Photography
Archived Posts from this Category
Mon 17 Mar 2008
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
Julie Saul, owner of one of New York City’s most pretigious contemporary photography and art galleries, will be the juror for the 2008 Photo Review Photography Competition. The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 24th annual photography competition 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 2008 competition issue and on its website. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the world and entrants will have a tangible benefit from the competition.
Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and will be exhibited on The Photo Review’s website.
Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the country.
Awards include a Microtek ArtixScan M1 Dual Media Scanner ($650), a copy of SilverFast HDR Studio digital camera RAW conversion software from LaserSoft Imaging ($499), a Lensbaby 3G Lens and Wide Angle / Telephoto kit ($359), camera bags from Lowepro ($200 and $100), a $250 gift certificate from Calumet Photographic, a $250 gift certificate for Museo Fine Art Paper, two $50 gift certificates from Sprint Systems, and $250 in cash prizes.
An entry fee of $30 for up to three prints, slides, or images on CD and $5 each for up to two additional images entitles all entrants to a copy of the catalogue. In addition, all entrants will be able to subscribe to The Photo Review for $35, a 20% discount.
All entries must be received by mail between May 1 and May 15, 2008.
For a prospectus and details, send a self-addressed, stamped business-size (#10) envelope to: The Photo Review, 140 East Richardson Avenue, Suite 301, Langhorne, PA 19047. The prospectus may also be downloaded from The Photo Review website, www.photoreview.org . For further information call 215/891-0214.
Wed 30 Jan 2008
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
Think Tank Photo announces the release of Hydrophobia™ 300 - 600, the first rain cover specifically designed to be pre-mounted for quick deployment. When in the field, where inclement weather can destroy a shot or gear, photographers need a simple and hassle free system for immediately deploying a rain cover to protect their SLRs and lenses.
When it appears it may rain, photographers attach the Hydrophobia over their lenses before going out into the field, rolling it up tight and out of the way. Then, when weather threatens, they simply unroll the rain cover over the rest of the lens and body, securely protecting both. The rain cover fits onto a 300 f2.8, 400 f2.8, 500 f4, and 600 f4, making it ideally suited for sports and nature photographers.
Hydrophobia comes with two extended sleeves through which photographers insert their arms to access all of their camera controls. It allows them to shoot vertically in either direction, and they can add a tele-converter to the lens by simply unzipping the back. (Eyepieces for different camera models are sold separately.)
The fabric used on the Hydrophobia is ten times as waterproof as normal fabric. Instead of a “spray” coating, a “film” is applied to the underside of the fabric, as well as a tricot mesh to protect it, making it a far more impenetrable three-layer fabric. In addition a waterproof tape is applied to all seams, providing an even more waterproof barrier.
Other key features include:
- Clear PU back and top to see controls.
- Memory cards and batteries can be changed without taking the cover off.
For professionals and amateur SLR shooters who can’t afford to lose a shot or to have their cameras and lenses damaged, the Hydrophobia 300 - 600 is a powerful new tool for getting the shot in even the roughest conditions.
For more info go to http://www.thinktankphoto.com
Mon 8 Oct 2007
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
Photojournalist Alexandra Boulat, 45, has died in hospital in Paris, agency VII said. She suffered an aneurism in late June and has been in a coma ever since.
She was the daughter of Life magazine photographer Pierre Boulat and Annie Boulat, the founder of the French photography agency Cosmos. Read more here.
Tue 11 Sep 2007
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
October 17th to October 21st, 2007
Work, live, and learn with world renowned documentary photographers, Philip
Jones Griffiths and Donna Ferrato. This unique workshop is designed for the
conscientious photographer who believes in using photography as a vehicle for
social awareness and change. As a team, we will explore how to push the limits
of photography. This means learning how to approach people, articulate your
ideas, and follow through with your camera. You will record your experiences
through photographs and words. In addition, we will discuss issues like ethics
and respect. During nightly debate sessions, students will learn how to plunge
into unknown, risky situations, how to be fair and sensitive with subjects, how
to walk and talk and be better photographers in the process. In order to
pinpoint our intentions as photographers, Philip and Donna will host engaging
nightly portfolio reviews. The final goal is a book about the essence of
Newark, NJ.
