Portrait photographer Jim Salzano has sold his studio

Portrait photographer Jim Salzano has sold his studio
By greg on October 29, 2009

Jim Salzano, www.salzanophoto.com, sold his studio in New York a few weeks ago. He hasn’t quit the business, but he has sold the real estate that he bought many years ago. It appears that he is still being represented by Marianne Campbell Associates. I don’t know how many photo jobs Salzano is doing these days, but classic portrait photography seems to be a tough way to make a living at present.

(See the full story on www.gregceoblog.com)

Remembering Roy DeCarava's 60 years of Photos [NPR]

Photographer Roy DeCarava, who died Oct. 27 at age 89, dedicated his 60-year career to capturing images of African Americans. His subjects ranged from daily life in his hometown of Harlem to the Civil Rights movement, but his most noted work featured photographs of jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong.

DeCarava studied painting and printmaking at the Cooper Union School of Art and the George Washington Carver Art School before taking up photography in the late 1940s. He returned to those schools to teach in the 1970s.

Tthe first black photographer to win a Guggenheim Fellowship, DeCarava was also awarded the National Medal of Arts. He founded A Photographer's Gallery in an attempt to gain public recognition for photography as a form of art.

In 1996, his work was the subject of a major traveling retrospective organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Source | NPR

Visiting Artist | Sant Khalsa

Visiting Artist:
Sant Khalsa

Tuesday, Nov 3rd

Artist’s Talk / Presentation 1:00‐2:15 LSH‐174

Sant Khalsa is Chair of the Art Department and a Professor of Art (Photography and New
Genres) at California State University, San Bernardino. Khalsa (b. Sheila Roth, January 3, 1953, New York, NY) is an artist, educator and activist living in the Santa Ana Watershed. Her artworks develop from her inquiry into the nature of place and the complex environmental
and societal issues present and visible in the landscape of the American West.

Itinerary:

10:30 - 11:30 LSH-271 (conference room) - looking at student work

11:30 Lunch with students

1:00-2:15 Presentation of her work in LSH-174 lecture hall


For information, contact Anthony Thompson: thompsoa@gvsu.edu

WINTER section of Photo History [CPH 266]

The History of Photography
Is being offered in Winter 2010!


Register Now for CPH266

CRN 27315

LACDA | Snap to Grid

LACDA invites you to exhibit your work in:
SNAP TO GRID
the UN-Juried Exhibit

Every Entry Submitted is Shown!

November 12-December 5, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday November 12, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with Downtown Artwalk)

previous snap to grid opening

Show your work at our gallery in our Un-Juried Competition: Snap to Grid. In our sixth annual exhibition of this kind participants each upload one image to be printed on high quality paper and hung in a grid in our gallery. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists.

The show is mounted in our 1,200 foot storefront gallery in the bourgeoning downtown arts district in the revitalized historic core of Los Angeles. It is an area constantly building and creating itself, filled with art, hipsters, restaraunts, clubs, music, shopping and urban loft living. The area is frequented by celebrities, critics, curators and renowned artists. The opening reception is on the nignt of the exciting Downtown Art Walk which has drawn over 10,000 people (and also provides a new shuttle service between each cluster of the over 40 galleries in the immediate area). Thousands are expected to attend the exhibit.

After the exhibition the images and artist information will be archived by LACDA. Artwork for future exhibits will be selected from the archived images, and will also be available for review by interested area gallerists, curators and arts journalists. The ultimate resume builder. Everybody wins!

Entry fee $30US.

Proceeds benefit gallery programs.

Deadline for entries: October 19, 2009

Show is international, open to all geographical locations.

Entrants submit one JPEG file of original work up to 2mb. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.

Multiple entries are permitted. $30 registration fee for each additional image.

Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised.

Show Dates: November 12-December 5, 2009
Deadline for entries: October 19, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday November 12, 7-9pm

Entry Fee: Registration fee is $30US.
Multiple Entries: Multiple entries are permitted. $30 registration fee for each additional image.

Gallery Statement:
Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its "Open Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work submitted is exhibited.

The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the "mobblogers" around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.

