Friday, May 30, 2014

B&W class

just an ellen-styled selfie with a wonderful  lil b&w technique fam

3 AmeriCorps VISTA Positions at Critical Exposure

Critical Exposure trains youth to use photography and advocacy to make real change in their schools and communities. We’re creating a new generation of civic leaders who have:
  • The tools to express themselves;
  • The creativity to imagine new solutions to old problems;
  • The belief that youth have the right and ability to fight for those solutions;
  • The skills to hold communities and public officials accountable.
Through campaigns and visual storytelling, CE helps students raise their voices in conversations about education policies and build the public support and political will needed to address the issues they face.

 

Jobs

3 AmeriCorps VISTA Positions at Critical Exposure
Critical Exposure teaches youth how to use visual storytelling to document issues they face and how to run campaigns to make change in their schools and communities. Through partnerships with schools and community-based organizations, we’re building a new generation of civic leaders who have:
  • The tools to express themselves;
  • The creativity to imagine new solutions to old problems;
  • The belief that youth have the right and ability to fight for those solutions;
  • The skills to hold communities and public officials accountable.

Program Team (2 positions)

ABOUT THE POSITION
Critical Exposure is hiring two (2) AmeriCorps VISTAs to join our program team. Both VISTAs will work closely with our Program Manager, Educator, and Youth Organizer, as well as one second-year Critical Exposure AmeriCorps VISTA. The VISTAs will increase the organization's capacity to better serve youth as program participants and to expand our reach to new schools and new students.
Our Program staff work to develop young people's capacities to advocate for themselves. We believe, in order for long-term, structural change to take place, that those impacted most directly by an issue must be the ones who lead the fight for solutions. This is not a position providing social services to youth, and this is not a position advocating on behalf of youth. Applicants should understand the difference between providing service and supporting youth as leaders.
RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Strengthen relationships with partner schools, youth programs, and organizing and advocacy groups locally and nationally.
  • Improve Critical Exposure's curriculum, lesson plans, and workshop plans by ensuring that they are accessible to different learning styles and by including new visual resources.
  • Identify opportunities to reach youth who are not currently in school and bring them into our in-house programming.
  • Research and implement plans for local field trips to photography, social justice, and U.S. history museums and galleries.
  • Document class developments and provide updates to Critical Exposure's Program Manager and Communications staff.
  • Improve outreach materials to schools to include evaluation data and appeal to potential partner schools and potential youth participants.
  • Coordinate partner summit to bring together school-based administrators working to support Critical Exposure programs around the city.
  • Facilitate creation of new evaluation materials in consultation with pro bono consultants from Deloitte.
  • Develop train-the-trainer model for our curriculum to be used by partner organizations.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience working with youth of color and/or low-income youth (ideally ages 14-21 years old).
  • Strong social justice analysis and understanding of campaign/movement-building strategies.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and communicate effectively and professionally with a diverse range of people.
  • Comfortable doing outreach to new contacts.
  • Comfortable leading classes and facilitating workshops.
  • Experience developing curricula and lesson.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Problem-solving ability (e.g. ability to recognize opportunities to strengthen the way the organization operates and to create ideas and systems to address those needs).
  • Strong work ethic and sense of responsibility.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a small team.
  • Ability to be self-directed on multiple projects/deadlines simultaneously.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Sense of humor.
The following are preferred but not required:
  • Photography skills and knowledge.
  • Advocacy and/or organizing campaign experience.
  • Multimedia skills – Final Cut Pro, DSLR videography.
  • Demonstrated leadership capacity.
  • Exhibit design experience.
  • Education justice/injustice knowledge or involvement.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced office environment, working effectively under pressure.
We are looking for candidates with passion for, and commitment to, the following:
  • Empowering youth to advocate for social change.
  • Developing innovative methods of helping youth to be effective advocates for specific solutions to problems impacting youth.
  • The power of youth/photography/art to serve as an effective advocacy tool and to compel decision-makers to take action.
  • The need to make public schools and communities more accountable to youth.
  • Combating internalized, interpersonal, and institutionalized forms of oppression.
  • Civic engagement as a key facet of positive youth development
COMPENSATION
The position provides a stipend of $15,840 as well as an education award or a post-service stipend upon completion of service. There are numerous other benefits associated with AmeriCorps, including travel stipends and limited health coverage. The position is a year-long, full-time commitment with a strongly encouraged, although not guaranteed, second-year extension opportunity.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, send a cover letter and resume to hiring@criticalexposure.org by June 11th. In the subject line of your email, please note that you are applying for a “Program VISTA” position. No phone calls, please.
People of color and people from the D.C. area are strongly encouraged to apply.  

