Call for Entries to "Blind Proxy"

Desotorow Gallery announces a call to artists for “Blind Proxy,” an experimental, collective project that explores the idea of how placing one work of art next to another can create an unanticipated dialog. The exhibition “Blind Proxy” will be on display Jan. 29-Feb. 10, 2010.

The call for entries to “Blind Proxy” is open to national and international artists of all levels, and works of all genres and media. Works should be exactly 10 inches by 10 inches, and unframed. To be entered, an entry form and $10 entry fee should be submitted to Desotorow Gallery by 5pm, Jan. 22. You supply the piece and Desotorow will construct the puzzle, combining all the individual works into one large installation.

Further information about submitting work for the exhibition “Blind Proxy,” including a complete list of dates, submission guidelines and forms, can be found at http://www.desotorow.org/exhibits/call.html.

Any questions about Desotorow Gallery and this exhibition can be addressed by calling 912.355.8204 or emailing info@desotorow.org.

Asst. Professor, Bradley University

Assistant Professor of Art in Photography, Bradley University

Bradley University, Department of Art

Peoria, Illinois

Assistant Professor of Art in Photography

Tenure-Track, beginning August 2010

Submit completed application by January 15^th; review of applications will continue until position is filled

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Black and White and Digital Photography, and Video, as well as other core courses as appropriate. The successful candidate will be committed to a collaborative relationship with studio and art history areas and contribute to the creative and intellectual life of the department, which includes the new Inland Visual Studies Center. Faculty must be willing to assume various responsibilities associated with a comprehensive masters university, including the successful pursuit of their own creative production, mentoring students, organizing lectures by visiting artists and historians, supervising field trips, and serving on college committees. Opportunities for departmental teamwork include study abroad programs, advising program majors, serving on MFA committees, seeking resource development, contributing to the design of a guest speakers program, exhibition development, internship programs, and establishing formal and informal class connections with peer institutions.

Qualifications

Required: An appropriate MFA degree; University teaching experience; an expressed interest in interdisciplinary studies and a commitment to principles of cultural diversity; a strong technical, conceptual, and historical grasp of the intersecting worlds of photography and experimental video production; experience working directly with photography and digital media; a record of successful exhibition in a variety of modes and venues including, but not limited to galleries, theatres, museums, festivals, and webcast. Skills in Adobe Photoshop and studio lighting are also required.

Preferred: At least one year college-level teaching experience beyond graduate school; a record of interdisciplinary projects and initiatives. Fluency in global, national and regional art discourses. Skills in traditional processes in photography, including non-silver processes and other experimental processes such as digital negatives, pin-hole cameras, to large format 4×5 cameras.

Application must include the following:

• Hard-copy cover letter,

• Current CV,

• Artist statement,

• A statement of teaching philosophy

• Sample syllabus for an undergraduate studio course,

• Documentation of personal work—slides, CD, DVD, URL)

• Contact information for three professional references

To ensure full consideration, application material should be received by

January 15, 2010. Please note if you will be attending the CAA conference in Chicago. Review of applications will continue until position is filled.

Send applications materials to:

Photography Search Chair

Department of Art

Bradley University

1401 Bradley Ave.

Peoria, IL 61625-0140

Salary

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Bradley University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The administration, faculty and staff are committed to attracting qualified candidates from underrepresented groups.

Bradley University is an independent, comprehensive university enrolling 6,000 students, 5,000 in undergraduate programs. The NASAD Accredited Department of Art has over 160 undergraduate majors and 15 graduate MFA and MA students For additional information about the University visit http://slane.bradley.edu/art.

Call for Entries to "Illumination"

Desotorow Gallery announces a call to artists for “Illumination,” an exhibition to be held Jan. 22-Jan. 27, 2010. “Illumination” will be a juried exhibition of works of art created with or about light.

The juried exhibition “Illumination” is open to national and international artists of all levels. Entries to this call should either be constructed using light or explore light as subject matter. To be considered, an entry form, entry fee, artist statement and digital images of the artwork should be submitted to Desotorow Gallery by 5pm, Jan. 8. A $15 submission fee allows for the submission of up to 3 pieces of work. Artists will receive notification of the list of selected pieces through email on Jan. 11.

Further information about submitting work for the exhibition “Illumination,” including a complete list of dates, submission guidelines and forms, can be found at http://www.desotorow.org/exhibits/call.html.

Any questions about Desotorow Gallery and this exhibition can be addressed by calling 912.355.8204 or emailing info@desotorow.org.

The Future of Photobooks

Interested in what photo books will look like in 2019?
Miki Johnson over at RESOLVE, the liveBooks blog, and Andy Adams of Flak Photo have started an online resource that contains all the various discussions about the future of the photo book going on right now in the online photo community. The post is unique in that it is a collaboration of several different blogs to contribute on the same topic - photobooks.

Submit your work to Flak Photo

Flak Photo is a daily photography website that celebrates the art & culture of photography online. Produced by Andy Adams, the site highlights new series work, book projects and gallery exhibitions from an international community of contributors.

