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Celebrity photographer A.J. Sokalner dies at ACE awards Gala

Bumper — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:49:49 +0000

Shot celebrity photos for ACE Pictures

By Daryl Lang, Photo District News

Nov 3, 2009, 02:44 PM ET

Celebrity shooter A.J. Sokalner, admired by his colleagues for his quiet, passionate commitment to photography, collapsed Monday night outside an event in New York and died a short time later, according to his agency.

Sokalner was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, said Philip Vaughan, owner of ACE Pictures. Vaughan said an emergency worker told him Sokalner had suffered a heart attack.

Sokalner collapsed minutes after entertainer Lady Gaga arrived at the ACE Awards, an event hosted by the Accessories Council at Cipriani on 42nd Street. He was part of a group of about 25 photographers working a rope line outside the venue, according to friend and fellow photographer Dennis Van Tine.

2010 Hillman Prize in Photojournalism - Call for Submissions

Bumper — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:20:26 +0000

Hillman Prize in Photojournalism -- Call for Submissions--Deadline January 31, 2010:

The Sidney Hillman Foundation honors investigative journalism that fosters social and economic justice. The Foundation’s annual Hillman Prizes in Journalism are awarded in 6 categories: Books (non-fiction), Newspaper Reporting, Magazine Reporting, Film and Broadcast Journalism (includes television and radio), Photojournalism, and Blogs.

The Foundation is now accepting nominations and submissions for the 2010 Hillman Prize in Photojournalism. The 2010 prize is given for work published or exhibited in 2009. Winners will be announced in May 2010 and will be awarded a $5,000 prize, a certificate, and travel to New York City for our awards ceremony. The contest is open to journalists and subjects globally, but work must be published in the US. We would most like to see publications, but scanned work on discs is also acceptable.

NYPPA/UKRAINIAN MUSEUM Mentioned in NY Times Article

bperl — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:50:20 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/arts/23spare.html
October 23, 2009
Spare Times
By ANNE MANCUSO

Events
AUTUMN CRAFTS ON COLUMBUS Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on Columbus Avenue, from 77th to 81st Streets, and on 81st Street, between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Sponsored by the American Arts and Crafts Alliance. (212) 866-2239, craftsoncolumbus.com.

FRIENDS OF COMMUNITY BOARD 2 STREET FAIR Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Astor Place, between Lafayette Street and Broadway, Greenwich Village.

GHOSTS OF THE UPPER WEST SIDE Saturday at 11 a.m., a walk in and around Central Park, led by Maria Dering. Meeting on Central Park West, at 71st Street, across from the Majestic Apartments. (646) 573-9509; $20; $15 for students and 65+.

A ROUNDTABLE OF STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS

Bumper — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:07:23 +0000

A ROUNDTABLE OF STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS, TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY OVER THE LAST CENTURY WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS AND EDITORS WHO MADE THE HISTORY

WHAT: An entertaining evening sharing the living history of New York news photography. Renowned news photographers and editors will tell their stories and show extraordinary photographs, including those made with 4x5 speed graphics, 35mm film cameras and digital media. The evening is organized by Susan Grayson and the New York Press Photographers Association in conjunction with the NYPPA exhibition, "THE YEAR IN PICTURES," at The Ukrainian Museum, which ends November 8, 2009. See the photos >

WHEN: NOVEMBER 5, 2009, THURSDAY 6:30-8:00PM

WHERE: THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM
222 East 6th Street, New York 10003 (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
212 228-0110 / http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org
Exhibition Hours: Wednesday thru Sunday 11:30 AM-5:00 PM

Bring Your Own Work Night - Friday November 6th

juliaxanthos — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:14:01 +0000

Please join the NYPPA at

“Bring Your Own Work” Night

Friday November 6th at 7:30pm “The Change You Want To See” Gallery located at 84 Havemeyer Street (off of Metropolitan Ave) in Brooklyn, NY.

