Poughkeepsie center's competiton deadline is April 1

The Barrett Art Center and Dutchess County Art Association of Poughkeepsie NY are inviting submissions for their 24th annual, national juried competition, "Photowork 2011." The deadline for digital-only submissions is April 1.

The exhibit dates for Photowork 2011 are May 14 to July 14.

The Photowork show has typically featured work by photographers from 30 to 40 American states. Winners of past competitions have included individuals working with 35mm film, digital cameras, and even pinhole cameras.

According to the organizers, the show typically features a mix of traditional and cutting-edge styles, along with fine art and social commentary. All submissions must be submitted as high-resolution JPEG files (300dpi, 1200x1800 pixels). Submitted work must have been completed within the last four years, and not previously exhibited at the Barrett Art Center.

A non-reundable entry fee of $30, to be mailed to the center separately, is required for the first three images submitted. Each additional image will require a $6 fee. Submissions, as well as questions about the competition, may be e-mailed to Loretta Spence at lspence@barrettartcenter.org.

The juror for this year's exhibit is Lauren Hinkson, assistant curator for collections at New York's Guggenheim Museum.

Smith, Chamlee NOPA gallery talk set for March 31

Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee, whose upcoming black and white film photography workshop, "Vision & Technique," was recently covered here, will give a talk about their work next Thursday, March 31, at the New Orleans Photo Alliance gallery.

The talk will begin at 7 p.m. at the gallery, which is located at 1111 St. Mary Street in the Crescent City's Lower Garden District. The two are in New Orleans for their workshop, which is set for April 1-3.

The photographers, who happen to be husband and wife, both work with large format cameras. They have taken their photographs at sites throughout the United States and abroad. The two recently completed a collaborative series of still lifes, The Bonsai of Longwood Gardens.

Smith, it should be noted, has a location connection. He received a commission from the Historic New Orleans Collection in the 1980s to photograph the Crescent City. His work is available for viewing there. The HNOC has in its holdings a complete set of the 405 photographs from that commission, including 8x10, 8x20,and 18x22 sized prints.

For more information, please see the Smith and Chamlee website.

Images: Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee

Japanese photo industry: Earthquake's impact

Reports on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami's effects on the Japanese camera and photographic industry are beginning to be seen more widely in news reports and photography-related sites across the Internet. These should be of interest to NOPA members.

The basic gist of the reports is that while direct damage was limited at photography and camera industry-related facilities, the effect of power outages has been and may continue to be extensive. Delays for the industry supply chain and production are, according to a report from the Adorama photography store, turning out to be greater than expected.

Meanwhile, Nikon has reported one death of an employee at its Sendai plant, and three employees of facilities in Miyagi Prefecture are still missing.

Articles on the effects of the disaster on the industry include the following. The articles below list the effects on companies involved in the camera and photo industry including Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Olympus, Sony, FUJIFILM, Ricoh, Pentax, Sigma, Hoya, Tamron and Epson:

More Than Photo Supply Chain Shaken by Japan Earthquake
-- Adorama Learning Center's TechTock blog

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Camera Industry Update
-- Amateur Photographer (UK)

Earthquake cripples Japan's CE Industry
Earthquake update: Ricoh suspends work at five plants
-- Photo & Imaging

How the Earthquake has Impacted the Japanese Camera Industry
-- Hardware Zone

Image: Map of the impact on Japan's camera and photo industry, from Amateur Photographer (UK)

Stereography series at NOPA Gallery begins April 2

A series on stereographic photography, led by by New Orleans photographer Ethan Moses, will be held at the New Orleans Photo Alliance gallery, beginning in April and running through June 1, 2011. The series will include a free seminar and an eight-week workshop.

The NOPA Gallery is located at 1111 St. Mary Street in the Crescent City's Lower Garden District.

The series will open with the seminar on Saturday, April 2, running from 4 to 6 p.m. No admission will be charged, nor will registration be required.

Participants will be introduced to the basic principles and methods used in stereography, and cover multiple methods of three-dimensional (3D) display. These methods include parallel and cross-view stereo pairs, anaglyphs, cross polarized projection, lenticular printing and wigglegraphs.

Meanwhile, the workshop series will be held over eight weeks, with sessions held every Wednesday, beginning on April 13 and ending on June. 1. Each session will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Participants will learn methods and techniques specific to the creation and display of stereo images. Moreover, they will work to build a 3D camera rig, as well as to complete a stereographic photo essay using one or several of the display methods listed above.