SUBMISSIONS

An online gallery and social media magazine, Flak Photo provides unique opportunities for artists and photography organizations to share their work with a community of photographers, galleries, publishers, curators and editors. To submit your work for consideration, email your photograph (sRGB JPG format, minimum 1000px wide) with title and caption details to photo@flakmag.com. Please include the following information with your submission:

• Title
• Place of capture, including city, state / province and country (if applicable)
• Year
• Is the image part of a series that's available online? What's the URL?
• Your website URL

Naturally, photographers retain all copyright on submitted materials. Contributors are formally credited and Flak Photo's style is to link the credit to a contributor's website.

Riverlink Photo Opportunity

Riverlink of Asheville, North Carolina is looking for an environmentally minded photographer to create a couple photographs for their Muddy Water Watch campaign.

Riverlink is is a regional non~profit spearheading the economic and environmental revitalization of the French Broad River and its tributaries as a place to live, work and play.

Right now Riverlink is cranking up a statewide Muddy Water Watch photo and video contest. They want folks to send in their best photos and videos of muddy water, and bad construction projects.

Riverlink wants to generate public interest in this contest. Part of their strategy is to create some creative videos and posters that will grab people's attention to participate. They are hoping to create 2-4 videos and 1-2 photographs. The photos will be used for the poster and the video distributed around the web. The ideas for videos and posters that they have so far are below:

- Children running through a sprinkler of water that turns to mud.

- A family eating at the dinner table, drinking glasses of mud

- Man throws out fishing line get stuck in a river of mud

- Kids swinging over river bank, lands in mud, can’t get out.

The project would be done on a volunteer basis and would make a great resume item for a student.

Please contact Hartwell Carson at Riverkeeper@Riverlink.org if you are interested in helping out with this project.

SCAD in American Photo On Campus

In the November issue of American Photo on Campus SCAD Photography students are featured. The cover is an image by Chris New and the interior features Photographs by Teng Phour, Jennifer Hathorn, Jim Lind, Kat Ryals, Zac Henderson, Reid Elem, Kate Fulton, Gabriel Stiritz, Taylor Saya, Chris New, Brendan Kingsley, and Cheng-Hua Wu.

There are also interviews of Teng Phour, Jennifer Hathorn, and Jim Lind.

Come get a copy of the issue in the office at Bergen in Savannah!

Congratulations SCAD Photo Students!

East Tennessee State Teaching Position

The Department of Art and Design at East Tennessee State University seeks a full-time, temporary, photographer to teach all levels of undergraduate courses in digital photography as well as some courses in film based photography. This position is a one-year appointment, potentially renewable up to two years. Primary responsibilities will involve teaching four courses in digital and or analog photography each semester. Some supervision of facilities is expected.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge and experience in fine art photography including black and white and color film, view camera, analog printing, digital photography, Photoshop, inkjet, and other digital printing processes.

Minimum Qualifications: MFA in photography with teaching experience in digital and analog photography and evidence of continuing artistic accomplishment. Knowledge and experience in fine art photography including black and white and color film, view camera, analog printing, digital photography, Photoshop, inkjet, and other digital printing processes.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience teaching at the college level is preferred.

Applicants should complete a faculty profile at https://jobs.etsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50712 and upload a Cover Letter, CV, Teaching Philosophy, and an artist statement under Other Document. In addition to the online application, all applicants must submit 20 images of personal/professional work and 20 images of student work on a Mac formatted CD. Image requirements on CD: JPEG formatted images, 2000 pixels at the longest edge. Each file size should not exceed 5MB. Provide image list, with thumbnails, as a separate sheet in addition to the CD. Websites will not be viewed in first review of applications. Official transcripts will be required of finalists.

Send CD to: Mike Smith, Chair Photography Search, East Tennessee State University, Dept. of Art and Design, Box 70708, Johnson City, TN 37614-1710. AA/EOE.

MFAs: U of Florida Teaching Job

Creative Photography-Assistant/Associate Professor Position at the Univeristy of Florida

The University of Florida School of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts in Gainesville, Florida, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position with a specialization in Creative Photography. The starting date for the position is August 16, 2010.

Rank and salary: Assistant or Associate professor; nine-month salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities: Teach undergraduate and graduate students and participate in program development; conduct research appropriate to the discipline; contribute in the area of service to the university, the community and the profession; and share responsibilities for area facilities. This position offers an opportunity to demonstrate leadership skills, work collaboratively and participate in rotating area coordinator responsibilities for the creative photography program.

Qualifications: MFA and teaching experience beyond graduate assistantship required. Accomplished artist and committed teacher. Must be conversant with history, theory and contemporary critical issues in creative photography and possess expertise in traditional dark room techniques and digital photography. Experience with video production and theory is preferred.

Application Deadline: January 4, 2010

Application Procedures: To ensure full consideration, applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system Gator Jobs at https://jobs.ufl.edu by January 4, 2010. Review of applications will begin on January 4, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.

