Call for Work: Long Exposure

Desotorow Gallery is seeking submissions of photographic works for a juried exhibit scheduled for February 13-18. The exhibit, “The Extended Moment,” will be juried and curated by a Guest Curator, Craig Stevens. Work submitted to this exhibit should explore the idea of the extended moment- a longer exposure, multiple exposure, or a sequential imagery theme.

Craig Stevens is currently a photography professor at Savannah College of Art and Design, and he has also taught at the Maine Photographic Workshop for 29 years. He has written numerous articles about photographic craft and vision and is a respected workshop leader and teacher. He is also the proprietor of L’ Atelier, a fine art digital printing service in Savannah, GA. Please visit Stevens’ website www.craigstevens.net to learn more.

Submissions (in digital form only) are due to Desotorow Gallery by January 23, 2009. Submissions may be made via mail:
Desotorow Gallery
2427 De Soto Avenue
Savannah, GA 31401

or by email: info@desotorow.org

Artists may submit up to 5 works for a $12 fee. Payment made be made via PayPal on Desotorow’s website: www.desotorow.org/opportunities/entry or by check or cash mailed to Desotorow Gallery.

Linhof Young Photographer Award Competition

LINHOF YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD 09
"Human Cityscapes"

Linhof is the oldest existing camera manufacturer in the world with a tradition of more than 120 years in developing and manufacturing view cameras and optical equipment for applied photography. Linhof is market leader for professional large format camera systems. The company has been actively engaged in supporting the projects of younger people for many decades and now Linhof again is inviting entries for their bi-annual competition for the best images of younger photographers preferably taken with large format cameras systems.

In view of the worldwide distribution of Linhof cameras we anticipate a high volume of entries for this prestigious award. The topic of the subject matter is the urban environment. The theme of the competition is "Human Cityscapes". The photographic realisation should comprise the urban environment "City" showing contrasts or unity of citizens and architecture. The role of the human being within the urban architecture is the idea. Linhof expects a conceptional work relating to the theme with probably new personal reflections.
The Linhof Award for Young Photography is based on the fine art aesthetic principles of large format photo graphy. The competition is issued worldwide by Linhof Präzisions-Systemtechnik GmbH / Munich.
The competition is open to all professional photographers and students of photo graphy. Maximum age is 35 years. Every participant may submit a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 8 entries all dealing with the theme of the contest. All works should have been taken since 2008.
Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2009 (date of the sending post office).

The prizes are as follows:
1st. Linhof Camera equipment to the value of 10000 Euro
2nd. Linhof Camera equipment to the value of 3000 Euro
3rd. Linhof Camera accessories to the value of 1000 Euro
The judging will take place in April 2009 by a select jury of experts in the photographic world to determine the 3 best entries.

Members of the jury are:
Thomas Weski, Dep. Director, Haus der Kunst Munich, Curator of Photography
Hans-Michael Koetzle, Author and Journalist, Munich
Prof. Peter Bialobrzeski, High School for Art and Design Bremen, Photographer
Brigitte Nusser, Collectioneer of Photographs, Munich
Anna Wondrak, Art Historian, Munich
Barbara Wolff, Photographer, Munich

The application form can be downloaded under www.linhof.de/award_e.pdf

More Information:
www.linhof.de
Linhof Präzisions-Systemtechnik GmbH
Mrs. Anna Wondrak
Rupert-Mayer-Str. 45, 81379 Munich, Germany
info@linhof.de

Photo+Book: A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published On-Demand Photography Books

Call for Entries on Exhibition of Self-Published Books
Deadline: January 24

Contests, Juried Art Shows , Poetry Art Gallery

Photographers have been witness to a dizzying array of groundbreaking innovations in recent years. One of those exciting innovations is the emergence of "self-published, on demand" book printing services. You know.... Blurb, Lulu, iPhoto, MyPublisher and all those other proliferating providers as well. These books allow photographers to present their photographs in a high-quality, low-cost and professional-looking book. Let's celebrate these books and the artists behind them. Photo+Book will be juried by Christopher Rauschenberg and four artists submitting books will be selected for Best of Show Awards.