The workshop cost is $200 for NOPA members and $250 for non-members. The cost for supplies will be $40 or more, depending on the kind of camera any one participant chooses to build. Space is limited to 12 participants, and registration will be required.

For more information about the photographer and his work with stereographic photography, please see his website. Those interested in registering, or who have further questions about the series, may send an e-mail to vicepresident@neworleansphotoalliance.org.

Acadiana's Southern Open deadline is March 25

The deadline for entry is Friday, March 25 for Southern Open 2011, a juried art competition of the Lafayette LA-based Acadiana Center for the Arts. The competition exhibit will be held from May 14 to July 9.

The competition is open to artists living in the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama and Florida.

This year's juror will be Amy Mackie, Director of Visual Arts for New Orleans' Contemporary Arts Center. She was previously a curatorial associate at New York's New Museum.

For more information on the competition, the juror, and work submission details and prospectus, please see the Acadiana Center website.

Call for Info & CFE Reminder

Submit your photo-related news and events for the NOPA Newsletter! Send complete info to newsletter@neworleansphotoalliance.org by MARCH 25 for inclusion in the April e-newsletter!
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Reminder! The deadline for the NOPA show "Between the Faithful and the Forlorn" is this Thursday, MARCH 17. This show will be juried by Andy Levin of 100Eyes.
More info.

“Faith and desperation are polar opposites, yet so much of human experience falls between the two. As humans, we are faced with uncertainty and often face obstacles as our lives evolve. The way that we deal with these obstacles can show either the best or worst of our humanity.
This is a call for photographs that explore both the fervor of devotion and the depths of despair, or something between the two”. --Andy Levin

MS Delta photo retreat set for March 27-April 1

The Rebirth Retreats for Visual Artists organization is accepting registration for its next Mississippi Delta workshop, which will be based out of Clarksdale, Miss.--and specifically, that Delta town's low-rent-looking, but decently-appointed Shack Up Inn. The retreat will run from March 27 through April 1.

The instructors for the Rebirth retreat will include NOPA member Chris Williams and other staff. This year, the regulars will be joined by new instructors including fellow NOPA members Thom Bennett and Euphus Ruth.

The retreat is geared toward advanced amateurs and professionals. Tuition ranges from $950, which includes all fees other than accommodations, to $1,500 with Shack Up Inn booking for those attending solo. Two-person registration, including Shack Up Inn accommodation, is $1,500, and the four-person group rate for the same is $2,100.

For more information, please see the Rebirth Retreats website.

Image: Shack Up Inn, via Rebirth Retreats for Visual Artists.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: “EYES OF CAROLINA”

JURIED EXHIBITION ON FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY CELEBRATING NORTH CAROLINA'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHERS

  

DOMA GALLERY, a fine art photography gallery in Charlotte North Carolina, is hosting a juried exhibition of fine art photography to showcase North Carolina's finest photographers.  The juror for the exhibition will select 5 artists as the finalists for the exhibition.  The selected artist's images will be exhibited at DOMA Gallery from June 30th to September 3rd. The opening reception will be held on June 30th.  Press releases will announce the winners in mid june.

Deadline for Entries is June 2nd, 2011  

Eligibility

The competition is open to any photographer who lives or has lived in North Carolina.

THE JUROR

Larry Wheeler is the Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art located in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Mr. Wheeler is a renowned promoter of fine art photography in the contemporary art world.

for submission guidelines: http://www.domaart.com/cfe.pdf

For more info contact:

Gabrielle Larew

domagallery@bellsouth.net

www.domaart.com

Non-profit-geared workshop set for April in NOLA

In April, instructors from the Momenta Workshops company of Washiongton DC will travel to the Crescent City to host Project New Orleans, a workshop aimed at documentary photographers interested in working with non-profit organizations.

The organization's third annual NOLA workshop will be held at the New Orleans Photo Alliance gallery, located at 1111 St. Mary Street in the Lower Garden District. The workshop will begin on Wed., April 6 and conclude on Sunday, April 10.

Momenta's Jamie Rose and Chris Usher will serve as instructors.

Workshop participants will be asked to work with local nonprofits in order to help these groups document their work and volunteer efforts. Participation will nevetheless be open to anyone, from beginners in documentary photography to more advanced practitioners. Daily editing and coaching will be provided to all who attend.

Momenta stresses that this has been a highly popular workshop previously, so it recommends that people who want to participate register early.

