Opening Reception for Kindred Cool is this Saturday!
Please Join us for the opening reception of
KINDRED COOL: Portraits of Jazz Friendships
Photography by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
Saturday, May 30th
6 - 9 p.m.
Kindred Cool is a photography project that uses the relationship between Ralph Ellison, Romare Bearden and Albert Murray as an inspiration for documenting other friendships forged and fostered through a shared appreciation for jazz. Through photographic portraits, Kindred Cool serves as a visual documentary project showcasing the diversity of the jazz diaspora, that is, individuals who are inspired by American classical music: jazz.
The subjects of Kindred Cool are a motley crew of jazz educators, vocalists and instrumentalists, rappers, aficionados, journalists, publicists, dancers and painters. A partial list of those photographed for Kindred Cool are Ellis Marsalis, Ladybug Mecca, Randy Weston, Mos Def, DJ Spooky, Vijay Iyer, Rhonda Ross, Brian Jackson, Farah Jasmine Griffin among many others of the 'jazz society.'
The George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art
2003 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 586-7432
www.themckennamuseum.com
Contact: Shantrelle Lewis
slewis@themckennamuseum.com
www.kindredcool.org
5.30.2009
5.29.2009
Zack Smith's New Pad BBQ and Print Sale
Hello friends - ok...May 31st is the day...can you help me invite some cool folks, and get the word out?
I will be offering many framed photographs,(also backed, and loose) both large (24x36) and small (8x10) that have been at my house for a while, and i need to clean house. i am paying a bit more to live in the Marigny, but i like the spot so much!
I will have on hand, at a one day only discount prices - images from my Charlottesville show, None A Stranger show, and ALOT of live music images thru the
years. Please come by to snag some killer deals, or just come for the bbq and drinks.
Zack Smith's New Pad BBQ and Print Sale
Sunday, May 31st
726 Mandeville St. NOLA (back patio)
2p-5pm
Jerry Dantzic Jazz Photos at the Ogden
Timex All-Star Jazz Show 1958: Photographs by Jerry Dantzic
On April 30,1958, Jerry Dantzic photographed one of the few studio sessions
between jazz greats Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton, who were rehearsing
for the Timex All-Star Jazz Show at the CBS Studios in New York City. More
than 30 photographs of this historic occasion, as well as a video of the
show, are on view.
Through July 19, 2009
On April 30,1958, Jerry Dantzic photographed one of the few studio sessions
between jazz greats Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton, who were rehearsing
for the Timex All-Star Jazz Show at the CBS Studios in New York City. More
than 30 photographs of this historic occasion, as well as a video of the
show, are on view.
Through July 19, 2009
5.27.2009
Slide Scanning Special at Moldaner's
VOLUME SLIDE SCANNING OFFER from Moldaner's Camera and Imaging
During the summer months things tend to slow down Uptown, so we have available capacity on our high-volume Kodak Slide Scanner. Here's what we are willing to offer:
Our standard scanning prices are on our website (www.moldaners.com) . We normally offer 9Mb and 25Mb scans, with larger sizes being custom scans. From now until July 31st, or until our available capacity is filled, we are willing to make a SPECIAL OFFER on 35mm slide scan batches of 1000 or more.
YOUR CHOICE:
A. Custom size scans (25-60MB) at the 25MB price
B. 25MB scans at the 9MB price (85 cents in quantity)
C. 9MB scans at 49 cents each.
These images can be JPEG or TIFF. If you want TIFFs, due to the size, we would either return them to you on a portable drive that you provide in advance, or we can purchase one and bill you for it.
NOTE: These will all be unprocessed scans, with a black edge from the mount so you lose none of the image. They will NOT be rotated, trimmed or adjusted for density or color. This is an opportunity to get your images archived quickly and inexpensively. Most of you would probably prefer to work on your images yourself anyway, using whatever you are comfortable with (Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.). Its also a good way to backup your images for hurricane season.
This is a first come, first served offer! When we have reached our capacity, the offer will be canceled.
NOTE: We are willing to have anyone come by with some slides and have us scan a few samples to evaluate.
Robert F. Moldaner
President
Moldaner's Camera & Imaging
7808 Maple St., Suite D
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-866-6757
www.moldaners.com
During the summer months things tend to slow down Uptown, so we have available capacity on our high-volume Kodak Slide Scanner. Here's what we are willing to offer:
Our standard scanning prices are on our website (www.moldaners.com) . We normally offer 9Mb and 25Mb scans, with larger sizes being custom scans. From now until July 31st, or until our available capacity is filled, we are willing to make a SPECIAL OFFER on 35mm slide scan batches of 1000 or more.
YOUR CHOICE:
A. Custom size scans (25-60MB) at the 25MB price
B. 25MB scans at the 9MB price (85 cents in quantity)
C. 9MB scans at 49 cents each.
These images can be JPEG or TIFF. If you want TIFFs, due to the size, we would either return them to you on a portable drive that you provide in advance, or we can purchase one and bill you for it.
NOTE: These will all be unprocessed scans, with a black edge from the mount so you lose none of the image. They will NOT be rotated, trimmed or adjusted for density or color. This is an opportunity to get your images archived quickly and inexpensively. Most of you would probably prefer to work on your images yourself anyway, using whatever you are comfortable with (Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.). Its also a good way to backup your images for hurricane season.
This is a first come, first served offer! When we have reached our capacity, the offer will be canceled.
