Photographers Exchange of Southern California
Photographers and Photography
Photographers Exchange meeting, December 2021, photograph copyright Douglas Stockdale – Last night the Photographers Exchange met at the Irvine Fine Arts Center for the second in-person pop-up exhibition and subsequent 'critique' of the participants artwork since the start of the pandemic. It was really nice to be able to meet and greet, even if slightly encumbered... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
By Gerhard Clausing • These days we are somewhat isolated due to the coronavirus situation, but that doesn’t mean we can’t share our work. Quite the contrary, it is a more personal experience to virtually visit with our fellow photographers and authors and to hear and see them tell about their projects in an atmosphere... Continue Reading →
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