Tuition will be $1,370. NOPA members, however, can receive special discounts. To learn more about these, you may send an e-mail to info@momentaworkshops.com. You can also find more information on the workshop at the Momenta website.

Yoga student raising tuition funds via photography

The Swan River Yoga Center of New Orleans will hold a special yoga class on Saturday, March 12, in order to help send Derek Goodwin, a local photographer and yoga instruction student, to Jivamukti-style yoga teacher training in New York. Goodwin is also offering his photo services to the Crescent City yoga community in effort to raise more funds for teacher training.

The class, led by instructors Libby Bryan and Jacksun Slaughter, will be held from 10:45 a.m. 12:15 p.m. on Saturday. All proceeds will go toward Goodwin's efforts.

For more information on Goodwin's photo services-oriented fundraising, please see his New Orleans Yoga-Photography Project page. Anonymous donations are accepted directly at the site.

Goodwin earned his bachelor's degree in photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1996. His has operated a photo services business ever since, specializing in wedding photography.

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Call for Entries: Between the Faithful and the Forlorn

Between the Faithful and the Forlorn
Juried by Andy Levin of 100Eyes
Deadline March 17

The New Orleans Photo Alliance is pleased to announce a call for entries for its next photo exhibition. This show will be juried by Andy Levin of 100Eyes.

“Faith and desperation are polar opposites, yet so much of human experience falls between the two. As humans, we are faced with uncertainty and often face obstacles as our lives evolve. The way that we deal with these obstacles can show either the best or worst of our humanity.
This is a call for photographs that explore both the fervor of devotion and the depths of despair, or something between the two”.  -- Andy Levin

Andy Levin is a photographer, teacher, and editor living in New Orleans, Louisiana. A contributing photographer with Life Magazine in the 90's, Levin moved to Louisiana a year before Hurricane Katrina from his native city of New York. A finalist for the Eugene Smith Prize in 2008, Levin is interested in the rights of the underclass, and the relationship between a changing environment and the economically challenged.

All work submitted to the New Orleans Photo Alliance will automatically be considered for a special issue of 100Eyes that will be released concurrently with the show.

Dates for Submission: Tues, Feb 15 – Thurs, Mar 17, 2011
Deadline for Submissions: Thurs, Mar 17, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: Mon, Mar 21, 2011
Deadline for Delivery of Accepted Works: Mon, Apr 11, 2011

Guidelines for Submissions:
In one envelope include:
1. Up to 15 photos may be submitted, in .jpg format, 800 pixels @ 72ppi on the longest side, on a CD.

2. Description of work

3. Resume or bio on one page along with contact info – phone number and email address must be included.

4. Submission material will not be returned unless an SASE is included. If not, material will be kept in the NOPA archive.

5. Check for submission fee.

6. Please send entries to:
New Orleans Photo Alliance
Programming c/o Owen Murphy
1111 St. Mary St.
New Orleans, LA 70122

Entries received after March 17, 2011 will not be considered.

NOPA reserves the right to not hang work if the submitted work is not as described or is one of the selected works. Work should be framed and matted in a professional manner or mounted on suitable board, ready to hang. Include all hardware and picture hanging wire. We are not responsible for work that does not meet these requirements that results
in work failing to stay on the wall.

Payment options are as follows:
Members - $25.00
Non-members - $35.00
Membership and submission fee - $60.00 (Standard Membership is $35)

You agree to allow photographs selected for the exhibition, “Between the Faithful and Forlorn”, you agree to allow your work to be used for publicity, i.e., local and national media, our website, blog and Facebook page with appropriate credit. All work must be the original work of the photographer submitting.

Questions? Email programming@neworleansphotoalliance.org or call 504-610-4899.

Talk involving Lower Mid-City photos today at Tulane

Stephen Hilger, a visiting assistant professor of photography at Tulane University, will be giving a public talk at the university's Uptown campus today, one involving his chronicling of the recent demolition of much of Lower Mid-City and state and VA plans for a new medical complex there.

The talk will begin at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon in the Stone Auditorium, room 210 in the Woldenberg Art Center.

The professor will also discuss a previous series of photos taken in and around the site of the old Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, which was demolished in 2006. The hotel had played host to the Academy Awards over its lifetime, and was the site of the 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy.

Hilger said that his work investigates questions of history, place and the social landscapes. He creates, he suggests, "visual archives of the disappearing."

Image: "LSU Interior" and "Tear Down" (Ambassador Hotel) by Stephen Hilger