NOTE: We are willing to have anyone come by with some slides and have us scan a few samples to evaluate.
Robert F. Moldaner
President
Moldaner's Camera & Imaging
7808 Maple St., Suite D
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-866-6757
www.moldaners.com
5.26.2009
Call for Joan of Ark Inspired Art - Deadline Thursday
CALL TO ARTISTS:
We still need a few artists for the 2nd Annual Joan of Arc Feast Day March & Celebration this weekend.
Organized completely by two local artists, the goal of this event is to foster awareness and appreciation for our city's adopted heroine, St. Joan of Arc. As New Orleanians working through an era of rebuilding and renewal we believe that Joan stands as an incredibly inspiring symbol of perseverance against all odds and assumptions.
On Saturday, May 30, Joan's Feast Day, we invite every New Orleanian to join us in front of the Cathedral to begin the march. The highlight of the march is a visit to her golden statue in the Place d'France where we will adorn her with flowers and toast her with wine. The march will then lead us to a celebration complete with live music & a collaborative art show.
We need: Any Joan of Arc inspired art. This is completely open to interpretation. The only logistic requirement is that it can hang on a wall. Deadline for submissions Thursday May 28.
Please contact Lara for more information: desmola@yahoo.com
Thanks!
CALL FOR ENTRIES: FANTASTIC PLASTIC
Watson Studio Gallery and the Texas Photographic Society
are pleased to announce:
Call For Entries: Fantastic Plastic
Submission Deadline June 27, 2009
About the Theme: Fantastic Plastic
"To hold, point and shoot a (plastic) Diana camera implies a conscious decision to relinquish control. To concentrate your creative powers on capturing the moment and telling a story -- rather than fiddling with a bunch of knobs and levers." This quote from the Society of Lomography sums up the goal of this exhibition. Fantastic Plastic will feature the work of selected avant-garde artists who challenge themselves to create compelling images with plastic cameras and other "lo-fi" cameras such as Holga, Lomo, pin-hole, Lensbabies lenses, cell-phone cameras, home-made cameras, TtV with vintage cameras, etc. Watson Studio Gallery in partnership with the Texas Photographic Society invites and encourages all photographers and digital illustrators working in all media, to participate in this exhibition.
Eligibility:
The exhibition is open to all domestic and international photographers working with digital or traditional photography, digital/photo illustration or combinations of these media as long as a plastic or lo-fi camera/lens was involved in the process.
Exhibition and Awards:
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an audience of artists and collectors who appreciate photographic and digital art forms.
- Winning images will be exhibited and available for sale at Watson Studio
Gallery in Johnson City, Texas from July 25 to September 19, 2009.
- Winners will also be prominently featured on the Watson Studio Gallery
and Texas Photographic Society website and be included in news releases to
various local and web publications.
- A public reception for the artists will take place on Saturday, July 25th.
Awards:
All of the info can be found here:
http://www.lostcanuck.com/studio/index.php/studio/calls_for_entry/
are pleased to announce:
Call For Entries: Fantastic Plastic
Submission Deadline June 27, 2009
About the Theme: Fantastic Plastic
"To hold, point and shoot a (plastic) Diana camera implies a conscious decision to relinquish control. To concentrate your creative powers on capturing the moment and telling a story -- rather than fiddling with a bunch of knobs and levers." This quote from the Society of Lomography sums up the goal of this exhibition. Fantastic Plastic will feature the work of selected avant-garde artists who challenge themselves to create compelling images with plastic cameras and other "lo-fi" cameras such as Holga, Lomo, pin-hole, Lensbabies lenses, cell-phone cameras, home-made cameras, TtV with vintage cameras, etc. Watson Studio Gallery in partnership with the Texas Photographic Society invites and encourages all photographers and digital illustrators working in all media, to participate in this exhibition.
Eligibility:
The exhibition is open to all domestic and international photographers working with digital or traditional photography, digital/photo illustration or combinations of these media as long as a plastic or lo-fi camera/lens was involved in the process.
Exhibition and Awards:
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an audience of artists and collectors who appreciate photographic and digital art forms.
- Winning images will be exhibited and available for sale at Watson Studio
Gallery in Johnson City, Texas from July 25 to September 19, 2009.
- Winners will also be prominently featured on the Watson Studio Gallery
and Texas Photographic Society website and be included in news releases to
various local and web publications.
- A public reception for the artists will take place on Saturday, July 25th.
