Point Park Senior Thesis, Friday April, 29th 6-8pm

Chris Hondros Candelight Vigil

Please join us as we gather to remember our friend Chris Hondros at a candlelight vigil on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:30PM at the West End Overlook in Pittsburgh. Any questions please contact Justin Merriman at justinmerriman@mac.com or 724-309-5875.

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SOC Student Multimedia Exhibition

Call for Entry | PDN Faces

Call for Work | Art Fusion Galleries

Art Fusion Galleries

FINAL CALL: 1ST INTERNATIONAL

FINE ARTS COMPETITION

"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats."

Bertie C. Forbes

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our

1st International Fine Arts Competition.

To Apply, click here: Art Competition Information

DEADLINE DATE: MAY 15 2011

Winners will be announced on June 1st, 2011. (Winners will be posted on our website homepage and contacted by Gallery Management)

Awards will be distributed as follows:

1st Prize will include:

A 3 month Exhibition at Art Fusion Galleries

during Art Basel Miami 2011, (followed by)....

A 3 month Exhibition at Hotel Urbano on

Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL

Cash prize of $1000.00

1 year of Representation at Art Fusion Galleries

A 2-night stay at Hotel Urbano

Dinner for 2 at Hotel Urbano

One year online promotion

2nd Prize will include:

A 3 month Exhibition of 2 selected art works at

Art Fusion Galleries during Art Basel Miami 2011

Cash Prize of $300.00

One year online promotion

3rd Prize will include:

A 3 month Exhibition of 1 selected art work at

Art Fusion Galleries during Art Basel Miami 2011

Cash prize of $200

One year online promotion

Click below to see our "2010 Art Basel/Anniversary Exhibition" and "ABOVE & BEYOND Opening Night Reception"

www.artfusiongallery.com

Art Fusion Galleries

1 N.E. 40th Street

Miami, Florida 33137

305.573.5730

Hiring Work Studies

If you are interested in being a work study beginning Fall 2011 you should sign up on Andrew Weier's door (Academic Hall 505). We will be interviewing candidates for the positions.

Some things you would be responsible for are:

making sure wet labs are kept clean and in order

keeping the inkjet print lab up and running (ie: replacing ink, fixing printer issues, resolving computer questions from students)

helping intro students with their printing (both analog and
digital)

opening the studio for approved students who have scheduled studio time

opening and closing labs if your shift is morning or night

being a generally knowledgeable person about the photography facilities.

Mirrors and Windows | Selected Artists

Congratulations to the selected artists to be in the upcoming Mirrors and Windows exhibition:

Kristen Thomas
Tyler Jackson
Athena Harden
Marie Mashyna
Allie Whitten
Camelia Montoy
Cassandra Harper
Christy Zalewski
Madeline McKain
Remington Brooks
Laura Quinn
Maggie O'Hara
Leah Welch
Max C. Lee
Jace Lumley
Cloe Mathia
Brittany Harrington
Carl Bloss
Ashley Smith
Colleen Ferguson
Tom Lechowicz
Aldona Bird
Melanie Swinicki
Rachel Norris

Stay tuned for more information about the reception for this exhibition!

VASA Workshop | Navigating the Post-Photographic Era

VASA WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS

Navigating the Post-Photographic Era Instructor: Patrick Millard
Workshop Details
Workshop starts: Duration: Seats left: Cost: Registration closes: Jul. 10th, 2011 5 weeks 10 $ 200 Jul. 3rd, 2011

Navigating the Post-Photographic Era

Instructor: Patrick Millard, www.patrickmillard.com
July 10-Aug 14, 2011

This seminar is taught from Pittsburgh, PA
Language: English

Workshop meets online Sunday Afternoons at 3pm EST (noon PST, 3pm EST, 9 pm CET).

The world of photography in the digital world of 21st century innovation is in a state of continual flux. Emerging technologies that allow photographic imagery without the use of a traditional camera, lens, or subject matter are beginning to have a presence in our mainstream culture.

