PSD Tut: Hip Hop Style

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

On Photographing the Feminine

Lise Sarfati discusses her portraiture presented in her books "The New Life" and "Fashion Magazine."

Lise Sarfati from FLY16x9 on Vimeo.

Photographer's Forum: 31st Annual College Photography Contest

For more information click HERE!

Flak Photo and the Indie Photobook Library: 100 Portraits/100 Photographers

"Every morning for four years, Flak Photo, an online community curated by Andy Adams, has published an image by a contributing photographer. These “daily photo updates” are more than just 24 hours of fame: Collectively, they are a resource of 1,300 images to be tapped and shared."

Check out the full article samples from the exhibit at Wired.com and learn more about the Indie Photobook Library Here!

Phillippe Halsman meets Legos!

Yale MFA Open House

Go to http://art.yale.edu/Admissions for more information and guidelines.

Re-Post: J.Kuhla

Life Just Before Photoshop

Want to recycle your old pumpkin? Make a Camera!

How To Turn A Pumpkin Into A Camera from NPR on Vimeo.

Carlo Van de Roer

Check out this curious article over at EyeCurious about capturing the essence of someone within a single photograph.

What's this? A Photo Contest at Skidmore!?

Well what are you waiting for? Go! Enter Here!

Myoung Ho Lee: Tree

Check out this PDF of Myoung Ho Lee's work put together by FOAM in Amsterdam.

Michael Itkoff: Street Portaits

Check out more of the series at Michael Itkoff's Website.

Time Seeks Recent Grads for Fellowship Jobs

	DEADLINE EXTENDED Time Inc.’s LifeStyle Group Fellowship program, based out of Birmingham, AL, offers recent college graduates the opportunity to gain experience at some of our trusted brands including Southern Living, Coastal Living, Cooking Light, Health and Oxmoor House. Opportunities are offered in the following areas: editorial, marketing, finance, digital and test kitchens. The fellowship program will run from January 2011 through June 2011. Candidates who are unwilling or unable to interview i n Birmingham will not be eligible for consideration.
	How to Apply
	Please submit your online application by October 1st, 2010. Selected interns will be notified by e-mail or phone no later than December 17, 2010. Due to the large volume of applications we receive each year, we will not be able to notify those who are not selected. Each applicant must apply and submit the following information online: Resume 1- Page Personal Statement (include answers to: What do you hope to gain from this internship? What are your long-term career goals? How would this position advance those goals). Writing Samples (published work strongly preferred). If you are applying a creative internship (i.e. photography, editorial or design), please submit samples.
	We will inform those who are selected no later than December 17, 2010. Due to the volume of applications we receive each year, we will not be able to notify those who are not selected. If you have any questions regarding the online application process please email: University Relations Group Click Here to Apply Online

Joshua Dudley Greer

Check out the whole body of work here.

SONY World Photography Awards

WPO/Sony Student Competition. ENTER NOW!!!!

Calling all Photographers! Win $5,000 - $25,000 USD


The 2011 Sony World Photography Awards is open for entries and the line-up of the 2011 juries has now been announced. Photographers of all levels, from amateurs to professionals, are invited to enter their images for their chance to be judged by influential photography professionals from around the world, including magazine photo-editors, curators, academics and established prize-winning photographers.

>> Find out more at www.worldphoto.org

Prizes for winners and runners-up include:


• $5,000 - $25,000 US dollars
• Professional digital camera equipment from Sony
• Tickets to attend the 2011 Sony World Photography Awards ceremony in London
• Return travel to London and accommodation
• Publication in the annual winners’ book
• International exposure through WPO exhibitions, local and global media coverage
• Representation by the World Photography Organisation
• Continued support on WPO platforms, including our website and social channels

Society For Photographic Education Scholarships

2011 Student Scholarship Opportunities

SPE Professional Members,

Encourage your students to apply for a scholarship to offset the cost of attending the 2011 national conference in Atlanta this spring!

Ten SPE Student Awards & The SPE Award for Innovations in Imaging in Honor of Jeannie Pearce feature:
$500 travel stipend to attend the 2011 SPE national conference
One-year membership to SPE
Complimentary 2011 national conference pass
The Freestyle Crystal Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Black and White Photography features:
$5,000 cash prize
One-year membership to SPE
Complimentary 2011 national conference pass
Submit online!

