Photographer Colin Finlay to Host Live Free Discussion 2/4/2010
I recently received information about this event slated for Thursday 2/4/2010 on a LinkedIn Group. I’ve met Colin Finlay on a few occasions over the years, and I interviewed him for an ImagingBuffet.com podcast, which you can find here. I find his documentary work to be outstanding, both in its subject matter as well as its technical and artistic merit. His commercial/advertising work is equally impressive.
Finlay is one of Western Digital’s Creative Masters, and he’ll be hosting a free live discussion for Western Digital’s LinkedIn Storage Group on Thursday, February 4th from 10:00 am to 12 noon PST (1:00pm to 3:00pm EST) .
The following text is from the event announcement:
For more than 17 years, Colin Finlay has documented the human condition with compassion, empathy and dignity. He is a six-time winner of the Pictures of the Year International honors for his coverage of war and conflict, disappearing traditions, the environment in both its glory and its devastation, genocide, famine, religious pilgrimage and global cultures. In pursuit of his passion, he has circled the globe twenty-seven times in search of that one photo that will be a testament to the depth of human will and compassion.
During the live discussion on LinkedIn, Finlay will discuss his career as a documentary photographer, and answer questions from participants. Finlay is scheduled to leave for Haiti on a humanitarian effort with the International Medical Corps as a photojournalist in mid-February. This trip will mark the sixth time he has visited Haiti since 1991 where he witnessed political upheaval, a mumps epidemic killing scores of children, and now the devastation from the recent earthquake.
Photo © Colin Finlay 2010 Photo caption: There was a tiny hamlet, maybe six hours outside Port au Prince, filled with the ghosts of small children. The whole area, not just the village, had been isolated by the Cedras regime, and now three-quarters of the town’s children had died in a mumps epidemic. Their parents had voted for Aristide in the previous election, and those votes — officially registered in Port au Prince — had cost them dearly under the current military dictatorship. Add the U.S. embargo, and the people were virtually cut off from the capitol.
The village leader had lost three children of his own; two in one day, and a third he had carried on his back all the way down a long, treacherous road to a health clinic that had been closed. The military, weeks before, had cleared out all medicine and equipment and taken it back to Port au Prince — more punishment for their Aristide vote. He made the long trek back to his village — with child on his back — where she later died.
Now his son — his last child — was sick. This portrait shows this child clutching the hand of his father. My eyes locked with the village leader for quite some time and knew what he said was very important. I asked my interpreter what he said and his response was, “please tell the world we are the ones who are suffering.”
To join in on the live discussion scheduled for Feb 4th, visit WD’s LinkedIn Storage Group.
While you are there, I also recommend checking out the past live discussion with Sports Illustrated staff photographer Peter Read Miller. He offers a lot of excellent advice, such as techniques for helping sports celebrities and other subjects to relax when shooting an SI cover or other assignment.
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Posted on February 3, 2010 by Andrew | Filed Under DIGITAL CAMERA, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TIPS
Recent Tips and Art Resources Column (plus archives) on RedDogJournal.com
I recently wrote another column at RedDogJournal.com that I thought might be of interest. I generally write a column for their site every other week. In it I often offer printing tips and techniques, and other areas I highlight include: photo-related events; learning resources; exhibitions; talks and photo contests. For example, a tip from my most recent column is titled: Quick Printing Tip: How to Place Images Perfectly Every Time.
The most recent column can be found here:
http://reddogjournal.com/darlow-27.php
Also, by changing the number above from 27 to a lower number (1 to 26) like this:
http://reddogjournal.com/darlow-26.php you can find all 27 of the columns I’ve written over the last year and a half.
And if you’d like to receive the newsletter portion related to fine-art photography (those news items are not available at this time online-only through the newsletter), you can sign up here for free (I highly recommend it):
http://reddogjournal.com/join.php
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Posted on February 2, 2010 by Andrew | Filed Under CONTEST, DIGITAL CAMERA, DIGITAL PRINTING, EXHIBITION, INKJET RELATED, MACINTOSH, NEW MEDIA, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTOSHOP, TIPS, Tips: Photoshop, WINDOWS, WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Happy Holidays from Andrew Darlow and The Imaging Buffet
Wishing You and Yours a Very Happy Holiday Season and New Year.
I selected this photograph of a magical place (the National Toy Train Museum in Ronks, PA–near Lancaster, PA) as a “virtual card” this year. I photographed it earlier this year on a family trip that I will fondly remember, and I highly recommend visiting the museum if you are in the area or have an opportunity to visit.
Thank you for being a part of The Imaging Buffet family.
Sincerely,
-Andrew Darlow
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Posted on December 24, 2009 by Andrew | Filed Under PHOTOGRAPHY
Queens Visitors Center (NYC) Launches Second Exhibit - opening 12/5/2009
Just a few days ago I was in Queens, NY to visit a company, and I was so impressed by the neighborhoods I drove through. Just a few minutes out of Manhattan, it was very quiet, and felt a lot like so many suburbs you might find around the US. I just noticed this press release from a Queens-based photographer, and wanted to share it. It looks like a great event.
Queens Economic Development Corporation invites you to the launch of ThisIsOurQueens by photographer Michelle Kawka at the Queens Visitors Center at the Queens Center Mall on Saturday Dec 5 from 12 noon to 3pm. The Queens Visitors Center is located at the Queens Center mall (ground floor) at 90-15 Queens Blvd, Elmhurst, NY 11373 right across from the Applebees.
Photographer Michelle Kawka will be taking photos of participants in front of the wall size map of Queens.
Point out your neighborhood and Smile!