In this seminar we'll explore new technologies that are being unveiled through in seminar discussions,, dialogs, and practice. The history of digital imaging in the post-photographic world will be outlined before embarking upon the use of web cams, cell phones, and virtual worlds for our hands-on image making assignments.

*Students should have access to a computer and photo editing software (preferably, but not necessarily, Adobe Photoshop), Second Life, Mozilla Firefox and Skype.

http://www.vasa-project.com/workshop/view.php?ws_sel=Post-Photo-Millard

** This seminar begins with an introduction meeting on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at noon PM EST (3 pm EST, 9 pm CET), Online seminar meetings are 90 min. in length with interaction during the week. Information for accessing the workshop will be sent to completed registrations. For more information on this workshop contact vasa@vasa-project.com

Call for Entry | The Biological Canvas

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Call For Proposals:

The Biological Canvas

Curated by Patrick Millard

Today's artist uses a dramatically advanced set of media and technologies to integrate into the process of their artwork (X-Ray, MRI, Ultrasound, Plastic Surgery, Embodiment, DNA, Information Technology, etc.). A new movement is in full swing that recapitulates the Renaissance world where artist and scientist existed in an overlapping practice.

The Biological Canvas seeks artists who are working with concepts of body as canvas. Biotechnology, Genetic Therapies, Technological Embodiment, and Advanced Surgical Processes have opened the doors for artists to begin using their body as the ultimate design palette.

>> Submission Guidelines |

Send email with image/video/media that best represents artwork, artist statement, image title, date, media used and conceptual + technical process that states how the work was created to patrick@patrickmillard.com. Please title email "The Biological Canvas"

>> Important Dates |

May 15th - Submission deadline
May 20th - Selected artists announced
May 30th - Exhibition goes live on VASA website

Artist Lecture, Patrick Millard | Formatting Gaia + Embodiment, Roanoke, VA

Call For Entry | Center for Fine Art Photography

Current Call for Entries

Image Credits: Split - Decision by Jessica Maloney, Inside Wind by Samuel Moulin, Fire-eater, 2009 by Terri Garland, Summit of Sisyphus by Darren Mahuron, Remembrance of Childhood #1 by Amy Kosh, Bridge to Nowhere by Susan Burnstine, Red Corvette by Kristine Heykants, & Fantasy 7 by Emanuel Dale DREAMS ENTRIES DUE APRIL 27, 2011 EXHIBITION JULY 29 - AUGUST 27, 2011 THEME Dreams are a creation of images, ideas, sensations and emotions that occur in our conscious and subconscious mind. They can be the manifestation of our aspirations, goals and fears both realistic and fantastic. JUROR ALINE SMITHSON Aline Smithson has been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine, writes and edits the blog, Lenscratch, and has curated exhibitions for many galleries and online magazines. Smithson is a national reviewer of photography and is a contributing writer of Diffusion, Too Much Chocolate, Lucida, and F Stop Magazine. MORE INFO Image Credits: Grocery © Kristine Heykants, Untitled No. 1 © Tae Young Chang, Still Life of Peach and Bee, 2008 © Stephanie Dean, The Mission: 16th and Harrison © Liz Hickok FOOD ENTRIES DUE MAY 17, 2011 EXHIBITION SEPTEMBER 2 - OCTOBER 15, 2011 THEME Food, in its most basic purpose provides the fundamentals of existence. The act of eating, and what one eats, is based upon many societal implications including location, resources, and access. For centuries, food has helped distinguish cultures and on occasion, been the source of rituals. Photography has the ability to transform our vision of food graphically, politically, and culturally. JUROR DAVID BRAM David Bram is a fine art photographer and the editor, founder and curator of Fraction Magazine. Founded in 2008, Fraction Magazine is currently on its twenty-fifth issue and has shown portfolios from more than 150 photographers. David reviews nationally and was selected as the 2010 recipient of the Griffin Museum's Rising Star Award. MORE INFO