In addition each applicant must submit 20 digital images of professional work and 20 digital images of students’ work. Digital images should be JPEG format, a maximum of 1200 pixels one side, and accompanied by an annotated printed image list (indicate actual size, media and date) with thumbnail images. Video work excerpts should be no longer than 5 minutes and should be included on a self contained standard definition DVD playable on any commercial SD-DVD player. If you desire that your digital images and/or DVDs be returned, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Creative Photography Search

School of Art and Art History

University of Florida

PO Box 115801

Gainesville, FL 32611-5801

My Art Space Call For Online Entries

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Entry Level Photography Studio Assistantship Position in NYC

Alumnus Bryan Gardner has been promoted and is looking to find his replacement as evening photography studio assistant for an NYC-based magazine. If you are interested, please contact Bryan via email and attach a resume.
bryangardnerphotography@gmail.com

National Geographic Traveler Magazine Internship

Job Title: Photo Intern, Traveler Magazine
Job Description: Visit www.nationalgeographic.com/jobs and click on job ID 3985.
Salary: unpaid
Type of Job: Internship
Job Location: District of Columbia
Company Name NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Super Cool Extreme Makeover Home Edition Opportunity

The Design Director from Extreme Makeover Home Edition is looking for kid-friendly original artwork to feature in the re-design of children's bedrooms. These are the only specifics we have at this point. If you have images that you feel might be appropriate, please email them to me.
Files should be screen resolution 72 dpi jpgs and approximately 10" in the longest direction. Please include your name, student ID number, telephone number(s), and work title. I will then forward submissions to Extreme Makeover Home for their consideration.
If chosen, you will be donating your work (but won't pay for framing). You will receive credit and exposure.
jkuhla@scad.edu

Camera Club of New York Darkroom Residency

Camera Club of New York 2010 Darkroom Residency
CCNY invites emerging photographers who are not enrolled in college or graduate photo programs to apply for a three-month darkroom residency at its facility at 336 West 37th Street, New York City.

A jury will select four residents for the 2010 year. Residents will receive cash stipends and will have access to CCNY's darkrooms (both color and B&W) and shooting studio, with up to three printing/shooting sessions per week during a three-month term. (Please note that living accommodations are not provided.)

Please mail a CD with 10 images (jpg files only, at 72dpi, approx. 1024 x 768 pixels, no more than 1 MB total each image) with CV and separate image description list (provide: title, date, medium, dimension for each image) and any other support materials to:
Camera Club of New York (CCNY)
Attn: Residency Program
336 West 37th St, Suite 206
New York, NY 10018-4212.
Postmark deadline is December 5, 2009. Please be sure to name and label your CD and include SASE for return of materials.

Decisions will be announced by December 20, 2009. The first residency begins Jan 4, 2010.

This program is supported by the New York State Council for the Arts. For questions, email
CCNY at info@cameraclubny.org
Website: http://www.cameraclubny.org

Last Minute Photography Internship Opportunity

Charleston Magazine has an immediate opening for a photography intern. For more information, please contact Ivy Deitch, Asst. Graphic Designer and Intern Coordinator at 843-971-9811 x235

4x5 Camera for Sale

For information, please contact Stephen at scarterphoto@mac.com

-Mint condition Shen-Hao PTB 4x5 lightweight field camera w/ 0 lens board.

-Nikkor SW 90mm f/8 w/caps in Copal 0 shutter. Minor use marks, light scuffs, glass clean and clear, shutter accurate, aperture blades clean.

-Nikkor W 150mm f/5.6 w/caps in Copal 0 shutter. Very clean, finish shows little use, glass clean and clear, shutter accurate, aperture blades clean.

I'll include about $500 worth of extras, FREE!

5 Fidelity sheet film holders, lens wrap, Fuji Quickloader, Dark Cloth, Wista Focusing Loupe, and nearly full box of Fuji Velvia Quickload film and nearly full box of Kodak TMax 100.

$1600

Philadelphia Print Center Call for Entries

The Print Center
Call for Entries: 84th Annual International Competition: Photography
Deadline: **NEXT TUESDAY** December 1
Juror: Ingrid Schaffner
Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

Awards and Prizes
Up to $2,500 in cash and material prizes, a solo exhibition at The Print Center, a two-year contract from The Print Center Gallery Store and a purchase award for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

For full guidelines and to apply go to www.printcenter.org

Call for Entries to "In Progress"

Desotorow Gallery announces a call to artists for “In Progress,” an exhibition to be held Jan. 1-Jan. 6, 2010. “In Progress” will be a juried show of process work.

The juried exhibition “In Progress” is open to national and international artists of all levels. To be considered, an entry form, entry fee, artist statement and digital images of the artwork should be submitted to Desotorow Gallery by 5pm, Dec. 11. A $15 submission fee allows for the submission of up to 3 pieces of work. Artists will receive notification of the list of selected pieces through email on Dec. 14.

Further information about submitting work for the exhibition “In Progress,” including a complete list of dates, submission guidelines and forms, can be found at http://desotorow.org/opportunities/inprogress.html.

Any questions about Desotorow Gallery and this exhibition can be addressed by calling 912.355.8204 or emailing info@desotorow.org.

Call for Entries: Plastic Camera Exhibition

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Local Reclamation Project and Documentary Opportunities

The City of Savannah is demolishing 210 homes in East Savannah to make way for a mixed income, 'green' development. The houses to be taken down were built during WWII to house shipbuilders, and have fallen into a state of disrepair. Professor Scott Boylston (Graphic Design) is leading a city-wide effort to reclaim as much material as possible from this site before it is landfilled. The project intends to get a broad representation of Savannah involved in 'harvesting' these materials. They also have organizations like the Girl Scouts of America and a public Montessori school in the county who will be moving full buildings and renovating them for bungalows, science centers and class rooms.

