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Posted January 2006
ASMP exhibit at MacWorld a roaring success
ASMP NorCal Chapter co-president Morton Beebe reports, “The ASMP presence at MacWorld was a huge success in many ways. Many people asked to be added to our mailing list for our local newsletter, and several asked then and there for membership applications. I was among many volunteers who stood at the booth for four days, getting the ASMP name and mission out to MacWorld attendees.
“The David Pogue lecture also increased our visibility and was a highlight of the week. It drew about 2000 people!
“It was so successful that MacWorld wants us back next year. This booth, normally purchased for $50,000, was completely sponsored by MacWorld, including digital display, computer, and all components necessary to make them work. This is a huge coup for our chapter and ASMP in general.”
Esto gets kudos from AIA
The American Institute of Architects NY chapter has bestowed its 2005 Oculus Award on the Esto photographers collaborative. Esto’s exhibition for the Center for Architecture showcased public projects in all five boroughs of New York City.
Bronx: the Bronx Charter School for the Arts, photographed by Albert Vecerka.
Brooklyn: the Pratt Institute’s Higgins Hall Center Section, photographed by David Sundberg.
Manhattan: the Apple Soho Store and the Center for Architecture, both photographed by Peter Aaron; and Shake Shack, photographed by Peter Mauss.
Queens: the New York Hall of Science, photographed by Jeff Goldberg; and the Roosevelt Avenue Intermodal Station, photographed by David Sundberg.
Staten Island: the “Postcards” 9/11 Memorial, photographed by Jeffrey Totaro
Susan Carr shows “Personal Spaces” in New York
ASMP president Susan Carr is showing a suite of sixteen black-and-white photographs at the Thomas Werner Gallery in New York City. Her subject: the interiors of homes in which people have lived for forty-plus years. With an objective yet personal perspective, Carr explores the nuances that create our personal, or life, style. A series of minute choices that, when they occur, may seem disconnected, create a picture of personalities, and personal histories, as individuals and families.
The exhibition runs through February 25th. Gallery hours and other info are available at www.thomaswernergallery.com
Light Work opens grant process
Light Work, a nonprofit photo organization in Syracuse NY, is entering its 32nd year of offering grants to Central New York State artists. As in past years, three $1000 grants will go to photographers, critics or photo-historians who live within a 50-mile radius of Syracuse. Students, however, are not eligible.
The application deadline is March 31. Forms and instructions are online at the Light Work site or by calling 315-443-1300.
Historical Boston on display
From February 10 through April 2, Boston University Art Gallery will host A Photographic Portrait of Boston, 1840-1865. The exhibit comprises images from four archives: the Boston Athenaeum, the Boston Public Library, Historic New England and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
In addition to the open gallery, BU will offer a series of Thursday afternoon talks by the curators of the five institutions. In addition, student docent tours will be offered each Wednesday afternoon. Museum hours and the schedule of talks are posted at www.bu.edu/ART.
All exhibits and events are free and open to the public. The Art Gallery is located in BU’s College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave.
Rochester and Malibu now have something in common
The Januaries in Rochester, New York, are famous for wintry skies and mountains of snow. But this month (and through Feb. 12), Rochester residents can share a little bit of Malibu, California. Robert Weingarten: 6:30 AM is a series of 19 colorful photographs depicting Malibu mornings, displayed on the front lawn of George Eastman House, amidst the snow. The photos, each taken at the same hour of the day over the course of one year, capture the changing light over Santa Monica Bay. The Eastman House website explains how the photography was conceived and executed.
Photoshop TV takes a look at Lightroom beta
Photoshop TV, a video podcast produced by NAPP, is giving viewers an extended “first look” at Adobe Lightroom in its January 9 episode. Additionally, the same week’s Photoshop Radio podcast offers an insightful discussion of Apple’s Aperture vs. Adobe’s Lightroom: Who Comes out on Top?
Produced by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), both Photoshop TV and Photoshop Radio programs are hosted by the Photoshop Guys Scott Kelby with co-hosts Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski.
Focus Philadelphia on display
Over the past year, members of ASMP’s Philadelphia chapter set aside their normal photographic tasks to capture telling images of the neighborhoods in which they live. From the pictures they submitted, 50 were selected by the jurors for an exhibition called Focus: Philadelphia 2006. The exhibit will be on display through February 16 in Dorrance Hamilton Hall at the University of the Arts.
The jurors included graphic designer Rosemary Murphy, Philadelphia Inquirer staff photographer Eric Mencher, Candace Roberts of Quantum Think, Steven Perloff of the Photo Review, and WHYY radio host Marty Moss-Coane. More info about the event is at www.ASMPphilly.com.
Somerset’s Johnson Gallery to host national art exhibit
The Somerset Art Association, based in Bedminster, NJ, is hosting a national, juried photography exhibit in its Johnson Gallery. The exhibition runs April 6 - May 13 2006. Cash prizes include a $500 Best in Show award, two $250 Awards of Excellence and three $50 Honorable Mentions.
In addition, all accepted entries will be available for sale. The Association takes a 30% commission on each sale.
The entry fee is $10 per image or $25 for three. Deadline for receipt of materials (slides, prints or CDs) is February 24; all works must be priced by the artist for sale. Accepted entrants will be notified by March 15. Further contest details are on the Somerset web site.
Canon Poland announces press photo contest
Canon Poland, together with the Press Photography Foundation, is organizing Konkurs Fotografii Prasowej 2006 (the 2006 Press Photography Competition). All Polish press photographers, staff or freelance, are invited to submit entries in time for the February 10 deadline. Winners, who will be chosen by an international panel of jurors, will be announced in April. Further information (in English or Polish) is available at the KFP web site.