ThisIsOurQueens is a project that highlights the diversity of New York City’s borough of Queens. Queens County, New York is a borough of over 2.2 million people. It is the most ethnically diverse county in the world. Forty-six percent of the population is foreign born and over 138 languages are spoken throughout the borough. Showing a series of 200 portraits, ThisIsOurQueens depicts the lives of the people who live and work in her neighborhood, Queens, New York. This Is Our Queens was named one of the best projects of 2009 by the American Society of Media Photographers.
Michelle Kawka is an award winning, internationally exhibited New York-based photographer specializing in portraiture, lifestyle, corporate, fashion, travel, public relations and architectural work for a wide variety of advertising and editorial clients. Her work has been exhibited at the Queens Museum of Art, the City Hall of the 9th Arrondissement, Paris France, the Queens Hospital Center, The Langston Hughes Cultural Center & Library, the Gallery of Social and Political Art in Boston, the New England School of Photography & the Art-o-Mat in Long Island City, NY.
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Posted on December 5, 2009 by Andrew | Filed Under ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Upcoming Events in NYC In Association with Aperture.org
I was just sent an e-mail from Aperture.org (publisher of Aperture magazine and many outstanding books), so I thought I’d share these upcoming events (most if not all are free to attend). The Projected Image panel discussion looks particularly interesting because it’s amazing how the scale of an image, as well as the medium (think Times Square with its colossal images), can impact the viewer. There’s nothing like sitting in a darkened room with large images projected as a photographer or other artist speaks about his or her work.
Speaking from experience, if you have a chance to see great photographers like Joel Meyerowitz or Jay Maisel show and speak about their work in a location with high quality projection equipment, I think you’ll be speechless. I know I was.
Below are links to the events:
Events with Joel Meyerowitz
http://www.aperture.org/events/keywords.php?id=legacy
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The Projected Image
http://www.aperture.org/events/detail.php?id=613
I recently wrote about Joel Meyerowitz’s outstanding new books and exhibition at the Museum of the City of NY here:
http://reddogjournal.com/darlow-22.php
There are other events, including a holiday sale happening in December at Aperture. Check Aperture.org for more info.
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Posted on December 1, 2009 by Andrew | Filed Under ART, EXHIBITION, INKJET RELATED, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
The Photo Review Benefit Auction Preview Exhibition and Benefit Auction 11/21/2009
I write a column just about every other week for RedDogJournal.com, and for the edition just published (click here to read), I included this info: On Friday and Saturday, 11/20 and 11/21/2009, there will be a Preview Exhibition of The Photo Review Benefit Auction. It will be held at the Dorrance-Hamilton Building, Broad and Pine Streets, on Friday, November 20 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday, November 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., just prior to the auction. The online auction listing is also available for bidding, and is well worth a look. Each of the 252 photographs are available for viewing as a thumbnail or at a larger size on this page: www.photoreview.org/Auction/list.php
On Saturday, November 21, a Benefit Auction and Special Reception will be held at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. For more information, visit: www.photoreview.org/auction.htm
The Photo Review is an outstanding journal that I receive and highly recommend, especially if you are based in the Northeast U.S. and enjoy visiting galleries in the region. The listings of exhibitions, photo-related events, book reviews and workshops is extensive. Here is a quick overview of The Photo Review from their website:
“Publishing since 1976, The Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource for the Mid-Atlantic region. With incisive reviews, exciting portfolios, lively interviews, the latest in books and exhibitions, The Photo Review quarterly journal has earned a reputation as one of the best serious photography publications being produced today.
In past years, The Photo Review has presented previously unpublished images by Weegee, Duane Michals, and Frederick Sommer and cataloguesfor a James VanDerZee exhibition, a show of Lois Greenfield’s dynamic dance photographs, and the exhibition ‘Changing Visions of the American Landscape.’ Most recently, we have extended our coverage to include the European scene, with reports from Documenta and Arles, and regular reports from FotoFest.”
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Posted on November 20, 2009 by Andrew | Filed Under ART, EXHIBITION, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY
PDN to Hold Virtual Trade Show December 2-3, 2009
I recently received an e-mail about PDN’s upcoming Virtual Trade Show, being held online December 2-3, 2009. The event is free, and the webinars look very interesting. This is the second Photographers’ Virtual Trade Show (the first was held about six months ago). Over 18,000 people registered for the first event and over 10,000 logged on during each day of the show.
Selected titles of the free webinars are as follows:
Wednesday, December 2
• The Art of Wedding Photography
• The Perfect Print
• How to Master Location Lighting
Thursday, December 3
• Successful Self-Promotion in the Digital Age
• Multimedia and Video: New Opportunities for Photographers
For more information, full webinar descriptions, and to register for this free online event, visit this page.
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Posted on November 18, 2009 by Andrew | Filed Under DIGITAL PRINTING, EXHIBITION, NEW MEDIA, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Photofocus Podcast with Scott Bourne and Chase Jarvis
I just had a chance to read the show notes for the most recent Photofocus Podcast with hosts Scott Bourne and Chase Jarvis, and found the information to be excellent. Both hosts offered great information about these topics and more:
• Lens selection for different uses
• Ideal sizes for Apple Aperture catalogs (number of images)
• Video techniques with the new DSLR’s that have video, such as the Canon EOS 7D
• How to deal with condensation in cold weather
You can listen to the show and/or read the show notes on the show’s website HERE.
While you’re there, you’ll see a lot of great episodes with Scott Bourne and Rick Sammon, as well as a lot of other helpful advice from folks who’ve “been there and shot that.”
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Posted on October 26, 2009 by Andrew | Filed Under DIGITAL CAMERA, EXHIBITION, INKJET RELATED, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TIPS, WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
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