Caliente Deadline Today!

Submissions accepted up until midnight on Monday June 29.

Guidelines & online submission form here: http://neworleansphotoalliance.org/callEntry.php

CALIENTE: comunicando calor / temperatura alta * intenso / violento / vehemente * lujurioso * ardiente / apasionado /sensual * fresco / urgente /popular * robado / ilegal / peligroso * picante / con especies

¿Qué está o es CALIENTE o urgente en su comunidad?

HOT: communicating heat / high temperature * intense / violent / vehement * lustful * fiery / passionate / sultry * fresh / urgent / popular * stolen / illegal / dangerous * piquant / spicy

What's HOT in your community?

The New Orleans Photo Alliance is seeking documentary, fine art, and conceptual photographs that explore and interpret the many meanings of the word CALIENTE (Spanish) or HOT (English).

Selected entries will be exhibited in the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery during the hottest months of the year, August and September 2009. The winning images will also be featured and archived in the Alliance’s online gallery and considered for publication in the New Orleans Photo Alliance Best of 2009 Photo Annual.

Juror: Jose Torres-Tama

LA ARTWORKS PRESENTS...

Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World

Upcoming exhibition at The Mint, July 25- Sept 25


In Cold War battles over ideology and culture with the Soviet Union, America’s most effective asset may well have been her great jazz musicians. Touring the world for the State Department from the mid 1950s to the early 1970s, they stirred millions of hearts and minds with jazz performances showcasing America’s unique national character and artistic achievements.

Now the Louisiana State Museum presents their story in photography in Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World, opening July 25 at the Old U.S. Mint.

With over 90 photographs, posters and other materials, the exhibit traces the journeys of jazz icons like Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, and Sarah Vaughan to more than 35 countries on four continents.

Organized by the Meridian International Center in Washington DC, Jam Session brings many remarkable images to the public for the first time. There’s Louis Armstrong in a sea of children’s faces in Cairo in 1961. There’s the incomparably cool Dizzy Gillespie riding a motor scooter through the streets of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in 1956. And there’s Benny Goodman playing a Burmese oboe in Rangoon in 1957.

The exhibit will run through September 25 at the Mint, located at the foot of Esplanade Avenue in the French Quarter, from 10 AM to 4:30 PM daily except Monday. Admission is free.

Calling All Food Photographers! Exhibition Opportunities at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum

Hey NOPA people,

This is Chris Smith, manager of the collection for the new Southern Food and Beverage Museum in Riverwalk Marketplace. I do exhibitions too.

We have a gallery that is very nice for photography. We’ve had several photo exhibits on display in our short one-year history. In fact, right now we have an exhibition titled The Birth of Coffee by Daniel Lorenzetti. It consists of 37 photographs though they are tightly exhibited. The show is sponsored by Folger’s.

We need more photography exhibits and as you might expect, they need to focus on food and beverage of the American South. The show can focus on photo-journalism, or food styling, or other. We are very flexible. Duration of shows generally is six weeks. We do the standard publicity and the opening party and other stuff.

A person came in the other day to ask if we would sell her photos in our gift shop. We could tell by the photos that she had some talent and turns out she has some experience too. After some negotiation, she left with an exhibition and an additional project.

We’d like to work with you. (I did a project with Don Marshall when NOPA was on St. Mary street so I know about NOPA.) We love photography and recognize that we can display the works of photographers.

Chris Smith
Southern Food and Beverage Museum
One Poydras Street, #169
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-884-4008 (my cell which is the best way to get me.)

Short Term Studio Space Rental in N.O.?

Dear Fellow Photographers,

If you, or someone you know, has a photography studio available for one-day rentals, please let me know. I am regularly in contact with photographers both local and out of town who are in need on occasion.

I would need to know the size, location, costs, and lighting equipment available.

Thanks very much.

George
George Long Photography, Inc.
4231 Annunciation Street
New Orleans LA 70115-1436
(504) 899-2975 home/office; 377-8668 mobile
http://GeorgeLong.com/

Another Nail in the Coffin.....

From Dave Rodrigue:

Kodak is dropping production of Kodachrome film. Read more here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hNE3DMbUR1JFgMdyf_i5s4aDM9rQD98VNPP81

Bruce Keyes "Spirit of New Orleans" at McKenna Museum

MCKENNA MUSEUM & ARTVOICES PRESENTS ‘SPIRIT OF NEW ORLEANS’ BY BRUCE KEYES
June 27 through July 11, 2009


McKenna Museum is pleased to announce a new exhibition of images from the recently released book "Spirit of New Orleans" by Bruce Keyes at 2003 Carondelet Street, New Orleans from June 27 through July 11, 2009.

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27th 6 to 8pm

Bruce Keyes, a native New Orleanian was born in 1950. Travels related to his Viet Nam era United States Navy service were the inspiration for his interest in photography. After years of assignment photography, he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences for two years of intensive independent study. His first solo show entitled "Odyessy" was at the Noho Gallery in New York City and has been followed by numerous shows home and abroad.