// // PERSPECTIVES BLOG 400 NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE FORT COLLINS, CO 80524 970-224-1010 WWW.C4FAP.ORG

Student Portfolio | Stephanie Vegliante

Stephanie Vegliante, Untitled, Carbon Pigment Print (Color Photography)










Stephanie Vegliante, Untitled, Carbon Pigment Print (Color Photography)



















Stephanie Vegliante, Untitled, Carbon Pigment Print (Color Photography)






















Stephanie Vegliante, Untitled, Carbon Pigment Print (Color Photography)














Stephanie Vegliante, Untitled, Carbon Pigment Print (Color Photography)

Photographer's Forum | Spring Photography Contest

31st ANNUAL SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST presented by Photographer's Forum Magazine and sponsored by SIGMA

PRIZES :: OVER $6,500 IN CASH & EQUIPMENT EARLY ENTRY Date: APRIL 18, 2011 Early entry fee is $3.95 per photo entered (uploaded/postmarked on or before end of day April 18, 2011 EST) FINAL ENTRY Date: MAY 16, 2011 Final entry fee is $4.95 per photo entered (uploaded/postmarked on or before end of day May 16, 2011 EST) WINNING PHOTOS PUBLISHED IN THE NOVEMBER 2011 ISSUE OF PHOTOGRAPHER’S FORUM MAGAZINE AND EXHIBITED AT BROOKS INSTITUTE GALLERY 27. ALL CONTEST FINALISTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2011. ENTRY GIFT: 2 FREE ISSUES OF PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE (U.S. and Canada only) Enter Online at: PFMagazine.com/photography-contest/ Download Entry Form: PFMagazine.com/contest.pdf

Focal Press | Landscape Photography

APRIL THEME: LANDSCAPE

Thanks to everyone who entered and voted in March's Focal Press Monthly Photography Contest! Our March guest judge, David Asch , is selecting the winners for March from among the many wonderful entries. Winners will be notified shortly. The schedule for the 2011 Photography Contests is now available on the contest site - new themes, judges and prizes so be sure to check it out! The theme for April's contest is "Landscape" sponsored by The Landscape Photography Field Guide by Carl Heilman II, who will be our guest judge this month. Enter your image here: Focal Press Monthly Photography Contest The Landscape Photography Field Guide The Landscape Photography Field Guide provides a complete pro reference in a compact book which can be carried in even the most compact camera bag. With his extensive experience of shooting from remote locations, Carl Heilman II has established himself as one of America's leading National Park photographers. Every word in this book, and all of the inspirational photography, all draw from that experience and make that craft accessible wherever and whenever you need it. The Landscape Photography Field Guide is available from Focal Press in North America and from our friends at Ilex Press for the rest of the world.

Student Portfolio | Athena Harden

Athena Harden, Magic 01, Silver Gelatin Print. (Advanced B&W, Photo II)












Athena Harden, Magic 02, Silver Gelatin Print. (Advanced B&W, Photo II)










Athena Harden, Magic 03, Silver Gelatin Print. (Advanced B&W, Photo II)




















Athena Harden, Magic 04, Silver Gelatin Print. (Advanced B&W, Photo II)


















Athena Harden, Magic 05, Silver Gelatin Print. (Advanced B&W, Photo II)











Athena Harden, Magic 06, Silver Gelatin Print. (Advanced B&W, Photo II)

JOUR 395 | Issues in Contemporary Photography, Summer I

North Face 'Never Stop Exploring' Contest

Facebook Page

North Face is holding a "Never Stop Exploring" Photography contest, if you enjoy North Face Gear & have a photograph that goes along with the theme then it's a fun contest to enter:

1. CONTEST PERIOD. Contest starts on April 9, 2011 at or about 12:00:01 AM Pacific Time ("PT") and ends on April 30, 2011 at 11:59:59 PM PT. Sponsor's computer is the official clock for all purposes of the Contest.