Deadline: November 1, 2010 @ 11:59 PM EST

Download the 2011 Scholarship Opportunities Call for Entries pdf for complete rules and regulations.


SPE is pleased to use SlideRoom to handle our call for entries online. If you would like to learn more about hosting your own application and review process online, visit SlideRoom.com for more information.



Society for Photographic Education
www.spenational.org
membership@spenational.org
p. 216/622-2733

PSD Syndrome

I Have PSD from Hyperakt on Vimeo.

Edward Burtinsky: Manufactured Landscape

Nature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in my work. I set course to intersect with a contemporary view of the great ages of man; from stone, to minerals, oil, transportation, silicon, and so on. To make these ideas visible I search for subjects that are rich in detail and scale yet open in their meaning. Recycling yards, mine tailings, quarries and refineries are all places that are outside of our normal experience, yet we partake of their output on a daily basis.

These images are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. We are drawn by desire - a chance at good living, yet we are consciously or unconsciously aware that the world is suffering for our success. Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times. -Edward Burtinsky

Space: The Final Frontier: Re-post

Earlier this week Obama signed the NASA 2010 Authorization Act into law, which guarantees NASA a decent chunk of change, although the specifics of how it’s going to be spent are still up in the air. However, we do know that the moon is passé and now the focus is firmly on Mars. I suppose Richard Branson is now taking over the moon route anyway and before we know it Easyjet and Ryanair will be undercutting him. All of this talk of space travel brought to mind Vincent Fournier’s great series Space Project on our long-lasting fascination with space. -Eyecurious Re-Post

Faculty Opening Talk Back at the Schick! 4pm Today

1.6x Lens Conversion Demonstrated

5Dmk2/7D lens comparison test from Mike Collins on Vimeo.

Call For Entry!

This is a great opportunity to be in a gallery show! Your work in be on display in the Scribner Gallery in the library for nearly 2 months. Works in ALL media will be accepted (including video art, textiles, graphic design, photography, ceramics, etc.).

FALL 2010 Exhibition: October 27 – December 10

**Deadline for applications: Monday, October 11**

Exhibition Policies & Guidelines
Exhibition Entry Form & Agreement

Please email or bring applications to Yvette Cortes, Fine Arts Librarian:
Room 221A (next to Visual Resources).

Email jpegs of the work(s) you are submitting to Yvette Cortes:ycortes@skidmore.edu
(Please name the jpeg the name of the work!)

About the program:
Student Art in the Library provides another venue for Skidmore College’s Studio Art students to exhibit their work. The juried exhibition is open to all Studio Art majors or minors currently enrolled at Skidmore. The exhibitions are held in the Scribner Gallery, on the 2nd floor of the Lucy Scribner Library.

Please check out our Flickr page for images from past Student Art in the Library exhibitions:
Spring 2010
Fall 2009

Cage Hours: Updated!

New Hours in Red! :)

CAGE HOURS

Monday- 12:15pm-1:15pm

Tuesday- 11:15am-12:15pm

12:30pm-1:30pm

Wednesday- 12:15pm-1:15pm

Thursday- 11:15pm-12:15pm

12:30pm-1:30pm

Friday- 11:30pm-1:30pm

Small Dreams: Aleix Plademunt

Swing by Aleix Plademunt's site and check out more of this Spanish born artist. Aleix's work deals with collections of hyperreality and kitsch.

Call For Entry!

EARLY Entry Deadline:
October 18, 2010 ($3.95 each)

FINAL Entry Deadline:
November 23, 2009 ($4.95 each)

[ Click Here to Enter Online ]

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FIRST PLACE :: GRAND PRIZE :: $2,000 cash grant
PLUS Nikon D90 camera and lens system (or equivalent)

SECOND PLACE :: $1,000 cash grant
PLUS Nikon D90 camera and lens system (or equivalent)

THIRD PLACE :: $500 cash grant

5 FOURTH PLACE AWARDS Five $100 grants

100 HONORABLE MENTIONS
All Honorable Mentions will be listed in the May 2011 issue of Photographer’s Forummagazine and will receive a certificate of outstanding merit.

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Winning photos will be published in the May 2011 issue of Photographer’s Forum and entered into Nikon’s Emerging Photographers Hall of Fame. All contest finalists, top 8% of all entries, will be published in the hardcover book Best of College Photography 2011.