23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE 23rd Ave. Portland, OR 97232, 97232, Oregon, United States

Call for Submissions: Spring Arts Collective!

Call for Entries
IMAGINE

Juror: Susan Burnstine



Submission Deadline: February 7th, 2009

About the theme:
Reaching across boundaries, breaking rules, living on the edge,
dreaming the unknown,
envision all things possible. This exhibit will showcase diverse
perspectives portrayed by
photographer’s interpretation of the theme “Imagine”.

Eligibility:
This exhibition is open to all domestic and international,
professional and amateur,
photographers. Work derived from all photographic processes, both
traditional and digital,
are accepted, as well as mixed media work that is photo-based.

Exhibition and Awards:
Spring Arts Collective Gallery exhibits the work of contemporary
artists, both established and
emerging. Work will remain on exhibit for one month. Over 1200 people
attend SAC’s monthly
opening night event, held in conjunction with the LA Downtown Art
Walk on Gallery Row.
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their
work will be seen by an
audience of artists and collectors who appreciate photographic and
digital art forms.

• Selected images will be exhibited and available for sale at SAC
Gallery in Los Angeles, CA,
from March 12th - April 5th 2009.
• Selected images will also be prominently featured on the SAC
Gallery website and be
included in news releases to various local and web publications.
• A public reception for the artists will take place on Thursday,
March 12th 7-9pm to coincide
with the LA Downtown Art Walk on Gallery Row.
• First place winner will receive a one day workshop of Susan
Burnstine’s Visual Narratives
I or II or $100.00.
• Two honorable mentions will be awarded.

About the Juror:
Susan Burnstine is an award winning professional fine art and
commercial photographer based
in Los Angeles who builds homemade cameras and lenses primarily made
out of plastic,
vintage camera parts and random household objects. Susan is
represented in galleries across
the country, widely published throughout the world, and has written
for several photography
magazines, including Camera Arts and a monthly column for Black &
White Photography (UK).
www.susanburnstine.com

Submissions:
Submissions can be made online at: http://
www.springartscollective.com/docs/sac_submissions.html
JPEG SIZE: 900 pixels longest side @72dpi.
You may also download and print out an entry form (PDF located below)
and mail a CD with
your images and $35 processing fee (Made out to Studio 528) to:

Spring Arts Collective Gallery
Attention Artist Submissions
c/o Studio 528
453 S. Spring St. Suite 528
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Unless an SASE is provided, materials will not be returned.

Entry Fee:
Registration fee is $35US (six images).

If your work is accepted:
1. Send work framed and matted, ready for hanging. Max size of frame
is 28”
2. Include return postage or fed ex number for framed prints to be
shipped back to you
after the exhibition. Prints without postage cannot be returned.
Prints will be returned
in the container they were received.
3. When packing framed print, do NOT use Styrofoam peanuts.
4. The framed print MUST BE received by March 7th, 2009
5. Ship to:
Spring Arts Collective Gallery
Attention “Imagine Exhibition”
c/o Studio 528
453 S. Spring St. Suite 528
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Sales:
SAC Gallery encourages the sale of exhibited photographs. The
commission charged will be
50% of the sale price. Print your name, address, telephone numbers
(work and home), and
sales amount on a slip of paper and tape to back of frame. If your
print is Not-For-Sale (NFS)
please specify.

Calendar:
Deadline for entries: February 7th, 2009
Winners announced: February 16th, 2009
Selected entries must be recieved by March 7th, 2009
Exhibit Dates: March 12th – April 5th 2009

For more information go to http://www.springartscollective.com

The Truth About the Fact: Call for Submissions

The Truth About the Fact, International Journal of Literary published by LMU seeks photography submissions for publication. Deadline: December 31, 2008. Submission information: http://www.thetruthaboutthefact.com/

Photography Contest Sponsored by LMU Study Abroad!

