Deborah Willis "American Dream" Events Rescheduled

Tucumcari Mountain by Jeremiah Ariaz

 Due to the snowstorm in the northeast Dr. Deborah Willis will be unable to fly to New Orleans for the weekend's events. Her jurors talk at the New Orleans Photo Alliance gallery will be rescheduled to take place on Saturday, March 20 at 6pm and her book signing and lecture at the McKenna Museum will be rescheduled for that weekend as well. Exact times for the McKenna event will be announced at a later date.

We will still host a reception tonight from 6-9pm and are expecting several artists from the American Dream exhibit to be in attendance.

We hope to see you then!

Images Without Borders

Laura J. Bergerol, co-founder of Images Without Borders, notifies us of the new photo site where they are selling limited edition prints from 150 photographers from 10 countries to help Doctors Without Borders. Several New Orleanian photographers are involved including George Long, Brad Edelman, Kit Wohl, and Bergerol. In just one month, the site has raised and sent $2300 to Doctors Without Borders. 

Every image offered by Images Without Borders is offered as a limited edition of ten prints. Gallery prints are $50 and $100 for 11x4 prints and 16x20 prints respectively. Iphone Photography prints are offered at $20 and $36. When ten prints of any image are sold, the image is retired from this special edition and price.  Check out the blog and photos. They've gotten some press here.

Jock Sturges Lecture @ The Rink, plus two more ASMP events

Three local events coming up from ASMP:

Jock Sturges Lecture
“A Life in Photography”
March 6 at 6 p.m. at the Rink 2727 Prytania St. New Orleans.
Jock is in town with an opening Friday evening at A Gallery of Fine Photography and a workshop. This is a real opportunity for our members to have some insight into his work and life. Light refreshments will be served.

April 27, 2010

ASMP dpBestflow
Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow
An ASMP initiative funded by the Library of Congress
“I Need a Workflow that Works for Me”
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM New Orleans, LA with Peter Krogh
Address is TBD
Register on-line at http://asmp.org/dpbestflow-seminars

May 6, 2010
Registration Workshop with Kate Baldwin
ASMP is offering a two-hour free workshop on registering your images with the copyright office. The workshop is open to ASMP members and non-members. The workshop will outline step-by-step the ASMP Best Practices for Registering Your Photographs and each participant will set up a template to make future image registration easy. http://asmp.org/asmp-seminar-registration-workshop

Road Trip: "Bikeriders" exhibit @ SE Museum of Photography in Florida

Need a great excuse to hop on your Harley and head to Florida? 

Danny Lyon's groundbreaking series "Bikeriders" is at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Feb. 27 - May7, Daytona Beach, Fl.

About the exhibition:
In 1968, just before Easy Rider roared its way into American consciousness, Danny Lyon finished The Bikeriders. After four years with the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Gang, he had created one of the defining photography projects of the 1960s: The Bikeriders, and pioneered the style that has come to be known as the “New Journalism.” With its mix of grit, realism and romanticism, and its ground-breaking use of the bikers own stories and accounts, The Bikeriders was a landmark collection that documented the abandon and risk of motorcycle gangs, and powerfully propelled motorcycle counterculture into the mainstream American consciousness. The images and interviews in The Bikeriders are as raw, alive, and dramatic today as they were nearly four decades ago.

The Southeast Museum of Photography is a service of Daytona State College
1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. (Building 1200) Daytona Beach, FL, 32114, (386) 506-4475

David Rae Morris: Vaughan's Lounge Saints portraits

David Rae Morris gives us a nice essay and this great series of portraits shot outside of Vaughan's Lounge during the Saints playoffs and superbowl.

Rebirth Workshops - three grants available

Update on Rebirth Workshops - they have available at least three grants for the workshop: 1 - $2,000, 1- $1000, and 1 - $500.

What are the grants? Who is eligible?
The Creativity Grants are cash awards provided to help the recipients pursue any creative endeavor they wish. All photographers who attend the Rebirth Workshop & Retreat are eligible to apply. We will be distributing three grants: (1) $2000 award, (1) $1000 award, and (1) $500 award. Each grant will go to a different applicant, enabling a total of three people to receive funding.