Development Team (1 position)

ABOUT THE POSITION
As a part of the Development & Communications team, this position will work with other staff to build Critical Exposure’s capacity to share our work with supporters, students and funders. VISTA members working with Critical Exposure will have the opportunity to take on significant responsibility and will be an integral part of helping to support and strengthen the organization's growth and operations. VISTAs will be encouraged to take initiative on projects addressing areas of need that they identify and will have the opportunity to work closely with Critical Exposure's five permanent staff members.
RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Strengthen fundraising management systems, including research into new grantmaking areas identifying potential corporate sponsorships.
  • Improve our systems for maintaining our online donor database.
  • Create more efficient bookkeeping processes for working with our accountant.
  • Create innovative photography exhibits and secure new exhibit venues across the city.
  • Help establish a donor cultivation plan and improve the donor recognition process.
  • Develop strategies for increasing our presence on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and LinkedIn.
  • Design branding and printed materials for fundraising and exhibit events.
  • Plan new, small-scale events and support the coordination of our larger, annual events.
  • Support general office management including developing filing system, answering the main phone line, and coordinating board meetings.
  • Identify and contact new community partners and photographers.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to write, proofread and edit effectively for a range of audiences.
  • Ability to take constructive criticism on fundraising and writing projects.
  • Knowledge of social media platforms.
  • Demonstrated leadership capacity.
  • Event planning experience.
  • Problem-solving ability (e.g. ability to recognize opportunities to strengthen the way the organization operates and to create ideas and systems to address those needs).
  • Strong work ethic and sense of responsibility.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a small team.
  • Ability to be self-directed on multiple projects/deadlines simultaneously.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Sense of humor.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and communicate effectively and professionally with a diverse range of people.
  • Creativity.
  • Comfortable doing outreach to new contacts.
  • Eagerness to learn and commitment to developing new strengths.
  • Desire to work hard and take on important projects, not just make copies.
The following are preferred but not required:
  • Experience working with high-school-aged youth.
  • Photography skills and knowledge.
  • Advocacy and/or organizing campaign experience.
  • Graphic design skills – Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
  • Exhibit design experience.
  • Education reform knowledge or involvement.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced office environment, working effectively under pressure.
We are looking for candidates with passion for, and commitment to, the following:
  • Empowering youth to advocate for social change.
  • Developing innovative methods of helping youth to be effective advocates for specific solutions to problems impacting youth.
  • The power of youth/photography/art to serve as an effective advocacy tool and to compel decision-makers to take action.
  • The need to make public schools and communities more accountable to youth.
  • Combating internalized, interpersonal, and institutionalized forms of oppression.
  • Civic engagement as a key facet of positive youth development
COMPENSATION
The position provides a stipend of $15,840 as well as an education award or a post-service stipend upon completion of service. There are numerous other benefits associated with AmeriCorps, including travel stipends and limited health coverage. The position is a year-long, full-time commitment with a strongly encouraged, although not guaranteed, second-year extension opportunity.
HOW TO APPLY
To join our team of passionate change-makers, please send a cover letter and resume to: hiring@criticalexposure.org by June 11th. In the body of your email, please note that you are applying for the “Development” position.
People of color and people from the D.C. area are strongly encouraged to apply.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Call for entries Non-Fiction Gallery ‘FAUX REAL’



‘FAUX REAL’: Though the idea of the ‘real’ has a multitude of meanings, it has been endlessly interpreted by artists and holds particular significance in our ever-changing world. Artists approach reality and its relationship to representation through numerous types of media and with many distinctive standpoints. The term ‘reality’ has been consistently redefined and broadened to include new realms, like the virtual, the personal, the unscripted, the digital, the hallucinogenic.



What realities do you explore in your art practice?