Photo Contest: “Pictures From Abroad” Sponsored by The Study Abroad Office

The Study Abroad Office is holding a photo contest open to all LMU students, faculty, and staff, to promote International Education Week. The contest will also raise funds for Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that helps repair childhood facial deformities around the world.

Guidelines:
1. Submit pictures from Tuesday, Oct. 28 - Friday, Nov. 14
2. Photos must be pictures from abroad in a hard copy form
3. Sizes 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10 are acceptable
4. Cost is $2 for the first two photo submissions; $1 per photo for additional photo submissions

All proceeds from this contest will be donated to “Operation Smile.” Photos should be submitted to the Study Abroad Office located in University Hall, Suite 1840 in person. (We are not accepting digital submissions or submissions by mail.) All pictures must be appropriate for public viewing at LMU.

When you submit your photos, you can pay by check or credit card. Alternatively, you can pay online at http://support.operationsmile.org/goto/lmustudyabroad . If you choose the online option, please print your receipt and bring it in to us with your photos. Your contribution is tax deductible.

All photos will be exhibited on Tuesday, Nov. 18, during convo hour, in Alumni Mall. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced and you also have the opportunity to vote for your favorite!

For more information, contact Julie Jimenez at x86068 or julie.jimenez@lmu.edu .

Onward '09 2nd Annual Juried Photography Competition

ONWARD ‘09: 2nd Annual Juried Photography Competition

Project Basho is pleased to announce ONWARD ‘09, annual juried photography competition, exclusively featuring new and emerging photographs’ work.

This year, we are inviting Peter Barberie, Curator of Photographs at Philadelphia Museum of Art as juror. The deadline is November 14. For more information, please download the entry form from our website.

Theme for the competition is open, and any photographic medium including but not limited to historical processes, traditional silver printing, chromogenic printing and digital processes can be submitted for consideration. Selected photographers’ work will be featured in a group exhibition at Project Basho Gallery. Further recognition will be awarded in the form of cash awards and opportunities for a two-person show at Project Basho Gallery.

Last year’s competition attracted close to 300 photographers nationally and internationally who submitted over 1200 images. Andrea Modica, the last year juror selected 59 photographs for the show at Project Basho Gallery, which was held in January and February 2008. You can see selected photographers’ work on ONWARD ‘08 Web Gallery.

Deadline: November 14

Project Basho, 1305 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19122, 215-238-0928, onward.projectbasho.org

Student Profile: Justin Manzano

"My photographic ideas begin in my dreams. Numerous abstractions are created [within my dream] and my conscious mind is left to decipher and transform the random thoughts into concrete images and organized ideas."

Hometown: San Diego
Influences: dreams, the United Kingdom, muses, Modernism
Favorite Book: Sartori in Paris, Jack Kerouac
Favorite place in LA: Main Street, Santa Monica
Favorite Artists: Avedon, Demarchelier, Arbus, Testino, Hirst, Koons, & Hokusai

Lecture: Curating Contemporary Photography by Charlotte Cotton

Charlotte Cotton, Curator and Department Head of Photographs at LACMA, will be speaking at OTIS College of Art and Design, Ben Maltz Gallery on November 10 from 7:30-9.

The lecture is being held in conjunction with the exhibition, "When It's a Photograph" which examines variations on the traditional photographic image.

http://www.otis.edu/calendar/detail/id/1021

Opening Tonight! Solo Shows by Malia Prietto and Sergio Esparza in the Student Art Gallery

Opening Tonight October 11: APPAREO: New Work by Malia Prietto and Sergio Esparza

Join the artists for the opening reception of their solo shows Saturday, October 11 from 6-9pm in the Thomas P Kelly Gallery

The exhibition will run until October 23

Student Scholarship to Attend SPE National Conference in Dallas

The Society for Photographic Education is offering 2 opportunities for photography students to attend the national SPE Conference in Dallas. Going to SPE as a student is a great way to meet other photography students and professionals from around the country, learn more about graduate programs, attend lectures and demonstrations, learn more about new photo materials and supplies, have your portfolio reviewed, and attend lectures given by prominent artists.

