Member Spotlight
Image: Pete Souza Editor's Note: Presidential Photographer, Pete Souza, has released new book, Shade: The Tale of Two Presidents. Below find excerpt from NPR's recent article entitled "Obama Photographer Uses 'Shade' to Contrast Presidents, Political Landscapes" that provides insight into the contrasts presented by Souza. Attend Pete's upcoming book signing at Adorama on Monday, December 17, 2018. Cross-posted from npr.com The images of official White House photographers have always been shared widely. What made Pete…
Rodin Museum © Frank Van Riper Frank Van Riper’s award-winning career in journalism began in 1967 with the New York Daily News where for 20 years he served as White House correspondent, national political correspondent and ultimately Washington Bureau news editor. But he also has been a photographer for as long as he has been a writer and now, with the publication of his sixth book, he offers a documentary-cum-memoir about two of the world’s…
Image: Stephen Wilkes  Editor's Note: JAY MYSELF is a documentary film about an ASMP Member, Jay Maisel, that was created and directed by another ASMP Member, Stephen Wilkes. Please see information where you can attend a screening of the film on November 11th and 13th. Brief Synopsis of the Film Jay Myself is a documentary feature about renowned photographer and artist, Jay Maisel, who, in  February 2015 after 48 years, begrudgingly sold his…
2017 marked the first year that ASMP Philadelphia, along with the design, photo editing and strategic guidance from ASMP member Neil Binkley, changed the format of its annual photo contest - and it’s already won a design award. Previously, it had been a bound book that historically required membership to pay for the bulk of the printing costs. The new format was digitally printed by Magcloud, and at less than half the cost of previous…