ASMP Colorado stands with the Black community and others against injustice, systemic racism and marginalization of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). We condemn racism of any kind. We have embarked on a long-overdue reckoning with privilege and inequities. We acknowledge our chapter has not done enough to represent and welcome people of color.…
Join National Board Chair Marianne Lee, Chief Executive Officer James Edmund Datri, and members of the National Board of Directors on Friday December 18 at 12:00pmET. We’ll celebrate ASMP’s 2020 achievements and introduce 2021 programming plans and project initiatives. See you there!
December 2020 Board Meeting Minutes (12/10/2020 @6-8pm) Zoom call Secretary: Jim R. Present Members (need full names): Greg Smith, Jim Reiman, Paul Trantow, Bill Baum, TJ Romero, Daniel Hirsh, Bear Gutierrez, Tamas Kish, Jen Magnuson, Katie Warnke, Larry Goodwin, Howard Paul, Flor Blake, Rick Souders Approval of Minutes of prior meeting: Accepted unanimously Approval of…
My fellow ASMP Colorado Photographers,We’re extending the Find A Photographer email campaign photo submission deadline from December 15 to January 15, 2021 to hopefully get more submissions. These images will go on the emails we’re sending out to agencies, art buyers, art directors and producers in Colorado and surrounding states. Thank you to everyone who submitted. Please spread the…
ASMP’s National Board of Directors this week voted to appoint award-winning photographer Samantha Isom to fill the Board seat recently vacated by Amy Tierney. Samantha is a Director, Photographer, DP/Camera Operator, and Content Creator at Samantha Isom Pictures. Her mother was gifted a brownie camera at a young age and began documenting every waking moment…
DEI Resources: This list is by no means exhaustive. There are many other comprehensive lists available. Racial Bias Test – helping to understand implicit bias via Harvard University Books How to Be An Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin J. DiAngelo…
November 2020 Board Meeting Minutes (11/12/2020 @6-8pm) Zoom call Secretary: Jim Reiman Present Members (need full names): Katie Warnke, Howard, Paul, Rick Souders, Jen Magnuson, Bear Guiterrez, Bill Baum, Daniel Hirsh, Ella Dascalos, Flor Blake, Paul Gomez, Larry Goodwin, Paul Trantow, Greg Smith, Samantha Behrens, Tamas Kish, Jim Reiman, Gabriella Marks Approval of Minutes of…
Over the past two years, we have contacted you numerous times about the “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019” (the CASE Act) — a bill that would create a “small claims court” within the U.S. Copyright Office to handle copyright infringement claims from individual creators and small businesses that cannot afford to defend…
ASMP 2020 Photo Contest BEST of ASMP is a members-only contest and it is designed to showcase the important work of ASMP members from photos/videos taken between December 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020. Non-members can join ASMP to participate in the contest. Last year ASMP CO had two winners, Steven Begleiter and Howard Paul. Key Dates Call for Entries…
ASMP Colorado is putting out a call out for a diverse group of 2021 Board Members. In an effort to move this chapter and organization to diversity and inclusivity, to hear a range of viewpoints and ideas, an ideal place to start is with a board that represents Colorado’s demographics for race and gender. Here’s…