NANPA Scholarship

Each year, the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA) provides up to twelve scholarships to qualified college students to attend the Nature Photography Summit. This is a tremendous opportunity for students interested in pursuing a photography career to learn more about nature and conservation photography, and to meet and network with many of the top editors and stock agencies in the business. The scholarship is fully funded by NANPA, whose mission is to “promote the art and science of nature photography as a medium of communication, nature appreciation, and environmental protection. NANPA provides information, education, inspiration and opportunity for all persons interested in nature photography and fosters excellence and ethical conduct in all aspects of our endeavors.”

Please take a look at the attached flyer for the scholarship program.

If you have questions please take them to your photography instructor.

Call for Entry | Portraiture

Posted by Clare O'Neill
Link:
http://www.MplsPhotoCenter.com/exhibits/callforentries
Deadline:
October 24, 2009

Open Call for Entries for All Photographers

Theme: Portraits

Juror: David E. Little, Curator and Head of Photography and New Media at Minneapolis Institute Arts (MIA)
Entry Fee: $30 up to 5 images; $10 each additional (no limit on number that may be submitted)
Prizes: $300 for 1st; $200 for 2nd; $100 for 3rd
Entries Due: October 24, 2009
Notice of Acceptance: November 10, 2009
Exhibition Dates: January 2, 2010 - January 31, 2010 at the Mpls Photo Center
Reception: January 8, 2010, 6:00 - 9:00 pm at the Mpls Photo Center


About the Juror
David E. Little, Curator and Head of Photography and New Media at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), is known for his blend of programmatic innovation, original scholarship in post-1945 art, and experience working with some of the leading artists and photographers today. With his solid foundation in art history and cultural theory, he is an experienced lecturer, writer and curator - frequently participating in portfolio reviews, conferences, and photography events worldwide.

Entry Checklist
Entries are submitted via email along with registration form to entries@MplsPhotoCenter.com. Please follow these requirements when preparing your images for submission.
• Save images as RGB using standard Adobe RBG or sRGB profile. Do not use CMYK.
• The largest image dimension (width or height) should be 1280 pixels with the other dimension proportional.
• Images should have a resolution of 72 dpi, any layers flattened, 8-bit JPEG files.
• Use JPEG compression quality of 10.
• File Names should be in the following format: Last Name_First Name_01.jpg.
• Include in one folder, Last Name_First Name with registration form.

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Fall Gathering 2009

The Fall Gathering will be happening:

FRIDAY September 25th 4-7pm

Sign up if you are attending on Victoria Veenstra's office door @ LSH 277

Bring your friends from class and celebrate Fall in West Michigan with the GVSU Photography Department!

Kevin Schmitz

Next week we will have a GVSU alumni visitor Kevin Schmitz will be coming to the photography program. Please consider participating in any or all of the scheduled events:

Thursday Sept 24th:

11:00-12:00 - Portfolio sharing and informal discussion, LSH Conference Room

12:00 - Lunch with Students [sign up on Stafford Smith's Office LSH 275]

2:30 - 3:45 - Presentation of Kevin's work and his life after GVSU. Topics include: Grad School selection and experience, how to run a photography business, how to handle logistics of complicated shoots, how to promote you work, etc. LSH 174

4:00 - 5:15 - REPEAT of 2:30 presentation. LSH 174


Volunteers are being selected to help Kevin Schmitz install his ArtPrize work on Sept. 20th

If you have any questions about Kevin's visit and the opportunities available please contact Stafford Smith at smithsta@gvsu.edu

JerUSAlem-USA, INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE

JerUSAlem-USA

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE

JerUSAlem-USA is a participatory art project that links the twenty Jerusalems in the United States with the original Jerusalem in Israel. There are Jerusalems in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont.

You are invited to visit and join with residents of the American Jerusalems in sending photographs of everyday life there (family and friends, interior and outside of homes, shops, community events and celebrations, signs with the name "Jerusalem," local scenery, etc.). These photographs will be matched by images of everyday life in Jerusalem, Israel, and posted on the 'JerUSAlem-USA' blog http://jerusalem-usa.blogspot.com.