The Freestyle Crystal Apple Award is for an undergraduate who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in black and white photography and carries an award of $5000 cash.

The SPE student award features a free membership to SPE, conference fee waiver, and a $500 travel stipend.

For more information: http://spenational.org/membership/index.html
(Click on 2009 Student Scholarships)

AXE/Los Angeles Unscene Competition

Free to submit 20 images! Proximity, new body fragrances by AXE, is putting local Los Angeles artists on assignment by asking them to visually capture the new scents through photography. LA participants can submit up to 20 photos that bring to life the essence of one selected fragrance, Bergamot, which is edgy, masculine and vibrant.

Deadline: October 15

http://www.unscenetour.com/la_prox.php

$1000 Scholarship for Junior or Senior Photography Student

Great opportunity to receive $1000! Scholarship is open to current undergraduate Juniors and Seniors and also to 2007 Graduates.

Deadline: October 14

http://www.trappedinanutshell.com/2008/08/life-in-focus-2008-photography-gran.html

glow Santa Monica Dusk to Dawn Mulitmedia Arts Exhibition

July 19th from 7pm- 7am

Art, Music, Video throughout the night in Santa Monica. Includes new work by Dmitry Kmelnitsky

2 Student Shows in Burns 138 + 152 reception Thursday, April 24 7-8:30

Student Profile: Malia Prietto

Malia Prietto is a graduating senior majoring in Psychology and Photography.

"My photographs stem from an interest in people and their story. I
photograph portraits, focusing on each individual and their unique
identity and personality. I often draw from my studies as a
psychology student for new ideas and inspiration. I like to explore
the way in which people change when they encounter new experiences
throughout their life. I try to express the emotions that come with
these new experiences."





Hometown: Laguna Beach
Favorite Place in LA: Venice
Influences: All forms of creative expression, family, music, psychology
Favorite Artists: Sally Mann, Lauren Greenfield, Gregory Crewdson, Mark Rothko

125 PAID! Internships in the Arts Available in LA this Summer

Los Angeles County, through its Arts Commission, has given grants
totaling $496,000 to 87 performing, literary, media and municipal arts
organizations throughout Los Angeles County to support paid internships
for college undergraduates in summer 2008.

Descriptions of and contacts for the 125 internship positions are posted
on the Arts Commission's web site. Go to www.lacountyarts.org
, click on Internships, then 2008
Internship Positions. The direct link is
http://www.lacountyarts.org/internship_2008.pdf

Full-time college undergraduates either resident in or attending school
in Los Angeles County are eligible for the internships. Interns must
also have completed at least one semester of college by June 2008 and
must not graduate before December 2008. Interns are paid $350 per week,
for 40 hours a week, for 10 weeks and take part in educational and arts
networking activities. Through the program, interns gain a deeper
understanding of the work involved in nonprofit arts administration and
the role of the arts in a community, and develop business skills that
can be put to use in their future careers. Internship host organizations
help mold and shape potential new workers in the arts field who may go
on to arts leadership positions on staffs, boards or as volunteers.

Interested undergraduates should apply directly to the organization
offering the internship, not the Arts Commission. General information on
the internship program is also available at
http://www.lacountyarts.org/internship.html

Malia Prietto: Solo Show in Burns 138 Opening Reception Thursday, April 3, 7-8:30

Senior photo/psychology major Malia Prietto will be showing new work in Burns 138. Her show, "Here and There" will be on view until April 16.

Come to the opening reception Thursday, April 3 from 7-8:30!

