Women in Photography launches

The new Women in Photography website launches today with work by Elinor Carucci.

1st NY Photo Awards Winners Annouced

Editorial - series
Paula Bronstein

Editorial - single (tie)
Ibraheen Abu Mustafa
Adem Hadei

Personal work/fine art - series
Edgar Martins

Personal work/fine art - single
Jessica Todd Harper

Advertising - series
John Offenbach

Advertising - single
Jason Bell

Photography book
Amy Stein

Multimedia photo/audio (tie)
Ed Kashi
Jessica Dimmock

Multimedia video/audio
Reuters/MediaStorm

Student editorial - series
Tobias Kruse

Student editorial - single
Gratiane de Moustier

Student personal work/fine art - series
Anna Skladmann

Student personal work/fine art - single
Alana Celii

Student photography book
Tiana Markova-Gold

A lot more male photographers were nominated than women photographers, but in the end the women photographers made out very well -- more than half the winners were women!

Cara Phillips- To be a photographer

Cara Phillips writes some pointers on her blog on being a better photographer. It's a good list and worth the read through.

Everyone Gets a STAR

If you are in the Syracuse, NY area in the next month, don't forget to check out Jane Tam's BFA Thesis exhibit.


(via Jane Tam)

Everyone Gets a STAR
A BFA Exhibition of Photography
Opening Reception: May 3, 2008 6-9 pm Devalan Art Center 501 W. Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY

and you can still purchase prints directly from Jane, via her store.

Por(be)trayal of Women

James Danziger muses about Danica Patrick and the photographic portrayal(s) of her.
Read the post here: pictureyear.blogspot.com