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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.

(12/16/05)

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.

(12/16/05)

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.

(12/16/05)

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. Featured speakers are ASMP members Judy Herrmann and Michael Starke.

(12/16/05)

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

(12/16/05)

Light Work to feature Nguyen-duy

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.

(12/16/05)

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.

(12/16/05)

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.

(12/14/05)

ASMP photo gallery is back online

After an extended hiatus, the gallery is back, and it’s bigger and better than before. We have added a collection of Fine Art photos and the “Tibet in the Eyes of 100 Photographers” series.

(12/13/05)

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. 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.

(12/05/05)

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.

(12/05/05)

Kevro realizes a dream

ASMP member Kevin Rouse directed and produced his first short, a poetic art film titled ‘If Only I Were A Tree.’ His large-format photography series and original video capture depicts the struggle and the beauty of all living sculpture.

(12/05/05)

Call for International Color Awards entries

Enter the International Color Awards competition. The deadline is December 16. Full info is at the Color Awards web site.

(12/05/05)

D&AD seeks Global Awards entries

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.

(12/05/05)

In memoriam: Michael Evans

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.

(12/05/05)

Jeffrey Roberts leaves PDN, takes Hachette post

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.

(12/05/05)

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