Awards:
All of the info can be found here:
http://www.lostcanuck.com/studio/index.php/studio/calls_for_entry/
5.25.2009
Sally Mann film @ NOMA May 27
Wednesday, May 27, 6 p.m. - Film: What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann (Stern Auditorium)
"As one of the world's preeminent photographers, Sally Mann creates artwork that challenges viewers' values and moral attitudes. Described by Time magazine as 'America's greatest photographer,' she first came to international prominence in 1992 with Immediate Family, a series of complex and enigmatic pictures of her own children. This work, and the controversy that followed it, was chronicled in Steven Cantor's Academy Award-winning short film, Blood Ties. What Remains returns to follow the creation of Mann's seminal new work: a photo series revolving around various aspects of death and decay. Never one to compromise, Sally Mann reflects on her own personal feelings toward death as she continues to examine the boundaries of contemporary photography. Shown at home on her family farm in Virginia, she is surrounded by her husband and now-grown children, and her willingness to reveal her artistic process as it unfolds allows the viewer to gain exclusive entrance to her world. Spanning five years, What Remains contains unbridled access to the many stages of Mann's work, and is a rare glimpse of an eloquent and brilliant artist." www.zeitgeistfilms.com
"As one of the world's preeminent photographers, Sally Mann creates artwork that challenges viewers' values and moral attitudes. Described by Time magazine as 'America's greatest photographer,' she first came to international prominence in 1992 with Immediate Family, a series of complex and enigmatic pictures of her own children. This work, and the controversy that followed it, was chronicled in Steven Cantor's Academy Award-winning short film, Blood Ties. What Remains returns to follow the creation of Mann's seminal new work: a photo series revolving around various aspects of death and decay. Never one to compromise, Sally Mann reflects on her own personal feelings toward death as she continues to examine the boundaries of contemporary photography. Shown at home on her family farm in Virginia, she is surrounded by her husband and now-grown children, and her willingness to reveal her artistic process as it unfolds allows the viewer to gain exclusive entrance to her world. Spanning five years, What Remains contains unbridled access to the many stages of Mann's work, and is a rare glimpse of an eloquent and brilliant artist." www.zeitgeistfilms.com
5.23.2009
SlowExposures 2009 - A Juried Exhibition Celebrating Photography of the Rural South
Pike Historic Preservation announces a call to photographers for the Seventh Annual SlowExposures juried photography exhibit, September 18-20 and 23-27, 2009, at the historic Candler Field Museum in Williamson, Georgia (just one hour from downtown Atlanta.)
$2,000 in total awards will be given to 1st - 3rd place winners in two entry categories. Honorable mention ribbons will also be awarded. This year’s jurors are Annette Cone-Skelton (Director, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta & an accomplished artist) & Tim Barnwell (Master Photographer based in Asheville, NC).
This year's theme: "the rural South." Photographers may submit up to four images in each of the two categories: The Southeast and West Central Georgia (see the Call for Entries form for the county-specific definition of this geographic area). $30 per entry category. All work must be original and produced within the last 4 years. Photographs may be color, or black and white, using traditional or digital processes.
Postmark deadline: June 15, 2009. Download call for entries at www.slowexposures.org (see “About / Call for Entries page) or send SASE to: SlowExposures, PO Box 489, Zebulon, GA 30295. For more information, please see the website or contact Christine Curry at chris@slowexposures.org (770-567-3600)
$2,000 in total awards will be given to 1st - 3rd place winners in two entry categories. Honorable mention ribbons will also be awarded. This year’s jurors are Annette Cone-Skelton (Director, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta & an accomplished artist) & Tim Barnwell (Master Photographer based in Asheville, NC).
This year's theme: "the rural South." Photographers may submit up to four images in each of the two categories: The Southeast and West Central Georgia (see the Call for Entries form for the county-specific definition of this geographic area). $30 per entry category. All work must be original and produced within the last 4 years. Photographs may be color, or black and white, using traditional or digital processes.
Postmark deadline: June 15, 2009. Download call for entries at www.slowexposures.org (see “About / Call for Entries page) or send SASE to: SlowExposures, PO Box 489, Zebulon, GA 30295. For more information, please see the website or contact Christine Curry at chris@slowexposures.org (770-567-3600)
5.22.2009
Seeking Lights & Tripod to Rent
I am trying to find photography rental places in New Orleans. Does
either of you know of a place or know a photographer with lights and a
tripod, who would want to make some extra money next weekend renting
their gear.
I have to shoot a friends wedding and don't wonna travel with too much
gear.
Bayeté Ross Smith
917.721.8899
www.bayeterosssmith.com
www.causecollective.com
either of you know of a place or know a photographer with lights and a
tripod, who would want to make some extra money next weekend renting
their gear.
I have to shoot a friends wedding and don't wonna travel with too much
gear.
Bayeté Ross Smith
917.721.8899
www.bayeterosssmith.com
www.causecollective.com
5.19.2009
Push-Pin Print Pickup Sat & Sun May 23,24
Thanks to all Alliance Members who participated in our First Annual New Orleans Photo Alliance Push-Pin Show! It was very well received, and we hope to hold this show on a biennial basis.
Please pick up your prints at the Photo Alliance Gallery this weekend:
Saturday May 23 from noon - 4 pm
or
Sunday May 24 from noon - 4 pm
If you cannot pick up your work during these times, you must contact Andrea Caldwell (andrea504@gmail.com) to arrange another pickup time.
The New Orleans Photo Alliance is not responsible for prints left in the gallery after Sunday May 24 at 4 pm.
Please pick up your prints at the Photo Alliance Gallery this weekend:
Saturday May 23 from noon - 4 pm
or
Sunday May 24 from noon - 4 pm
If you cannot pick up your work during these times, you must contact Andrea Caldwell (andrea504@gmail.com) to arrange another pickup time.
The New Orleans Photo Alliance is not responsible for prints left in the gallery after Sunday May 24 at 4 pm.
5.17.2009
PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE MEETING
I would like to extend an invitation to all members who are interested in the Programming Committee to attend a meeting Tuesday, May 21, 7:00 p.m. at the NOPA Gallery, 1111 St. Mary St.
The Programming Committee is responsible for developing
exhibitions, educational events, public forums, and exchange
programs with other similar institutions.