 How do I apply?
After attending Rebirth all you have to do is answer three questions and submit them to us by April 30 -- four weeks after the workshop. The questions are meant to help you analyze your own creative journey.
1. What were your expectations of creativity, art, and your own life before attending Rebirth?
2. What are they after having attended Rebirth? Have they changed? Have they been reinforced?
3. In what ways will you commit to leading a more creative life? How will you encourage others to do the same?

Haiti images - three weeks after the earthquake

High-res photos of Haiti, three weeks after the earthquake, courtesy of member René Merino, who is also in NOPA's "American Dream" exhibit.

La Road trip exhibition deadline reminder

The deadline approaches for submission to the Louisiana Road Trip exhibition at the Grandstand at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. You can submit up to 5 images online for $25.

Juried By: Nick Spitzer
Entries must be submitted by 3.1.2010

The New Orleans Photo Alliance and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell are seeking images that depict the beauty and diversity of the great state of Louisiana. Send us your images from the highways and cities that lead to New Orleans – the landscapes and architecture, people and culture that make Louisiana so special. Selected images will be exhibited in the Grandstand at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell.

Notification of acceptance:
Monday, March 8, 2010

Deadline for receiving work:
All work must be received by Saturday April 10, 2010

Submission Guidelines
Eligibility:  Open to photographers of all levels, who use any photographic process. All art submitted must be original work created by the applicant. Accepted work must be professionally presented and ready to hang.

Non-Refundable Entry Fee payable online via PayPal
Members: $25
Non-members: $35
Include up to 5 images per submission.

Contest reminders from Texas Photo Society

Upcoming from the Texas Photographic Society:

 

Members' Online Gallery Call for Entries: Cell Phone Pictures

The Texas Photographic Society is now accepting images taken with cell phones for it’s first Call for Entries on the Members’ Online Gallery, Cell Phone Online Exhibition, juried by Scott Bourne. This is open to all professional and amateur photographers. Images must be taken with a cell phone camera and may only be manipulated with a cell phone application. No Photoshop. 

Deadline: March 12, 2010.

See to rules and to enter into the competition, visit http://texasphoto.org/GalleryCellPhone.html.

24th Annual Members’ Only Show

TPS is now now accepting entries for our Annual Members' Only Show. This year will be juried by Dr. Clark Baker, Susan Dunkerley Maguire, Susan Mullally of Baylor University. Exhibit will open June 8th at the Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Deadline: April 12, 2010.

For more info and to register, go to the TPS website: http://www.texasphoto.org//TPS24MOS.html.

Our Town: Odessa Workshop

TPS is hosting another Our Town in Odessa, which preceded Amarillo and will be followed by Longview and Abilene. For the Our Town: Odessa, TPS will host another call for entries, that we hope will interpret the uniqueness of this area, as well as the HDRI-Concepts and Practice Workshop on April 10th and 11th with Bob Howen and Randy Gay of San Antonio, Texas. 

Details for the workshop and the Call for Entries will be mailed to interested parties and is posted on the TPS website and the Odessa College website. 

For more info, visit http://texasphoto.org/OTOdessaWorkshop.html.

Rick Sammon Feb. 25 workshop cancelled

The Explorers of Light workshop with Rick Sammon, scheduled for Feb. 25 at Lakeside Camera, has been cancelled. (Thanks for the tip, Michelle.)

Jock Sturges portrait workshop

And speaking of Jock Sturges ... New Orleans Workshops is offering a 5-day workshop with the man himself, just around the corner, March 7-11. There are a few spots left, at $1,300 each.

(I would absolutely love to do this, but the fee is a little preventative. If anyone else does it, please contact me afterward, I'd like to set up a quick phone interview just to mention on the blog about how it went.)

From the Workshops site:

This five-day workshop examines advanced techniques in fine art portraiture. Outstanding portraits are the result of the interaction with the model prior as much as during to the shoot, and Sturges focuses on establishing a relationship between the photographer and his/her subject. Participants will explore techniques of empowering their subject to reveal an inner truth essential to making a fine art portrait with non-professional models, a technique of which he is a universally recognized master.

The workshop consists of morning and afternoon sessions. Each morning begins with a review of the prior day's work. In the afternoon, under the tutorial of Sturges, participants shoot with models on location at The House on Bayou Road. Built in 1798, this Petite Creole Plantation reigns in simple elegance over historic New Orleans' "back of town", across the street from Edgar Degas's former residence and just a few blocks from the New Orleans Museum of Arts. Two acres of lush landscaping, authentic architecture, and creature comfort make this the perfect setting to experience the romantic grit of old New Orleans against the backdrop of Louisiana in the full flower of spring.

