak, Nikon, and Canon.

The session is titled “The Digital Camera of 2015” and it takes place on January 11 at 6:00 p.m. The session is open to all Exhibit Hall attendees. (Incidentally, if you visit the ASMP-Northern California event page, you’ll find a discount code for your registration.)

Proposed law grants resale royalties to living UK artists

The UK Government has submitted a bill to Parliament to implement the European Artists’ Resale Right, a Directive of the EU that calls for living artists (including photographers and illustrators) to receive a portion of the sale price when their work is traded or resold. Both Houses of Parliament will debate the bill early in 2006.

The bill proposes a royalty payment to living UK and European artists on all works sold with the help of a professional for €1,000 or more. The royalty will be a percentage of the sale price, starting at 4% for works valued to €50,000 and decreasing to 0.25% above €500,000. The maximum payment on any sale is €12,500.

Under the proposal, heirs of dead artists would not benefit until 2010 and possibly not until 2012. However, artists would immediately be permitted to bequeath their resale royalties to registered charities.

A study by the UK Patent Office (which administers copyrights) found that during February 2003 to March 2004, some 1,250 works sold through UK auction houses would have qualified for the royalty. Auctions account for about half of the UK art market; dealers comprise the other half.

Epson Print Academy sets 2006 tour schedule

Starting in January, the Epson Print Academy will travel to eleven cities to host seminars that teach you how to make great prints. In each city, the Academy will present two concurrent tracks, one for beginners in digital printing and one for experienced print-makers.

Track One is designed for photo enthusiasts, advanced amateurs and new digital SLR camera owners. It will include a walk-through of the process from photo shoot to paper output, a discussion of common digital file problems, a Photoshop tutorial, and demos by experts. This track is priced at $50. Track Two is designed for working professionals who want to advance their businesses to the next level in both quality and productivity. Topics include color management, optimizing your workflow, fine-art printing tips, using a RIP, black-and-white techniques, and working with graphic designers and commercial printers. This track is priced at $150, but by entering “EPAPDISC” as your discount code, you’ll get a $50 discount.

There will also be demo areas where you can look at Epson’s latest printers and inks. Other sponsors include Adobe, Lexar Media, Light Impressions, Microsoft, NAPP, Nik Multimedia, Wacom and X-Rite.

The schedule and sign-up forms are at the Epson Print Academy web site.

CEPIC gets new offices, phone numbers

On 11 January 2006 CEPIC (Coordination of European Picture Agencies) will move its Berlin office to new quarters. It will be in the same building as its German member, BVPA, the German association of picture agencies & libraries.

CEPIC
Lietzenburger-Strasse 91
10719 Berlin GERMANY
Tel. +49/ 30 889 9101 - 0
Fax + 49/ 30 889 9101 - 1

ASMP to participate in FotoFest 2006 workshops

The first of the 2006 FotoFest Workshops, “How to Make the Digital World Work for You,” is being presented in conjunction with ASMP. It will be held on Tuesday, March 14 at the Downtown Houston Doubletree hotel. Featured speakers are ASMP members Judy Herrmann and Michael Starke. Their task: to demystify working with digital files.

They’ll discuss the creative and practical pros and cons of scanning film vs digital capture, how to make sure that the digital capture technology you invest in will give adequate quality for your needs and how to set up your working environment so your monitor accurately represents what your final output will look like. Specific topics to be covered include:

• Scanning film vs digital capture
• Creative advantages that only digital capture can offer
• Factors that affect pixel quality, and the relationship between megapixels and output size
• Understanding the color issues that arise in both scanned film and digitally captured files
• Creating a color-safe work environment for scanned or digitally captured files
• Handling out-of-gamut colors in scanned or digitally captured files
• Using color management to get predictable results no matter what type of output you use

You can get a registration form from the FotoFest web site. Space is limited, so register early.

Sotheby’s Institute to offer MA in photography

In September 2006, Sotheby’s Institute of Art — London will launch a masters program in historic and contemporary photography. The MA in Photography: Historic and Contemporary will be a research-based degree, with “behind the scenes” study trips to the National Collection of Photography held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford.

The course will look at the medium’s role in a variety of social and cultural contexts, including photojournalism, documentary practice, vernacular environments and fashion. Through an analysis of modernist practice and postmodern strategies, photography, in all its numerous guises, will be rigorously investigated and examined. From exquisite nineteenth century daguerreotypes to conceptual art’s use of the banal and “artless” snapshot, the course will consider the full range of ways in which artists engage with photography to make art.

The degree programs of Sotheby’s Institute are accredited through the University of Manchester.

Light Work to feature Nguyen-duy in East of Eden exhibit

The Light Work gallery (Syracuse, NY) will highlight the work of Vietnamese photographer Pipo Nguyen-duy at its East of Eden exhibition, which runs from January 17 through March 9. Admission is free to the public. Light Work is a nonprofit artist-run organization that collaborates closely with Syracuse University.

Nguyen-duy is a photography professor at Oberlin College. His work, which stems from the traditional style of landscape painting, has been exhibited nationwide. According to Stephen Borys, curator of Western art at Oberlin, his work “shows us a landscape developing, changing, retreating and advancing — a land of multiple hues and conditions.”

Connecticut Photographics prints Bobby, Martin and John exhibit

Connecticut Photographics (Danbury, CT) is printing 75 photos for the traveling exhibition Bobby, Martin and John: Once Upon an American Dream. The photos are from the archives of Life photographer Bill Eppridge, who photographed Robert Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign; Benedict Fernandez, who photographed Martin Luther King Jr.; and the late Stanley Tretick, known for his candids of John F. Kennedy and his family. The exhibit is slated to open at The City of Lake Charles, Louisiana, where it will run from February 1 through April 1.