We will organize ourselves in advance of the FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE exhibit. Volunteers will be needed for various tasks, primarily to help hang the show on Wednesday, June 3 and and to host the gallery opening on Saturday, June 6. We will also get an update on the AUG/SEP show (CALIENTE) and begin preparing for the OCT/NOV exhibit (THE SPIRIT WORLD).
The next SIX SHOOTERS moderated panel discussion is slated for Wednesday, July 15. We need to discuss and decide upon which photographers we would like to see represent the following six categories: FINE ART, EDITORIAL, EDUCATIONAL, DOCUMENTARY, PHOTOJOURNALISM, and COMMERCIAL. Please bring your suggestions for each category or email them to me at 51Deardorff@gmail.com.
There will be a Lightroom workshop conducted by Seth Boonchai at the gallery on Saturday, July 11.
If you are unable to attend and want your ideas heard please email me @ thomnola@yahoo.com. I will present them for you.
Remember, your voice is the voice of the Photo Alliance so come and be heard. We have a lot to do and it doesn’t get done without you! Look forward to seeing you there. There will be pizza; BYOB.
Thom Bennett
VP of Programming
The Programming Committee is responsible for developing
exhibitions, educational events, public forums, and exchange
programs with other similar institutions.
We will organize ourselves in advance of the FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE exhibit. Volunteers will be needed for various tasks, primarily to help hang the show on Wednesday, June 3 and and to host the gallery opening on Saturday, June 6. We will also get an update on the AUG/SEP show (CALIENTE) and begin preparing for the OCT/NOV exhibit (THE SPIRIT WORLD).
The next SIX SHOOTERS moderated panel discussion is slated for Wednesday, July 15. We need to discuss and decide upon which photographers we would like to see represent the following six categories: FINE ART, EDITORIAL, EDUCATIONAL, DOCUMENTARY, PHOTOJOURNALISM, and COMMERCIAL. Please bring your suggestions for each category or email them to me at 51Deardorff@gmail.com.
There will be a Lightroom workshop conducted by Seth Boonchai at the gallery on Saturday, July 11.
If you are unable to attend and want your ideas heard please email me @ thomnola@yahoo.com. I will present them for you.
Remember, your voice is the voice of the Photo Alliance so come and be heard. We have a lot to do and it doesn’t get done without you! Look forward to seeing you there. There will be pizza; BYOB.
Thom Bennett
VP of Programming
5.16.2009
Call for Entries: Int'l Photography Competition
CALL FOR ENTRIES - All Photography - Amateurs to Pros
Artists Haven Gallery Hosting
INTERNATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Deadline June 30, 2009
Complete Information & Entry Form at www.artistshavengallery.com
Contest is open to all US and International photographers working with digital or film cameras. There are multiple categories and no entry limit. The competition will be juried by Barbara O'Keefe, the Executive Director, Coral Springs Museum of Art.
5.13.2009
BECA Call for Entries: Curate This! 2009 (in conjunction with PhotoNOLA)
NOTE: Receive Deadline is October 1, 2009
The BECA Foundation presents the second installment of CURATE THIS! opening this November, 2009 and will run through December 2009. The first installment of CURATE THIS!, held in 2008, was an experimental success with over 100 artists and over 400 'guest curators' from 9 countries participating. We're looking forward to even more participation from around the globe via CURATE THIS! 2009. Once again we will be enlisting the input of art enthusiasts from around the world via an online juried event which allows anyone from anywhere in the world with an internet connection and email access to select their favorite 10 artists from the compiled selection of submitted works. On October 14 and 15, 2009 art enthusiasts from around the world will view the works submitted by artists from all corners of the globe and will vote to choose their favorite 10 artists of CURATE THIS! 2009.
This year's CURATE THIS! exhibition is being held in conjunction with PhotoNOLA 2009 (www.photonola.org). As such, we are seeking submissions of photography based works including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, drawing, printmaking, fiber, textiles, installation, photography, design and functional art. Those artists whom the guest curators’ select as their top 10 artists will have their works featured in the exhibition CURATE THIS! 2009 at BECA gallery and in the upcoming 2009 edition of the publication titled, CURATE THIS! 2009. Artists selected for CURATE THIS! 2009 will also have their works featured online at The BECA Foundation website. PhotoNOLA is a month long celebration of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with galleries, museums and photographers citywide.
CURATE THIS! EXHIBITION DATES: November 21 - December 27, 2009.
Download complete information and submission guidelines here: Download CURATE_THIS_2009
The Art of Caring Panel Discussion, Sunday at NOMA
Sunday, May 17, 2 p.m., Panel discussion on The Art of Caring
Guest curator Dr. Cynthia Goodman moderates a panel on The Art of Caring with exhibiting artists Bob Gomel, former LIFE magazine photographer, who will preview his upcoming book of photographs taken for LIFE in the 1960s and 1970s; Timur Grib, who will recount his experiences over the past 25 years documenting the effects of a nuclear reactor accident at the Chernobyl Power Plant in Ukraine; Tatsumi Orimoto, who will present a performance based on his recent work, including the "Bread-Men" series, which explores aging and illness as it relates to himself and his mother; and Neal Slavin, the accomplished fine art and corporate photographer.
After the panel, every available photographer featured in the exhibition will be present in front of their works to interact with visitors.
