Newslines
News items from many sources that will keep you up to date and informed.
December 2006
Apple Store speaker gives back to the community
We received a nice “thank you” card from New York Cares acknowledging a contribution by Kate and Chase Jarvis on behalf of ASMP and Apple. In his presentation at last month’s Pro Session at the New York Apple Store, Chase spoke about the importance of giving back to the community and pledged $500. The audience chose the recipient of the gift.
Founded in 1987, New York Cares enables 27,000 New Yorkers each year to serve on hands-on volunteer projects benefiting schools, social service agencies, homeless shelters, and other deserving organizations. Volunteers tutor children, feed the hungry, help adults develop job and language skills, assist people living with HIV/AIDS, revitalize community gardens, take homeless children on cultural and recreational outings, visit the elderly, provide coats to those who would go without, and make real differences every day in the lives of New Yorkers in need. For more information, visit www.nycares.org.
Call for entries: Edward R. Murrow and RTNDA/UNITY Awards
Since 1971, the Edward R. Murrow Award, given by the Radio-Television News Directors Association, has honored excellence in electronic journalism. The deadline for submitting stories for the 2006 year is January 31, 2007. Categories for entries are Continuing Coverage, Feature Reporting, Hard News Feature, Investigative Reporting, News Documentary, News Series, Newscast, Overall Excellence, Sports Reporting, Spot News, Use of Sound, Videography, Website Broadcast-Affiliated, Website NON-Broadcast-Affiliated, and Writing. Full details are on the RTNDA web site.
RTNDA also sponsors the UNITY Award to recognize outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity. The purpose of the award is to encourage and showcase journalistic excellence in covering issues of race and ethnicity. It is presented annually to news organizations that show an ongoing commitment to covering the diversity of the communities they serve. For more info, see RTNDA’s UNITY Award page.
In memoriam: Jerry Dantzic
Born in June, 1925, Jerry Dantzic graduated from Kent State University. During World War II, he served with the US Army’s 30th Division of Ohio, where he wrote for Stars & Stripes. After the war, he became a freelance photo-journalist; his work appeared regularly in major U.S. publications and in the New York Times. He joined ASMP in 1956.
He went on to become an award-winning panoramic photographer with the Cirkut camera and a faculty member at Long Island University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He was the author of Jerry Dantzic’s New York: The Fifties In Focus. His work was selected for the permanent collections of MoMA, the Metropolitan and Whitney Museums.
After a long illness, he died on December 14, 2006. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Cynthia Maris Dantzic; his sister, Anita Rehbock of Atlanta; and his son Grayson. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Jerry Dantzic Photography Scholarship Fund at Brooklyn’s LI University.Ê
In memoriam: Bruce Fraser
Although not a professional photographer, Bruce Fraser did as much as any person to make digital photography reliable. For the past 15 years, he was an articulate and foresighted advocate of color management and a passionate and demanding critic of color shortcomings in the early versions of Adobe Photoshop. He fell ill with cancer a few months ago and died on December 16.
Some personal tributes, and links to more info, are posted in John Nack’s blog and on the Photoshop News site.
Small businesses a current IRS target
From time to time, the IRS focuses its scrutiny on one or another segment of the taxpaying public. For the past several months, one of its targets has been "Subchapter S" corporations. Small businesses that are singled out for review receive an intensive audit of past tax returns, whether a tax error is suspected or not, so that the IRS can measure the degree of compliance with the nation's tax laws. Read more.
Marketing in Spain? PhotoEspaña to host Descubriementos
From January 15 through February 2, PhotoEspaña will accept entries in the 2007 Descubriementos competition. There is no fee to enter an initial submission, but if you are one of the 60 finalists, there is an entry fee of 200 euros. Submissions must be both prints and digital files; details are at www.phedigital.com/descubrimientos. The web site contains limited information; full contest rules are available by request.
Low-cost image archiver for Windows
OnTheGoSoft has released Photo Backup 2.4.0 for Windows. Although it costs only $30, it is said to be made especially for professional photographers. It uses a MySQL database to track the contents of all the DVDs that contain your image archive, and to make that information available to any computer in your shop. It reads your existing disks and then manages your backup process to burn only new files. We haven't tried it, but you can download a complete, 14-day evaluation copy from www.onthegosoft.com.
MCP member exhibition, Photocentric 2007, deadline is Jan. 29
Members of the Minnesota Center for Photography are reminded that the deadline for entering images in the Photocentric 2007 show is January 29. This is the cutoff for materials delivered to MCP, not the postmark deadline.
The juror for the 2007 show is Lisa Hostetler, Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Milwaukee Art Museum. If accepted, you will be notified by February 23. The exhibition will take place March 31 - May 27.
Entry fee is $30 for up to three images, $10 each for additional images. A maximum of five images will be accepted. Entry fees must be paid in full, and MCP membership must be current, as of entry deadline for review. Please visit www.mncp.org/photocentric for more information, guidelines, and entry forms.
In memoriam: Yvonne Halsman
We recently received this photo of Yvonne and Philippe Halsman, taken by their daughter Irene Halsman.
Photo © 1970 Irene Halsman
Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) was one of the great photographers of the 20th century. He had more Life covers to his name (101) than any other photographer. He was also the first president of ASMP and, in 1975, the recipient of ASMP's Life Achievement in Photography Award. In 1986, ASMP created an annual Philippe Halsman Award for Photojournalism. A good overview of his portrait work can be found in Portraits, published in 1983 by Harry N. Abrams Inc.