Adobe needs your help
You may have heard about Lightroom, Adobe’s new image management program-in-development. Project:Lightroom is Adobe’s effort to engage the professional photography community in a new way, giving you the opportunity to shape the feature set of a new tool being created just for you. The team at Adobe is striving to create a product that adapts to the way you work — not the other way around.
Download the beta release from the Adobe Labs site, give it a try, and help Adobe shape it!
‘Heritage’ is theme for Garden Photographers’ Association contest
The Garden Photographers’ Association, London, UK, is pleased to announce a Call for Entries in its 7th international photography competition. The competition is open to all professional photographers, aspiring professionals, assistants and photographic students, worldwide.
This year’s theme is ‘heritage’ in its widest sense — a look at the role that the natural and man-made environments around us play in shaping our individual cultural identities. Whatever your style of photography, whether it be fashion, food, photo-journalism, architectural, landscape or garden photography, the Association encourages your interpretation of the theme. With over £10,000 of fantastic prizes up for grabs, why not give it a go?
Entry fee is £7 per image for Association members; £10 for others. Closing date for entries is February 20, 2006. To find out more, visit www.gpoty.com.
Frans Lanting receives 2005 Lennart Nilsson Award
ASMP member Frans Lanting has received the prestigious Lennart Nilsson Award for photography in Stockholm, Sweden. The ceremony took place at the Karolinska Institute — the same place the Nobel Prize in medicine is announced every year. The Lennart Nilsson Award was established to honor pioneers in medical and scientific photography.
Lanting has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our time. His work has appeared in books, magazines and exhibitions around the world, and has been commissioned frequently by National Geographic, where he has served as a Photographer-in-Residence. Lanting has received numerous awards for his work as a photographer and conservationist, including top honors from World Press Photo, the title of BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award. In 2001, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands inducted him as a Knight in the Royal Order of the Golden Ark, that country’s highest conservation honor.
Photo Review opens 2006 competition
The Photo Review, a critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 22nd annual photography competition — this time 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 2006 competition issue. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of magazine subscribers all across the country as a tangible benefit from the competition.
The winners will get prizes of cash and equipment, an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and publicity on The Photo Review’s website.
The entry fee is $30 for up to three prints, slides, or images on CD and $5 each for up to two additional images. All entries must be received by mail between May 1 and May 15, 2006. Full details and entry forms are available from www.photoreview.org or by calling 215/891-0214.
PPA to host Imaging USA in Austin
An estimated 5,000 photographers will gather in the Texas capital city for the Imaging USA convention and expo run by Professional Photographers of America (PPA), in conjunction with the International Association of Professional Event Photographers (IAPEP) and Commercial Photographers International (CPI).
Held at the Austin Convention Center from January 22 - 24, the confab will also welcome SEPCON (the Sports and Event Photographers Conference) and the CPI Commercial Photography Conference. For more information, go to www.imagingusa.org or call 800-786-6277.
DVD teaches digital exposure control
Will Crockett, founder of ShootSmarter University and producer of educational DVD’s, has released a DVD of tips and techniques for determining the correct exposure for digital cameras. The disk, titled Digital Exposure Control, is available from Crockett’s ShootSmarter online store; price is $50 plus shipping.
ASMP-DC sets January meeting topics
All ASMP members within traveling distance are invited to the January 17 meeting of ASMP-DC. The featured speakers will be Jeff Sedlik, the president of Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS); Jamie Silverberg, President and Director of Litigation for the Intellectual Property Group; and William Briganti, Supervisory Copyright Specialist in the Visual Arts Section of the U.S. Copyright Office.
Sedlik will introduce the PLUS initiative, present a brief description of the changes to metadata entry and templates, and describe how Adobe, the stock photo agencies, and trade associations are getting on board. Silverberg will show case forms for a better paper trail. The Intellectual Property Group’s website, www.artlaws.com, has a very complete library of forms, such as a consulting agreement, media placement rider, standard permissions and release request, etc. Briganti will address some of the issues with electronic filing of registration, how the Copyright Office sees the forthcoming changes, and whether there will be any filing policy changes.
The meeting will take place in the third-floor conference room (the Great Hall) of Charles Sumner School, 1201 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 (phone 202.442.6046). Starting time is 6 pm; admission fee is $10 for members, $20 for non-members.
Please note: the hall has a seating capacity of 140, so pre-registration is required. Just click the PayPal link at www.asmpdc.com.
PACA gets new president
Chris Ferrone, until recently the president of Picture Archive Council America, has left PACA to head a new Internet publishing site dedicated to news, information and resources related to the stock photo industry. Vice President Jeffery Burke will move up to president for the four months remaining in Ferrone’s term. He had originally been asked to take a full two-year term, but declined; however, in the coming months he will work on PACA's annual meeting in Chicago and an improved Internet presence. In April, Roger Ressmeyer will begin a regular term as president.
In memoriam: Richard W. Fish
Richard W. Fish, a Life Member of the Los Angeles Chapter of ASMP, died on December 9, 2005. Primarily an architectural and landscape photographer, he worked for many years for the Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, Sunset, TV Guide and Garden Design. He also did celebrity interviews for the Chicago Sun Times Magazine.
Fish was a Trustee of the Chapter in 1961, and also served as Chapter President for a time. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Marie Fish, his niece Judith Fish of New Haven, CT, and his grand-niece Justine Kennedy of White Plains, NY.