Guest curator Dr. Cynthia Goodman moderates a panel on The Art of Caring with exhibiting artists Bob Gomel, former LIFE magazine photographer, who will preview his upcoming book of photographs taken for LIFE in the 1960s and 1970s; Timur Grib, who will recount his experiences over the past 25 years documenting the effects of a nuclear reactor accident at the Chernobyl Power Plant in Ukraine; Tatsumi Orimoto, who will present a performance based on his recent work, including the "Bread-Men" series, which explores aging and illness as it relates to himself and his mother; and Neal Slavin, the accomplished fine art and corporate photographer.
After the panel, every available photographer featured in the exhibition will be present in front of their works to interact with visitors.
5.11.2009
Grace Before Dying exhibition at NOMA
Lori Waselchuk’s exhibition Grace Before Dying, will be shown at the New Orleans Museum of Art during the opening weekend and preview of The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography, May 15 – 17, 2009. Grace Before Dying is an award-winning photo essay that chronicles the Louisiana State Penitentiary’s hospice program.
The exhibition launched April 3, 2009 at Angola Prison and was shown within the Angola prison facility for five weeks. It will continue to travel to correctional facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi through 2010. The Grace Before Dying exhibition was made possible by a Distribution Grant from the Documentary Photography Project of the Open Society Institute. Additional sponsors include: Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (LMHPCO), the Louisiana State Prison Museum, and Moonshine Studio.
The website for the exhibition and traveling schedule for 2009 - 2010 is now live: www.gracebeforedying.org
5.09.2009
L.J. Goldstein's "The Sacred Area" Exhibition Online
From the Darkroom:
If you haven't had a chance to see the exhibition in person, LJ Goldstein's "The Sacred Area" show is now online.
You can see it by clicking on the image here, or come visit The Darkroom before June 30th between 10 and 6 (any day but Sunday).
Proceeds from all sales will be donated to the New Orleans Photo Alliance.
Call for Entries: Documentary
The Center for Fine Art Photography seeks documentary images for an upcoming show to be juried by Ed Kashi.
Documentary photography has the power to tell stories untold, create social change, awaken emotions, and show the intimate and unseen. This exhibition will feature the artistic viewpoint of the documentary photographer. Deadline May 12.
Details here.
Documentary photography has the power to tell stories untold, create social change, awaken emotions, and show the intimate and unseen. This exhibition will feature the artistic viewpoint of the documentary photographer. Deadline May 12.
Details here.
Call for Entries: Black and White
The Center for Fine Art Photography announces Black and White, a Main Gallery Show featuring the art of black and white photography. Submission is on line at our website of www.c4fap.org by June 9, 2009. For more information visit our website and follow the links for Call for Entry.
New Blog: Photographers Speak
From Susan Burnstine:
My friend Dean Brierly has been writing for B&W (US) for years an just started a fascinating new blog called Photographer's Speak.
He's posting some interesting, informative interviews with photographers he wrote about in the past. Worth checking out if you like to follow photo related blogs...
http://photographyinterviews.blogspot.com/
My friend Dean Brierly has been writing for B&W (US) for years an just started a fascinating new blog called Photographer's Speak.
He's posting some interesting, informative interviews with photographers he wrote about in the past. Worth checking out if you like to follow photo related blogs...
http://photographyinterviews.blogspot.com/
5.07.2009
Art of Caring photo show at NOMA
WELLNESS: Annie Leibovitz, (American, born 1949); Rebecca Denison, Founder of WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases), 1993; Color C print; Courtesy of the Artist The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography
May 16 - October 11, 2009
The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography comprises seven thematic components: Children and Family, Love, Wellness, Disaster, Caregiving and Healing, Aging, and Remembering. Through photography and film, this thought- and emotion-provoking exhibition provides a visual discourse on how key life events are celebrated and honored, and how pivotal life decisions are made by a number of different cultures. Each stage of life is depicted by simple everyday situations experienced in moments of joy and gratification as well as by poignant events of passage. The unfathomable scale of devastation inflicted upon humanity and our environment by both man-made and natural disasters also is intrinsic to this life story.
The selection of the more than two hundred photographs in this exhibition took shape like a complex and carefully composed mosaic in which the distinct fragments represent mothers, fathers, children, caregivers, first responders, and others from around the globe. For the viewer, encountering these photos on the walls of this exhibition is somewhat like taking a walk on a busy street in any one of a number of major metropolitan cities, where who or what you see is often a surprise impossible to plan for or predict, much like the cycle of our own respective lives.
The exhibition begins with a group of images by the world-renowned artist Annie Leibovitz, who made a special selection from her vast archive that reflects all seven themes. These images provide a concise introduction to the entire exhibition. The Art of Caring showcases several works from Time & LIFE Pictures, including recognizable classics by such legendary photographers as Alfred Eisenstaedt and W. Eugene Smith. Contemporary artists include other established photographers such as Tina Barney, Nan Goldin, Chester Higgins, Sally Mann, Nicholas Nixon, Tatsumi Orimoto, Robert Polidori, Dona Schwartz, Neal Slavin and Larry Sultan. The exhibition features as well the work of emerging artists Elinor Carucci, Jeff Charbonneau, Eliza French, Peter Granser, Jessica Todd Harper and Misty Keasler.