Jock Sturges at Gallery for Fine Photography

Jock Sturges "New Work" is on display at A Gallery for Fine Photography through May 28, 2010, with an artist's reception, Friday, March 5, 2010 from 5-8 p.m. Sturges is primarily known for his brilliant work with adolescents. Call 504-568-1313 for info.

Anup Shah's camera-in-a-rock captures African lioness

From Telegraph Pics: A camera disguised as a rock captures a lioness killing a zebra. Pictures by Anup Shah.

That's a lens collection

I'm still squeezing through gigs with one main camera body and five lenses ... meanwhile, this guy from Norway just throws his $4,000 zooms in the back of a trunk with everything else.

Goldring exhibit review on Inside Art

Erika Goldring's exhibit at Loyola gets a shout from Inside Art this week:

Musicians and performers can be harder to photograph than you think. In Nola, we are blessed with musical performances and parades that pop up all around us all the time, yet it’s not easy to provide a fresh look at frequently photographed people and events. Erika Goldring’s performance portraits at Loyola often stand out for their subtly psychological sense of reverie that conveys something of a performer’s inner life. Because of her work ... [more]

Social Documentary contest winners announced

Social Documentary has just placed its latest contest winners exhibitions online. These are worth a look, particularly if you're interested in documentary photojournalism, similar to NOPA's recent Blind Prom exhibit from member Sarah Wilson. The list of accomplishments for these photographers, coupled with the exhibitions, is pretty inspiring.

First Place:
Tomasz Tomaszewski
Specializing in press photography, Tomasz Tomaszewski has had his photos published in the world's major magazines appearing in several dozen countries: Stern, Paris Mach, Geo, New York Times, Time, US News & World Report, and numerous others. He has also authored a number of books - including Remnants, The Last Jews of Poland; Gypsies, The Last Once; In Search of America; and has co-illustrated over a dozen collective works. His numerous individual exhibitions have been held in the U.S., Canada, Israel, Japan, Madagascar, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Poland. He is the winner of Polish and international awards for photography. For over twenty years, he has been a regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine, where 18 of his photo essays have been published. Tomaszewski teaches photography in Poland, the U.S., Germany, and Italy.

Honorable Mentions:
Shiho Fukada
Shiho Fukada is a freelance photographer based in Beijing. She is a native of Tokyo with a degree in English literature, and worked in the fashion and advertising industries in New York before becoming a photojournalist in 2004. Her work has been featured in numerous publications internationally including the New York Times. She moved to Beijing in February 2009.

Khaled Hasan
Khaled Hasan is a graduate of the South Asian Institute of Photography. He is a freelance photographer and has been published in Sunday Times Magazine, American Photo, National Geographic Society, Better Photography, Saudi Aramco World Magazine and others. His awards include the 2008 All Roads Photography Program of National Geographic Society; Alexia Foundation Student Award (Award of Excellence); 2009, Grand Prix winner of "Europe and Asia - Dialogue of Cultures" organized by Museum of Photography (Russia); Mark Grosset Documentary Prize 2009, and others.

Michael McElroy
Michael McElroy is a contract photojournalist based in Miami, Florida and represented by Zuma and Wonderful Machine. His work encompasses news, portraits, documentary and urban landscapes. McElroy spent 2008 covering the presidential elections and in 2009 he has been working on stories about the economic crisis and how it affects people and the American landscape. His work has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Monocle, Wallpaper, Revue,The Guardian, Associated Press, Black Enterprise, Ad Week, Esquire, and other national and international magazines. His awards include Pictures of the Year, Ernest Haas Awards, American Photo, Society for News Design Annual Creative Competition, Editor & Publisher, Communication Arts Photo Annual, and Atlanta Photojournalism.

12 12 Gallery Women’s International Photo Exhibition: call to women artists

12 12 GALLERY announces an open call to all women artists working with any photographic process to submit entries for its Women’s International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010.  The exhibition judge and selector, Margaret Salisbury, Fellow, The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, Bath England, will award up to $1000 in cash prizes.  This exhibition will coincide with a state-wide effort to recognize women artists – MINDS WIDE OPEN:  Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts.  Although the project is limited to exhibitions and events in the Commonwealth of Virginia, participating women artists may be working in any part of the world.