2. CONTEST THEME. Share an original photo expressing the theme of NEVER STOP EXPLORING ™ the adventurous, uncompromising spirit of The North Face.

Lenscratch | Self Portrait

Lenscratch is creating exposure opportunities for photographers with group on-line exhibitions. Photographers will be allowed ONE entry per exhibition and ALL photographs will be published.

Submission Guidelines:
Image size: 72dpi at 1000px on the long side
Send name, title, location, and link to your work (website or other)
In the subject of your e-mail, type the name of the exhibition (FAMILY, etc) and e-mail to:
alinesmithson@yahoo.com
If your images are sized incorrectly or the submission is incomplete, they will not be posted.

Submission Categories and Due Dates:

Due Date: April 25th
Send your favorite SELF PORTRAIT. Post will run on May 1st

alinesmithson@yahoo.com

The Power of Self

Photo: Cheng-Chang Wu Grand Prize Artist of Last Year's Power of Self Photographers, From Robert Frank to Cindy Sherman, Ansel Adams to Jeff Wall, Edward Steichen to Diane Arbus - the self has been subject of endless exploration by the world's greatest photographers, allowing the discovery (and re-discovery) of their personal identities and photographic styles. You are invited to join the Power of Self, a world-wide celebration of self portraiture awarding over $50,000 in prizes, a Gala Reception in NYC, your own DNA Portrait from DNA11, and One Year of Your Life, Paid For. Imagine taking a year off to create more images, travel the world or change your life in a way that only you can dream of. Every Power of Self portfolio will be personally reviewed by a Guest Curator. Click Here to Participate Your entry deadline is Friday April 15, 2011 11:59pm EST Plus: The artist whose portfolio garners the highest number of votes will receive the People's Choice Award of $2,500 and an online feature. Public voting closes April 20th so submit your work now and have your friends, family and colleagues vote you to the top! Click here to register your work >>

Presented by:

8020 Media, 660 4th Street #249, San Francisco, CA 94107

Photography Club Meeting today

There will be a meeting today at 3 in the photolab. We will discuss plans for next semester, talk about some USG requirements including the creation of formal sign-up sheet and voting, and open the floor to any suggestions, comments, or questions.

If you can't make it today that's OK! We will be having one more meeting on Monday the 18th @ 4:30.

I will also be posting what we discussed on the blog for everyone to see. However you cannot have your voice heard in the club if you are not there! so I encourage anyone who wants to be involved with the club to be there or contact me or Madeline if you absolutely cannot make it.

Hope to see you all there!

Digital Cartridges for you 35mm

The RE-35 is a film canister with a pull out digital sensor that will make your 35mm camera digital with 4, 8, an 12 MP versions hopefully coming in the fall. Fingers crossed that its not vaporware! [RE35 via Gizmodo]

EP Education Grants

http://www.editorialphoto.com/

EP Education Grants Photo Competition 2011

© Teresa Juarez, EPEdu 2009

In an effort to recognize and support emerging photographers, EP is pleased to announce our Third Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition!

DEADLINE EXTENDED to April 15, 2011

We're especially excited that new for 2011 is a top Grand Prize chosen from among the finalists by internationally-acclaimed Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt consisting of a Sony a850 camera with Sony CZ 24-70/2.8 lens worth more than $3500, courtesy of Sony. That means more than $5000 in prizes for the Grand Prize winner!

In addition to Mr. Erwitt who will choose the Grand Prize recipient, the panel of judges will also include renowned photojournalist Ed Kashi, EP Board Members, and other industry guest judges to be announced shortly.

Eligible contestants must be enrolled in an accredited, full time college photography program in the U.S. or Canada during the 2010-2011 school year. Previous winners are not eligible to enter again.

Deadline For Entries: April 15, 2011, so don't delay!