For more information about the exhibition and additional events scheduled with the exhibit go to http://www.noma.org/exhibitions.html
Zack Smith's New ChazFest Book Available
I will have one copy of "Under the Twin Trees: Chaz Fest Portraits 2007-2008" for preview at Chaz Fest 2009, Wednesday April 29th at The Truck Farm (chazfestival.com)
For the last two years, i have set up a unique backdrop and photographed the interesting folks at the festival. If you haven't been to Chaz Fest, its the best little festival in New Orleans, down in the Bywater. The best music, food, and drink, all in a big backyard. The way it should be.
The book is available now on BLURB.com, and is 7"x7",40 ppg, color, soft cover. 50% from sales from Chaz Fest book at signup that day, will be donated to local kid art collective, KidSmart. Books can be ordered online, and delivered to YOU! @ http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/633935
Please spread the word!
Zack
504-251-7745
--
Zack Smith
www.zacksmith.com
http://zacksmithphoto.blogspot.com
www.thecanarycollective.com
www.humidbeings.com
www.neworleansphotoalliance.com
For the last two years, i have set up a unique backdrop and photographed the interesting folks at the festival. If you haven't been to Chaz Fest, its the best little festival in New Orleans, down in the Bywater. The best music, food, and drink, all in a big backyard. The way it should be.
The book is available now on BLURB.com, and is 7"x7",40 ppg, color, soft cover. 50% from sales from Chaz Fest book at signup that day, will be donated to local kid art collective, KidSmart. Books can be ordered online, and delivered to YOU! @ http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/633935
Please spread the word!
Zack
504-251-7745
--
Zack Smith
www.zacksmith.com
http://zacksmithphoto.blogspot.com
www.thecanarycollective.com
www.humidbeings.com
www.neworleansphotoalliance.com
CONTRAST: Call for Entries
Hi,
My name is Will Jacks. I'm a photographer from Cleveland, Mississippi with in-laws in NOLA. I'm also a member of NOPA.
I just wanted to let you guys know about a photography show that I am putting together here. It's a themed group show that will hang for about a month with an opening reception on Thursday, August 20. We're also planning a week of activities around art and music here as well. The theme for the show is CONTRAST.
I was hoping you guys might help me get the word out to any photographers that may be interested. I have attached a file with basic information, and have also created a website as well.
http://www.wiljax.com/themeshow/contrast
There is no fee to submit, and artists may submit as many images as they like for consideration.
If you have any questions, please let me know. I hope to get down there very soon for another meeting. I have been able to make one so far, and would love to get as involved as I can, considering of course, that I live 6 hours away!
Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Will Jacks
www.wiljax.com
662.846.6800
My name is Will Jacks. I'm a photographer from Cleveland, Mississippi with in-laws in NOLA. I'm also a member of NOPA.
I just wanted to let you guys know about a photography show that I am putting together here. It's a themed group show that will hang for about a month with an opening reception on Thursday, August 20. We're also planning a week of activities around art and music here as well. The theme for the show is CONTRAST.
I was hoping you guys might help me get the word out to any photographers that may be interested. I have attached a file with basic information, and have also created a website as well.
http://www.wiljax.com/themeshow/contrast
There is no fee to submit, and artists may submit as many images as they like for consideration.
If you have any questions, please let me know. I hope to get down there very soon for another meeting. I have been able to make one so far, and would love to get as involved as I can, considering of course, that I live 6 hours away!
Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Will Jacks
www.wiljax.com
662.846.6800
5.06.2009
Marc Pagani at Cork & Bottle
Bourbon through the Lens
Join us at Cork & Bottle and Clever on the evening of Thursday, March 21st for a showing of the photography Marc Pagani shot while we were up in Bourbon country.
Marc will be on hand showing several pieces of his artistic photography and I'll be on hand pouring samples of our Elmer T. Lee Barrel. For a sneak peak of the show, check out his website.
The showing starts at 6:00, see you there!
Cheers!
Cork & Bottle Fine Wines | 3700 Orleans Avenue #1C | New Orleans | LA | 70119
Join us at Cork & Bottle and Clever on the evening of Thursday, March 21st for a showing of the photography Marc Pagani shot while we were up in Bourbon country.
Marc will be on hand showing several pieces of his artistic photography and I'll be on hand pouring samples of our Elmer T. Lee Barrel. For a sneak peak of the show, check out his website.
The showing starts at 6:00, see you there!
Cheers!
Cork & Bottle Fine Wines | 3700 Orleans Avenue #1C | New Orleans | LA | 70119
Rayko Photo Center Call for Entries
Hello,
Just a quick note to let you know that we are having a juried still
life and interior space show in August and September of this year. I've already
received some great entries and am looking for more. The postmarked
deadline for submissions is June 25th. I look forward to seeing your
work! Also, please pass this on to anyone you know who is making
interesting still lifes! Thanks!
All the best,
Ann
Call for entries is available here.
For more information please contact:
Ann M. Jastrab
Gallery Director
RayKo Photo Center
428 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-495-3773
gallery@raykophoto.com
Just a quick note to let you know that we are having a juried still
life and interior space show in August and September of this year. I've already
received some great entries and am looking for more. The postmarked
deadline for submissions is June 25th. I look forward to seeing your
work! Also, please pass this on to anyone you know who is making
interesting still lifes! Thanks!
All the best,
Ann
Call for entries is available here.
For more information please contact:
Ann M. Jastrab
Gallery Director
RayKo Photo Center
428 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-495-3773
gallery@raykophoto.com
Mike Smith at The Front
Mike Smith
Digigraphs!