Yvonne Halsman (1906-2006) died in September. Born in Paris, she was the youngest daughter of the owner of Czechoslovakia's renowned Moser glass factory. As a young adult, she studied piano at the Conservatoire Russe in Paris, but became interested in photography. She met Philippe through a cousin who was running a small picture agency in Paris. Philippe needed an assistant and Yvonne went to work for him. After a year, she set up her own studio, photographing children and working for a local newspaper. But Philippe continued to call on her help at times, and their relationship turned romantic — the two were married in 1937.
In 1940, just before the Germans entered Paris, Yvonne and Irene went to America. Several months later, through the intervention of Albert Einstein, Philippe was able to escape as well. In 1943, the family moved into a studio on West 67th Street in New York, where they continued for the rest of Philippe's active career.
Philippe and Yvonne are survived by Irene, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
HindSight turns 21
If you were in the business back in 1985, you might remember that HindSight started as a simple database to print mailing labels. Today’s InView and StockView have evolved a long way since then, but they still have the Contacts functions, updated of course to support OS X and the latest Internet phone technologies.
During the month of December, ASMP members are eligible for 50% discounts on HindSight InView & StockView packages. Get complete info on the products, upgrade paths and newest features at HSLtd.us.
Extensis joins blogosphere
Extensis has launched a corporate blog, Manage This, which joins the Extensis Forums website in serving its online community. The blog can be accessed at blog.extensis.com. Every week, Manage This will offer perspectives on current creative and design-related news, as well as updated information on Extensis products and employees. Manage This also includes links to industry resources and a unique perspective on the creative professional industry as seen from a software developer’s perspective. Extensis’ Jim Kidwell leads the editorial efforts for the blog, with many staffers regularly supplying content.
Be an arts advocate!
American for the Arts is seeking cosponsoring organizations for its annual Arts Advocacy Day event next March. Entering its 20th consecutive year, Arts Advocacy Day is the only national event designed to bring together a broad cross-section of America’s national cultural and civic organizations to underscore the importance of developing strong public policies and appropriating increased public funding for the arts and culture.
Interested? Contact Nicole Sparks at 202-371-2830 x171 or nsparks@artsusa.org to learn more.
NAPP issues call for entries in 2nd Annual Photoshop User Awards
he National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) has issued a call for entries to the second annual Photoshop User Awards, the only worldwide competition exclusively for Adobe Photoshop users. Winners will be chosen in 11 categories, and the Best of Show Grand Prize winner will be sent by Photoshop User magazine on a dream assignment to Rome, Italy. Photoshop User is providing roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations, hotel transfers and daily expenses for the winner — and an assistant of their choice — for this world-class assignment. They’ll be on assignment for five days, using Rome as their inspiration as they design the artwork for a cover of Photoshop User magazine. Each category winner will also receive a prize package worth more than $2,500.
The deadline for submissions is midnight on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006. Each entrant may submit up to three pieces for consideration by a panel of judges, which includes some of the leading names in the Photoshop industry today. The entry fee is $35 per piece, or $25 per piece for NAPP members. For official contest rules and entry form, visit www.photoshopuserawards.com. Winners will be announced on or about Feb. 1, 2007.
Lineup set for ASMP/Apple lectures in January
Following the success of the fall presentations, which we described in earlier Newslines columns, we are pleased to announce that the series is continuing right after the holiday season winds down. On January 8 at the Apple Stores in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, some of ASMP’s best known and most successful members will talk about their careers, their craft and their vision. For last-minute details, visit www.apple.com/go/asmp.
New York (SoHo): David Burnett
David Burnett is a photojournalist with more than 4 decades of experience covering the news and tempo of our age. This site includes pictures from many of the major events, and considerably lesser ones of the last 35 years. In February of 2006, he was again awarded several major awards for work done in the past year: First Place in Presidential category in the White House News Photographers’ Association annual Eyes of History; and a 1st Place in Best of Photojournalism for a Portrait of Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame. In a recent issue of American Photo magazine Burnett was named one of the “100 Most Important People in Photography.” Pictures from his recent article in the National Geographic (August issue) on the post-Katrina effects along the Gulf Coast are being shown at the George Eastman House in Rochester, and at the Cabildo Museum in New Orleans.
Chicago: Lou Jones
Lou Jones is one of Boston’s most diverse & inspiring commercial & fine art photographers, known for his courage, creative skill & humanity. He specializes in photoillustration & location photography for corporate, advertising & editorial clients, including
IBM,
Major League Baseball,
Federal Express,
Peugeot,
Museum of Fine Arts,
Paris Match,
KLM,
National Geographic,
People Magazine,
Nike,
Price Waterhouse and
Aetna.
Jones’ assignments have taken him often to Europe, South America, Africa, the Far East & 47 of 50 States. He has been on location at NASA, Boeing, Universal Studios, British Telecom, Mitsubishi & Saab.
San Francisco: Al Satterwhite
Al Satterwhite started working in the ’60s as a still photographer at The St Petersburg Times while in high school. He spent 1969 as the Governor of Florida’s personal photographer, then started a 10-year career as a freelance magazine photographer. In 1980 he moved to New York City to concentrate on advertising. For the next 15 years he did a wide range of national and international advertising work, becoming known for his saturated color images and keen sense of design and composition.
Al is considered an authority on color and design, with four published books of his work on this subject. He was named a Nikon “Legend” in 2005.