Women photographers age 18+, working in any photographic process, are eligible and may submit up to 3 images.  Additional images may be submitted at additional cost for up to a total of 5 works.  Work previously exhibited at 12 12 Gallery is not eligible.  Only 2-D work is eligible and must be limited to a maximum framed size of 24” wide.

Submission Deadline: FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010

Entries may be mailed or hand-delivered directly to the gallery, by sending images, prints, fee (check payable to "12 12 Gallery"), entry form, and SASE (for notification and return of images and prints) to 12 12 Gallery, 12 E. 12th Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23224.  However, entry form information and digital images may be e-mailed to wijpe2010@gmail.com, the fee paid via PayPal, and the preview prints may be mailed, hand carried directly to the gallery address above or printed for you by the gallery for an additional charge.

"Four By Five" winners announced

Thom Bennett, VP of Programming, has announced the winners of the New Orleans Photo Alliance's "Four by Five" exhibition. They are:

Michael E. Gordon from California

Euphus Ruth from Mississippi

Laura J. Bennett from Texas

Susanna Gaunt from Michigan

Charles Mintz from Ohio.

In an email sent to all contest applicants, Bennett thanked everyone and mentioned how challenging it was for juror Steve Simmons to make the selections. 

"One of the reasons we wanted to have this exhibit was to showcase the creative and varied contemporary work being done with large format view cameras and we were overwhelmed, not only with the number of photographers submitting but, more importantly, with the high quality of work being done," Bennett said.

The five photographers selected will be part of an exhibition in the New Orleans Photo Alliance gallery in April and May, and will be published in View Camera Magazine.

The exhibit opens Saturday, April 3 and will hang until May 23.

NOPA gallery closed during Mardi Gras weekend

The NOPA gallery will be closed this weekend, Feb 12-14, for the Mardi Gras holidays. Because that's the way we roll in this town.

Michelle Wuttke - Mixed Media Photo Exhibit at Ochsner through February 28

I created these particular mixed media works out of a desire to add an additional tier of revelation of my photographs, beyond that which a simple mat and frame might convey. The precise selection of the media further connects me to my images, as I pull a particular color or maybe a thematic style from each photograph and then expand upon it through the art of mosaic.

Works are on display along the Art Walk at Ochsner Medical Center Main Campus, 1514 Jefferson Highway, through the month of February.

Above: “Dana's Staircase,” by Michelle Wuttke.

www.wuttkephotography.com

Pilfered Magazine shut down by Copyr. Alliance

The Copyright Alliance has succeeded in closing down, at least temporarily, Pilfered Magazine, an online publication that uses photographs without permission from the photographers.

"Thanks to your actions in mobilizing the visual arts community, friends, and other creators, I am happy to announce that over the weekend the site took down all infringing images. And, it claims that it will only solicit works from rights owners," said spokeperson Lucinda M. Dugger.

"Through your comments on the Magazine's website, the Copyright Alliance's blog, Twitter, personal blogs, and other sites, we see how quickly artists can influence change when speaking with a collective voice as a community."

For an update, read Infringing Site 'Re-Imagining Our Perspective'.

FEMA "X-Code" Exhibition Project: call to artists

Seeking photography of the spray-painted FEMA X-Codes in post-Katrina New Orleans for The X-Code Exhibition Project.

Deadline for submission: March 15, 2010

Davis-Moye & Associates announces a call for artists to participate in a photography exhibition documenting the X-codes that marked residences and other buildings as having been searched in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina (August 2005). There are several potential exhibition opportunities of the photographs and they are outlined on the site. The codes are a valuable record, expressed in an unforgettable graphic, and displayed on the distinctive architecture of New Orleans, with their usage standardized and fine-tuned as the searches progressed. They are even more moving and powerful when considering their message and when comprehending the stunning volume of their repetition.

The first display venue for the collected images will be in an online gallery on Southern Spaces.

For more, read, The X-Codes: A Post-Katrina Postscript, by Dorothy Moye.

"The Eyes of Me" on PBS

THE EYES OF ME - trailer from keith maitland on Vimeo.
From member Sarah Wilson:

It’s been almost five years since shooting began and almost a year since my boyfriend, Keith Maitland, premiered THE EYES OF ME at SXSW and finally the film will be available on DVD, digital download and on PBS.