Opening reception: Saturday May 9th, 6-10pm
The Front
4100 St. Claude Ave., nolafront@gmail.com
Utilizing the early DaDaist use of montage, I want to explore the possibilities of photography in the digital era on determining what is considered to be representational, document-like, or narrative in content. Contradictions in context, and color, are employed to create images that can be both fantastic and absurd, disturbing and beautiful.
Caution: Objects in the frame may be more rendered than materially perceived. Please proceed with reckless abandon toward the exit in a conceptual manner. Discordant side effects not solely attributed to reproduction may include: hallucinatory spectacles, retinal dismemberment of the “Natural World”, contextual time/space fluctuations, still frame mobilization, and residual commonplace anomalies.
Digigraphs!
Opening reception: Saturday May 9th, 6-10pm
The Front
4100 St. Claude Ave., nolafront@gmail.com
Utilizing the early DaDaist use of montage, I want to explore the possibilities of photography in the digital era on determining what is considered to be representational, document-like, or narrative in content. Contradictions in context, and color, are employed to create images that can be both fantastic and absurd, disturbing and beautiful.
Caution: Objects in the frame may be more rendered than materially perceived. Please proceed with reckless abandon toward the exit in a conceptual manner. Discordant side effects not solely attributed to reproduction may include: hallucinatory spectacles, retinal dismemberment of the “Natural World”, contextual time/space fluctuations, still frame mobilization, and residual commonplace anomalies.
New Yorker Magazine Image Request
Hello:
Hope all is well and that you are enjoying spring! I am a picture researcher at the New Yorker and I am researching images for an upcoming fiction story, and wonder if any members of the New Orleans Photo Alliance may have work that could accompany the story. I would truly appreciate you forwarding the request to all members. Unfortunately, we are under a tight deadline and will be viewing images tomorrow.
The story is contemporary (within the last 20 years) and takes place in North Mississippi. The images don’t have to be from North Mississippi, but they should be from the south and highlight the lushness and growth of the Southern landscape. The overall tone is moody and foreboding, there is a strong sense of southern history throughout the piece. The focus of the story is a run down mansion/house and a man’s attempt to restore this house that his been in his family for generations. He describes the wild and weed-wracked overgrown lawn, the patches of fallen plaster from the walls, the sagging celing, warped pine flooring and the storm dented iron roof. The house is a huge project to fix up and Julian hires help – Obie. Obie is a bible reading fifty year old lean fellow who is having his skin lasered to remove the tattoos from his covered body. His skin is described as a cloudy blue-gray.
To accompany the story, we are looking for the below images. But, please don’t limit yourself, the most important thing in the image is the mood and the feeling of the Southern landscape.
* A dramatic image of a romantically run down rural mansion/house in the south
* An image of the lushness of the rural Southern landscape that incorporates some aspect of the mansion
* Tattoos on a man (either detail shots, or images of tattoos peaking out of clothes)
* Image incorporating a bible in the interior of a run down home
* Image of an old typewriter
Many thanks for forwarding this request along. We are under a very tight deadline, please send medium res versions (150dpi at 10”) by Wednesday May 6. Thanks again, and feel free to call or email me with any questions.
Best,
Jessie
--
Jessie Wender
Picture Researcher
The New Yorker
4 Times Square, 20th Fl.
New York, NY 10036
e: jessie_wender@newyorker.com
t: 212.286.5788 / f: 212.286.5930
Hope all is well and that you are enjoying spring! I am a picture researcher at the New Yorker and I am researching images for an upcoming fiction story, and wonder if any members of the New Orleans Photo Alliance may have work that could accompany the story. I would truly appreciate you forwarding the request to all members. Unfortunately, we are under a tight deadline and will be viewing images tomorrow.
The story is contemporary (within the last 20 years) and takes place in North Mississippi. The images don’t have to be from North Mississippi, but they should be from the south and highlight the lushness and growth of the Southern landscape. The overall tone is moody and foreboding, there is a strong sense of southern history throughout the piece. The focus of the story is a run down mansion/house and a man’s attempt to restore this house that his been in his family for generations. He describes the wild and weed-wracked overgrown lawn, the patches of fallen plaster from the walls, the sagging celing, warped pine flooring and the storm dented iron roof. The house is a huge project to fix up and Julian hires help – Obie. Obie is a bible reading fifty year old lean fellow who is having his skin lasered to remove the tattoos from his covered body. His skin is described as a cloudy blue-gray.
To accompany the story, we are looking for the below images. But, please don’t limit yourself, the most important thing in the image is the mood and the feeling of the Southern landscape.
* A dramatic image of a romantically run down rural mansion/house in the south
* An image of the lushness of the rural Southern landscape that incorporates some aspect of the mansion
* Tattoos on a man (either detail shots, or images of tattoos peaking out of clothes)
* Image incorporating a bible in the interior of a run down home
* Image of an old typewriter
Many thanks for forwarding this request along. We are under a very tight deadline, please send medium res versions (150dpi at 10”) by Wednesday May 6. Thanks again, and feel free to call or email me with any questions.
