Women in Photography has just launched with their first online exhibition of photographs by women photographers: photographs by Elinor Carucci from her projects Crisis and Pain. Every other Tuesday of the month, WIP will present a new photographer, co-curated by my lovely friends Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips.
Visit the site to see more from Carucci. If you’re a woman photographer, you can also find the submission guidelines there.
Cara Phillips made great post on her blog a few days ago titled “What’s a Lady to Do?” where she considers the challenges of being female in the photo world. The post seems to have sparked a call for action to create more support, discussion, and opportunities for women. Cara wrote me, excited to report that there is a new blog started by Amy Elkins called Women in Photography which will focus on addressing these topics through the showcasing of work.
Women In Photography contains a simple concept:
To showcase work, news and ideas from women in the contemporary photo world.
To create a collection of strong work by women actively creating work.
To reach new audiences collectively.
The blog is now accepting submissions by practicing women photographers for a “group show” to kick things off. Those of you interested in submitting should send 5 images from a cohesive project or a work in progress (saved as “myname_title.jpg”, 5×7 @ 150 dpi) and a short statement/bio to womeninphotography [at] gmail.com.
Visit the blog for more information and to follow the posts.
Karly and I have been very pleased with the positive response to Remain in Light. Thanks for all of the e-mails, everyone. The submissions have been rolling in regularly and it’s hard to stay on top of all of the people joining the mailing list. Exciting!
Just a reminder to all of you who still have not submitted or joined the list, go here and do both! Again, the deadline for submissions is March 1, 2008.
Photography, one of the most important visual media of our lives, has been surprisingly uncelebrated, particularly in the US. New York City, home to the most influential commercial and fine art photography community, has lacked – until now – a large-scale event dedicated to photography.
The inaugural New York Photo Festival (May 14 – May 18, 2008) promises to deliver a dynamic, high-quality event in what is arguably the photographic capital of the world. The festival will celebrate both contemporary photography and the creative, inspirational talents of the people who produce this work.
The New York Photo Festival will be headquartered in DUMBO, an off-the-beaten-track, but easily accessible neighborhood on the Brooklyn waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.
Also announced is the debut of the New York Photo Awards, the official awards of the festival, “honoring talented photographers from all over the world whose work breaks new grounds visually, intellectually, and aesthetically.” Now open for submissions, the awards will be juried by these folks.
Sounds like an excellent opportunity to share your work with the right people and a fun event to attend if you’re in New York in May.
Karly Wildenhaus and I are pleased to announce Remain in Light, our exciting new print endeavor. Remain in Light will be an unbound book featuring 16 photographs by 16 photographers in Vol. 1, with new volumes planned to be released biannually.
We’ve already received quite a bit of support around the blogosphere for this and couldn’t be happier with the amount of work and, indeed, the quality of work that’s coming in. For those of you who have not sent in your submission, here are the details.
New print publication seeks submissions of recent photography work for first volume. The final selection of sixteen photographs will each be printed on separate cards and presented unbound in a specially created slipcase.
Please submit 5-10 images (JPG, 72dpi) or an online portfolio along with your name, age and current city of residence to remaininlightphoto@gmail.com by March 1, 2008 to be considered for the first issue scheduled for release in late spring. The final images will be selected by co-editors Karly Wildenhaus and Shane Lavalette.
While there is no specific theme for each volume, the cohesiveness of the final sixteen photographs will be taken into consideration. Contributors will be notified within 2 weeks after deadline whether their work will be featured in the first volume and must supply requested files and additional information by the end of March. Submissions are welcome at anytime and will be considered for future volumes for six months after the date of submission.
Feel free to help spread the word via your own blog or by directing those who may be interested to the official website.
Laurel Ptak wrote to inform me of a call for entries for her latest I Heart Photograph curated exhibition, “Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?” The deadline for submissions is February 22. The selected work will be on view at Pierro Gallery in New Jersey from April 6 – May 25, 2008.
Pause, to Begin is a unique, new photography competition currently accepting applications now until April 1, 2008, and the selected finalists will be announced online April 15, 2008. Ethan Jones and David Wright, the founders of Pause, to Begin, will hit the road in May, 2008 to visit the selected finalists and record the time they experience together.
By traveling to meet the selected finalists in-person, Pause, to Begin becomes a publication that reflects not only the visited photographers and their process for creating, but also the journey of making the book.
The word “pause” implies a stop to see, feel, and understand what one is photographing. We believe that by pausing the true potential of a photograph can be realized, discovered, and expanded upon. This allows one to “begin” to explore one’s own photography.
The first year of Pause, to Begin culminates in November, 2008 with the release of a limited edition, hard-bound fine art book that is distributed to important creatives in the photographic industry and available online for purchase. The selected photographers will also be exhibited at a to-be announced gallery that will coincide with the book release celebration.
Find out more here and also check out their blog – it’s a good read.
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Shane Lavalette is currently studying at Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His blog focuses primarily on fine art photography and issues concerning contemporary photographic practice. By featuring individual photographers, books, exhibitions as well as exclusive interviews with artists, the blog is both an archive of the author's personal interests as well as a platform for critical discourse.