Send photos as jpg images to Professor Mel Alexenberg, Head of the School of the Arts at Emuna College in Jerusalem, Israel, at melalexenberg@yahoo.com. In addition to being posted on the art project blog, the matched sets of images will be exhibited in museums and art galleries in United States and Israel, and incorporated in a book ‘JerUSAlem-USA.’

Full credit will be given to the creator of each photograph who will receive an official Certificate of Participation from the City of Jerusalem, Israel.

The name of the American Jerusalems was inspired by the Bible where we read about King David establishing Jerusalem as the capital of the unified state of the Israelite nation 3,013 years ago. Today, Jerusalem is the vibrant capital of the modern State of Israel. The juxtaposition of photographs of the original Jerusalem with Jerusalems in USA creates an interactive network of people with shared values that deepens the friendship between them.

Call for Entry | Portfolio Showcase vol. 4

Portfolio Showcase, Volume 4
Book and Online Exhibition



Deadline: October 27, 2009

Fifteen photographers will be chosen to display their
twelve-image portfolio in The Center for Fine Art Photography’s Portfolio ShowCase Volume 4: Book and Online Exhibition. The show will be featured on the Center’s web site at www.c4fap.org from January 5 – May 1, 2010 and will remain online for the next two years.

Theme: Open - There is no theme for this exhibition.
The images will be evaluated as a cohesive body of work, rather than individual images.

The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in this exhibition. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements are welcome. The exhibition is open world wide to all professional and amateur photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both.

Juror: Katherine Ware is Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. She previously served as Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she served as curator and author of Elemental Landscapes: Photographs by Harry Callahan. Ms. Ware served as Assistant Curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum during the 1990s and organized the traveling exhibitions including, A Practical Dreamer: The Photographs of Man Ray. She has also worked with the photography collection at the Oakland Museum of California and began her career at the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in Washington, D.C. She is a frequent juror and reviewer of contemporary photography and has written essays on the art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Awards:

This exhibition provides opportunities for artists to be published, and present their work to an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and others who appreciate photography.

* Juror’s Selection – Book Cover Award: The Juror will select one portfolio to be the first presented in the publication Portfolio ShowCase Volume 4, with one of the artist’s images selected for the cover.
* Exhibition Award: One photographer will be chosen to display their portfolio in the Center’s physical gallery. (Please note that the images for this award will be exhibited within 16x20 mats and put behind glass while on display)
* All fifteen selected portfolios will be featured in the Portfolio ShowCase Volume 4 which will include the artists’ portraits, statements and contact information. Each artist will receive one complimentary book, with the option to purchase additional books. The book will include an introduction by the Juror.
* All fifteen selected artists will be featured on the Center's web site in January 2010, as well as for an additional two years in the Center’s Previous Exhibitions section.
* All fifteen photographers will receive a 1-year subscription to Artists’ ShowCase Online, the Center’s online image marketing website (preview at www.artists-showcase.org).

Entry Fee:

* The entry fee for this call for entry is $65.00 for Members and $85.00 for Non-Members for the first body of work (12 images). Each additional portfolio, regardless of membership, is $85.00
* There is no limit on the number of portfolios that may be submitted.

Please retain for your information until after announcement of the jury selection.

Download instructions for submitting your work online.


<< Click here to submit online >>

Call for Entry | Art in Nature

Art in Nature
Deadline September 15, 2009


Theme:
Art in Nature can be seen from the subatomic to the cosmic. It can be raw, powerful, serene, destructive, fertile and delicate. This exhibition will illustrate all aspects of nature.

Eligibility:
The exhibition is open to photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.


Juror: Kathy Moran is National Geographic magazine’s first senior editor for natural history projects. A twenty-seven year veteran of the Society, Moran has produced projects about terrestrial and underwater ecosystems for the magazine since 1990. At last count she had edited over 135 articles for the magazine. Recent highlights include editing a special edition of National Geographic magazine “100 Best Wildlife Photographs”. She was also project manager for the NGS/Wildlife Conservation Society’s award winning collaboration of photographer Nick Nichols and Dr. Michael Fay’s trek across Central Africa. The resulting articles were the impetus for the creation of Gabon’s National Park system. She was named “Picture Editor of the Year” for her winning portfolio in the 2006 Pictures of the Year competition. Moran believes that every story and every photographer need to be edited individually. There is no formula that can be applied.