THE EYES OF ME is premiering on PBS's Independent Lens on March 2nd. DVDs & digital downloads will be available from the website that day. Between now and then, EYES will be screened in almost 50 communities as a part of ITVS’s Community Cinema initiative – there’s a link below to see if there’s a screening near you.

None of this would have been possible without the tremendous support offered to us by friends, family, TSBVI, the Meadows Foundation, Lions Clubs, ITVS, PBS and many others – thank you!

This is so exciting for Keith and producer Patrick Floyd and the whole EYES family... I hope that you will continue to support this film by spreading the word about the TV broadcast, the Community Cinema screenings, and the DVDs & digital downloads.

There are two exciting screenings scheduled for our hometown, Austin, TX – Feb 24th & a LIVE WATCHING PARTY on March 2nd:
http://www.illegalfilms.net/eyesofme/screenings.html

To find out if there’s a Community Cinema Screening near you:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/eyes-of-me/getinvolved.html

To check local listings for the PBS broadcast go here:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/broadcast.html

Thanks so much for your interest in this film and continued support, please forward this email or info about our new site to your friends.

Poche photos through FQ Saints craze

Received an email from member Irwin Poché who was, judging by her tweet and her photos, in the middle of the masses of screaming Who Dats after the Saints miracle. As she said, "Utter delirium in New Orleans right now. I've been all over the world and I've never seen a celebration as epic as this. This is beyond words. The earth is vibrating."

And to think I actually missed all this up here in Monroe. Well, maybe next year ...

 

 

Local poet seeks photos for new collection

Local writer/playwright/poet Bud Faust is seeking a photographer who is interested in collaborating with him on his latest collection of poems. He says: "Most of the poems are very visual in imagery, as I tend to see poems as snapshots of life. The work is also very reflective of life in and around New Orleans, with its sensuality, beauty and coarseness all on display."

Email him if interested, and he can provide a manuscript to see if "anything sparks the creative mind," as he puts it.

William Greiner @ PDNB Gallery

PDNB Gallery will select special photographs from its archive by various artists that PDNB has not exhibited in recent years. These photographs highlight the breadth of innovation and style from documentary to conceptual.

HIDDEN TREASURES will run February 20 - May 1, 2010, with work included from NOPA member William Greiner.

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 5 - 8 PM
PDNB Gallery | 1202 Dragon Street | Suite 103 | Dallas | TX | 75207

Above: “Basketball Goal in Tree, Metairie LA 1994,” by William Greiner.

Light Leaks: call to artists - "Ebb & Flow: The cycle of change"

Light Leaks magazine has an open call to all photographers using low-fi cameras all over the world to submit your best image representing this theme.

What is a "low-fi camera"? Low-fi cameras are simple cameras - the simpler the better. Both the quality of the lens and camera are considered low grade. Good examples are the Holga, Diana, Supersampler, and Brownie. We also accept pinhole photography (if the back of the camera is low-fi), and some of the lower end Polaroid cameras. We will not consider anything from digital cameras, Lensbaby, Lomo Lubitel and LC-A.

Number of images to submit: 1 only
File type: .jpg only
Resolution: 72dpi
Image size: a good size to fill your screen (minimum 400 pixels, maximum 1000 pixels in width and/or height)
Image name: firstname-lastname-LL17.jpg
Submit to: lightleaksmagazine@gmail.com
Deadline: March 13, 2010.

The Vice Guide to Liberia

With all the news about Haiti, it might lead some daring photogs to ponder being a U.S. photographer working on a documentary there, or in some even more devastated section of the world like, say, Liberia ... but after seeing this one-hour video from VBS.TV, you will wonder no more, and you will just be happy nobody is trying to eat your heart (seriously) and steal your camera. Frankly, Haiti might be the most dangerous assignment I would care to take on -- and it's not all that dangerous in comparison.

Loyola: Erika Goldring @ Diboll Gallery, plus Harold Baquet on Feb. 24

New Orleans photographer Harold Baquet will offer a personal look at New Orleans culture and society illustrated by his photographs on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m., in Loyola University's Miller Hall, Room 114. "Harold Baquet: A Retrospective," is free and open to the public.

Also, the vivid work of New Orleans-based music and fine arts photographer Erika Molleck Goldring will be featured in an upcoming exhibit of new photos, “Performance Portraiture,” in the Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery at Loyola.

