Events and Opportunities: Medium, Palm Springs, All Media 2021 at IFAC, Duncan Miller on Selling Work

By Gerhard Clausing • I want to call your attention to the Medium Festival of Photography, currently going on mostly online (through March 13). Interesting presentations! Details here: https://www.mediumphoto.org/ Also, the Palm Springs Photo Festival will be happening April 26-29, 2021; here are the details: http://2021.palmspringsphotofestival.com/ And here are two events about submitting and selling...

The Botany of Living – Louise Russell and Douglas Stockdale

By Gerhard Clausing • Yesterday I was able to witness a particularly delightful set of artist talks, via Zoom, put on by the Photographer’s Eye Gallery in Escondido (which, by the way, also offers workshops and has a traditional darkroom). Featuring two artists from Southern California, Louise Russell and Douglas Stockdale, and moderated by the...

Remembering Bill Collins

We are very sad to take leave of Bill Collins, who passed away this February. He was a great photographer and friend, a faithful member of our Photo Exchange group who shared many examples of his photography over the years. I am showing five of his photographs above ("Before the Storm") and below, from our...

Rebecca A. Senf – Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams

Review by Bill Edwards • Rebecca Senf’s Making a Photographer – The Early Work of Ansel Adams provides an engaging historical account of one of our most renowned photographic icons. Senf’s biographical anecdotes allow us to see how his early work allowed Adams to refine his technical skills, perspective of the natural world as well...

Remembering Frank Cancian

By Gerhard Clausing • It is an especially sad moment to take leave of a fellow photographer who was also a genuinely nice person. Frank passed away this month at the age of 86. We fondly remember him as a wonderful friend, who shared his expertise and experiences in documenting communities, especially in connection with...

Sony World Photography Awards Open for Submissions

Submissions for the Sony World Photography Awards are now open in four areas: PROFESSIONAL – OPEN – YOUTH – STUDENT Check out the various competitions to which you can submit your work. The deadlines vary, from the end of November through January: https://www.worldphoto.org/competitions

Palm Springs Photo Festival XV, Online Now, September 21-25

The Palm Springs Photo Festival is now in progress with many fascinating online offerings that are FREE, starting today. There are a number of truly fascinating topics, not to be missed, not only by manufacturers (Canon, Epson, Sony and more) but also by many photographers, and panel discussions about methods and the future of the...

Mark Gerald – In the Shadow of Freud’s Couch: Portraits of Psychoanalysts in Their Offices

Review by Gerhard Clausing • When I was being trained in the field of psychotherapy, I always marveled at the physical spaces in which my mentors helped clients achieve progress in self-understanding and dealing with the world. I could see connections between the manner in which these facilitators set up  their places of work and...

Photographer’s Eye: Alternative Processes Opportunity, Deadline August 14

The Photographer's Eye Collective and Gallery is soliciting entries for an exhibit of alternative processes photography. Juror: Dan Burkholder. Deadline August 14. More information here: https://www.thephotographerseyecollective.com/juried-exhibition   "A photograph is a (s)Light of Hand, a magic trick of sort, conjured into being. Light is summoned and chemistry is concocted making visible both the intangible and...

Submissions Open through July 8: CALIFORNIA LOVE Book Publication

The Los Angeles Center of Photography is soliciting submissions for a 304-page book, California Love - A Visual Mixtape, to be published in November of 2020. The juror will be Michael Rababy. He says: “2020 is a big election year, so let’s focus on celebrating our progressive bubble in California by highlighting what makes us...