Exhibition and Awards:
With selection for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and others who appreciate the fine art of photography.

* Juror’s Selection award: $300
* Director's Selection award: $200
* Gallery Visitor’s Choice Award: $100
* Two Artists’ ShowCase Online subscriptions for one year: (preview at www.artists-showcase.org)
* All exhibitors are included in the Center's online gallery

Important Dates:

* Entries due: September 15, 2009
* Notice of acceptance: September 25, 2009
* Exhibition dates: December 4, 2009 - January 9, 2010
* Reception: December 4, 2009, 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Entry Fee:

* The entry fee for non-members is $35 USD for the first three images.
* The entry fee for members of The Center for Fine Art Photography is $20.00 USD for 3 images.
* Additional images may be submitted for $10 each.
There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted.

Download the full prospectus and instructions for submitting your work online
in Adobe PDF Format (64 KB), click here.

Click here to submit online

SPE Student Scholarship

Society for Photographic Education Student Scholarship Opportunities SPE National Conference March 4 - 7, 2010 Philadelphia, PA The Philadelphia Marriott Downtown SPE's Student Scholarship applications are submitted online! SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2009 @ 11:59 PM EST For complete application instructions and the link to upload application materials download the 2010 Scholarship Opportunities Call for Entries

The Freestyle Crystal Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Black and White Photography Features: $5,000 cash prize One-year membership to SPE 2010 national conference fee waiver SPE Student Awards and the Jeannie Pearce Award Feature: $500 travel stipend to attend the national conference in Philadelphia One-year membership to SPE 2010 national conference fee waiver

Society for Photographic Education (SPE) is pleased to offer the following opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. These awards are made possible by generous support from artists, organizations, individuals and merchants. Student scholarship recipients will be recognized at the national conference. SPE STUDENT AWARDS SPE student members can apply for scholarships to offset the cost of attending the 2010 national conference. This year we will offer eleven $500 SPE Student Awards to our talented student members. All SPE Student Awards, and the Jeannie Pearce Award, feature a $500 travel stipend to attend the national conference in Philadelphia, a 2010 national conference fee waiver and a one-year membership to SPE. THE FREESTYLE CRYSTAL APPLE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY One student will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize, a 2010 national conference fee waiver and a one-year membership to SPE. The sponsoring faculty member will be presented with an engraved crystal apple. Please note: sponsoring faculty must teach at the institution where the student is currently enrolled. ELIGIBILITY The SPE Student Awards are open to all graduate and undergraduate students majoring/concentrating in photography. The Jeannie Pearce Award is open to all such students working with digital technology. The Freestyle Crystal Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Black and White Photography is open to continuing full-time graduate or undergraduate students majoring/concentrating in photography at a degree or certificate-granting college or university. All light-sensitive processes, including alternative processes (Van Dyke brown, platinum, albumen, gum bichromate, cyanotype, kallitype, salt, liquid emulsion, lith printing, hand coloring, bromoil, modern day tintype, etc.) as long as the end product is a gelatin silver or handmade alternative process print. No digital prints accepted. Applicants must be current students not graduating before the end of the academic year 2009-2010. All applicants must be members of SPE. Students must become members before submitting their scholarship applications. Failure to include any portion of the application materials will result in not being considered for any of the awards. Students who are not already 2009 SPE members must include payment ($55) to join SPE as a 2010 student member. Students are not eligible to receive the same award for two consecutive years, and cannot receive two awards at the same time. QUESTIONS Please direct any inquiries to the SPE national office at 216/622-2733 or membership@spenational.org. Visit our website for information about membership www.spenational.org. Society for Photographic Education 2530 Superior Avenue, #403 Cleveland, Ohio 44114 www.spenational.org membership@spenational.org p. 216/622-2733 f. 216/622-2712

Midwest SPE | Minneapolis

Registration for the October 29-31, 2009 conference is now open!

Please download the registration form and either fax or mail it to the address/number listed at the bottom.

