Call for Photos - Global Peace Film Festival

I encourage any and all to submit photographs to the Global Peace Film Festival based upon the theme, "Picture This - My Connection to Peace".

Your work will be displayed on their website, and you can win passes to screenings.
GREAT opportunity!

You can find out more by clicking HERE, and HERE.

Good luck!

About the Global Peace Film Festival
September 20-25, 2011

The Global Peace Film Festival was established to utilize the power of the motion picture to further the goal of peace on earth. With a mission to expand the definition of peace beyond anti-war, ideology, activism or specific causes, the Global Peace Film Festival films and events suggest a more personal message as reflected in the daily lives of individuals and communities the world over.

The GPFF presents films from around the world and global discussions that highlight the power of this extraordinary medium as it relates to new peace issues. See films from around the world, attend educational panels, meet filmmakers and special guests and hear from local activists about their work. And get involved!

Above content from Global Peace Film Festival

Interview with Alison Nordstrom of George Eastman House on the Life and Work of Lewis Hine

Lewis W. Hine, courtesy of George Eastman House
“Little Spinner in Mill.” Augusta, Ga.

This month, James Estrin met with Alison Nordstrom, the curator of a major retrospective of more than 150 Lewis Wickes Hine photographs that opens Sept. 7 in Paris at the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Ms. Nordstrom is also the curator of photographs at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, where the two talked. Their conversation has been edited.

Click HERE to read the interview.

Above content from The New York Times, Lens Blog.

New Exhibitions at Southeast Museum of Photography Open

Gysgt. Carlos "OJ" Orjuela age 31, Garmsir, Afghanistan
Louie Palu

Just a quick jaunt from Winter Park, the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona is a great local resource. I highly encourage you all to make it a point to visit at some point. The current exhibition is very timely. An Artist’s Panel Discussion will be held on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 6:00 pm; reception to follow.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

IN REVIEW: WAR
Ed Grazda, Louie Palu, Lucian Perkins and Christopher Sims

"After ten years of turmoil, uncertainty and conflict we confront the anniversary of the events of September 11th. What has happened since then, and how have photographers helped shape our understanding of these complex events and the circumstances surrounding them? Four photographers and four dramatically different records are presented alongside images made at the actual site of what has become known as “ground zero” on that September day in 2001.

Each photographer has created a unique archive that powerfully articulates their own particular understanding of the forces in play in these events. Drawing from the fields of portraiture, documentary and reportage photography; each series forms an authentic and engaging facet of the not-yet-complete archive of an elusive global conflict, and a series of wars that have not yet fully ended. Featuring the photography of Ed Grazda, Louie Palu, Lucian Perkins and Christopher Sims"

Above content from The Southeast Museum of Photography

Click HERE for more information on the exhibitions.

Behind the Scenes Look at the Fabricated Worlds of Matthew Albanese

Above Image: Matthew Albanese, New Life #2 (Diorama made using painted parchment paper, thread, hand dyed ostrich feathers, carved chocolate, wire, raffia, masking tape, coffee, synthetic potting moss and cotton).

Some pretty remarkable work! You can view production stills from the artist's studio by clicking HERE. To view more work by Matthew Albanese as well as video clips of the work in production, click HERE.

Jessica Auer on Unmarked Sites

Image Credit: Copyright, Jessica Auer

Check out the link below to read a really nice interview with Canadian based photographer Jessica Auer. http://www.urbanautica.com/post/8080579829/jessica-auer

Studio Art Senior Natascha Vazquez Creates Public Art in The Bahamas

The above images are from the ambitious project that Natascha worked on over the summer. About this project, Natascha says:

"I got a group of art majors from the College of the Bahamas to come to Abaco (a remote outer island in the Bahamas) to create a public art piece out of found material that has been washed up on the beaches in Southern Abaco. These beaches are on the Atlantic side of the island, catching tons of debris that has been floating in the ocean for years, and finally washes up on shore. I thought it would be interesting to utilize this free "art material" in interesting, artistic ways while at the same time, clean the beach and create awareness of pollution.

We decided to create the bow of a boat, pertruding out of a cliff that we thought would be an appropriate site for this particular piece. It was challenging because of the height, but we found solutions. The
reason we chose a boat was to educate people on where exactly these trash items are coming from, and to present viewers with an art piece which seems beautiful, but dirty at the same time. The trash that has
been washed up on the shore-line is situated in such a beautiful place, and doesn't belong in that spot."

Student Exhibition Opportunity in Miami

Lunchbox Gallery is accepting submissions from Florida students for their One Night Stand Project which affords students the opportunity to exhibit their work during the popular Wynwood Gallery Walks.

I highly encourage all students to put together a strong portfolio and APPLY!

More information can be found HERE

Katy Grannan - New Work

Katy Grannan. Anonymous, LA, 2009. Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery

Click HERE to read an interview with Katy Grannan about her recent series, Boulevard as well as a brief discussion of her short film, The Believers.

FIELD TRIP TO THE SOUTHEAST MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY - SATURDAY, JANUARY 29TH

**SIGN UP SHEET OUTSIDE OF DAWN ROE'S OFFICE**

We will be taking a field trip to the Southeast Museum of Photography, next Saturday January 29th. Karen Glaser will be present to give an artist's talk about her work, detailed below. Also on view are photographs by Bill Armstrong, Linda Connor, and Lorna Bieber.

The JUMP Bus has only 14 seats, so sign up fast to reserve your space!!
We will leave from the area behind the tennis courts (where athletic vans and JUMP bus are parked) promptly at 3:30 p.m. We should return back to Rollins by 7:30 p.m.

For more information on these exhibitions, click HERE.

January 29, 2011- May 29, 2011

THE MARK OF WATER
Florida's Springs and Swamps
Karen Glaser

Bream in the Highlights, 2006

Rewind the BETAMAX of life: Nam June Paik at Tate Liverpool and FACT

Nam June Paik in collaboration with Norman Ballard, 
Laser Cone, 2001/2010

Installation view at FACT (Foundation for Art Creative Technology) Photographer: Stephen King

Really nice review of the Nam Jun Paik's retrospective in Britain. Click HERE to read the full story.

Lyle Rexer @ CFAM on Saturday

Do NOT miss this opportunity to hear exhibition curator Lyle Rexer speak about the work currently on view at CFAM.
I mean it. Do NOT miss it!

Click the blurb below for more details:

Rollins College - Event Details View - Lyle Rexer presents "The Edge of Vision—or the End of Vision? Photography after Abstraction"

...and the Top 10 from 1 of the Photo-Eye Judges

Click HERE to read the article.
(Might want to read over the post below first).

Photo-Eye Announces Best Books of 2010

Click HERE and have a look.

The End of Kodachrome

Steve Hebert for The New York Times

Read the full story in The New York Times.

Hide/Seek Exhibition Walk Through Video

Here is a great examples of how not to see an exhibition. Nonetheless, it does give a good sense of how the show is laid out. Have a look, and pause here and there.