ArtWalk at the Brewery This Weekend

The Brewery Art Walk is a twice annual open studio weekend at the worlds largest art colony. Each artwalk, over 100 resident artists participate. During this event, you will have the opportunity to see new works, discover new favorites, speak with the artists and purchase artworks directly from the artists at studio prices.

The Brewery Art Walk takes place:
April 5th and 6th, from
11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Admission is free and so is parking. Come support LA's finest artists, take home some great works and and dine at the onsite restaurant.

Thanks to Sergio for sending me the info....

"Multimedia Seminars: Careers in Videogames" Thursday April 3 Convo Hour Burns 214

Two Loyola Marymount University graduates, Thomas Inesi (Class of 1996) and Steve Ratter (Class of 1990) both of whom have successful careers as artists in video game development will talk about the video game industry in Los Angeles as a city of many opportunities for an artist that who wants to get into games/software/digital media. As a developing industry, the possibilities for success can seem overwhelming, but whatever discipline or creative skill you excel at, there will most likely be a useful, real-world application in the creation of interactive gaming.

Thomas Inesi and Steve Ratter, will talk about multimedia career opportunities for the potential Game Developer, Art Director, Concept Artist, Environmental Artist, Levels Artist, 3-D Artist, Animator, Sound Designer, Scriptwriter and Programmer.

Thomas Inesi is currently a Senior Character Artist at High Imact Games. He has previously worked at Electronic Arts as a UI artist on "Medal of Honor Underground", and as Character Artists at Spark Unlimited and Treyarc (a division of Activision) where he worked on "Call of Duty 3" and "Bond".

Steve Ratter is a Senior Environment Artist at Insomniac Games. He has previoiusly worked at Dreamworks Interactive, Electronic Arts, Inscape, Philips Media, and was a member of the initial team that started Spark Unlimited. His game credits include "Small Soldiers", "Chaos Island", "Medal of Honor", "Call of Duty" and most recently, "Resistance: The Fall of Man" for the Playstation 3.


Everyone with an interest in creative career in art, multimedia, design, music, animation, film, and computer science is invited to attend and as a special bonus, we will be giving away FREE COPIES of "Video Game Developer's Guide to Careers in Video Games" to the first 20 people!

Plan to attend!

For Additional information contact the Department of Art and Art History at 310-338-7424, or Michael Brodsky at mbrodsky@lmu.edu and Dmitry Kmelnitsky at dkmelnitsky@lmu.edu .

LMU to restage Allan Kaprow Happening in Conjunction with Exhibition at MoCA: Call for Student Participation!

Mandatory Meeting: Thursday, March 27, Burns 211, convo hour

Burns 138 Solo Show: Erik Benjamins: "Where We Go"

Reception for the Artist: Thursday, March 27 7-8:30
Burns 138

Student Profile: Ryan Hopkins

Ryan Hopkins is a senior studio arts major originally from New Jersey and Danville, CA

"Unlike many photographer's, I don't have a story of picking up my first camera at 3 years old, instantly falling in love. Photography fell on my lap, on accident. I had the choice to take painting or photography, and I don't have the patience for painting. Little did I know that it would turn into a passion, that almost never exits my brain. I'm always thinking of crazy ideas that have an extravagant factor, i.e. I can't afford it or I don't know how to do, yet I always come out with something that is cohesive with my original idea. I learn more every day, venturing out to try new techniques and I enjoy it even more than I could have ever imagined."

Favorite Artists: Ansel Adams, Annie Leibovitz, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Patrick Hoelck
Favorite Movie: American Beauty
Favorite Place in LA: Topanga Canyon
Quote: "The most wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers are a wonderful thing"