Photographers are needed to shoot not only the demolition, reclamation and restoration process for the numerous projects that will result from this, but the creation of furniture, architecture, sculpture, etc. that will result from the reclamation process. If all goes well, there will be a large symposium and gallery show that presents all the photography, film and decorative arts that result.

The project has already garnered a front-page article in the Savannah Morning News. (http://savannahnow.com/news/2009-11-10/recyclers-harvest-building-materials-strathmore-estates)

Check out the blog: http://www.emergentstructures.com/

To get involved, contact Professor Boylston at sboylsto@scad.edu

Interview with David Field

Interview with David Field, by Lauren Lanier

BY GREG ON NOVEMBER 23, 2009 IN FROM GREG'S DESK

In my Business Practices class, students are asked to interview a professional in the field of photography. David Field was gracious enough to lend his time and answer Lauren’s questions in a very open and honest way.

Read the entire interview at: www.gregceoblog.com

Artist Jeanne-Claude dies aged 74

Artist Jeanne-Claude, whose dramatic installations included wrapping fabric around the Reichstag in Berlin, has died at the age of 74.

The US artist, who worked alongside and under the name of her husband, Christo, died as a result of complications following a ruptured brain aneurysm.

A statement on the couple's website said he was "deeply saddened", but was committed to continuing their work.

"The art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude will continue," he wrote.

The couple - who met in Paris in 1958, and shared the same date of birth - had lived in New York for 45 years.

Recent work included 2005's The Gates, a highly-publicised installation which saw 23 miles of saffron drapes hung from a series of specially designed frames in New York's Central Park.

Young Photographers Alliance

This is a fabulous new organization for students to get involved in. They offer mentoring with career professionals, scholarships, internships, educational seminars on the business of being a photographer, and much more. Check it out!

Young Photographers Alliance (YPA) is a global community where young photographers connect with the inspiration, resources and contacts they need to build successful and sustainable careers as the great artists and communicators of the future.

SPE National Conference

The SPE National Conference registration is open.
You can download the form below.
Download Entire Conference Flyer Here
Get your hotel reservations early.

SPE Regional Scholarship

Do not forget the South East Regional SPE Scholarship opportunity. Below you will find the directions. Work submitted to the SCAD SPE Scholarship will not automatically be entered in the regional contest. The directions are slightly different.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the second annual SCAD SPE scholarship recipients, Reid Elem, first year MFA student and Jennifer Hathorn, senior BFA student. The competition was high and we thank all the students that participated.


Reid Elem


Jennifer Hathorn

Chatham County Schools Opportunity for MFAs

We’d like to meet you!

If you are an MFA student interested in making a presentation to students in their art classes (grades K-12). There are many art teachers here in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System who are very interested in having you visit their classes. As a personal appearance you might consider telling students about your artwork and how you are working toward a creative career. You might also decide to work on a set of visits for example, three Fridays in a row and work toward completing a hands-on project with the students.

Please contact Laura Victore

Laura.Victore@ sccpss.com

912.313.0945

Good Resource for Teaching Position Listings

International Council of Fine Arts Deans website:
http://icfad.arts.usf.edu/
Click on "Job Postings" tab.

MFAs: Teaching Opportunity, SUNY Purchase

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MFAs: Teaching Opportunities, Columbia College

Two openings, Commercial and Photojournalism. Click on the image to enlarge and/or print.

MFAs: Teaching Opportunity, East Carolina

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MFAs: Teaching Opportunity

School of Art and Art History, University of Florida
Faculty Vacancy -- Assistant/Associate Professor Creative Photography

The University of Florida School of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts in Gainesville, Florida, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position with a specialization in Creative Photography. The starting date for the position is August 16, 2010.

Rank and salary: Assistant or Associate professor; nine-month salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities: Teach undergraduate and graduate students and participate in program development; conduct research appropriate to the discipline; contribute in the area of service to the university, the community and the profession; and share responsibilities for area facilities. This position offers an opportunity to demonstrate leadership skills, work collaboratively and participate in rotating area coordinator responsibilities for the creative photography program.

Qualifications: MFA and teaching experience beyond graduate assistantship required. Accomplished artist and committed teacher. Must be conversant with history, theory and contemporary critical issues in creative photography and possess expertise in traditional dark room techniques and digital photography. Experience with video production and theory is preferred.

School of Art and Art History: Organized within the College of Fine Arts, the school plays an important role in the academic life of the university and in the community. The school has 40 full-time faculty, 420 undergrad students, and 110 graduate students. Degree programs include the BA, BFA, MA, MFA and PhD. Areas of study include General Art Studies, Art History, Art Education, Museum Studies, Studio Art (with majors in Ceramics, Creative Photography, Drawing, Digital Media, Graphic Design, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture). The University Gallery, the Focus Gallery and Grinter Galleries also provide laboratories for professional and student art work. Degree programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The School of Art and Art History homepage may be found at http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art.

