What’s New

Previous updates, additions and changes on this web site

Find A Photograph is launched

ASMP General Members can now log into the Find A Photograph system and begin uploading images. The immediate goal is to gather a critical mass of licensable photos, after which we will begin a publicity campaign directed toward photo buyers.

(11/30/05)

Janine Bentivegna lands one-woman exhibit

Janine Bentivegna is the featured artist of the Hopkins Gallery through February 2006. The gallery is located at the beginning of Concourse A at Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport.

(11/21/05)

Jack Zehrt enters Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame

ASMP member Jack Zehrt was one of eight photographers inducted into the newly created Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame last month. The Hall of Fame, located in Washington MO (about 40 miles west of St. Louis), is the first such institution for photojournalists.

(11/21/05)

Coalition of Museum and Art Centers formed in Syracuse

CMAC will include the SU Art Collection, Light Work/Community Darkrooms, the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, the Community Folk Art Center, Special Collections at E.S. Bird Library, the Warehouse, and the Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery.

(11/21/05)

Duke CDS seeks entrants for 25 Under 25 contest

If you will be 25 years old or younger on April 28, 2006, you are eligible to enter images in the third 25 Under 25 competition sponsored by Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies.

(11/21/05)

Maxwell Mackenzie to lead weekend workshop for ICP

ASMP architectural photographer Maxwell Mackenzie will offer a one-weekend workshop on July 9-10, 2006. The subject will be “The Poetry of Places — Exploring the Beauty of the Man-Made.”

(11/21/05)

Chapter Resource Center gets updates

For ASMP members and chapter leaders, the Chapter Resource Center has been reorganized. A new Web Guide and do-it-yourself kit is now available, too. (Member password required)

(11/15/05)

ASMP Foundation seeks applicants

The Foundation is seeking applications for projects that benefit ASMP members and the creative community they are a part of. Deadline for this round is November 15.

(11/08/05)

Getty $20,000 grant deadline is Nov. 15

The grants will go to two individuals who submit proposals for a special project in photojournalism. Winners retain copyright in their images, but they may elect to take a one-year deal to market their images through Getty.

(11/08/05)

Hobnob with Brits in mid-January

The UK photo group SWPP&BPPA will hold its international convention and trade show in Coventry, England, on January 13-15, 2006.

(11/08/05)

Exhibit your work in Crete

The Omma Center of Contemporary Art is organizing its Fourth International Art Festival in the Old Town of Chania, Crete, Greece.

(11/08/05)

PhotoPlus attendance rose 9 percent

More than 24,000 visitors went to last month’s PhotoPlus Expo, said VNU Expositions.

(11/08/05)

FotoFest holds inter-gallery exhibit in Houston

This month, an exhibition of photos from 12 galleries and 41 artists will celebrate Houston’s photo art scene. The exhibit, called Photography in Houston Galleries, is free to the public.

(11/08/05)

In memoriam: Jerry Cooke

One of ASMP’s founders, Jerry Cooke, died October 27 at his home in East Hampton, NY. He was 84 years old.

(11/08/05)

New Jersey Transit seeks ban on photography

Several news and photo-trade groups have filed formal objections to a proposed rule by NJ Transit that would prohibit photography on buses and trains, and at stations. Oddly, the NJ authority added the rule just as New York City was dropping its ban.

(11/04/05)

Imagestate names new COO, new content chief

Imagestate, a supplier of rights-managed and royalty-free stock images, has appointed Monica Hart as its new Chief Operating Officer. The company also named Stuart Cox as Head of Content.

(11/04/05)

Anita Duncan is ASPP’s Picture Professional of the Year

The third annual Picture Professional of the Year award went to Anita Duncan, an active volunteer in the New York chapter since the 1960s.

(11/04/05)

Photoshop tutorials in a podcast

Adobe Photoshop TV is a new weekly video feature (free) from the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. It’s available as a podcast or a stream.

(11/04/05)

Bronica line ends after 47 years

Tamron USA has discontinued production of the Bronica RF645 range-finder camera. The discontinuation of this model marks the termination of the Bronica brand.

(11/04/05)

New stock association starts up, opens Yahoo list

The International Stock Imagery Association is now welcoming all who are “actively involved as professionals in stock imagery around the globe.” The prime mover is Clarence W. Walker.

(11/04/05)

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