Martin Kersels to Speak at LMU

Tuesday, March 11 8:00pm
Ahmanson Auditorium
UHALL 1000

Martin Kersels is known for his performance-oriented works and his mechanical sculptures made of found objects, moving parts, images, and sound. Kersels was a member of a neo-Dadaist performance group with bizarre costumes and awkward movements. Like himself, 6 feet 7 inches, weighing over 300 pounds, the work of Kersels is large and awkward. His sculptures and performances are often humorous and light-hearted at first, however, they reveal the true embarrassment of not fitting in. Kersels most recent works take his themes of scale and the effects of gravity into more conceptual directions.
Kersels was a member of SHRIMPS and several of his pieces have included music soundtracks composed by Mark Wheaton. His first piece was Objects of the Dealer, 1995. In 1997, he was part of group exhibitions; CA 9001-185, W-139, Amsterdam; COLA: 1996-1997 Individual Artist’s Grants, The Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angles; 1997 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and The Power of Suggestion, LACMA. His most recent works include The Tumble Room and Dionysian Stage. The Tumble Room presents objects in a young girl’s bedroom which turns into remains to be refined, using humor and pathos to heal the reality of everyday life. In Dionysian Stage, its on-going movement creates reflections on the ceiling like a disco ball. Kersels currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Mr. Kersels visit is part of the ARTin LA/LA Now course in the Department of Art and Art history and is sponsored by the College of Communication and Fine Arts Visiting Artists and Lectures Fund.

Sundance Channel Showing Documentaries on Photographers Through March

SCHEDULE:

HELMUT NEWTON: MY LIFE

Director - Gero von Boehm

Helmut Newton was one of the most renowned and controversial fashion photographers of the past half-century. His shocking mix of chic decadence with haute couture changed the look of glossy magazines around the world, while earning him accusations of sexism and perversity. Shortly before his death at age 83, Newton collaborated with documentary filmmaker Gero von Boehm on this humorous and revealing biographical profile. In Monte Carlo, Los Angeles and Berlin, Newton talks about his life, influences and unquenchable obsession with photography.
(2002) Color (52 mins)
WEDNESDAY MAR 26 1:30AM
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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE IMPASSIONED EYE

Director - Heinz Bütler

Considered by many the greatest photographer of the 20th Century, Henri Cartier-Bresson was also notorious for not wanting to be photographed or interviewed on camera. Shortly before Cartier-Bresson’s death at age 95 in 2004, documentary filmmaker Heinz Bütler interviewed the man who defined “the decisive moment” and recorded reflections and anecdotes from a lifetime shooting images in remote locales around the globe. Supplemented by many of Cartier-Bresson’s iconic images and contributions from Arthur Miller, Isabelle Huppert and others.
(2003) Color (72 mins)
MONDAY MAR 10 6PM | FRIDAY MAR 28 12:15PM
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MUHAMMAD ALI, THE GREATEST

Director - William Klein

Ten pivotal years in the life of Muhammad Ali — from Cassius Clay’s 1964 debut as a swaggering and savvy media star to Ali’s triumph in 1974’s RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE against George Foreman in Zaire — are mesmerizingly captured in this documentary portrait by William Klein. An influential photographer and filmmaker, Klein had a trained eye for the power of the media image, and recognized Ali’s charisma and social significance early in his career. “Fascinating … riveting … Ali is always compelling, no matter what he’s doing” — The Guardian.
(1974) Color and B&W (111 mins)
MONDAY MAR 10 at NOON | SATURDAY MAR 15 5AM | SATURDAY MAR 22 10AM
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PETER BEARD: SCRAPBOOKS FROM AFRICA & BEYOND

Director - Guillaume Bonn
Director - Jean-Claude Luyat

Renowned for his magnificent images of Africa’s landscape and wildlife, his collage diaries and his commercial fashion shoots, photographer Peter Beard comes into focus in this documentary profile by Guillaume Bonn and Jean-Claude Luyat. Beard’s life and half-century career has been divided between remote African locales and fashionable cosmopolitan circles, where he has counted among his friends Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Francis Bacon and Mick Jagger. A rare and engrossing portrait of one of the world’s last artist-adventurers.
(1998) Color (54 mins)
SATURDAY MAR 15 7PM | MONDAY MAR 24 8PM
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SAVING JAZZ