Museums/Galleries: The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, one of the largest university art museums in the southeast and ranked among the top ten public university art museums in the country by the Association of Art Museum directors, presents innovative programming and constantly changing exhibitions under the direction of five curators. The Harn Eminent Scholar Program links the museum and the school. The Florida Museum of Natural History is the largest natural history museum in the southeast, with historical, ethnological and natural history holdings and an exceptional research staff and 20 curators. The museum???s greatest strengths are its natural history collections and collections-based research.

University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive graduate research institution with almost 50,000 students and membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU), the prestigious higher-education organization comprised of the top 62 public and private institutions in North America. UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. The student body is one of the brightest in the country with an average GPA of 4.06 and an SAT score of 1306 in 2005. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation???s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together the university and the community comprise an educational, medical and cultural center for North Central Florida, with outstanding resources such as the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the Hippodrome State Theater.

Application Deadline: January 4, 2010

Application Procedures: To ensure full consideration, applications must be submitted via the University of Florida's online application system Gator Jobs at https://jobs.ufl.edu by January 4, 2010. Review of applications will begin on January 4, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.

In addition each applicant must submit 20 digital images of professional work and 20 digital images of students??? work. Digital images should be JPEG format, a maximum of 1200 pixels one side, and accompanied by an annotated printed image list (indicate actual size, media and date) with thumbnail images. Video work excerpts should be no longer than 5 minutes and should be included on a self contained standard definition DVD playable on any commercial SD-DVD player. If you desire that your digital images and/or DVDs be returned, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Creative Photography Search
School of Art and Art History
University of Florida
PO Box 115801
Gainesville, FL 32611-5801

Undisciplined Call for Entries

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Photo Internship, Savannah Magazine

Savannah Magazine is looking for photo interns. Opportunities would involve shooting local events for the magazine in addition to other opportunities involving real-world professional experience. Photoshop skills are a plus.

Contact:
Jim Signorile at james.signorile@savannahnow.com

Grants!

New Grants for Women in Media

Washington, D.C. - J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University has received a $200,000 grant from the McCormick Foundation to fund eight women-led start-ups over the next two years that will generate new ideas in the world of news and information and model a spirit of journalistic entrepreneurship.

The grant also supports annual New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summits. The first summit, to be held Monday, Nov. 9, in Washington, D.C., will provide a forum for women launching innovative news projects to meet and exchange ideas. During the summit, J-Lab will release new research about women news creators and news consumers. See the agenda and register here: http://www.newmediawomen.org/events/register/

Under the new grant, a total of eight winners (four in 2010 and four in 2011) will be given $12,000 each in funding to launch their ideas and to blog about the process during the first year of their projects. The deadline for next year’s proposals is April 12, 2010. See guidelines and applications here: http://www.newmediawomen.org/site/proposal_guidelines/

The funding is part of a unique initiative to address issues of opportunity and innovation, recruitment and retention for women in journalism. Under the initial support from the McCormick Foundation, six projects have been funded and three have launched. See them at www.newmediawomen.org.

The new grant from the McCormick Foundation:

• Provides a $12,000 award for each of eight women to launch their new ideas. Four winners will be chosen in 2010 and another four in 2011.
• Honors a New Media Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in an awards program.
• Produces a day-long annual summit to showcase the work of women media entrepreneurs.
• Collects ideas, research and more at www.newmediawomen.org.

“Our new research is giving us important insights into how women news creators are redefining and shaping the news of the future,” said Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab, which administers the project.

“We are pleased to work with J-Lab to recognize the most innovative and entrepreneurial media projects created by women journalists,” said Clark Bell, the McCormick Foundation’s journalism program director. “The expansion of this initiative reflects the interest, need and demand for promising new ideas.”

Eligible to apply for NMWE funding are new Web sites, mobile news services or other ideas that offer interactive opportunities to engage, inspire and improve news and information locally, nationally or among a community of interest. These can be solo ideas or team projects headed by women.

NMWE seeks to map the creative assets of women, validate ideas, and help newsrooms take some cues from big business, where top companies are disproportionately tapping women to develop creative, consumer-oriented cultures.

Check out existing research, suggest new research, nominate award winners and read the funding guidelines at www.newmediawomen.org.

The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative is a project of J-Lab, a center of American University’s School of Communication. J-Lab helps news organizations and citizens use new media technologies to create fresh ways for people to participate in public life. It also administers the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism, the Knight Citizen News Network and the New Voices community media grant program.

The McCormick Foundation supports free, vigorous and diverse news media that provide citizens the vital information they need to make reasoned decisions in a democracy. The Journalism Program supports non-profit initiatives that enhance news content, build audiences and protect the rights of journalists.

MFAs: Full-time Position at Ringling

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Image Request for book cover: France

I just received this image request. If anyone has images that fit this request, I will send them to to publisher for you. Send me low res jpeg files to: greg@gregceo.com If your images are chosen, I will put you directly in touch with the image researcher to work out stock rates between you and the image researcher. I can help you if necessary:

This is the next novel by David Baldacci. It's a dark thriller, set in Provence in France. We are looking for the following images:

1. Dark or dusk photos, or daytime photos with mysterious or moody feeling of the countryside of Provence. The ideal shot would be a road or path, surrounded by beautiful fields of lavender or flowers, leading up to a castle on a hill. The mix of of the beauty of the flowers, with the dark mood of the photo is what we are going for. Anything along that line could work.

