ASMP Weekly Update Table of Contents Member Spotlight: Ron Sherman’s Hank Aaron 715 Story Copyright: The CASE Act! Ready…Set… Questions with a Pro: James Farrell Benefits: Stay Organized with Project Prescription Podcasts Forums Weekend Reading Current News
Cross-posted from aPhotoEditor [by Heidi Volpe] For 75 years Dwyane’s photo lab in Parsons, Kansas had been processing Kodachrome film. Its closing in 2010 inspired many photographers to make the trek to the lab back then, and more recently, a Netflix documentary called Kodachrome. The New York Times published an article in 2010 about the lab’s closing and it sparked the idea for the film. The last roll of Kodachrome 64 was handed to none other than…
Putting all of our ASMP advocates on notice. ASMP and PPA will be scheduling a joint live event press conference when the CASE Act bill is introduced, with ASMP and PPA members in the background wearing the infamous blue CASE Act shirts (#MySkillsPayBills) that were worn during the House Judiciary Committee hearing last fall when former ASMP Board Chair Jenna Close, PPA CEO David Trust, and Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid testified. We will need…
Cross-posted from apnews.com [by Kelvin Chan] LONDON (AP) — The European Union has approved a copyright overhaul that aims to give more protection to artists and news organizations but which critics say will stifle freedom of speech and online creativity and punish smaller web companies. Artists, celebrities and tech experts have spoken out both in favor and against the EU directive, which the 28 member states are required to adopt as law and got…
Editor’s Note: The late W. Eugene Smith was an ASMP Professional Member. Also of interest: Apply Today for W. Eugene Smith Fund Grants! Cross-posted from Magnum Photos “Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes – just sometimes – one photograph or a group of them can lure our senses into awareness. Much depends upon the viewer; in some, photographs can summon enough emotion to be a catalyst to thought.” So wrote W. Eugene Smith in…
MAY 22-23 IN NYC The leading visual tech researchers, startups, execs, marketers, & investors that will take the stage this May at our premier global gathering in visual tech are being updated daily on our speakers page. This is your last chance to get your Early Bird tickets for the 6th annual LDV Vision Summit. April 16 is the deadline, don’t wait, register today before prices go up. We’re excited to announce some of the themes…
Cross-posted from pdnonline.com [by David Walker] In our story about how Kristin Gladney launched her advertising career, Gladney explains the key to succeeding as an advertising photographer. First nail down your technical skills, she says. Then “constantly create new work. Test shoot and shoot personal projects in addition to your commissioned work. Then show your work and repeat until you’re getting the assignments you want. Stick with it through the ups and downs.” After internships…
ASMP Weekly Update Table of Contents ASMP Announces 2019/20 National Board Officers Advocacy: Join ASMP at IAF Annual Meeting in NYC on April 15th Industry News: Here’s How Much Money Photographers Earn In Every State… Benefits: Santa Fe Workshops’ Interview: Kwaku Alston Podcasts Weekend Reading Events Forums Current News
Editor’s Note: Ed Westcott was a 2018 Presidential Medal of Freedom nominee and an ASMP Honorary Member. His son, Jim Westcott, is an ASMP Professional Member based in Hermitage, Tennessee. Cross-posted from nytimes.com [by Richard Sandomir] Ed Westcott, a photographer who documented life in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the secret city where uranium was enriched as part of the Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb during World War II, died on March 29 at…
The iconic April 8, 1974 photo was not attributed to any photographer until late last year with the announcement by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum after Sherman contacted them after learning that a large print of his Hank Aaron photo was hanging in the Museum. Ron Sherman’s Hank Aaron 715 Story [by Ron Sherman] As an assignment photographer working in Cleveland, Rochester, Florida, Milwaukee and Syracuse, I relocated to Atlanta, GA…