Goldring works as a staff photographer at Tipitina’s and UNO Lakefront Arena. She also has freelanced for PBS’ “Live from the Artists’ Den.” Most recently, Goldring’s works were accepted into the Smithsonian-affiliated Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Miss.

An opening reception will kick off her show at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4. “Performance Portraiture” will be displayed in the gallery Feb. 4 through April 6. Both the reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public.

Momenta Workshop in NO, April 7-11

Momenta Workshops is coming to NO again, and looking for participants and volunteers to help "Project New Orleans With Chris Usher," April 7-11, 2010.

Momenta Workshops staff and instructors work with each student to find a photo story that is close to their personal vision and embodies the theme of hope and recovery. Momenta will offer to connect photographers with nonprofit organizations we have worked with in the past. However, each photographer is encouraged to find their own photo story or charity of their choice, under the guidance of our team of instructors.

We will be working on the ground in the hardest hit areas of the region to create a narrative about the hurricane's devastating impact. Student are encouraged to record audio for presentations. Multimedia instruction will be available for interested attendees. On the final night of the workshop, Momenta will host a slide show presentation for all the organizations who participated in the workshop as well as local residents and the workshop attendees.

NOPA members get a 20% discount on the workshop, and the coordinators are putting out a call for donations during the final slideshow reception to help raise a little money for the cause.

They need one volunteer especially to pass out promotional materials and fliers around town, and they're offering a small stipend for the help.

Workshop fee: $1,329

Contact: Jamie Rose | Director of Workshops | Momenta Workshops

Attorney/photo blog

Owen Murphy sends us this link to photographer/lawyer Carolyn Wright who has a blog about some of the legal issues of being in the business.

NOMA and IMA - Super Bowl trash talk

A press release about a Super Bowl wager between the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) and the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is all over the net. I actually called and spoke with the Director of Communications & Marketing @ NOMA, Grace Wilson, to verify that this was for real, and not a hoax that some art-inclined football fan had started. Wilson said yes, it is for real, and not only that but NOMA even offered a portrait of the Mannings (father and son). It was declined in favor of classic and more valuable work.

Below are the paintings, and the press release followed by a ton of links to newspapers and other versions of the story (click the "read more" button at the bottom). I'm partial to the Renior, myself. Whoux Dat!

NEW ORLEANS, LA.- In an online betting match that began via Twitter, museum directors Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), and E. John Bullard, The Montine McDaniel Freeman Director and CEO of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), have agreed to a three-month loan of a significant work of art to the museum in the city whose NFL team wins the Super Bowl on February 7, 2010.

If the Indianapolis Colts win, NOMA will loan the landscape painting "Ideal View of Tivoli", 1644, by French artist Claude Lorrain to the IMA. If the New Orleans Saints win, the IMA will loan "The Fifth Plague of Egypt", 1800, a landscape by British artist J.M.W. Turner to NOMA.

The betting war, which began on Monday, January 25, when arts blogger Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes (artsjournal.com/man) tweeted: "@tylergreendc: Would love to see @IMAmuseum and @NOMA1910 make a Super Bowl bet. Like a painting-loan-to-the-winning city," quickly escalated to an all-out betting war of fine art.

Anderson started the betting on Twitter by offering a contemporary artwork by Ingrid Calame to NOMA, should the Saints win: "@MaxAndersonUSA: We are prepared to lend a painting by Ingrid Calame to NOMA, for 3 months as of July 1: http://bit.ly/5de79q," also noting, "We're already spackling the wall where the NOMA loan will hang."

Center for Fine Art Ph. - exhibits, contests

Two contests and an upcoming exhibit @ The Center for Fine Art Photography:

EXHIBIT
New Visions
Reception: February 5th, 2010 from 6-9 pm
Saturday February 6th at 11:00 am there will be a gallery talk by the Juror, Michael Itkoff. Michael will be talking about his selections for the show as well as his thoughts on contemporary photography. No charge for admission.