2. Mysterious moody photos from Provence could also include, cobblestone roads, villas, catacombs, stairwells descending, castles, and the countryside.

NOT TO BE MISSED: Marilyn Minter Artist's Talk TUESDAY 11/10

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.

Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St.

Marilyn Minter, Lecture

Marilyn Minter has had numerous solo exhibitions around the world at such venues as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Salon 94, New York, among many others. Her work has also been displayed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Miami Art Museum, Miami; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and more. Madonna bought the artist's Green Pink Caviar video as a backdrop for her Sticky and Sweet tour, and MAC enlisted Minter to create images using the cosmetic firm's fall pigments. Minter also lent a film still of her now hallmark luscious pink lips with a protruding golden tongue for an exclusive tote bag available at Intermix, with proceeds going toward the breast and ovarian cancer nonprofit group Bright Pink.

For the full listing of deFINE ART lectures, panel discussions, and events, go to:
http://www.scad.edu/experience/events/define-art/index.cfm

CAA Student Networking Opportunities

This year’s College Art Association conference hosts an unprecedented amount of Professional Development workshops and Mentoring Sessions for Students, Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals. The Student and Emerging Professionals lounge offers additional opportunities for students and recent graduates to meet and network with peers and other professionals in their extended community. The Early Registration deadline for the 2010 Conference in Chicago is growing near. Click on the flyer image to enlarge and/or print.

For more information, contact:

Bradford Nordeen
bnordeen@collegeart.org
212-691-1051 ext. 252 V
http://www.collegeart.org

Call For Entries

CALL FOR A JURIED SHOW

Connexion Gallery-Design Studio is announcing a call for a juried show Less is More 2010. This show is in response to the current state of social consciousness over “going green…..” Traditionally, artists, architects and designers have been in the forefront of attitude shift and by way of less is more-2010, the gallery will showcase innovative ideas and thinking on Sustainability, that can inspire us all. The Deadline to submit is November 15th. All submissions are online. For details checkout the website:

http://connexiongallery-studio.com/connexion/gallery/gallery_upcomingShows.asp

DEADLINES ARE FAST APPROACHING!!!

NOVEMBER 15

Time Inc. Internship Opportunities

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PDNedu Student Photography Contest, Deadline Approaching! Vote for SCAD Students in People's Choice Award!

Get your entries in to the PDNedu Student Photo Contest 2010 before the December 7th deadline! Even if you don't intend to enter, you can vote for your fellow SCAD photo majors in the People's Choice category. Click HERE to see the entries.
If you are a SCAD photography major and have entered the contest, leave a comment with your name so people can look for your entries.

Calls for Entry With Approaching Deadlines

Jacob Riis contest is open theme, Julia Margaret Cameron contest is for women photographers:
http://www.thegalaawards.com/#4_seasons

For this one, click on the StudentShow link. Detail should be posted by mid-November:
http://www.thesummershowproject.com/

Portraits:
http://www.mplsphotocenter.com/exhibits/callforentries

I want to be a photo assistant

I want to be a Photo Assistant

www.gregceoblog.com

BY GREG ON NOVEMBER 6, 2009 IN FROM GREG'S DESK
Every week I get phone calls and emails from assistants wanting to work on my crew. Those that call wanting to be assistants I ask one short question:

“Do you see yourself as a 1st assistant or a 2nd or 3rd?”

Some reply , “1st.” Then I say that I already have my 1st, and I typically ask my 1st who he/she would like to hire a 2nd or 3rd. If my 1st does not have anyone in mind, or all his/her choices are booked, I move on and ask my producer. On rare occasions I have had assistants come into the studio and meet with me and the next day or two I had a shoot and they got hired. I have never hired a first assistant this way. 1st assistants always come through recommendations from other people I really trust, or from a former 2nd stepping up to the plate.

If you are looking for work as an assistant I recommend the following:

Meet all the other 1st assistants out there that you can, as these are the people who will hire you, not the photographer.
Next, meet all the Producers for still imagery you can.
If you are just starting out in the field, try your best to work at a studio rental house such as Milk or Industria or any number of other studios at there in large cities. That way you will meet other assistants, producers and photographers in the field. You may also find your way on-set, learn gear and shoot protocol.

I will post some interviews from newbie assistants in the filed who are out there pounding the pavement on my blog at www.gregceoblog.com

Installation Opening

You are invited to an installation by SCAD students Jess Horton and Matthew Cooper on Friday evening (11/6) in the remodeled church at the corner of Barnard and Duffy. The project is a thoughtful and comprehensive example of a multi-disciplinary collaboration between photography and product design students. It is a great project and I hope you get to see/experience it. The doors open at 7:00pm.

District Quarterly Call for Submissions

The Student Media Center at SCAD recently launched a new publication: a quarterly printed magazine called District Quarterly.

What is it?: District Quarterly is an award-winning student-produced magazine featuring original work by SCAD students, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, sequential art, illustration, photography and more. The different media is combined by subject and theme to create a cohesive publication each quarter.

When is it published?: District Quarterly is published during the fall, winter and spring quarters every year at SCAD.