Full details at editorialphoto.com/epedu » »

Call for Entry | Plastic Fantastic Show

LightBox Photographic Gallery is pleased to announce the call for submissions for our second annual Plastic Fantastic Show. This group show celebrates LightBox’s love for photographic images made with plastic “toy” cameras. We have established this show to be held every year to celebrate the gallery’s anniversary. The first Plastic Fantastic Show was an amazing collection featuring images from over 40 photographers from around the United States, as well as Sweden, Australia, Spain, Great Britain and Canada. This genre of photography has a huge following around the world, with images made from very low tech cameras with plastic lenses. Toy cameras are special with the wondrous and dreamlike images they create, subjects take on a unique special quality that is rarely found from any other capture device.

LightBox is very pleased to have Susan Burnstine as juror for the Plastic Fantastic Show II. Susan is an incredibly talented photographer who uses homemade cameras consisting of plastic lenses and vintage camera and household parts. She began working with toy cameras and has become a highly acclaimed photographic artist shooting with film and using rudimentary cameras of her own design. Her images are mesmerizing and dreamlike and her methods use film with the purity of the process as a vital element, without relying on digital processing.
LightBox feels we have the perfect juror for this years Plastic Fantastic Show. LightBox is looking for pure Toy Camera Photography, and will accept images shot only with film using plastic, pinhole, box or homemade cameras. No digital photography is accepted for the Plastic Fantastic Show. Prints may be made with digital methods, however, digital post processing of images is not encouraged. LightBox seeks photographic prints of the highest quality, and offers framing for display in the gallery. We are very excited about this exhibit, and hope to show the best in toy camera photography from around the world, please help us with your submissions.

Students Write | Sean McKeag

Humanitarian Focus
by: Sean McKeag

Phillip Jones Griffiths, a Welsh-born photojournalist, traveled across Europe to document war between various opposing countries; his travels led him to Asia when the U.S. invaded South Vietnam where he intended to do the same. The U.S. invasion was fueled from the idea that capitalism must prevail over any other political ideologies, thus preventing communism from spreading any further. Jones said his goal was “…to observed the full force of American hegemony over a small country on the opposite side of the planet.” The “small country” Griffiths referred to was South Vietnam. His intention was not to show the actual fighting in the war per se, such as the majority of photojournalists were there to do, but to witness and capture on film the terrible suffering war can inflict on the people involved in it; soldiers and civilians alike. Griffiths sympathized with the Vietnamese people because he saw war in general as unnecessary, and the Vietnam War he thought especially, was unjust. The Vietnamese people who died were only statistics on a government chart; only numbers to the corporate-run media, therefore that’s exactly how most of the world had thought of them. However, Griffiths thought differently, and gave them an identity by focusing on their life and culture. He was the voice of the South Vietnamese people when they wouldn’t be heard otherwise. In a book titled Vietnam Inc., Griffiths expressed his anti-war sentiments and compiled many photographs he had taken while observing the war in Vietnam, however, one image was powerful in particular. The photo was critiqued by the material it depicted, the meaning behind it, and the technical aspects that were involved in creating it.

In the photograph, a shadow of a person stood on the left, suggestive of an American soldier from the outline of a helmet shown on his head. The length of the shadow was long, illustrating that it must have been early morning or late evening, depending on the geographical direction he was facing. While that direction is unknown, it was quite apparent that he was opposing a dead Vietcong soldier; a soldier trained in guerrilla warfare whose face looked up toward the sky, lied with his back on the ground where others before him died or felt the casualties of war. He was discovered by the American soldier’s movement of his machete that was most likely used to hack away the thick brush from the place where the guerilla found a place of escape. The machete remained partially hidden in the shadow of its user. The face was the only visible part of the dead man; the rest of his body from the neck down was hidden beneath the harsh shadows of trees. His mouth was stuck open when he died as if he was shouting or more appropriately, saying a prayer. The guerilla fighter might have thrown a grenade, killing or wounding soldiers from an American platoon, and finally met his match. If that was true, the American soldier killed him not in defense of his own life, but for the purpose of avenging the death of his peers. The dominant shadow of the American soldier held a sharp object, such as a knife that was used for close-quarter combat or as a way to surprise his enemy from behind. The hunched position showed he walked with quiet steps, used stealth as a way to keep from being detected by other guerilla fighters, and was careful to execute the enemy. Directly beside the shadowy outline of the helmet, a dirty pistol sat; a pistol that had felt many hands, stared at many faces, and was used for the purpose of battle, now just lied silently in the dirt. The clip of the gun was emptied from it, therefore stripping it from the only identity it has ever understood. It could have been thrown aside intentionally as a conscious effort to get rid of the guilt from the one that used it, or it was simply dropped accidentally.