Non-Fiction Gallery is looking for works that explore the many facets of the concept of reality. The gallery invites artists from all media to apply to this national juried show. Please see the attached prospectus or visit nonfictiongallery.com for a more information.



EXHIBITION DATES: August 1-12, 2014



SUBMISSIONS DUE: Friday, July 11, 2014



ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to three works, $5 per every entry thereafter. Fee can be paid through Paypal, using the link on the website ( www.nonfictiongallery.com ) or can be dropped off at the gallery in cash or money orders.



JURY: Artworks will be juried by Non-Fiction staff.



AWARDS: A cash prize for Best of Show for one artist will be awarded.

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nonfictiongallery.com
http://nonfictiongallery.tumblr.com/

(912) 662-5152
1522 Bull St.
Savannah, GA
31401

Thursday, May 22, 2014

photolucida



Priya Kambli, 2008 Book Award

Entry Details

Registration for Critical Mass 2014 is now open.
Registration will close on July 16th at noon PST.

What Is Critical Mass?

The aim of Critical Mass, and all Photolucida programming, is to provide participants with career-building opportunities and to promote the best emerging and mid-career artists working today.
Critical Mass is a program about exposure and community. The idea is simple—photographers (from anywhere) submit a 10-image portfolio. This work is then pre-screened by a committee of approximately 25 jurors. From those votes, 200 finalists are determined. The 200 finalists then pay an additional submission fee and their work goes on to a jury of over 200 of the world’s best photography professionals who have agreed to view and vote on the finalists’ work. See the list of jurors!

Submission Details

May 5th – 31st early-bird price
$65 ($80 for international submissions)
May 31st – July 16th
$75 ($90 for international submissions)
Finalists’ Round
Photographers selected for the finalists round pay an additional $200. Their work is then sent on to the full panel of 200 jurors.
To enter, download the entry guidelines to learn how to prepare your submission. Then, visit the Critical Mass registration page to submit your work.

Awards

Although the primary intent of Critical Mass is exposure (which is a benefit to all who enter), we are pleased to also offer awards each year. The awards for Critical Mass 2014 are:
Monograph Award – One photographer will be chosen for Photolucida’s prestigious monograph award. A hardbound book of their work will be published, distributed internationally, and given to all jurors and entrants in this year’s Critical Mass.
Artist Residency Award – One photographer will be chosen for a four-week residency in 2015 at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s Captiva Island (Florida) estate.
Solo Show Award – One photographer will be chosen for an exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland during Portland Photo Month in April, 2015. The exhibition will be one of the highlights of Photolucida’s biennial Portfolio Reviews event.
Also:
The Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition – Rebecca Senf, Curator at the Center for Creative Photography, will curate the Top 50 exhibition, a group show of photographers selected for the Top 50. The show will be a main exhibit at GuatePhoto 2015 in Guatelmala City. The Top 50 photographers’ portfolios will be archived on Photolucida’s website for years to come.
Art Photo Index Listing - All photographers selected for Critical Mass’ Top 50 will receive inclusion in Photo-Eye’s invitation-only Art Photo Index, a global, searchable database of vetted art and documentary photographers and their work.

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • All entrants will receive a monograph of the book award winner’s work (published in 2015).
  • All entrants will have their work seen and voted on by the pre-screening committee.
  • All entrants will be able to view all of the submitted work (after Critical Mass closes).
  • The top 200 finalists will have their work seen and voted on by over 200 esteemed photography jurors. Jurors have the option of leaving comments for finalists.

International Scholarships

Each year, Photolucida awards five scholarships to photographers who live and work outside the US. In previous years, scholarships have been given to photographers from Poland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Georgia, Guatemala, and Japan. This year, Photolucida is offering scholarships to pre-selected photographers from Finland.

200 Jurors!

Our Critical Mass jurors are an international group of industry professionals representing a wide variety of photographic interests. We make a great effort to invite a wide range of professionals in the field (gallery owners, agency art buyers, curators, publishers, editors, new media producers, etc.). The quality of our juror list is a testament to the excellence of Critical Mass programming, now in its eleventh year. In addition to seeing the work during the online voting process, jurors will also have access to a database of the finalists’ work. Special Note: Critical Mass jurors are not allowed to submit their own work to Critical Mass.

Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions? Please check the FAQs. If you still don’t find an answer to your questions, please contact us.

Fine Print

Photolucida reserves the right to reproduce all work submitted for Critical Mass in the materials distributed to Critical Mass jurors and participating photographers. Photographers may not pull work from Critical Mass once it has been submitted. We are unable to offer refunds. Photolucida reserves the right to reproduce submitted work in announcements, catalogs, websites and publications that report on or promote our programming. Any necessary permissions required to use images of people and/or property are the responsibility of the photographer. Photographers retain the copyright to their images. Submission of an entry to this program signifies acceptance of all conditions stated.

Equipment for Sale


$800 - Toyo-View 4x5 45CF Field Camera- great condition, lightweight, all polycarbonate/carbon fiber, compact folding design, camera movements include front standard rise and fall, tilt, swing and shifts, along with drop-bed adjustment, 14" maximum bellows extension, built-on accessory shoe, both 1/4" and 3/8" tripod sockets. Includes Rodenstock 210mm lens and two film holders (not pictured).






 $300 - Mamiya 645E Medium Format SLR Manual Focus Camera, includes 80mm f/2.8 Lens, (2) 120 Film Inserts (with storage box) and Rapid Wind Grip. I am including a bag of 120 film that is WAY out of date, but you can experiment/practice with it (or throw it away). Great condition camera, the only "damage" is the eye piece is warped (can probably be reshaped with a little effort) but it is still comfortable so you don't really notice the warping when you are looking in the camera.






$45 - Photoflex Film Changing Room- Like new, double walled, collapsible, light tight changing bag with an internal frame, can accommodate up to 8 x 10" film, opens to 25 x 22 x 15" LWH  and folds to 19" diameter, comes with storage/carrying bag.


Contact Info:
Jordan Dotson
cineaste.jordan@gmail.com (BEST way to get ahold of me)
828-301-8652 (text is better than calling)

Mobil Magic Contest

 
Submissions to Mobile Magic IX run from May 1st until midnight on May 31st.

       We would like to thank you for your past participation in Mobile Magic, a unique call for submissions. We hope you enjoyed receiving your print(s) and perhaps were selected in the top twenty five entries. If you were a submitter to May's Mobile Magic VIII, your print(s) will be mailed  next week. If you were selected into the show, your prints will be mailed in a few weeks from now, after the show comes down off the gallery walls.

           Please check out the current and past Mobile Magic Shows on our website
    
     This Month we are pleased to have Terri Warpinski, Professor of Art at the University of Oregon, along with the entire graduating class of the Advanced Photography Practice class at the University of Oregon, as Jurors for Mobile Magic IX.
   
    LightBox will donate 20% of the Mobile Magic IX submission fees to the Advanced Photo Practice graduating class at the University of Oregon.

"The magic in mobile phone photography, for me, is the ease with which we are able to carry cameras around with us 24/7. The number of photographs being generated daily is mind-boggling. According to the webiste 1000memories, “Every 2 minutes today we snap as many photos as the whole of humanity took in the 1800s.” The quantum leap in that volume occurred with the emergence of the cell phone camera which was first released in 2000. The tragedy in that volume is that so many images are never seen. Mobile Magic gives us the opportunity to pause, reflect on, and acknowledge the significance of the photographs being created through this ubiquitous tool."
~ Terri Warpinski

 Please check out Terri’s website and the Mobile Magic Call page.

    Mobile phone images are part of everyday life. We nearly all have smart phones allowing us to create images with the immediacy of reaching into our pocket, using the processing tools of the myriad of apps. In our Mobile Magic Exhibits we wish to bring these uniquely creative images off of our phones and into the beauty of a fine photographic print.
     Mobile Magic is a monthly exhibit for display in the gallery and online, opening during our regular Second Saturday monthly openings. Each month we display archival pigment prints of the top 25 juried images, selected by a renown juror from the photographic community. LightBox prints every submission as a 100% archival rag pigment print and mail them to the photographer.
     These monthly exhibits give recognition to the unique qualities of mobile photography and also put a fine art print in everyones hands. There is a new exhibit every month, open to all photographers from around the world, and juried by the finest in the photographic art community today!
     Mobile Magic exhibits are an mportant source of support for LightBox Photographic Gallery to help us continue our mission to promote creative and alternative photography on the North Coast of Oregon. We would like to invite you to submit again this month and to also help us by sharing this iopportunity with others you feel may be interested.