Director - Leslie Woodhead

Since the 1940s, photographer Herman Leonard has created the definitive visual history of jazz, with classic images of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and hundreds of other music icons. However, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Leonard’s studio, darkroom and part of his photographic archive were badly damaged by eight feet of water. This documentary by Leslie Woodhead follows the 82-year-old photographer on his painful return home and his efforts to rebuild his life’s work. With Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett and others.
(2006) Color (58 mins)
MONDAY MAR 17 1PM | WEDNESDAY MAR 26 10AM
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STARS BY HELMUT NEWTON

Director - Julian Benedikt

As renowned for his striking portraits as for his shocking and iconoclastic fashion photography, the late Helmut Newton created a gallery of iconic images that pictorially defined the best-known supermodels, Hollywood stars and artists of the last three decades. Filmmaker Julian Benedikt explores this aspect of Newton’s career as many noted celebrities who sat before Newton’s lens — including Claudia Schiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Jodie Foster, Robert Evans, Billy Wilder, Marianne Faithful and David Lynch — reflect on Newton’s work and his legacy.
(2000) Color (58 mins)
TUESDAY MAR 25 1AM
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TIERNEY GEARON: THE MOTHER PROJECT

Director - Jack Youngelson
Director - Peter Sutherland

Documentary filmmakers Jack Youngelson and Peter Sutherland present a sympathetic profile of Tierney Gearon, an American model-turned-photographer whose surreal, vividly colored snapshots of family life became the center of a scandal when they were exhibited in London in 2001. Delving into the personal dynamics that partly inspired Gearon’s compelling images, Youngelson and Sutherland follow the photographer at work as she interacts with her children and her manic-depressive, schizophrenic mother, who figure prominently in her work.
(2006) Color (70 mins)
TUESDAY MAR 18 2:45AM
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TINA BARNEY: SOCIAL STUDIES

Director - Jaci Judelson

Born into an exclusive world of wealth and privilege, photographer Tina Barney has made a career capturing America’s gentrified East Coast upper classes in revealing large-scale color portraits. Sometimes called the “Diane Arbus of the rich,” Barney herself is profiled in this documentary portrait by filmmaker Jaci Judelson. Cameras follow Barney while engaged in a new project: a series of images capturing the lives of Europe’s aristocrats, at home in their lavish city apartments, partying and at their country estates.
(2005) Color (56 mins)
FRIDAY MAR 14 7PM
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TINA IN MEXICO

Director - Brenda Longfellow

Pioneering photographer, silent-film star, model, muse to artists and writers, revolutionary — the tempestuous life of Tina Modotti (1896 - 1942) could easily be confused with a novelist’s creation. Documentary filmmaker Brenda Longfellow tells the story of Tina’s time in Mexico, where she was Edward Weston’s assistant and lover, modeled for Diego Rivera, became passionately involved in leftist causes and created some of the most beautiful and iconic photographs of the 20th century. “Graceful and elegiac” — Toronto Globe and Mail.
(2003) B&W (77 mins)
MONDAY MAR 17 1:30AM
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NYC Gallery: Young Emerging Artists Exhibition

This is an open call for submissions for Lana Santorelli Gallery’s Young Emerging Artists Exhibition. Artists under 30 years of age are qualified to submit work for this show. Priority deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 13, 2008.

Submission Guidelines:

Please include your brief resume, artist statement, cover letter, and artwork detail list (including title, medium, dimensions, and artist’s compensation expected for of each piece submitted).

Please email images or mail CD of images (20 images maximum). No slides please.

We will not return submissions from artists who request their packages be mailed back unless artist has sent sufficient return postage. We prefer to keep artists’ work in our files to consider them for future shows.