Best,
Jessie
--
Jessie Wender
Picture Researcher
The New Yorker
4 Times Square, 20th Fl.
New York, NY 10036
e: jessie_wender@newyorker.com
t: 212.286.5788 / f: 212.286.5930
5.04.2009
Photo Review 2009 International Photography Competition
APERTURE PUBLISHER LESLEY MARTIN TO JURY
THE 2009 PHOTO REVIEW PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Lesley Martin, Publisher of the Aperture Book Program, will be the juror for the 2009 Photo Review Photography Competition. The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 25th annual photography competition with a difference. Instead of only installing an exhibit that would be seen by a limited number of people, The Photo Review will reproduce accepted entries in its 2009 competition issue and on its website. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the world and entrants will have a tangible benefit from the competition.
Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. And a major traveling exhibition in 2010 will feature entrants from 25 years of The Photo Review Competition.
Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the country.
Awards include a $500 purchase prize for The Philadelphia Museum of Art, a copy of SilverFast HDR Studio digital camera RAW conversion software from LaserSoft Imaging ($499), a $270 gift certificate from Lensbabies for a Composer lens or other items on the Lensbaby.com webstore, a $250 gift certificate from Calumet Photographic, a 24"x50' roll of Museo Silver Rag ($240 value), a 20"x24" silver gelatin fiber print from Digital Silver Imaging ($215 value), camera bags from Lowepro, and $250 in cash prizes.
An entry fee of $30 for up to three prints, slides, or images on CD and $5 each for up to two additional images entitles all entrants to a copy of the catalogue. In addition, all entrants will be able to subscribe to The Photo Review for $35, a 20% discount.
All entries must be received by mail between May 1 and June 1, 2009.
You can download a prospectus at http://www.photoreview.org/compete.htm. Or send a self-addressed, stamped business-size (#10) envelope to: The Photo Review, 140 East Richardson Avenue, Suite 301, Langhorne, PA 19047. For further information call 215/891-0214.
THE PHOTO REVIEW
Publishing since 1976, The Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource for photography in the Mid-Atlantic region. The quarterly journal, printed on coated paper with high quality reproduction, contains reviews, portfolios, interviews, book reviews, and news. The Photo Review has presented previously unpublished images by Duane Michals, Weegee, and Frederick Sommer, and catalogues for a James VanDerZee exhibition, a show of Lois Greenfield’s dynamic dance photographs, “Changing Visions of the American Landscape,” and a widely praised catalogue celebrating the centennial of Stieglitz’s Camera Work. Its writers include A.D. Coleman, Frank Day, Shelley Rice, Peter Hay Halpert, Barbara L. Michaels, Daile Kaplan, Jean Dykstra, and Mark Power. Subscriptions are $44 per year for the quarterly journal and the newsletter, issued eight times a year, which contains exhibition listings, exhibition opportunities from around the country and the world, and news.
The Photo Review 2009 International Photography Competition is sponsored by Calumet Photographic, LaserSoft, Lensbabies, Museo, and Lowepro.
THE 2009 PHOTO REVIEW PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Lesley Martin, Publisher of the Aperture Book Program, will be the juror for the 2009 Photo Review Photography Competition. The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 25th annual photography competition with a difference. Instead of only installing an exhibit that would be seen by a limited number of people, The Photo Review will reproduce accepted entries in its 2009 competition issue and on its website. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the world and entrants will have a tangible benefit from the competition.
Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. And a major traveling exhibition in 2010 will feature entrants from 25 years of The Photo Review Competition.
Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the country.
Awards include a $500 purchase prize for The Philadelphia Museum of Art, a copy of SilverFast HDR Studio digital camera RAW conversion software from LaserSoft Imaging ($499), a $270 gift certificate from Lensbabies for a Composer lens or other items on the Lensbaby.com webstore, a $250 gift certificate from Calumet Photographic, a 24"x50' roll of Museo Silver Rag ($240 value), a 20"x24" silver gelatin fiber print from Digital Silver Imaging ($215 value), camera bags from Lowepro, and $250 in cash prizes.
An entry fee of $30 for up to three prints, slides, or images on CD and $5 each for up to two additional images entitles all entrants to a copy of the catalogue. In addition, all entrants will be able to subscribe to The Photo Review for $35, a 20% discount.
All entries must be received by mail between May 1 and June 1, 2009.
You can download a prospectus at http://www.photoreview.org/compete.htm. Or send a self-addressed, stamped business-size (#10) envelope to: The Photo Review, 140 East Richardson Avenue, Suite 301, Langhorne, PA 19047. For further information call 215/891-0214.
THE PHOTO REVIEW
Publishing since 1976, The Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource for photography in the Mid-Atlantic region. The quarterly journal, printed on coated paper with high quality reproduction, contains reviews, portfolios, interviews, book reviews, and news. The Photo Review has presented previously unpublished images by Duane Michals, Weegee, and Frederick Sommer, and catalogues for a James VanDerZee exhibition, a show of Lois Greenfield’s dynamic dance photographs, “Changing Visions of the American Landscape,” and a widely praised catalogue celebrating the centennial of Stieglitz’s Camera Work. Its writers include A.D. Coleman, Frank Day, Shelley Rice, Peter Hay Halpert, Barbara L. Michaels, Daile Kaplan, Jean Dykstra, and Mark Power. Subscriptions are $44 per year for the quarterly journal and the newsletter, issued eight times a year, which contains exhibition listings, exhibition opportunities from around the country and the world, and news.
The Photo Review 2009 International Photography Competition is sponsored by Calumet Photographic, LaserSoft, Lensbabies, Museo, and Lowepro.
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