In his own words: “My focus is on the people of New Orleans, performers, spectators, their gestures, postures, joyful expressions and the like. Their body language and playful spirit is what I capture. The subtractive quality of the b&w images and how it portrays the stature and importance of the subject is what attracts me.”

‘Spirit of New Orleans’ a 30 year retrospective has been included in the (research) library archives of the New Orleans Museum of Art .

For more information on Bruce Keyes please contact Shantrelle Lewis at shantrelleplewis@gmail.com or call 504 586 7432. The Museum will be open Thursday through Saturday 11am to 4pm.

www.themckennamuseum.com

Alfred Eisenstaedt Film at NOMA next Wednesday

Wednesday, June 24, 6 p.m.
New Orleans Museum of Art

Film: Alfred Eisenstaedt: Photographer

In this Emmy-award-winning documentary, famed documentary photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, featured in the current exhibition The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography, returns to his German homeland for the first time since 1935. While on assignment, he re-establishes his roots and photographs it with fresh eyes for his tenth and possibly most important book, Eisenstaedt: Germany. Filmed with Eisenstaedt's cooperation, the photographer at the height of his Life magazine career, the artist tells all about photography, Hitler, Hollywood, the 1950s and more.

LandMarks

Bennett's Camera Class Schedule

Call for Entries: ROCK 2009

5th EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY ,,ROCK 2009”

Dear photo friends,

Photoclub 202 is very pleased to invite you to participate in the 5th Exhibition of Photography ,,ROCK 2009”.
Exhibition has the patronage FIAP 2009/019, 2009/004 ISF sponsorship, sponsorship of PSA and local patronage FSS 2009/007. This exhibition has two themes, Free Theme and Music Culture.
One new thing is that from now on you can send us your photos via email and you can pay your entry fee via PayPal, which is the most safe system of paying. All the instructions you have on our website www.photoclub202.com
Direct link: http://www.photoclub202.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=177


Good light!
Rasa Milojevic
AFIAP / KMF FSS
www.photoclub202.com

photoclub202@gmail.com
rasa.photoclub202@gmail.com
color202@gmail.com
rasa.milojevic@gmail.com

12x12x122 at BECA Gallery

The 12x12x122 show which opening on 6/6/09 at BECA Gallery includes four images by our hard working Treasurer, Tony Watts, as well as 4 oil paintings by his wife Lory Lockwood, who is also a NOPA member, and Michelle Wuttke, our fabulous Gallery Director. Kudos to all!

A Little Help from my Friends?

Hello,

I hate to beg, but I had a major computer crash about a week ago. I'm back online with a refurbished iBook G4 (OSX 10.5.7). So far no data has been recovered from the old computer.

I really need Word, Excel and Photoshop to function as PhotoNOLA coordinator. Even Photoshop Elements would be fine. Is there anyone out there who can hook me up? Quickly? Please!!!

Thanks in advance,
Jen Shaw

269-9740
info@photonola.org

Seth Boonchai @ The Front

Photomedia Center Open Juried Exhibition

The sixth annual exhibition is open to all artists internationally working in any photographic media - including collage, digital, traditional and alternative processes, and new media. There is no restriction on subject matter. Selected works will be exhibited at Bruce Gallery in Edinboro, Pennsylvania and online in September 2009. Photomedia Center will select one work as its Purchase Award, which will be added to its permanent collection. One artist from the show will be selected for a solo featured exhibit at the Photomedia Center during its 2010 season. Accepted works may be offered for sale during the show.

Download the full prospectus and application form here.


Juror: LaToya Ruby Frazier


POSTMARK DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: JUNE 13, 2009

www.photomediacenter.org

Good Children Gallery Opening Saturday

GOOD CHILDREN GALLERY

Still Life & Tragic Endings

June 13 - June 28, 2009

Good Children Gallery presents: Still Life & Tragic Endings an exhibition of video, photography and paintings featuring the work of Generic Art Solutions, Drew Gilmore and a special jewelry event *opening night* by Natalie Nichols.

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 13, 6-9pm

PhotoNOLA Committee Meeting

Hey,

I'd like to extend an invitation to anyone interested in helping with PhotoNOLA, our annual December photo festival, to attend the committee meeting tomorrow evening.

Wednesday, June 10
6:30pm
Photo Alliance Gallery
1111 St. Mary St.
Nola, 70130

Planning is well under way for Dec 2009. We're looking for some more organizational level help with various aspects of the PhotoGALA (a benefit party and fun(d)raiser for the Photo Alliance), to be held Thur Dec 10 at NOMA. Food & Beverage Coordinator, Event Coordinator, someone to help with the art auction... There's also plenty of space for organized and committed folks to jump in and help with all the other great events we have planned; portfolio reviews, workshops, lectures, etc. This is all volunteer based - so no cash - but your efforts will result in lots of fun, friendship and good karma.

Events this year will run from Dec 3 - 13, with the portfolio reviews falling on the second weekend - Dec 12 & 13. Our website will be updated with 2009 information in about a month. In the meantime, if you have any questions feel free to email me at info@photonola.org.