        

                            Submit to mobilemagic@lightbox-photographic.com

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                                           Submission Guidelines

All submissions must be exposed and processed on a mobile phone, and must be the creation of the submitter.

Email your image, one at a time, to mobilemagic@lightbox-photographic.com
Include your name, image title, and mailing address in the email.
Please enter Mobile Magic in the Subject title of the email.
Please submit image files at the highest resolution available.

Each submission cost $10 and must be paid for using PayPal
LightBox’s paypal ID is sales@lightbox-photographic.com
Subject of the payment should be Mobile Magic,
Message with payment should include the image title and your name.
International entries are encouraged and accepted at no extra cost.
Submissions are due by Midnight on the last day of every calendar month.

Every submission will be printed by LightBox using pigment inks and archival 100% cotton rag stock in the size of 5.5” x 8.5” and mailed to the photographer.

Juror and the Directors picks: Three images will be chosen for recognition, a Juror’s pick and two Gallery Director’s picks.

The twenty-five images chosen by the juror will be printed and displayed on the wall of LightBox starting on the Second Saturday of every month, posted on the LightBox website and mailed to the photographer after the show.

The twenty-five juried images will remain in an online gallery for one year and will be available for sale at the set price of $35. The photographer will receive a paypal payment of $25 every time their image sells. Prints are printed by LightBox using 100% cotton rag stock and archival pigment inks, on paper size of 5.5” x 8.5” and mailed to the buyer.

Every image and print is the creative property of the photographer. LightBox retains no rights to use your image other than to offer your image for sale in the gallery and online for a period of one year from the date of the opening of that months exhibit. You may choose to notify the gallery that you do not wish to offer your image for sale.

The online gallery will be posted on the Second Saturday of every month where you can see if your image was selected into the exhibit for that month!

All submission fees and funds raised through these exhibits go toward supporting LightBox Photographic Gallery’s Mission , to provide a center for the promotion of creative and alternative photography on the North Coast of Oregon.

Please consider submitting and please share the word with others!

Thank you and have Fun!
Michael and Chelsea Granger
Directors of LightBox Photographic Gallery

Finals

Just 1 more week everyone... hang in there!!!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Photography Contest

Pet and wildlife photographers - Best Friends deadline is approaching
Rangefinder is seeking animal photography of all kinds, from studio pet photography to creatures in the wild. "Best friends" come in all shapes and sizes, like this image of Scottish cattle shot by second-place winner Patrick Kelley.

Enter now for a chance to win $1,000 cash, an Amazon gift certificate, a Full Conference Pass and Master Classes to WPPI Conference & Expo 2015. Plus, get published in Rangefinder in print and online! Deadline is May 28, 2014.

Visit www.bestfriendsphotocontest.com for all information on prizes, judges and how to enter.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

International Photograhpy Awards

International Photography Awards
2014 IPA CALL FOR ENTRIES
June 30 - Regular Deadline


Submit your work to the world's most prestigious photography competition: The International Photography Awards.

Be recognized by receiving a coveted Lucie statue at the 2014 Lucie Awards gala!

Win the Title of Photographer of the Year and receive a $10,000 cash prize (sponsored by AtEdge)

Win the Title of Discovery of the Year and receive a
$5,000 cash prize

Win the Title of Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year and receive a $5,000 cash prize
(sponsored by ASMP)

Win the Title of Moving Images Photographer of the Year and receive a $2,500 cash prize

Be published in the 2014 IPA Annual Book and show
your work in the IPA Touring Best of Show Exhibition

Over $175,000.00 in cash prizes have been awarded to date.

Submit your images now and be part of the most recognized event in photography!

