July 2010 Opportunities & Resources
The Magnificent Spiral (No. 5) by Clarence John Laughlin, 1948.
© The Historic New Orleans Collection. Accession number 1981.247.1.981.
Clarence John Laughlin Photography Award
New Orleans Photo Alliance Announces the Annual $5000 Clarence John Laughlin Award
The New Orleans Photo Alliance is pleased to announce its offering of an annual $5000 award to recognize and reward a fine art photographer who is creating or has completed a significant body of photographic work.
The Clarence John Laughlin Award was created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance to support the work of photographers who use the medium as a means of creative expression. It honors the life and work of Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985), a New Orleans photographer best known for his surrealist images of the American South. The Clarence John Laughlin Award grants one $5000 prize annually to a photographer whose work exhibits sustained artistic excellence and creative vision. John Wood, Editor of 21st Editions, will serve as the inaugural juror.
This new award is open to emerging and established photographers who reside in the U.S. The online application process requires a portfolio of 10-20 photographs, a written statement, a bio or CV, and a $25 application fee. The application deadline is September 15, 2010. Only one recipient will be selected to receive the $5,000 award.
This is a terrific opportunity for us to support the creativity of photographers and to make their work available to the public. said NOPA President George Long. The Award serves as a compliment to our Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, which offers opportunity and prestige to some exceptionally talented and deserving photographers.
The New Orleans Photo Alliance will announce the winner on November 1st and present the prize during this year’s PhotoNOLA festival in December 2010. Complete details, guidelines and an application form are available at:
http://NewOrleansPhotoAlliance.org/grants/CJL_Award
About Clarence John Laughlin
Louisiana-born Clarence John Laughlin (14 August 1905-2 January 1985) photographed and wrote about things that interested him and that he thought others should notice, too. Laughlin found hidden meanings and universal truths in a variety of sources: everyday objects, the architecture of New Orleans, Louisiana’s plantations, and Victorian architecture of the United States. He interpreted these subjects, and others, through black and white photographs, accompanied by texts he composed to steer the viewer in certain directions about the photographs’ contents. Collage, multiple exposures, combination printing, and hand-coloring were among the tools he incorporated in crafting his pictures. His 1948 Ghosts Along the Mississippi was critically acclaimed and remained in print for some four decades. Museums around the world house his prints. Prior to his death, his archive of photographs and writing was acquired by The Historic New Orleans Collection.
~John H. Lawrence, The Historic New Orleans Collection
About the New Orleans Photo Alliance
The New Orleans Photo Alliance was formed by a diverse group of photographers in 2006 to foster community and opportunities for photographers in the Gulf South. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage the understanding and appreciation of photography. NOPA currently serves more than 350 members from Louisiana and throughout the United States. Since its inception NOPA has sponsored numerous photographic exhibitions, workshops and educational programs, including PhotoNOLA, the annual photography festival held each December in New Orleans. In 2009, NOPA instituted the Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, a $5000 annual grant.
To learn more about the New Orleans Photo Alliance, please visit the website:
wwww.neworleansphotoalliance.org
New Orleans Photo Alliance
1111 St. Mary Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Voies Off
26 ter rue Raspail – 13200 Arles
Tél : +33 (0)4 90 96 93 82 – Fax : +33 (0)4 90 96 93 82
www.voies-off.com | photographie@voies-off.com
Résistances :: 15 years of photographic alternative
How to celebrate 15 years of photography if not by asserting the strong and emblematic values of an artistic path that has kept on crystalizing with the years.
In the midst of the international crisis that photography has been undergoing–a crisis of meaning as well as a crisis for those professionals who have had to change course to survive–we have decided to invite concerned practitioners. We have the honor of introducing you to tonight’s showing conceived by Michel Poivert: Inner Self dealing with the presence of spirits, quite a challenge in our materialistic world. François Lauchon, with Xavier Zimbardo’s help (Fight For Foto) has managed to salvage Rapho, the famous French photo agency, from ruthless dismembering. With images selected from the agency’s archives we will celebrate intense moments of resistance throughout the 20th century. Purpose, the webmag / e-zine, has been advocating highly humanistic values through the choices of images and projects that they have made, carefully watching and analyzing the relationships developing between a market-driven economy and simple human beings. Another of our night-projection will be dedicated to them. As for Christian Gattinoni, the editor of lacritique.org he has accepted our offer and will act as the curator for Identity Lab, a project by L’Évadée collective. Questioning issues developed around the concept of “identity” he will take on, in his own way, a posture of resistance.
