ACP Photo Festival Public Art Project
Request for Artists Proposals - Project date Oct 2013 - Deadline to apply January 21, 2013.
About ACP: Since 1998,Atlanta Celebrates Photography has supported Atlanta’s emergence as an international center for photography. Through an annual October festival and year-round programs, ACP seeks to nurture and support photographers, educate and engage audiences, promote diverse photography venues, and enrich Atlanta’s cultural scene. The acclaimed ACP Public Art program, an integral component of the annual ACP festival, has featured temporary projects in a variety of diverse locations throughout Atlanta. It is significant in its ability to reach beyond the audience of traditional art venues and for its ability to expand the way its audience considers and perceives photography and “lens-based” media. See ACPinfo.org for more.
Photojournalist James Wallace at Wilson Library Nov. 1
The work of photojournalism will be the subject of a lecture by former Daily Tar Heelstudent photographer James Wallace (’64) on Nov. 1 at Wilson Library.
The 5:30 p.m. talk, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Wilson Library’s North Carolina Collection, and the Center for the Study of the American South, is part of the Center’s James A. Hutchins Lecture series. It also serves as the keynote for a Civil Rights in Chapel Hill Celebration Weekend taking place Nov. 1-3 at locations around Chapel Hill and Durham.
Beginning at 5 p.m., attendees can enjoy a special viewing of the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives exhibit Photographic Angles: News Photography in the North Carolina Collection.
The theme for Wallace’s lecture will be “That we may know by our eyes,” and he will also discuss his new book of photographs, Courage in the Moment: The Civil Rights Struggle, 1961–1964. He will be introduced by Patrick Davison, associate professor of journalism at UNC, who will examine the current and future state of the photojournalism profession.
Documentary Storytelling and Social Change
Thurs. Nov. 1st @ 6:30pm @ Frank gallery
Join us for a multi-disciplinary look at how we use photography and videography to make a difference in our world and community. With Elena Rue, Catherine Orr and Kathryn Stein.
6:30pm: Toward Healing: photography with obstetric fistula patients at Bwaila Maternity Hospital
Kathryn Stein recently returned from four months in Southern Africa where she did participatory documentary work with obstetric fistula patients in Malawi and a youth theater group of HIV educators in Lesotho. She is pursuing her Master’s in Public Health at UNC.
7pm: Elena Rue and Catherine Orr are the founders of StoryMineMedia, an independent multimedia storytelling company based in Carrboro, NC. StoryMine produces independent projects and partners with nonprofits, foundations, and other organizations to create stories that move people to action. They also offer trainings at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
Call for Submissions!
Do you like take photos? Then this competition is for you!
Water is a part of all of our lives, take a moment to capture how water is part of your world. You could win a cash prize of up to $300.
The Water in Our World international photo competition at UNC is calling for submissions of photos depicting water. Photographs may reference such things as the uses, purposes, impact, issues, forms and significance of water. You are encouraged to be creative in your depiction of water. For example, consider water in the environment, health, recreation, agriculture, construction, education or as experienced by the human senses. The location of origin of your photo may be from anywhere in the world.
To enter, visit Water in Our World or The Water Institute at UNC to complete an entry form with the required information, and submit it along with each photograph. Send entries to: watertheme@unc.edu with the subject of: Photo Competition Submission.
Taming Technology for the Photographic Creative Process
Thursday, Oct 18th@ 6pm @ Frank Gallery
Creating fine art photography in the digital age requires more than a push-button solution. From custom made programs to mastering your cell phone camera. Dispelling the myths of the “magic” button are.
Sam Kittner: DC based photographer-HDR Panorama Images
Irene Owsley, Panorama Landscape, Founding Board Member-Fotoweek DC
Irene Owsley, whose bread-and-butter work runs from portraits and events to stock and occasional editorial assignments, is most fulfilled by shooting in remote locations. Recently she spent a 10 day artist’s residency with wilderness kayak rangers amongst the tidewater glaciers of the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska. Irene will talk about shooting and managing the technology of digital gear in challenging conditions. http://www.ireneowsley.com
Shawn Rocco: Raleigh News and Observer- Cell Phone photography
Goodloe Sutter: NASA software adapted for earth-based artists. (image below)
slideshow specs
Photo Gazing: Mondo Public Slide Show
Sat. Oct. 13th @ 6pm @ Wallace Parking Deck - 150 E Rosemary St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Are you getting ready to delight the masses with your photographs? We hope so, as the Mondo Slide Show promises to be an entertaining evening. We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s work. Here are a few details and tips on how to make the most of our night of Photo Gazing.
We encourage everyone to bring a folding chair or blanket, pack a picnic if you care to. Be prepared to listen to Mahalo Jazz and friends perform live music and do some improvisational scoring for your images.
This will be a first come, first served arrangement. Your best bet will be to email your work in advance to infocusphotogazing@mindspring.com and we will have it preloaded. Otherwise you are welcome to bring your work on a CD or thumbdrive as early as 6pm and we will have our projectionists upload on site. We will begin as soon as it is dark enough to project and go until 10pm or until we run out of images, whichever comes first.
Please limit your contribution to 15-30 images, and we please include a title image with your name, etc. as the first image. In order for your images to look their best, and run in the order you like, we suggest following these instructions:
image size: 1280×720 pixels
image profile: sRGB color space
saved as: JPEG quality 8
label images as: last_first_01 (01 being title slide)
email to: infocusphotogazing@mindspring.com
Alternative and Legacy Processes: Oct. 11th @ 6pm @ Frank Gallery
From Daguerrotypes to Toy Cameras to Hand coated emulsion to developing your film in coffee… discover why the appeal of the hand-made, getting your hands dirty approach to photography continues to have such appeal. With Allan Dehmer, Bryce Lankard, Brady Lambert, Frank Hunter, and Jonathan Danforth.
Critical Focus- The Curatorial Perspective
Sun. Oct. 7th @ 6pm @ Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library, UNC campus
When building a colllection or an archive, or mounting a significant exhibition, the curator and archivist sees the big picture. Beyond the single image or single artist, what does a large body of work by many artists have to say to the audience. How a curator factors these decisions into these projects influence the careers of many photographers and effects how the public sees and understands photography.
Linda Dougherty: Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art, NC Museum of Art
Stephen Fletcher: Photographic Archivist, NC Collection
Dennis Kiel: Head Curator, The Light Factory
Roger Manley: Gregg Museum, NCSU
Moderator: Xandra Eden: curator- Weatherspoon Museum
