PhotoLucida Summer Reviews

just got back from Portland, and it was quite the weekend. Lots of work to see over the course of the 2 day reviews. I was lucky enough to be part of this great event. If you have the chance to participate in the upcoming 2009 reviews - do it! The information is posted on PhotoLucida's website.

over the next posts I will be featuring the work I thought was tops. I am confident there was more, but this is the group that I found or who found me.

Angela Bacon Kidwell

Thanks to a tip from Aline Smithson, I have fallen in love with Angela's work. I am constantly drawn to the work, and every time I look I get another visual treat. For more work, log onto her website. See what you think.

Daily Dose of Information

Photograph Magazine has an article this month on blogs. so many blogs, so little time. Images and commentary are flooding the netwaves, and if you haven't got these blogs on your daily reading list, go ahead, take a look and add them.

Here is that list of musts from Photograph - if you have any links you can't live without - let us know. We'll update the list.

pictureyear.blogspot.com from James Danziger

modernartobsession.com from Michael Hoeh

howtobuyart.com - Lisa Hunter's blog on collecting, who also has a book on the subject, The Intrepid Art Collector

Here are a few photographer blogs, and I know that there are lots of them out there - this is just a few. Gallery Artists Susan Burnstine and Aline Smithson have great blogs on photography, with musings of their own, as well as lauding kudos to artists they enjoy. Our own Joe Holmes has his daily image posted, There is Jen Beckman's blog, Jorg Colberg's take, Jim Casper at Lens Culture, an how we miss Alec Soth's daily musings. Another don't miss is Edward Winkleman. Have you seen i heart photograph?

You can literally spend all day getting lost in art from the comfort of your chair. Have a good time.

Shameless gallery pride

I am so proud of the work my artists are doing. I am honored to represent them, and like a proud parent of an honor student, here is some of their recent accomplishments, and where they are showing in other spaces -

Susan Burnstine -

Currently featured in B&W magazine's September issue.

Involved in a show in Irvine, California - The Third Annual Analog/Digital exhibition at Irvine Fine Arts Center.

At The Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City, Texas with Polly Chandler and Carol Watson

"Found at FotoFest" at John Cleary in Houston, Texas.

Mitch Dobrowner -

In San Diego at the Natural History Museum. Also, don't miss the First Place people's pick winner of the Landscape and Architecure categories at PX3. He's also in B&W August issue

Joseph O. Holmes -

At the Photographic Center Northwest and HCP in Houston.

Cynthia Greig -

Showing at Clark Gallery in Boston with John Chervinsky. Also at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Philadelphia Collects: Works on Paper

Joelle Jensen -

Included in the new Flash Forward 2008 to be published soon.

Lydia Panas -

Mona Lisa Smiles in Shanghai, China, Discover at Gallerie Poller and HCP's anniversary exhibition

Aline Smithson -

JPG magazine, PX3 and Light Leaks magazine.

Opportunity knocking!

I know, I know - how many times can you put yourself out there?
But....Here are a couple more opportunities that you may not want to pass up on.

For those of you in the Pacific Northwest -  

Tacoma Art Museum Northwest Biennial
Call for Entries
The 9th Northwest Biennial

Applications due July 26, 2008, midnight
www.callforentry.org

Tacoma Art Museum is accepting entries for The 9th Northwest Biennial from Saturday, June 14 through Saturday, July 26, 2008, via the CaFÉ (Call for Entry) online application process at www.callforentry.org . The Biennial is open to current residents of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Only work created since January 2007 will be considered. Artists working in a wide variety of media, including traditional forms, craft-based work, conceptual, performance, installation, and digital projects, are encouraged to apply. There is a nonrefundable $25 entry fee. For more information visit www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/biennial . If you would like printed postcards, contact Biennial@TacomaArtMuseum.org.

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Next - we have the Berenice Abbott Prize.

Applications are due by July 17th, 2008

Julia Dean is honoring the great photographer and social documentarian who was also a champion for new artists and new ideas.

Juror: Carol McCusker, Photography Curator, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA 

This competition is for an emerging photographer with a strong, cohesive body of work that has not been widely exhibited or published. Prize includes an all-expenses paid solo exhibition at the Julia Dean Gallery and an Canon EOS Digital SLR camera. Includes printing, matting, framing, exhibition costs, and a trip to Venice, CA. Send 20-30 images on a CD. $100 entry fee. See website for more information. 

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Then there is this -  The Aperture Prize.

one of wall space's represented artists, Cynthia Greig was one of the four runner's up  in last year's competition.

The purpose of the Portfolio Prize is to identify trends in contemporary photography and specific artists whom we can help by bringing their work to a wider audience. In choosing the first-prize winner and runners-up, we are looking for work that is fresh and that hasn’t been widely seen in major publications or exhibition venues. 

First prize is $2,500. The first-prize winner and runners-up are featured on Aperture’s website for approximately one year. Winners are also announced in the foundation’s e-newsletter, which reaches thousands of subscribers in the photography community. To see the work of the winner and runners-up for the 2007 prize, please click here.

The entry period for the 2008 Aperture Portfolio Prize is through Friday, July 11. 

For specifics on how to enter see the guidelines and FAQ pages.

women shooting women

Karen Florek has created a beautiful show of portraiture, by women for women, now hanging at the Roger Smith Hotel in New York. It's been extended until the end of July, don't miss a chance to see this beautiful collection.

See work by  -

Polly Chandler | Rachael Dunville | Ranee Palone Flynn | Jessica Todd Harper | Cheryl Himmelstein | Joanne Kim | Wendy Marvel  |  Diane Meyer |  Lydia Panas | Dominique Paul | Marisa Portolese | Melisa Sharpe |  Aline Smithson

for more information, and a look at the work click here.

Please Ring Bell!

If you haven't submitted already- jump in! Entries must be in by 9 May. That's coming up!

This annual juried exhibition draws entries from across the country and around the world, and remains among the most popular shows in PCNW's annual schedule.

The competition is open to all photographers, all photographic processes, and all themes. The juror is looking for work that represents a larger, cohesive body of work and will be selecting a short series from each photographer chosen.
From among those exhibited, our juror will select first, second and third prize winners to receive prizes of $1,000, $750, and $500. Submissions must be received by Friday, May 9th, 2008. See www.pcnw.org for submission guidelines. Please Ring Bell will run July 11 – August 28th at PCNW in Seattle, WA.

Juror: Rod Slemmons Rod Slemmons has been the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago since 2002 where he has curated several exhibitions and teaches undergraduate photo history and graduate theory seminars. Slemmons previously taught at the U.W. in Seattle for 12 years. He was the National Chair of the Society for Photographic Education from 1990 - 1994. Slemmons was the Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Seattle Art Museum for 14 years, producing 35 exhibitions and numerous catalogs.