Finally, L’Arlésienne, another of Voies Off productions and night showings is intended to be a testimony of the festival’s anchoring in the city of Arles as well as a way for us to thank all the friends who have accepting our invitation to collaborate or simply join the ever-increasing numbers of our audience and supporters.
Although leaving most of this year’s night projections to the responsibilities of our renowned guests, as usual, Voies Off will celebrate and reward creativity during the nights dedicated to the selections for the 2010 Voies Off Prize.
This year over 60 candidates will be competing for our prize of international reputation.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our sponsors who have allowed us again to present you with such an entertaining and challenging program: from local government to various public institution and private sponsors. Moreover Voies Off would not exist without the scores of volunteers who have supported and labored at our project for so many years.
The whole Voies Off team is waiting for you from July 3rd to July 10th to celebrate its 15th anniversary in the inner yard of the Archbishop’s Palace.
Christophe Laloi, artistic director
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Concurso de fotografía Carteles De Anuncios En La Calle
Concurso Web.
Plazo de entrega: Octubre 15, 2010
Hoy empezamos este sencillo concurso con el que puedes ganar un Iphone4. Para participar solo tienes que hacer una foto en la que el tema principal sean los carteles de anuncios. Ya sabes, los típicos carteles de alquiler de habitación, clases particulares, etc. que todos conocemos y que puedes ver pegados en muchas de las calles, farolas, marquesinas de autobuses… de tu ciudad.
Bases del concurso:
1. Podrán concurrir a este Premio todas las personas que lo deseen (no importa el país de origen) siempre que las fotos sean originales e inéditas y no hayan sido presentadas a ningún otro concurso. Cualquier persona podrá participar con tantas fotos como desee.
2.- El tema principal de las fotos presentadas serán los carteles de anuncios (Los típicos carteles de alquiler de habitación, clases particulares, etc. que todos conocemos y que se pueden ver pegados en muchas de las calles, farolas, marquesinas, etc. de cualquier ciudad). Podrán ser fotos capturadas en la calle, en el tablondeanuncios de la facultad, en el supermercado o en cualquier lugar público en el que se halle el cartel. Las fotos pueden ser de un solo cartel o de un grupo de carteles, podrán ser espontáneas o composiciones. No se admitiran a concurso las fotos de carteles de anuncios de empresas.
3. Puedes participar de cualquiera de la siguientes formas:
a) A través de tu blog, fotoblog, posterous, tumblr, etc. Para ello has de publicar un post que contendrá:
El título. La foto en el cuerpo del post. El siguiente enlace al pie: Carteles de anuncios.
b) A través de Twitter: Solo tienes que escribir un tweet que contenga:
El título de la foto. El enlace hacia la foto (puedes publicar la foto en twittpic; flickr…). El enlace y hashtag: www.dondepongomicartel.com #tda
c) A través de Facebook o Tuenti: Solo tienes que escribir en tu muro un mensaje que contenga:
El titulo. La foto. Este enlace: http://www.dondepongomicartel.com
4. Premio: El premio será un Iphone4 de 16 GB, que se enviará al ganador directamente desde la Applestore de su pais de residencia. En caso de que en la fecha de entrega del premio, el Iphone4 no esté a la venta liberado en el pais de residencia del ganador, el premio será sustituido por su valor en metálico. Para ello se tomará como referencia el precio que en ese momento marque la tienda oficial de Apple en USA del Iphone4 de 16 GB.
5.- Plazo de presentacion de fotografías: El plazo de presentación de fotografías finaliza el día 15 de Octubre de 2010.
6. Los participantes eximen a la organización de cualquier responsabilidad derivada del plagio o cualquier otra trasgresión de la legislación vigente en la que pudieran incurrir los participantes.
7. Los autores de las fotos enviadas al concurso ceden gratuitamente sus derechos de reproducción a la organización para que estos sean expuestos en cualquiera de las páginas web de la misma y divulgados a través de sus cuentas de Facebook, Twitter, y cualquier otra red social que consideren conveniente. El premio podrá declararse desierto en caso de que el jurado, tras un análisis minucioso de los relatos publicados, considere que ninguno tiene la calidad suficiente. La participación en este concurso implica la plena aceptación de estas bases.
Todas las fotos participantes se incluirán o enlazarán desde este blog. No es necesario que nos envíes tu foto, pero si quieres asegurarte que entra en concurso, déjame un comentario con la dirección del blog, tweet, etc aquí. Cualquier duda puedes ponerte en contacto con nosotros a info@dondepongomicartel.com. Esperamos que participes y te deseamos que tengas suerte!