How can I get a copy?: Copies are available in the Student Media Center and on the first floor of Keys Hall, 516 Abercorn Street. District Quarterly is also available online at www.scaddistrict.com/quarterly and copies will be available at the magazine launch each quarter.

How can students get their work published?: Each issue of District Quarterly has a theme. The theme for the first issue was travel. The theme for the winter quarter issue is love and lust. Submissions for the winter quarter issue must be sent in to quarterly@scaddistrict.com by Dec. 18. Look for the winter issue of the magazine to launch in mid-February.

You can also visit us on the Web at www.scaddistrict.com/quarterly.

For more information:

Allison Bennett Dyche
Assistant Director - Student Media
Savannah College of Art and Design
abennett@scad.edu

A Must Experience Installation

A Spot in the Universe - an Installation

Jessica Horton & Matthew Cooper
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6TH, 2009
Gallery Opens 7:00 pm
Gavin church, 202 W. Duffy, Barnard+W. Duffy

NBC Universal Rep in Bergen TOMORROW (Thursday)

If you are interested in a Photography Internship with NBC Universal, or if you would simply like to share your work with their college campus representative, please come to the graduate inkjet lab (Bergen, room 204) tomorrow Thursday, Nov 5th at 1 pm.

Bring a printed portfolio or a jump drive with examples of your work. This is not a formal interview, but rather a networking opportunity and a chance to get some feedback on your work and get more information about NBC's internship opportunities.

MFA Teaching Opportunity

Faculty Position
Art Faculty - Photography
August 1, 2010
The Department of Art invites applications for the position of Tenure track - Assistant Professor
of Art/Photography beginning August 1, 2010. VSU is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Valdosta State University is a regional university serving 41 counties in South Georgia with a student enrollment of approximately 12,100. Valdosta is a city of approximately 50,000 located just north of the Florida state line on Interstate 75, is served by a regional airport, and is within a two-hour drive of Jacksonville and Tallahassee, Florida. For more information on the University visit http://www.valdosta.edu and for more information about the community visit http://www.valdostachamber.com

Required Qualifications:
MFA in Photography by August 1, 2010
Record of or capability for conducting scholarly/creative research
Ability to teach beginning and upper level courses in Photography
Experience working with and teaching traditional wet media and digital photographic media
Interest in advancing digital photography offerings within the art program
Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate courses in photography and related art courses, advising students, department and university service, and other program related activities.
Areas of instruction include traditional and digital photography, and other courses as needed. Faculty members are expected to remain current in the knowledge and practice of photography.
Review of applications will begin on January 11, 2010, and continue until appointment is made. VSU is an equal opportunity educational institution. Applicants should submit a letter of interest detailing teaching philosophy in addition to an outline of teaching, research and practice experience; VSU faculty application form http://www.valdosta.edu/academic/documents/Faculty_Employment_APP.pdf; curriculum vitae; official transcripts of all college level work; documentation of your creative work; and examples of student work, if available; and names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three references. All material should be sent to:

Photography Search
Art Department
Valdosta State University
1500 N Patterson St
Valdosta, GA 31698-0110
Email Submission: apearce@valdosta.edu
Phone: 229-333-5835

Internship Opportunity, NYC

Alumnus, Dan Saelinger is seeking an intern (see below). Dan was recently named one of the Art Director's Club Young Guns! Here is a link to the award: http://www.adcyoungguns.org/winners/.

Seeking a spring and/or summer intern for 2010, start and end dates are completely flexible. Responsibilities will include assisting on shoots,production, retouching, billing, preparing promotions, and general
studio work. In general it's an opportunity to be involved in all aspects with a busy NYC photo studio. Ideally candidates will have a basic understanding of digital photography and studio lighting. Photoshop skills are a plus. However an eagerness to learn and a positive attitude is what I'm looking for.

Clients include:

AARP
Black Book
Business Week
Field & Stream
Fortune
Harper Collins
IEEE Spectrum
Inc
Fortune
Maxim
Men’s Journal
Money
More
NIKE
Portfolio
Popular Mechanics
Prevention
Ready Made
Wired
Women’s Health

Please contact Dan at dan@dansaelinger.com

Student Tutors Needed

If you are interested in working as a tutor (pay is $8/hour), please contact Aliana Mendez at anmendez@scad.edu. She is presently looking for students with excellent digital/Photoshop skills.

Call for Entries to "Black Friday"

Desotorow Gallery announces a call to artists for "Black Friday," an exhibition to be held Nov. 27-Dec. 2, 2009. "Black Friday" is a juried holiday art show open to all media and genres.

To be considered, an entry form, entry fee, artist statement and digital images of the artwork should be submitted to Desotorow Gallery by 5 p.m., Nov. 15. A $15 submission fee allows for the submission of up to 3 pieces of work. Artists will receive notification of the list of selected pieces through email on Nov. 17.

Further information about submitting work for the exhibition "Black Friday," including a complete list of dates, submission guidelines and forms, can be found at http://www.desotorow.org/opportunities/blackfriday.html.

Any questions can be addressed by calling 912.355.8204 or emailing info@desotorow.org.

Eddie Adams Documentary at SCAD Film Festival

An Unlikely Weapon: The Eddie Adams story will be screening at Trustee's Theater on Friday, Nov. 6 at 2:30 PM. It's FREE for the SCAD community.

