Light Leaked Interviews | Joy Ellis and Deedra Baker

Posted on March 4, 2016 by deedrabakerphotography

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Congratulations! Light Leaked features interviews with TWU 15th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition Graduate student co-coordinators. Joy Ellis interviews Dr. Rebecca Senf, Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography and the Norton Family Curator of Photography, a joint appointment between the Center for Creative Photography and the Phoenix Art Museum http://www.lightleaked.com/2016/02/curator-dr-rebecca-senf.html. Deedra Baker interviews JEG solo show artist, Sharon Lee Hart, http://www.lightleaked.com/2016/02/sharon-lee-hart.html.

Joy graduated with her BFA from the University of Texas, Arlington and currently attends Texas Woman’s University to obtain an MFA in Art with a concentration in photography and secondary concentration in intermedia.

Deedra received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2011, from Washburn University in Topeka, KS. She is currently working toward a Master of Fine Arts in Art with a Photography Concentration and Intermedia Secondary Concentration at Texas Woman’s University.

Debora Hunter: POV | Studio Gallery

Posted on March 2, 2016 by twuphoto

Debora Hunter. Long Wall. Inkjet print, 24 x 150.

Debora Hunter: POV

Brookhaven College, School of the Arts, Art Department | Studio Gallery

Exhibition Dates: February 8 – March 7, 2016

Reception: March 4, 2016 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm

The Brookhaven College Art Department is delighted to present a photography-based installation by Southern Methodist University art professor Deborah Hunter in the Studio Gallery, 2.8-3.7.2016.

A reception for the artist is 3.4.2016, 6-8 pm.

Exhibitions, gallery lectures, and receptions are free and open to the public.

Brookhaven College is located at 3939 Valley View Lane, between Midway Road and Marsh Lane in Farmers Branch.

The Forum Gallery is located in Building F, Room F101, open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Park in the P5 parking lot.

For more information about exhibitions, contact David Newman, gallery director, at 972-860-4101 or at dNewman@dcccd.edu.

3939 Valley View Lane Farmers Branch, TX 75244-4997 V 972.860.4101 F 972.860.4385

Artist Lectures | Frank Lopez and Loli Kantor

Posted on March 2, 2016 by twuphoto

TPS AND DCP PRESENT JOINT PROGRAMMING

Save the date! TPS has once again partnered with the Dallas Center for Photography (DCP) in Dallas, Texas, to bring you an exciting evening of artist lectures by Frank Lopez and Loli Kantor on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. As founding members of alt8, an alternative processes group based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Lopez and Kantor have worked extensively in nontraditional image-making methods. They each will speak about ongoing projects and then address their unique working processes in a subsequent Q&A panel session.

Doors open at DCP with a social at 6:30pm, and presentations will begin at7:00pm. Register online in advance to reserve your seat for $5. This event is proudly sponsored by our friends at Frame Destination.

reserve your seat

FRANK LOPEZ

Frank Lopez considers himself an Antiquarian Avant-Garde photographer. He explores the different cultures and traditions of China, Korea and Vietnam through photography. Traveling with only a pinhole camera, he concentrates on aspects of local culture and variations of manufactured culture – areas of intentional cultural re-appropriation.

Lopez will discuss symbols associated with the found object – slaptags and graffiti art. The juxtaposition of found symbols initially captured with his iPhone and later interpreted into Tintypes and Ambrotypes explores the immediacy of the found object with the seemingly instant 19th Century version of the Polaroid. The ubiquitous smartphone allows the vehicle to bring the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries together.

LOLI KANTOR

Loli Kantor is a fine art and documentary photographer whose work is concerned with community and the human condition. Born in Paris, France, and raised in Israel, Kantor immigrated to the United States in 1984. Her recent work centers on Jewish life and culture in central and eastern Europe. As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Kantor brings a deeply personal interest as well as a unique sensibility to this body of work. The project, entitled “Beyond The Forest”, was published by the University of Texas Press in November 2014 and will be available for purchase following the evening’s presentation.

Kantor’s work has garnered notable awards and recognition and has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally. Her photographs are included in museum collections including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin; Lishui Museum of Photography in China; and Lviv National Museum in Ukraine as well as numerous private collections in the United States and abroad.

Call for Entry | 36th Annual Spring Photography Contest

Posted on February 24, 2016 by deedrabakerphotography

ENTER YOUR IMAGES TODAY!

Due: April 15, 2016 / Mary 20, 2016

36th ANNUAL SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

1st PLACE :: $2,000 cash award plus…
• Sigma 24-35mm F2 DG HSM | Art lens ($999)*

2nd PLACE :: $1,500 cash award plus…
• Sigma 24mm 1.4 DG HSM | ART lens ($849)*

3rd PLACE :: $1,000 cash award

4th PLACE AWARDS (x5) :: Five $125 awards

200 HONORABLE MENTIONS
All Honorable Mentions will be listed in the November 2016 issue of Photographer’s Forum magazine and will receive a certificate of outstanding merit.

* Lens award for US residents only. First and Second Place winners in all other countries will receive additional award of $500 in lieu of lens.