Please note that if you would like to receive a portfolio review, that assignments will be done on a first registered, first served basis. The earlier you register, the higher the probability you will not only get a review or reviews, but one with exactly who you want.

Save money by registering early! Late and on-site registrations are charged at a higher rate.

Don’t forget, we will be looking for a few student volunteers. These too will be assigned on a first come-first served basis. If you want to be a student volunteer, you must be able to attend one of two orientation meetings on Thursday, October 29th at 12pm or 5pm. In addition to this meeting, volunteers will be expected to work 5 hours over the course of the conference. Some of the student volunteers who are able to attend the earlier orientation can knock down many of their hours on Thursday doing prep work. Don’t forget to enclose a xerox of your current student ID. If ID doesn’t show the date, also send a copy of your current course schedule.

Please email Colleen Mullins (cmullins@aii.edu) for any further information.

Scheduled Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Ian Frazier
Thursday, October 29 - 8pm
Ian Frazier was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1973 and became a staff writer at The New Yorker just one year later. When Ian Frazier’s debut book, Dating Your Mom, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1986, Walter Clemons wrote in Newsweek, “He may be the best master of gentle laid-back befuddlement since Benchley, who had a great gift of being funny without being caught working at it.”

His third book, Great Plains, (FSG, 1989; a New York Times bestseller), was praised for its “humor and artistry” by Ron Hansen (The Washington Post Book World) and its “clear, vigorous prose that can stun you with simple found beauty” (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times). Charles Trueheart of The Washington Post proclaimed Frazier “one of the best of his generation of the New Yorker writers.” Other books include Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody, Family, Coyote v. Acme, a collection of Frazier’s humorous essays (which received the inaugural Thurber Prize for American Humor in 1997), On the Rez, an examination of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, The Fish’s Eye, Gone to New York, a collection of essays that The Boston Globe called “classics of (the) genre”, and Lamentations of the Father.

Frazier, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, makes his home in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and two children.

Featured Speaker: Alec Soth
Friday, October 30, 7:00pm (with reception preceding)
Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the recipient of several major fellowships from the Bush, McKnight and Jerome Foundations and was awarded the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. His work is represented in major public and private collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Soth's photographs have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney and São Paulo Biennials. His first monograph, Sleeping by the Mississippi, was published by Steidl in 2004 to critical acclaim. Since then Soth has published NIAGARA (2006), Fashion Magazine (2007), Dog Days, Bogotá (2007) and The Last Days of W (2008). Soth is represented by Gagosian Gallery in New York, Weinstein Gallery in Minneapolis, and is a member of Magnum Photos.

Honored Educator: Gary Hallman
Saturday, October 31, 4:00pm
Gary Hallman is an educator and an artist whose creative work is based in photography. He received his MFA in 1971 from the University of Minnesota. His work has been exhibited in national and international solo and group exhibitions since the late 60’s, and is represented in numerous major national collections. Additionally, he has been the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, two McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowships, The Bush Foundation Fellowship for Artists, a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, and numerous others. Hallman has been a professor in the Department of Art, University of Minnesota for 38 years, and has taught as visiting artist at Colorado College, the University of New Mexico, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Southampton College, New York. His vision and mentorship have touched thousands of budding photographers in his long tenure at the University of Minnesota. In recent years, as a promoter of graduate students and both full-time and adjunct faculty, he’s curated exhibitions in China and Russia. As an early adopter of digital technology, Hallman was instrumental in bringing his students on visits into the digital arena, well before they knew they’d end up living there.

Alexia Foundation - Photojournalism grants for students.

This sounds like a great opportunity and you get to go work in London!

Introduction to the Student Competition Rules

The Alexia Foundation offers helps to provide the financial ability for students to improve their knowledge and skills of photojournalism and to increase their own knowledge and understanding of other cultures by providing scholarships to study photojournalism at Syracuse University in London, England.

The Foundation also provides cash grants to enable student photographers to have the financial ability to produce a picture story that furthers the Foundation's goals of promoting world peace and cultural understanding.

For more information see link below: http://www.alexiafoundation.org/rules/student/