See http://www.donnaferrato.com/workshop.php for more information.
Mon 10 Sep 2007
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
This morning I received an e-mail with info on this new photo biennial….Editor
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Academy of Arts is about to hold The First International Biennial of Photography in the Islamic World, in line with its research and artistic programs for Contemporary Arts of Islamic World.
Organizer
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Academy of ArtsCelebrators
Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute
Palestine Contemporary Arts Museum
Bonyad-e Shahid va Omur-e Isargaran Organization
Contributors
Visual Arts Center of the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry
Tehran Contemporary Arts MuseumAims of the biennial
- To identify and provide the characteristics of Islamic atmospheres;
- To promote the basis of communications and the exchange of artistic experiences
between the artists of the Islamic World;
- To take notice of the artistic experiences of young photographers in Islamic
communities;
- To examine cultural and spiritual identity in Islamic societies;
- To introduce contemporary photographers active across the Islamic World.Subject of the exhibition
The Muslim Family (in Islamic and non-Islamic countries). Works submitted to the
biennial should be related to the Muslim family and deal with the following issues:
- Living environment (architecture, rhythm…);
- Daily life (leisure time, education, work, travel, immigration…);
- Religion and traditions (ceremonies, poles of attraction…);
- Resistance (dedication, martyrdom…);
- Social issues and familial culture (interaction between tradition and modernity,
impact of mass media, influence of worldwide ideas…);
- Natural and man-made disasters (impact of floods, earthquakes, etc.)
Sections
1- Collection Photographs
2- Single Photographs
Calendar of the biennial
- Works submission deadline: December 22nd, 2007
- Selection of works and judgment: December 31st, 2007
- Opening of the exhibition: May 5th, 2008
- Closure ceremony: June 11th, 2008
Secretary of the biennial
Seyyed Abbas Mir-Hashemi
Advisor
Dariush Askari
Selection board
Bahman Jalali (Iran)
Farhad Soleimani (Iran)
Saeid Sadeqi (Iran)
Sa’ed Nikzat (Iran)
Farzad Hashemi (Iran)
Jury
It consists of four members of the selection jury and three non-Iranian artists.
Prizes
1- A statuette and a plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Arts and 2000 euros
(€) for 3 artists of distinguished works in the section of Collection Photographs.
2- A plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Arts, a statuette of the Saba
Cultural and Artistic Institute and 1000 euros (€) for 3 artists of selected works
in the Collection Photographs section;
3- A statuette and a plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Arts and 1500 euros
(€) for 3 artists of distinguished works in the single photograph section;
4- A plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Arts, a statuette of the Saba
Cultural and Artistic Institute and 500 euros (€) for 5 artists of selected works in
the Single Photograph section.
Conditions of participation
1- All photographers are free to participate in this biennial;
2- Each photographer may submit a maximum of 7 single photographs and one collection
(of 7 photographs at most) to the secretariat of the biennial;
3- Photographs may be submitted either in color or B/W;
4- Each photograph should be accompanied by a digital copy on CD (.TIF format; 300
DPI resolution; minimal width: 20 cm) and an A4-size hard copy;
5- Since the photographs will be judged by their prints, the entrants should take
due care as concerns their quality and correspondence to the originals;
6- The prints will bear, on the back, at the lower right corner, a label containing
their specifications;
7- Collection photographs should be numbered in the desired order;
8- The photographs submitted should be authentically documentary and entirely
unaltered;
9- The photographs should have been shot in 2001 or later;
10- Photographs unaccompanied by a participation form, lacking proper labeling or
reaching the secretariat after the deadline will not be submitted to the selection
board;
11- As the information appearing in their participation forms and labels will be
used in the preparation of publications and exhibition materials, the entrants will
be responsible for their accuracy;
12- The secretariat of the biennial assumes the entrants of the photographs to be
their owners; however, in cases where this is proved to be incorrect, all
distinctions gained will be annulled, the works concerned will be discarded from the
exhibition and its related publications, and their entrants will be liable for all
ensuing legal consequences;
1- The celebrator will be entitled, while preserving the photographers’ material and
intellectual rights, to utilize selected works for exhibition, publication,
information and publicity purposes;
2- All the CDs and prints submitted will be kept at their entrants’ disposition at
the executive secretariat of the biennial for two months after the exhibition, and
be destroyed past this date;
3- A submission of works implies the acceptation of the rules and any decision
concerning unforeseen issues and the interpretation of the rules belongs to the
secretariat of the biennial;
4- Accepted works will be published in a sumptuous book, a copy of which will be
presented, together with a participation certificate, to their owners.