The top 16 winning photos will be published in the November 2016 issue of Photographer’s Forum. All contest finalists will be published in the hardcover book Best of Photography 2016(December 2016).

Early entry fee is $4.95 per photo uploaded or postmarked on or before April 15, 2016
Final entry fee is $5.95 per photo uploaded or postmarked on or before May 20, 2016
Rights remain with photographer.
Subject matter is open.

Photographer’s Forum Magazine is published by Serbin Communications, Inc.

Serbin Communications, Inc. offers commercial photographers, illustrators and art representatives a wide range of marketing vehicles—digitally, in print and in person. Through programs such as AtEdge, SiteDesignWorks, Photographer’s Forum Magazine and Directory of Illustration, Medical Illustration + Animation, PLAY! Illustration and Verso Limited Editions, we’ve become an essential part of the creative marketing toolkit.

Call for Entry | Black and White 2016

Posted on February 24, 2016 by twuphoto

Image Credits | Vicki Reed, Tony Ysursa, Jamey Stillings

Due: March 23, 2016

THEME | Black and White 2016
All capture types and photographic processes are eligible to submit.

JUROR | Rodney Smith
Rodney Smith is a legendary photographer with an impeccable sense of style and an eye to match. His own work is mostly Black and White and only shoots film. Smith’s forty year career includes work for New York Times, GQ and BMW amongst others.

HONORS | AWARDS

Juror’s Selection| $400.00

Director’s Selection | $200.00

Two LiveBooks Website Awards: Valued at $399 from liveBooks

Honorable Mention Awards: 2 year membership and a three image submission for an upcoming call for entry.

Additionally:

Artists’ selected for the exhibition will receive the following:

Press releases sent to artists’ choice of media outlets
Professional installation images
Invitation to complimentary portfolio reviews, lunch and portfolio sharing
Promotion on The Center’s large social media platform
In-gallery and online exhibition with links to artists’ websites

For More Information about the Black and White 2016 Call For Entries, click here

Call for Entry | Emerging Photographer

Posted on February 24, 2016 by twuphoto

Due: March 7, 2016
Emerging Photographer | PDN

Each issue, Emerging Photographer features a new group of talent with five or less years of professional experience, selected by editors from Emerging Photographer, PDN and Rangefinder.

We love the diverse work we receive from photographers around the world, all with different styles and stories to tell. One of last year’s selected photographers, Luisa Dorr, immediately grabbed our attention with her documentary series on a young girl, Maysa, who aspires to become Miss Brazil. From the intimacy of the photos, to her use of beautiful light, to the careful 10-image edit of her series, we knew that Dorr deserved a platform for her series. She and nine other photographers each received features in the Winter 2015 issue, which was sent to photo editors, art buyers and creative directors, in addition to galleries and photo festivals. Digital editions are posted on issuu.com (see them atwww.issuu.com/eephotogroup).

We want your work for the next issue. Visit emerging.pdncontests.com to enter. for more information on how to enter.

» A feature in Emerging Photographer magazine

» Print distribution to a targeted list of 8,000 industry creatives, plus additional distribution at major photography festivals and events

» Online promotion to PDN‘s network of 200k followers

Selected photographers will have the opportunity to consult with and sell their winning series throughCoEdit Collection

Travel/Landscape
Fine Art
Documentary
Portrait/Fashion

Visit emerging.pdncontests.com for all information on how to enter. Check out the FAQpage for category descriptions, guidelines for entering and more.

Join PHOTO+ membership to receive a 30% offentry fees.

ENTER TODAY!

The Inventions of Light | Susan kae Grant, panelist

Posted on February 22, 2016 by twuphoto

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Congratulations to Texas Woman’s University’s Professor of Art, Susan kae Grant, for being a panelist at Toronto-Montreal-Lille:The Inventions of Light Conference. The conference is February 24 through 26, 2016.

Susan is paticipating in the following panel at the conference:

Morning Session A: Shadows of the Invisible

A discussion of the uncanny ability of photography to reveal what is invisible to the naked eye. Features three artists whose imaginative pursuits expand on the scientific curiosity that once was the main impetus behind imaging phenomena beyond the realm of the visible.

Moderator: Claude Baillargeon (Oakland University)

Wild Nights, Imaging the Unseen
Michael Flomen (independent artist)

The Radiant Forest
Marie-Jeanne Musiol (independent artist)

Night Journey Project
Susan kae Grant (Texas Woman’s University)

Susan kae Grant received an MFA in Photography and Book Arts in 1979 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 1975 she has produced 13 limited edition handmade books. Her most recent book, “Shadowed Memory” was created during a 2005 residency at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester New York. She taught at Wayne State University from 1979-1981 and joined the faculty at Texas Womanʼs University in 1981 where she is currently Professor and Head of the Photography area. She is on the staff of the International Center of Photography where she teaches bookmaking workshops. In 2003 and 2005 she was the recipient of the Society for Photographic Education “Freestyle Crystal Apple Award” and “The Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award” in 2004 from the Santa Fe Center for Photography.