REGULAR DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2014

Jurors Include: Anna Alexander, Dwell - Peter Baki, Hungarian Museum of Photography - Susan Baraz, Photography Consultant - Lucy Bell, Lucy Bell Fine Art Photography Gallery & Agency - Michael Bilbrey, Leo Burnett - Brenna Britton, People Magazine - Stephen Bulger, Stephen Bulger Gallery - Marilyn Cadenbach, Marilyn Cadenbach & Associates - Julie Castellano, Edwynn Houk Gallery - Alison Castle, Taschen - David Clarke, Tate Britain - Peter Coeln, WestLight - Phil Coomes, BBC - Juan Curto, Camara Oscura - Celia Davies, Photoworks - Catherine Edelman, Catherine Edelman Gallery - Alexis Fabry + Olivier Andreotti, Toluca Editions - Jon Feinstein, Humble Arts Foundation - Amy Feitelberg, Los Angeles Magazine - Roy Flukinger, Harry Ransom Center - Michael Foley, Foley Gallery - Stephen B. Freligh, Nature’s Best Photography - Ken Geiger, National Geographic - Susan Getzendanner, Bon Appetit - Howard Greenberg, Howard Greenberg Gallery - Sabine Guedamour, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff - Ed Han, Walton Issacson - Cynthia Held, Held + Associates - Reinier Hill, Witzenhausen Gallery - Claudia Hinterseer, Independent Photography Professional - Caroline Hirsch, The New York Times - Michael Itkoff, Daylight Magazine - Russell Joslin, Shots Magazine - Marla Kennedy, Hamburg Kennedy Photographs - Simone Klein, Sotheby’s - Kiran Koshy, The Richards Group - Vanessa Kramer Hallett, Phillips - Benoit Lagarde, Splashlight Studios - Sofia Lahti, The Finish Museum of Photography - Frank Meo, Photo Closer - Hugh Merrell, Merrell Publishers - Leah Mitchell, Leo Burnett - Paul Moakley, Time Magazine - Mick Moore, British Journal of Photography - Michiel Munneke, World Press Photo - Sara Namias, Zoom Magazine -Cheryl Newman, The Telegraph Magazine UK - Kevin O’Connor, London Photographic Association - Stephen Perloff, The Photo Review & The Photograph Collector - Michael Pritchard, The Royal Photographic Society - Karen Probasco, Magnum Photo - Carlyn Rauch, Newsweek - Nigel Roberts, Leagas Delaney - Brett Rogers, The Photographers’ Gallery - Dana Salvo, Clark Gallery - William Snyder, Photojournalism, RIT - David Spivak, Focus Magazine - Tiffany Sprague, Yale University Press - Dawn Whitmore, International League of Conservation Photographers - Donald R. Winslow, News Photographer Magazine, National Press Photographers Association - Amy Wolff, PDN - John Wood, 21st Editions - Bryan Yedinak, Modernbook Editions & Gallery - Susan Zadeh, Eyemazing - Michael Zajakowski, Chicago Tribune Magazine - Kenneth Zane, Digitas Health - XuXin Zhao, International Photography Association, International Photography Institute Limited Company

Monday, May 19, 2014

MA Final Project exhibition - Orestis Kourakis

MA Final Project exhibition - Orestis Kourakis
Title: The Fleeting Acquaintance
Place: SCAD Student Center
Date: Friday, May 23rd
Time: 7-10pm
Looking at a portrait is a dynamic relationship rather than a passive reception. Can a photograph ever be seen free of personal associations, without allowing preconceived images and experiences to affect its impact? This interactive installation uses photography and video to explore identity. The work challenges conventional ways of perception and allows the viewers to transform the artwork and draw their personal conclusions.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Burn Mag Emerging Photographer Fund


burn Magazine
Emerging Photographer Fund 2014
We are now officially announcing the Emerging Photographer Fund award for 2014.

The EPF grant is designed to support continuation of a photographer’s personal project. As we all know by now, this body of work may be of either journalistic mission or purely personal artistic imperatives. The primary intent is to support emerging photographers who will become the icons of tomorrow.

An esteemed jury will award a $10,000 grant.

THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2014 EDITION IS JULY 31, 6PM PST


Anyone can enter the EPF Grant, there are no age restrictions… however, it is intended for emerging photographers, who are the icons of tomorrow …



LensCultures Emerging Photographers Award



Seeking 50 of the World’s
Best Emerging Photographers

Deadline June 22, midnight PT
LensCulture’s Emerging Talent Awards 2014 is an international competition to showcase outstanding emerging photographers — from all cultures, all points of view, with no age limit.