Address :
Saba Cultural & Artistic Institute
No 53, Mozafar St, Taleghani Ave,
Felestin Square, Tehran, Iran
Tel: 0098 21 66487534
Fax: 0098 21 66487534
artacademy@honar.ac.ir
photo@caiw.ir
Web Site: www.caiw.ir
Mon 3 Sep 2007
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
It all started with an Aug. 14 New York Times obituary by Douglas Martin for photographer Joe O’Donnell. Martin praised his exceptional work and took special notice of a picture made during President Kennedy’s funeral cortege: “And the O’Donnell photograph of John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father’s coffin became the most reproduced version of that memorable scene.” Martin goes on to note that, because he was on the government payroll, Mr. O’Donnell got no personal credit for those photos, although he signed and sold copies of them after his retirement from the White House in 1968.
When Gary Haynes saw the reproduction of the John-John salute alarm bells went off. Haynes, a retired UPI photographer and author of “Picture This!” (Bulfinch Press, 2006), a compilation of great UPI photographs, got in touch with The New York Times. “I’m the one who told The Times, on Aug. 15, the morning after the obit ran, that the photo they had credited to ‘O’Donnell’ was, I was 99% certain, the famous UPI photo shot by Stan Stearns…. There’s no question that the photos are identical. It is impossible for two photographers, even if they are gaffer-taped together, to come up with identical photos.
“I not only relayed this to The Times, but also the Downhold group [a listserv for ex-UPI personnel], and trust me, if you want something checked out by a couple of dozen of the world’s best journalists – only some of them retired – this is your group.
“Before long, guys who were THERE or who knew people who were there they could check with, were poking holes in the obit itself … to have taken some of the photos he claimed, O’Donnell would have had to have taken them as a teenager!”
The Times obit also ran in The Boston Globe and many other newspapers. The Tennessean in Nashville ran a glowing account of O’Donnell’s life. Television news also picked up the story and image. The “O’Donnell” image was used (as of 9/2) on the State of the Art blog site from editors of American Photo. It says in part: “Joe O’Donnell was a White House photographer during the Kennedy years, and he snapped the enduring images of John Kennedy Junior saluting as his father’s casket passed during the emotional state funeral in 1963. The photo was widely though anonymously distributed.” 
Editor’s note: to see the original story, go to The Digital Journalist
Thu 12 Jul 2007
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
Magnum photographer Alec Soth has an interesting interview with photographer Tod Papageorge that focuses on the late John Szarkowski.
Thu 12 Jul 2007
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
The July edition of an excellent new photography Webzine called Almanac magazine is now online at http://www.almanacmagazine.com . Presented by Benedict J. Fernandez and Chris J. Callahan, the site has clean design that does not get in the way of the image viewing experience. Recommended!
Mon 9 Jul 2007
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
- John Szarkowski, curator of photography, has died at the age of 81. For more information, here is an obit in the New York Times.
- Photojournalist Alexandra Boulat of the VII photo agency continues to recover after suffering a brain aneurysm in Israel in June.
- Photographer Michael Kamber’s powerful photographs and story of a U.S. Army patrol in Iraq that came under attack is online in the July issue of The Digital Journalist.
Mon 11 Jun 2007
Posted by rmr under PhotographyComments Off
Associated Press photojournalist Nick Ut, the man who made the famous Pulitzer Prize-winning image in Vietnam of the screaming little girl running down a road in Vietnam, clothes burned off and her village burning in the background, has worked in Los Angeles for the past several years. Last week, on the 35th anniversary of when he made the iconic war photo, Ut made a photo of a screaming Paris Hilton being driven back to jail in a police cruiser.
|
|