The Society for Photographic Education will host their 47th annual national conference in Philadelphia, March 4-7, 2010. SCAD is offering one $500 scholarship for an undergraduate and one $500 for a graduate student to support student travel to this WONDERFUL event.

Deadline Friday, November 13, 5pm EST

Please see details on form provided.
Questions email Rebecca Nolan, rnolan@scad.edu

Large Format II-Winter Quarter

PHOT 350 Large Format II, Winter Quarter 2010
• 8x10 film size, 11x14 Studio Camera
• Development by Inspection
• How to Drum Scan
• Contact printing to Mural printing
• Printing out Papers
• Self Directed Project for the quarter
Artists Using Big Film
- Alec Soth
- Olivia Parker
- Matt Gamber
- Tom Fischer
- Mike Smith
- Edward Burtynsky
- Sandy Skoglund

Questions contact Rebecca Nolan mailto:rnolan@scad.edu

Are assistants shooting on your set?

I was recently told that on some David LaChapelle shoots, David shows up on the set with the music from his DJ cranking and starts dancing around. His 1st assistant can often be seen shooting while he is in the midst of grinding up against an Art Director. I also understand that Terry Richardson does something similar on his sets, multiple point-and-shoot cameras can be seen clicking away; models, assistants and Terry are working that index finger. I’m told that confidentially agreements are passed out and signed on some shoots. I wonder if that agreement includes a transfer of copyright from assistant and/or model to photographer?

I also hear of stock photographers doing this: Having multiple photographers shooting on a shoot that they pay, to produce.

Wedding Photographers sometimes have second shooters, or assistants shoot during the course of the wedding or reception. This is work for hire if an agreement is signed.

How does anyone who is an assistant feel about shooting on a photographer’s set? Have you ever done this?

Respond to post here or on www.gregceoblog.com

If you are a photographer, have you ever let your assistants shoot on your set? Do you then believe it is your work?

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)

SCADDY Awards Call for Entries

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DEADLINE: Friday, November 20th, 5pm

Category 21.: Elements of Advertising, Advertising Photography
A commercial photograph suitable for use in a print ad or poster. Submit pdf files of the photo and the ad or poster to show the judges how it was used (if available).

Category 26: SCAD Collaboration Award
This special award honors work created and produced by SCAD students from different majors working together. Entries must be the result of interdisciplinary collaboration between two or more students from different majors.

Awards Ceremony will be Friday, January 22nd at Trustee's Theater.

Entries may be dropped off at Adler Hall Lobby.

Please forward any questions to Denise Duncan, dduncan@scad.edu or Mark Bazil, mbazil@scad.edu

Project Basho/Onward Call for Entries. Exhibition to Coincide with SPE National Conference in Philly

Juror: Debbie Fleming Caffery
Deadline 11/13/09

Project Basho is pleased to announce "Onward," an annual, juried photography competition exclusively featuring the works of new and emerging photographers with unique vision. Selected work will be included in a group exhibition at Project Basho Gallery and published in an online feature at Flak Photo (www.flakphoto.com) in 2010. For more information, please visit:
http://onward.projectbasho.org

SCAD SPE National Scholarship Opportunity, 2010 Philadelphia

The Society for Photographic Education will host the 47th annual National Conference in Philadelphia March 4-7, 2010. SCAD Photography is offering two $500 scholarships, one for an undergrad, one for a grad, to support travel/accommodations for this event.

ENTRY GUIDELINES:
Eligibility limited to current, full-time undergraduate and graduate photography majors.
Award of $500 must be used for conference travel, fees, hotel, etc. for the 2010 Nat'l SPE conference.
DEADLINE:
Friday, November 13, 2009, 5pm EST

SUBMISSION:
Email submission to Rebecca Nolan, rnolan@scad.edu. Put "SCAD Undergraduate" or "SCAD Graduate" in the subject line.
Include:

• Full name, student number, year in school, local address, phone number, student email
• Submit a cohesive portfolio of 10 images following the file guidelines below
• Attach a word document with image identification page that corresponds with numbered images and includes: name, title, medium, size, date
• Optional: Artists statement and/or resume

IMAGE GUIDELINES:
All images JPG format at screen resolution (72 dpi), longest dimension 1024 pixels. Title as follows: image number_lastname_title. (example: 01_Lastname_Title.jpg)

Questions? Contact Rebecca at rnolan@scad.edu or 525-6503

Call for Entries Positive/Negative 25

Open to all media.
DEADLINE December 11th, 2009
Juror: Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
For a prospectus and entry forms, to to http://www.etsu.edu/cas/art/slocumb

SCAD National SPE Scholarship

The Society for Photographic Education will host their 47th annual national conference in Philadelphia, March 4-7, 2010. SCAD is offering one $500 scholarship for an undergraduate and one $500 for a graduate student to support student travel to this WONDERFUL event.

Deadline Friday, November 13, 5pm EST

Please see details on form provided.
Questions email Rebecca Nolan, rnolan@scad.edu

Lorena Turner's "Made in China" Opens in Atlanta

Opening Reception November 13th, 7-9 pm
Cartel Studios + Gallery
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