Our mission at LensCulture is to discover and share the best of contemporary photography. New and emerging photographers often make the freshest, most exciting work — but it’s hard to gain attention when you are relatively new and not widely known. That’s where we can make a big difference. We reach an audience of more than 500,000 — and with these awards, we want to highlight many emerging talents who deserve worldwide attention.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Extended Deadline



 


34th ANNUAL SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
presented by Photographer's Forum Magazine and sponsored by SIGMA

LAST CHANCE - WE'VE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE: MAY 19, 2014
Final entry fee is $5.95 per photo entered
(uploaded/postmarked on or before end of day May 19, 2014 EST)

Enter Online at: www.PFMagazine.com/photography-contest/
To Enter Prints or Slides by Mail Download Entry Form: www.PFMagazine.com/contest.pdf

PRIZES :: OVER $10,000 IN CASH & EQUIPMENT

FIRST PLACE GRAND PRIZE
$2,000 cash award from Photographer’s Forum magazine plus...
• Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM|Art lens (MSRP $1,160)
• Chimera OB2 PRO Kit #6024 (Octa 2 Beauty Dish reflector and Versi Octa Speed Ring) (MSRP $399)

SECOND PLACE
$1,500 cash award from Photographer’s Forum magazine plus...
• Sigma 18-250mm lens (MSRP $800)
• Manfrotto Professional Backpack 50 camera bag (MSRP $264)

THIRD PLACE
$1,000 cash award from Photographer’s Forum magazine

FOURTH PLACE
Five $125 cash awards

100 HONORABLE MENTIONS
All Honorable Mentions will be listed in the November 2014 issue of Photographer’s Forum magazine and will receive a gold embossed certificate of outstanding merit from Photographer’s Forum.

ENTRY GIFT: 2 FREE ISSUES OF PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE $10 Value - Just for Entering!
(U.S. and Canada only)

WINNING PHOTOS PUBLISHED IN THE NOVEMBER 2014 ISSUE OF PHOTOGRAPHER’S FORUM MAGAZINE. ALL CONTEST FINALISTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2014.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Fashion Event

   



Friday, May 16, 2 p.m.
ALT+PAT: Behind the lens
Arnold Hall auditorium






Don’t miss iconic model Pat Cleveland in an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime performance presented in conjunction with SCAD Fashion 2014. Creative director André Leon Talley will guide Cleveland in a live fashion photo shoot for photographer Colin Gray (B.F.A., photography, 2004). A true living legend, Cleveland is known around the world for her movements, her infectious personality and the life she gives to clothing.

A superstar of the 1970s, Cleveland is credited with revolutionizing the image of African-American models and was hailed as a muse to many of the decade's most influential designers, including 2014 André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Stephen Burrows. Cleveland tremendously influenced Burrows’ work throughout the decade, and she would go on to model for him and other legendary American designers in the landmark Franco-American fashion faceoff at Versailles in 1973. She was one of 12 African-American models used by the American designers in the show, and today, she and Burrows are credited with helping break fashion’s color barriers.

This event is free and open to all SCAD students and staff with a valid ID.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Internship Opportunitiy

For the magazine Home Town Living which is published twice a year. ( www.hometown-living.com) They are looking for someone who could take ad photos for businesses and article photos. (One of which would be on our Front Cover)
We would like someone who is:
A. Reliable.
B. Talented.
C. Outgoing personality – able to communicate with various types of personalities.
D. Wants to make a career of photography.

Please contact Jay Martin to clarify any questions that you may have.
O  912-654-3045
C  912-288-0469


Thursday, May 8, 2014

Lecture Friday, May 9, 2pm

James Elkins
"Ideas In Sight"

"How to Write a Book Against Another Book": some thoughts and ambitions I had in trying to answer Roland Barthes's "Camera Lucida," thirty years too late. (Or to put it differently: thoughts about how to change the current directions of theorizing on photography, which seem to me stuck in affect, temporality, memory, nostalgia, and documentation.)

Presented by the School of Foundation Studies
Arnold Hall Auditorium, 2pm Friday, May 9

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