CONTESTS
Red
The color Red is a psychologically powerful color. But Red is not just a color. Red is symbolic, culturally, emotionally, politically, financially, and physically. Red is danger, fire, sex, love, speed, heat, anger, passion, arrogance, blood, revolution, war, wealth, purity, mourning, strength and so much more.
Juror: Amber Terranova, Photo Editor for Photo District News
Deadline to submit: February 16, 2010
New awards added: Blurb book awards and liveBooks website award

Animalia
Animals represent strength, agility, power, royalty, vulnerability and fertility. They serve as important symbols in popular culture, national identity, religion, ecology, mythology and art. The Center is looking for images that insightfully portray the diversity of the animal kingdom.
Juror: Karen Irvine, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
Deadline to submit: March 16, 2010

The Center has several new class offerings including: The Business of Photography, Color Management, Light Painting and Studio Lighting.

Above: Fighting for the Right to be White, by Marivi Ortiz

Duke University photography courses

A few offerings from Duke University this Fall:

Finding Your Voice Through Photography: A Workshop with Ernesto Bazan

Thursday, February 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free

The Documentary Theater Project • All Levels • Mike Wiley
Mondays, February 15–April 5 (16 hours) • 6:30–9 p.m.

Course fee: $100.00 • Center for Documentary Studies, Bridges 104

Camera Techniques for Documentary • Beginning/Intermediate • Wendy Smith

Saturday, May 15 (6 hours) • 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Course fee: $135.00 • Center for Documentary Studies, Bridges 007

Advanced Documentary Photography: Vision and Craft
All week, starts May 3 

SEE MORE COURSES: www.cdscourses.org
MORE ABOUT CDS:

CDS Website            http://cds.aas.duke.edu

CDS Porch                www.cdsporch.org

Friends of CDS         http://cds.aas.duke.edu/donate/index.html

Upcoming Events      http://cds.aas.duke.edu/events/index.html

For additional information, contact Continuing Education at the Center for Documentary Studies: 919-660-3663 or cdscourses@duke.edu.

Colin Finlay Discusses Working in Haiti on LinkedIn (Feb. 4)

Documentary photographer Colin Finlay will discuss working in Haiti during a special live event on business networking site LinkedIn tomorrow (Feb. 4th) from 1pm to 3pm EST.

Uptown Magazine

I did my best to sport my PhotoNOLA t-shirt in my picture, but they covered it up with the headline. I do get to talk about the Alliance a little bit in the article.

Southern Open juried exhibition - call for entries

The Southern Open is a competitive juried exhibition featuring artists from the 5 southern states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Taking place in the Main Gallery at the AcA, Southern Open 2010 includes all types of original media: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and video/DVD provided by visual artists over the age of 18.

Each year the AcA curator chooses a single juror who then selects which artwork will be included in the Southern Open. This year's juror is Bill Arning, Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston since April 2009.

During a reception being held on May 8 during May ArtWalk, Arning will select three artists who will be awarded as jurors picks. Two $600 cash awards and one $1,000 award will be announced at the artist reception on May 8, 2010 during May ArtWalk. 1st place winner will also receive a solo exhibition as part of the AcA's side gallery series during May 2011.

Entry fee: $20
Deadline: March 22

Rules and Guidlines  |  Submission form

All the artwork selected for this year's Southern Open will be featured in an exhibition catalog, which will be made available for purchase to the public.

IPA and NYPF awards - call to artists

These are a couple of very respected annual competitions --the prizes and recognition could launch careers, especially the $10,000 grand prize. There's a lot of information, so check them out at the sites:

Submission deadline for both: April 30

The New York Photo Festival
May 12-16, 2010
The goal of the New York Photo Festival is to identify and document the future of photography in all its forms. Every year, a select group of internationally-respected curators are called upon to deliver their personal vision of the newest and most important trends in contemporary photography, each exhibited in their own pavilion and promising to draw the attention of the entire photographic community.

International Photography Awards
(Worldwide gallery showings throughout the year)

The International Photography Awards conducts an annual competition for professional, non- professional, and student photographers on a global level, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today.

The overall winners of the eight main categories listed below will compete for IPA's top award of International Photographer of the Year. Those finalists will be invited to attend the Lucie Awards at the Lincoln Center, New York, where one photographer will be announced as the International Photographer of the Year, earning the coveted Lucie Statue and a cash prize of $10,000 provided by AtEdge. The nominees in the seven non-professional and student categories will be invited to the Lucie Awards to compete for the title of the Discovery of the Year, a Lucie Statue and $5,000 cash prize. Six nominees comprised of all levels of profession will be invited to the Lucie Awards for the title of Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year, where the story behind the images are dually judged, and to compete for the coveted Lucie Statue and a cash prize of $5,000 provided by Blurb.