The shadow of the American soldier played the dominant role in the photograph. It was the main focus and proved to be a great addition for Griffiths’s message of how enormous America’s presence was in South Vietnam. The shadow kept the American soldier from his personal identity, but the obvious outline of his helmet was enough to show his group recognition. The body of the guerilla fighter remained invisible through the shadows of trees, but the bright rays from the sun reached his face to make him identifiable to those who knew him. Griffiths chose to show the identity of him, but left the individual identity of the American soldier in secret.. It was partly Griffiths’s goal to have caught such a moment, and to share with the people, mainly the American public what the media didn’t want them see; how awful and gruesome war is.

Griffiths shot his photographs in Vietnam using mostly a wide-angle lens because he thought it was important to fit as much into the frame as he could. There were occasions on any battlefield when he wouldn’t find it acceptable to be close to his subjects, and in those instances he said, “The only things that we photographers want more than life, more than sex, more than anything, is to be invisible.” Most of his work was done in color, but later on he converted to monochrome because he thought color in a photograph can be a great distraction from the subject itself. In black and white images, the shape and form of the subject are more observed. He explained, “Form and content have to be present, preferably in equal amounts.” Both were used as strong elements in this photograph. Also, in the post-processing phase of his photographs, Griffiths did not crop them at all. What he desired to have in the frame is what he shot the first time.

Griffith believed it was important tell the public what was real, instead of the sugar-coated truth from the corporate-run American media. “I’m a storyteller in the sense that I present the truth in an engaging way, rather like the way a lawyer would present evidence to a jury. There’s a logic to it. I try to explain what’s happening, using a narrative that leads to a convincing conclusion.” Griffith explained. The truth he presented through his images was that war was dehumanizing. It was cruel punishment to everyone around it, and still is today.

Call for Entry | Mirrors and Windows, Lawrence Hall Gallery

Call for Entry | Mirrors and Windows, Lawrence Hall Gallery

Deadline: Friday, April 15th

At the end of the semester we will be hanging a juried exhibition of work done by Point Park University photography and photojournalism students. We are currently accepting entries for this exhibition.

If you are interested in participating, please follow the guidelines below.

- Submit 2-3 images ready for exhibition (printed or matted to fit frames at 11x14, 16x20, 20x30). Images do not need to be framed when submitted.

- Indicate artists name, image title, date, and process (Silver Gelatin Print, Chromogenic Print, Inkjet Print/Carbon Pigment Print) for each image.

- Drop off work prior to 3pm, April 15^th at the reception desk on the 10^th floor of Thayer Hall.

Schedule:

April 15 – Submissions due

April 19 – Pick up work not juried into exhibition

April 22 – Exhibition opens

April 28 – Reception (Student Multimedia Showcase) 7-10pm

*Juried by Christopher Rolinson and Patrick Millard

Open CMU Photography Lecture April 4th @ 10AM

Take a 61 bus to be dropped off at CMU contact me @ Remington_taylor@me.com and I will meet you at the CMU bus stop before the lecture so we can all go together!

Photoshop for the iPad and the end of desktop computing

Adobe released the other day a demo of Photoshop for the iPad. It's not official yet but it definitely shows a major shift in how we may be executing our work in the near future. Check out the full Gizmodo story here.