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The January 31 edition of our NewsWatch email letter is now online for browsing. (Member password required.)

(01/31/06)

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.

(01/27/06)

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.

(01/27/06)

Susan Carr shows "Personal Spaces" in New York

It’s 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.

(01/19/06)

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.

(01/19/06)

Historical Boston on display

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.

(01/19/06)

Rochester and Malibu now have something in common

Namely, views of Santa Monica Bay by early morning light. A series of 19 colorful photographs depicting Malibu mornings are displayed on the front lawn of George Eastman House, amidst the snow.

(01/19/06)

Photoshop TV takes a look at Lightroom beta

A video podcast produced by NAPP is giving viewers an extended “first look” at Adobe Lightroom in its January 9 episode.

(01/19/06)

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 …

(01/19/06)

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.

(01/19/06)

Canon Poland announces press photo contest

All Polish press photographers, staff or freelance, are invited to submit entries for Konkurs Fotografii Prasowej 2006.

(01/19/06)

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.

(01/12/06)

'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.

(01/12/06)

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.

(01/12/06)

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.

(01/12/06)

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).

(01/12/06)

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.

(01/12/06)

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.

(01/12/06)

In memoriam: Richard W. Fish

Richard W. Fish, a Life Member of the Los Angeles Chapter of ASMP, died on December 9, 2005. He was a Trustee of the Chapter in 1961, and also served as Chapter President for a time.

(01/12/06)

ASMP Foundation announces grants

The ASMP Foundation is pleased to announce grants to five non-profit groups working to educate photographers — and to announce that it has begun accepting applications for the next grant cycle. Applications for summer 2006 grants are due by May 15.

(01/12/06)

NJ Transit proposes, then retracts photo ban

Last May, New Jersey Transit Corporation proposed a new rule that would prohibit photography and video recording in and on all property owned by NJ Transit. It has now backed away from that stance, at least for journalists and non-commercial photography.

(01/05/06)

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