The intent of this evening is to invite you to share your work with fellow NYPPA members to be projected onto a screen. Please choose to show what we would otherwise not have a chance to see in your daily published work. It could be a current project you wish to receive feedback for, personal work, something you produced 20 years ago, or perhaps your wedding work you do on the side. We especially encourage you to share multimedia work you have produced using Final Cut, even if just an experiment, and wish to receive comments. The newsroom no longer is as a place we hang around for a “chat” and this is why we have created BYOW Night.

THE NYPPA VOTES IN 3 NEW MEMBERS

bperl — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:19:59 +0000

The NYPPA would like to welcome 3 new Photographers as members .

Pearl Gabel Photojournalist-Independent
Tina Marie Beller Photojournalist- U.S. Army
Phillip Davies Photojournailist-Independent

They were all made members at the Board meeting on October 15th, 2009

When we see them on the street at work lets all congratulate them

France Roberts' Doll's Head on display at Soho Photo Gallery

Bumper — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:42:14 +0000

Frances Roberts' photo Doll's Head was accepted for the Soho Photo Gallery's Fifth Annual Alternative Processes Competition Show November 3 – November 28, 2009. The picture was shot with a pinhole camera and transferred onto a porcelain tile that she made.

The opening is Tuesday evening, November 3, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Gallery information
Hours: Wednesday thru Sunday 1-6 p.m.
Phone: 212-226-8571
Website: www.sohophoto.com

The gallery is located three blocks south of Canal Street between West Broadway and Sixth Avenue. Subways: #1 to Franklin Street or the A, C, E, W, N, R or #6 to Canal Street will get you there.

A Requiem: Tribute to the Spiritual Space at Auschwitz

Bumper — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:57:47 +0000

A REQUIEM: TRIBUTE TO THE SPIRITUAL SPACE AT AUSCHWITZ: PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUSAN MAY TELL September 10 through November 1 - Artist talk Sept. 16, 2009, 7:00pm
While traveling to Prague and Budapest in Eastern Europe, photographer Susan May Tell learned of an overnight train to Krakow, Poland, and from there, a short local train ride to Auschwitz.
She took the opportunity to visit the concentration camp where, she says, "I walked the grounds in silence, in meditation, photographing the aesthetics, the mood, the sense of foreboding - and tried to capture the energy that lives in that space."
A Requiem: Tribute to the Spiritual Space at Auschwitz, a series of her photographs, is featured in the Main Gallery at the Griffin Museum of Photography September 10 through November 1. A reception is September 16, 7-8:30 p.m.

Marty Forscher, Tended Cameras and Owners, Dies at 87

bperl — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:02:49 +0000

FROM THE NY TIMES: by MARGALIT FOX

Marty Forscher, whose intimate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the camera — and of the myriad ways in which photographers can unsettle them — made him for decades the most sought-after camera repairman in the country, died on Sept. 30 in Pittsfield, Mass. He was 87 and lived in Pittsfield.
The cause was heart failure, said his wife, Marian Forscher.
For more than 40 years, Mr. Forscher ran Professional Camera Repair Service in Midtown Manhattan. Founded in 1946, the shop was a Mecca for generations of camera owners, from the world’s most celebrated fashion, advertising and news photographers to wedding portraitists, threadbare students, bejeweled celebrities and anxious tourists.

Among the shop’s well-known clients were the photographers Richard Avedon, Joel Meyerowitz, Annie Leibovitz and Mary Ellen Mark.

Opening remarks during the exhibition at the Ukrainian Museum

theboss — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:13:57 +0000

On behalf of the New York Press Photographers Association I’d like to welcome everyone to the opening of our annual Pictures of the Year exhibit of the winning images from our 74th annual contest.

I am Ray Stubblebine, the president of the NYPPA, and I thank you for joining us tonight in celebration of some new beginnings for our almost 100-year-old organization.

First I want to thank Tim and Robert Forbes for providing us with space to hold our exhibition for the past 10 years, and the financial backing to produce it. And thanks to Bonnie Kirshstein, the Forbes Galleries curator, who had to supervise the preparation and hanging of the exhibit for all of those 10 years. Your generosity and support is so deeply appreciated. And thanks to Todd Maisel, who served as Exhibit Chair for most of those 1o years and worked tirelessly to produce the show, year after year. He deserves to be able to take a break.