Richard Patrick Memorial Scholarship | DSVC

Posted on February 16, 2016 by twuphoto

Announcing the Richard Patrick Memorial Scholarship

The Dallas Society of Visual Communications Foundation in partnership with Dick Patrick is proud and honored to make available to photography majors/minors a new scholarship: The Richard Patrick Memorial Scholarship.A successful photographer for more than 30 years, Richard Patrick was introduced to the craft by his mother. He fine-tuned his skills while serving in the U.S. Army. After a stint in the Korean War, Richard went on to work for The Claron Ledger, National Football League, American Basketball Association and others, before opening his own studio.

Always generous with his experience and knowledge, he mentored countless young photographers throughout his career; many went on to build successful studios and businesses of their own. Although his photographs left a mark wherever they were seen, his greatest legacy was the unselfish way in which he encouraged and inspired young artists looking for guidance.

To honor his passing in 2014, this scholarship is being offered in hopes that the recipient will pass this legacy on and his memory will continue to live in the hearts and imagery of future photographic communicators.

The Richard Patrick Memorial Scholarship is open to any recognized college or university student enrolled on a full-time basis that meets the following criteria:

Must be either a Photography major or minor
Must have a minimum GPA of 2.5.
Must have applied for the scholarship through photography entry/entries in the National Student Show & Conference juried competition.

Applicants will be required to submit a letter signed by the department head on official university letterhead verifying eligibility to the Dallas Society of Visual Communications at the following address:ATTN: National Student Show
400 N. Saint Paul St.
Suite 715
Dallas, TX 75201

The deadline to submit entries for this scholarship is February 28th.

PURCHASE ENTRIES

This is an exciting new opportunity and we hope you will take full advantage of it. If you have any questions please contact the National Student Show & Conference chair at chair@nationalstudentshow.com or through the contact form at nationalstudentshow.com/contact

The Landscape Redefined, Carneal Simmons Contemporary Art | Kalee Appleton

Posted on February 16, 2016 by deedrabakerphotography

Congratulations to Texas Woman’s University Alumna Kalee Appleton for having work in group exhibition, The Landscape Redefined at Carneal Simmons Contemporary Art in Dallas, TX. The exhibition runs from February 20 to March 26, 2016.

Exhibition Dates: February 20 – March 26, 2016

Opening Reception: February 20, 2016

Additional artists exhibiting will be Sherry Giryotas and Gwen Davidson.

Carneal Simmons Contemporary Art is located at 1415 Slocum Street in the Dallas Design District. Gallery hours are Noon to 5:00 pm, Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment.

Kalee is a photography-based artist and educator living in Dallas, Texas. Originally from Hobbs, NM, she attended Texas Tech University and received a BFA in Photography in 2005. Shortly after graduated she worked as a commercial corporate and aviation photographer before attending Texas Woman’s University, where she received an MFA in Photography in 2014.

15th Annual JEG Photography Exhibition

Posted on February 16, 2016 by twuphoto

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15th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition
TWU East | West Galleries

Exhibition Dates: February 15 – March 9, 2016

Opening Reception: February 16, 2016 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Guest Lecture with Juror, Dr. Rebecca Senf: February 16, 2016 | 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Juror’s Statement:

Theme: “Nourish: Food as Sustenance and Pleasure”

Food is the foundation of life; it is sustenance for our bodies and can be the source of great pleasure. We live in a time where food is abundantly available, and yet we have to evaluate grocery store items to determine if what is being offered is actually “real food.” (Fruit Loops, Cheetos, Twinkies, Cheez Whiz. Not real food.)

This is a moment of farm-to-table, locavore, slow food, craft and small batch production, as well as a panoply of ways to describe what we eat, including veganism, pescetarianism, flexitarianism, paleo, and gluten-free. Food (and eating) can be fraught with negative emotions, like guilt, sadness and regret, while at the other end of the spectrum, making food for others can be a profoundly generous and nourishing act. These dichotomous ideas, and range of diets, complicate our relationship to food.

Naturally food has inspired art, and this dynamic selection of works demonstrates that photographers have explored food in all its stages, with a wide range of concerns. Everything from abstracted and aestheticized images of food to pictures that document where our meals come from, these photographs go from appetizing to repulsive, sometimes managing to be both simultaneously.

Grab a napkin, pull up a chair, and find yourself something to eat. Just watch out for the Twinkies.

Artists in exhibition:

Rob Stephenson, Brooklyn , NY (Solo Show Award)

Chris Ireland, Stephenville, TX (Coupralux Award)

Tara Sellios, Somerville, MA (Freestyle Photographic Supplies Award)

Caren Alpert, San Francisco, CA (Imaging Spectrum Award)

Josh Dryk, Arlington, TX (Red River Paper Award)

Amelia Morris, Indianapolis, IN (Arlington Camera Award)

Jacinda Russell, Muncie, IN (Arlington Camera Award)

Deedra Baker, Denton, TX

Mary Ellen Bartley, Wainscott, NY

Tatyana Bessmertnaya, Plano, TX