• Early entry fee is $3.95 per photo entered.
  (uploaded or postmarked on or before October 18, 2010)

• Final entry fee is $4.95 per photo entered.
  (all entries must be uploaded or postmarked on or before November 22, 2010)

• Rights remain with photographer.

• Subject matter is open.

• Finalists notified by January 28, 2011.
  Winners notified by February 14, 2011.
  

This contest is open to all high school and college students in the U.S., Canada, and around the world.

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Welcome Back!

And we are off! Yet another exciting and fun packed academic year ahead of us. First and foremost the Lab and Cage hours have been updated and they have been extended from last year due to popular demand! They are:

LAB HOURS

Sunday- 7:00pm-10:00pm

Monday- 7:00pm-10:00pm

Tuesday- 7:00pm-10:00pm

Wednesday- 7:00pm-10:00pm

Thursday- 7:00pm-10:00pm

CAGE HOURS

Monday- 12:15pm-1:15pm

Tuesday- 11:15am-12:15pm

Wednesday- 12:15pm-1:15pm

Thursday- 11:15pm-12:15pm

Friday- 11:30pm-1:30pm

In addition, these hours will remain posted of the panel to the right---->

Check back in for up-to-date photo department news!

Congratulations Skidmore Class of 2010!

SENIOR THESIS ART EXHIBITION OPENING TONIGHT!

Tonight's the night! Con"grad"uations Seniors!!!

Where: Tang Teaching Museum

When: 6-8pm

Who: Everyone!

Come on by and show your support to all of the seniors! It's a fantastic show! I know, I got a sneak preview. :)

The show will be up from May 14th-May 22nd, 2010!

Lab Closed! :(

The Lab is officially closed for the semester. Have a great summer everyone! :)

EXTENDED LAB HOURS!!

Lab hours extended this week! The added hours are as follows:

Wednesday 10:00am-5:00pm

Thursday 10:00am-5:00pm

Friday 10:00am-4:00pm

Good luck with all of your finals!

Call For Entry: Newspace Center: Deadline MAY 22nd

For more info, CLICK HERE.

Anatomy of a Winning Grant Proposal

Check out this great article about Grant writing for the photographer from PDN Online. CLICK HERE.

Bonus Material, CLICK HERE for the full text of Louie Palu's winning proposal!

Focus Stacking

New Work from Contemp. Artist: Matthew Gamber

Check out this new work from friend and artist Matthew Gamber!

The Art of Keeping Oneself Fed in Art School

As the semester comes to a close here is some food for thought:

CLICK HERE

Call for Entry: DeSoto Row Gallery: Deadline the 30th

For more information click here.

Light painting in commercial photography

Social Networking in Fine Art Photography

Here's an interesting new body of work that investigates (re)placing context to inherently virtual statements. Artist's Larson and Shindelman have created a project based on Twitter. In series entitled Geolocation: Tributes to the Data Stream, Larson and Shindelman scour the twitter base for geotagged tweets and then go to those locations and make a photograph.

Check out more here.

Chemical Darkroom App

Missing the nostalgia of the good ol' darkroom?

"Yeah, there's an app for that."

LINK HERE.

Nat. Geo: Call for Entry: Deadline April 26th

In conjunction with PDN magazine, Nat Geo Traveler is calling for your entry! With slogan like " Bring it home and win big!", why wouldn't you enter? CLICK HERE for more information.

Lab Hours Changed Tonight.

As you already know, lab hours have been switched to 7-9 for this evening.

Free Online Tutorials

Chase Jarvis, one of Apple's Premier Photographers, and his crew have come together to bring free online tutorials in Photoshop, Indesign, Final Cut Pro, and much more. The only catch is that you have to be there live to see it for free. Otherwise you can purchase the videos for download at a cost. Check out the link HERE.

click! Smithsonian Photography Initiative

Check out this amazing new site that offers up a plethora of informative articles on photography from specialists across the board.

click! "explores how photography changes every aspect of our lives:

who we are, what we see, what we do, where we go, what we want, and what we remember. Photography is not a single kind of pursuit; there is no single history of photography. Photography gets used by different people at different times for different reasons. And click! is about investigating all of those ways that photography serves us."

Click Here.

Call For Entry: VPW Deadline - June 21st

For more information, CLICK HERE!

Twitpic from outer space!

Astronaut, Soichi Noguchi, snapped this long exposure pic of the Auroras from the International Space station. Follow his tweets from here!