ASMP member Mark Savoia, co-owner of Connecticut Photographics, scanned the original negatives and vintage prints and restored them to their original quality. To make the 16×20 prints, he is using an Epson printer with Cone Piezotone selenium inks for the monochrome images and Epson UltraChrome inks for the color images.

NPR interviews Julius Shulman

On the Day to Day segment for December 13, National Public Radio ran an interview with architectural photographer Julius Shulman. He began shooting in the 1930s and joined ASMP in 1949. He is now 95 years old.

In addition to the audio, the NPR web site has Shulman’s classic “Case Study #22” photo of a living room cantilevered over the side of a Los Angeles canyon, with LA city lights stretching away in the background.

Michael Lichter puts books, calendars on sale

ASMP member Michael Lichter recently sent us an email announcing a Christmas sale at his web site, where he offers his books, posters, postcard books and calendars. Unfortunately, by the time you read this, the sale may have passed. But it won’t be too late to consider whether you, too, could take advantage of online distribution of your prints. Retailing isn’t exactly a gold mine, but in these times, who can afford to overlook a potential revenue source?

2006 Adobe Design Achievement Awards call for entries

Students who use Adobe Photoshop in class assignments can enter them in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards competition. Prizes include travel, software and cash. The categories of competition include Animation, Digital Illustration, Digital Photography, Environmental Graphics and Packaging, Interactive Design, Live Action, Motion Graphics, Print Design Multi-Page, and Print Design Single Page. Entry deadline is April 28, 2006.

Three finalists in the Digital Photography category will be invited as Adobe’s guests to Toronto, Canada. They’ll visit design and film studios, and their work will be honored at a festive awards event July 20, 2006 at the Royal Ontario Museum, where winners will be announced. All student finalists will win Adobe software and their entries will be displayed in the Adobe web gallery. Category winners also receive a $5000 cash prize.

Slate, Magnum launch Today’s Pictures

Online magazine Slate has partnered with Magnum Photos to launch Today’s Pictures, a daily feature offering readers a look at the best of past and current photographs from the internationally acclaimed photo agency. Each day, Slate offers a selection chosen by Magnum editors. The feature also includes multimedia presentations of special photographic series covering a range of subjects. The project launch is sponsored by The History Channel.

Founded in 1947 by a group of photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, Magnum Photos today is a cooperative of 60 of the most respected photojournalists in the world.

Kevro realizes a dream

Recently, ASMP member Kevin Rouse directed and produced his first short, a poetic art film titled ‘If Only I Were A Tree.’ Kevin’s brother Todd wrote and performed the original score; Deborah Sullivan was the screenwriter. Kevin’s primary art focus is trees. His large-format photography series and original video capture depicts the struggle and the beauty of all living sculpture. Kevin says, “Photography is the art of the new millennium.”

After graduating from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Kevin worked as an assistant for Denny Tillman in New York City. He then went on to work as an imaging pioneer for Multi Image Group of Boca Raton for fifteen years. Today, his artist-owned gallery KEVRO, located in Pineapple Grove of downtown Delray Beach, is celebrating its fifth year.

Call for International Color Awards entries

Put your work in front of a panel of influential decision-makers from the world of advertising, TV and publishing, and give yourself a platform to showcase your best color photography. How? Enter the International Color Awards competition. The deadline is December 16. The base fee is $35 (€30, £25) per entry. Full info is at the Color Awards web site.

D&AD seeks Global Awards entries

D&AD, a UK-based nonprofit association of designers and advertisers, has issued a Call for Entries for its 2006 Global Awards. This is primarily a design competition, rather than a photo contest. The winners are awarded a Yellow Pencil (only the very few will get the coveted Black Pencil) and all the bragging rights appurtenant thereto — but, as far as we can tell, no cash.

The competition is truly worldwide; last year entries were received from 59 countries. A high proportion of the judges hail from the UK, but most of the developed nations are represented on the panels. Entry fees are significant, in part because the association treats the event as a fundraiser for its educational programs. Deadline for submissions is January 27, 2006 (full info is at the D&AD website) and the awards will be presented at a banquest at Old Billingsgate, London, on May 24.

In memoriam: Michael Evans, photographer of Ronald Reagan

Michael A. W. Evans, whose photograph of Ronald Reagan in a worn cowboy hat was on the covers of Time, Newsweek and People after Reagan’s death last year, died on December 2. He was 61 years old.

During his long career, Evans worked for Time, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, The New York Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The famous photograph of Reagan was taken in 1975 during Reagan’s first campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Evans also photographed Reagan’s successful second campaign in 1980, which led to his appointment as official White House photographer, a post created by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Jeffrey Roberts leaves PDN, takes Hachette post

Jeffrey Roberts, the publisher of Photo District News since 1985, was recently named vice president/publisher of American Photo and Popular Photography & Imaging, owned by Hachette Filipacchi Media. Roberts will report to Nicholas J. Matarazzo, the group publishing director for Hachette’s Men’s Enthusiast Group. Roberts will replace Richard Rabinowitz, who will be leaving the company.

Roberts first worked at American Photo twenty years ago as advertising director when the title was owned by CBS Publications. He then moved to PDN, where he was instrumental in making the title the most respected publication for professional photographers worldwide. At PDN, he was responsible for developing the company’s three Web sites: PDNonline, an award-winning complement to the magazine; Photoserve.com, a directory for creative photography talent; and IPNStock.com, a portal that represents the images for licensing from a network of photographers and small agencies.