Please send submissions to:
Lana Santorelli Gallery
110 W 26th Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10001
lanasantorelligallery@gmail.com

LACMA BCAM Free College Student Night FEBRUARY 28

An evening just for college students! Come, bring your friends, and check out the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at LACMA. Designed by the internationally acclaimed Renzo Piano Building Workshop, this three-story building includes 60,000 square feet of exhibition space created specifically for the display of art from 1945 to the present. On view in the initial installation will be 200 works from the renowned collection of The Broad Art Foundation and LACMA’s contemporary collection. Explore Robert Irwin’s outdoor palm garden, share your ideas in a gallery discussion, or enjoy a free reception in your honor!
Free; no reservations required.

Professor Han Dai-Yu Exhibition @ Los Angeles Contemporary Gallery Opening Reception: March 1 6-9pm

Martin Parr Lecture at LACMA March 9th

Sunday, March 9 @ 7pm

LACMA’s curator of photography Charlotte Cotton moderates an informal discussion with the British photographers Chris Killip and Martin Parr about their work from the early 1980s. This conversation explores the visionary work of these highly influential documentary photographers whose images document the social terrain of their communities in the United Kingdom during times of economic and political turbulence.
Brown Auditorium | Free; tickets are required. Tickets are available at the LACMA box office one hour before the program begins.

Student Profile: Kirsten Harkonen

Kirsten Harkonen is a junior studio arts major originally from San Francisco concentrating in painting and photography.



FAVORITE ARTISTS: Kiki Smith, Joseph Cornell, David Hockney, Jeff Wall, Melanie Pullen, Weegee, Banksy, Goya, Andy Goldsworthy, Salvador Dali, Eva Hesse, Kelli Connell, Tarrah
Krajnak & Wilka Roig, Shomei Tomatsu, Ian Francis, Terry Winters, Helen
Frankenthaler, and Rothko


INFLUENCES: childhood memories, family, Melanie Pullen, Weegee, Lori Nix, Cindy Sherman, and renaissance paintings

FAVORITE PLACE IN LA: Downtown

FAVORITE BOOK: The Awakening by Kate Chopin



For more information, visit Kirsten's blog: http://art-chatter.blogspot.com

Photo Related Job Close to Campus

Attention Photography and Graphic Design Majors (or anyone with Adobe skills):

would you like the opportunity to work with a successful, local photography studio specializing in faces and people (Hollywood and headshot photography) that has been thriving for over 30 years?
Play del Rey-based studio wants to PAY a local student who has excellent working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Lightroom. Studio seeks assistance and training to better automate workflow via use of (Adobe commands) actions, batching, droplets, and other time-saving features. Studio is only five minutes from campus.
If interested, please contact Bill at bcstudios@hotmail.com or call 310.849.8281.

On View at the Laband: DISSENT! 1968 & Now

February 10- March 20, 2008

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the global student uprisings of 1968, Dissent! 1968 and Now examines the oppositional power of art. The exhibition features some of the most influential images of protest from 1968, including works by the French Atelier Populaire, Sister Corita and Rupert Garcia. Students from eight of Los Angeles’ prominent art schools (LMU, CalArts, Cal State Long Beach, Occidental, Otis, UC Irvine, UCLA and USC) have also been invited to confront mainstream media, political practices and other issues affecting the contemporary world. The works will be selected by well-known Los Angeles protest artist Robbie Conal along with co-curators Erik Benjamins, a senior at LMU, and Carolyn Peter, director of the Laband Art Gallery. (from Laband website)

Erik Benjamins, a senior studio arts major, explains "the idea for the show came out of my self epiphany in creating work that is political and socially responsible and the importance of students today creating work that addresses such issues instead of simply a celebration of aesthetic and technical skill. To coincide with the fortieth anniversary of global protest we featured a small portion of political art from around the planet as well as work from student artists from seven los angeles institutions. The studio visits were great in that it allowed us to meet with the submitting artists and talk with their work face to face. Students today should all be political entities regardless of educational focus. The arts hold a strong relevance because of the universal applicability towards the medium in affecting the masses. Such means to document and express can act as a powerful tool for cultural thought and progress."