Thanks!
Jen Shaw

Jeff Rosenheim to Serve as Inaugural Juror for Michael P. Smith Grant

For Immediate Release:

Jeff L. Rosenheim of the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be Inaugural Juror for the Michael P. Smith Grant for Documentary Photography

The New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) is proud to announce that Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator, Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY, will be the inaugural juror of the Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography (MPS Fund). This fund, established by NOPA to honor the legendary New Orleans photographer Michael P. Smith, will award one $5,000 grant annually to a Gulf Coast photographer whose work combines artistic excellence and a sustained commitment to a long-term cultural documentary project.

The New Orleans Photo Alliance will award one $5000 grant annually to a photographer residing in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Both emerging and established photographers are eligible to apply. The subject matter for the proposed project is not limited to the Gulf Coast region. NOPA will accept grant applications beginning June 1, 2009 and ending September 1, 2009.

NOPA will announce the winner during this year’s PhotoNOLA festival in December 2009. For submission guidelines and to download an application form, visit the Michael P. Smith Fund’s website at http://www.neworleansphotoalliance.org/grants/MPS_Fund/index.php.

Michael P. Smith (1937–2008), a New Orleans native and award-winning professional freelance photographer, spent a lifetime capturing the music, culture and folk life of New Orleans and Louisiana. Smith photographed every New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival from its inception in 1970 until his retirement in 2004, when he was honored with a major exhibition at the Fair Grounds. In a brilliant career that spanned more than four decades, Smith was an inspiration, a role model and a mentor to many photographers in New Orleans and beyond.

For more information, contact Lori Waselchuk at 225-907-6695, email MPSFund@neworleansphotoalliance.org, or visit the MPS Fund’s website http://www.neworleansphotoalliance.org/grants/MPS_Fund/index.php.

FLOATULENTS: Inflatable Photographs by Martin von Haselberg Opens at NOMA Tomorrow

FLOATULENTS: Inflatable Photographs by Martin von Haselberg, June 10 to September 6
Martin von Haselberg (a.k.a. Harry Kipper) was a member of the infamous London and Los Angeles-based 1970s performance art duo, The Kipper Kids. Also in the early '70s he began evolving his deeply psychological public performance work into personal photographic self-portraiture, a practice which he continues today. His artistic lineage leads the viewer from the slapstick clowning of Spike Jones to the heightened abreaction of the 1960s Vienna Aktionists. In this, von Haselberg's first American museum show, his latest photographic experiments are presented as inflatable works, which instead of rising into the air, rest upon the floor as sculptures. "FLOATULENTS" are air balloons in the sense of Warhol's 1964 "Silver Flotations," but they are more than mere design. Von Haselberg describes these new works as "time-based," as springing from the facial contortions and grimaces of his performances. FLOATULENTS is the third in the _museological exhibition series, organized by Diego Cortez, Freeman Family Curator of Photography.

Texas Photographic Society's Upcoming Calls

Please mark your calendar for the Texas Photographic Society’s upcoming major exhibitions. For each show, a color catalogue will be published and sent to all entrants, select museum curators, collectors and photography magazines. Accepted entrants receive three catalogues. You can download the Call for Entries for each show, in pdf format, from the TPS website, www.texasphoto.org.

TPS 18: The International Competition
Entries due June 15
The juror is Cig Harvey, Associate Professor at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and teacher of summer workshops at The Maine Media Workshops and The Santa Fe Workshops. She will award $1,800 in cash awards. The show opens at the Kirchman Gallery, in Johnson City, TX, on September 11, and is scheduled for viewings in Abilene, Odessa and San Antonio.

Childhood: An International Photo Exhibition
Entries due October 2
The juror is Jamie Lee Curtis, actress, children’s book author, activist, photographer and collector. The show opens at the Dougherty Art Center, in Austin, TX on January 7, 2010.

International Student Photography Competition
Entries due October 26
The juror is Lucian Perkins, two time Pulitzer Prize winner. The show opens at the Semmes Art Gallery at the University of the Incarnate Word, in San Antonio, TX, on January 21, 2010.

For additional information, prospective entrants may contact TPS President, D. Clarke Evans, ℅ the Texas Photographic Society, 6338 N. New Braunfels # 174, San Antonio TX 78209, or phone 210-824-4123 for a Call for Entries, which explains in detail the entry process.

The Texas Photographic Society is a nonprofit organization of over 1,200 amateur and professional photographers from 48 states and 9 countries whose work reflects a broad spectrum of photographic interest and skills. TPS works to provide its members with educational, promotional and competitive opportunities. TPS is dedicated to creating and expanding opportunities to the public to experience contemporary photography. TPS is funded, in apart by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

You may sign up for TPS’s free email newsletter at www.texasphoto.org.

Call for Entries

Texas Photographic Society
TPS 18: The International Competition

http://www.texasphoto.org/TPS18.html
Submission Deadline: June 15