MARIA TERESA FISCHER: IMAGE 12 Photo Competition (Student) First + Second Place

Student Category | First Place
Photograph (c) Maria Teresa Fischer

Student Category | Second Place
Photograph (c) Maria Teresa Fischer

Student Category | Judges Choice Selected by

Holly Stuart Hughes, PDN and Hosanna Marshall, Saatchi & Saatchi
Photograph (c) Maria Teresa Fischer

Student Category | Honorable Mention
Photograph (c) Maria Teresa Fischer

In the IMAGE 12 Photography Competition, Student Category, Maria Teresa Fischer was awarded both First and Second Place Prizes, and selected as Judges Choice by both Holly Stuart Hughes, Editor, Photo District News and PDNonline, and Hosanna Marshall, Art Buyer/Creative Producer, Saatchi & Saatchi NY.

"My mother’s mother died in a very unexpected way...My mother kept some of her belongings and through them memories were passed on and stories told. In this series of domestic landscapes, I explore people’s personal space and memories, focusing on objects as containers full of meaning."

Fischer, born and raised in Chile, received her Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography from The School of Visual Arts. She currently works as a freelance photographer in NYC. Preview Fischer's Book, And The Space Around

ASMPNY IMAGE 12 2012
VIEW ALL THE GALLERY OF WINNERS HERE

MariaTeresaFischer.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!

2012 LUCKY CAT!

Sheri Lynn Behr's
Lucky Cats Book

Photographs © Sheri Lynn Behr

LINDA TROELLER: MUCALINDA | Self-Portraits + Self-Reflection

Linda, Ansel Adams Bookmaking Workshop, Yosemite, Ca, 1974
Photograph by David Bales

Self-Portrait. San Jose Purua Hot Springs, Mexico, 1976

Linda Troeller's "Healing Waters" (Aperture) won 'Pictures of the Year' Book Award for Excellence. Cover, "Floating, Terme di Saturnia, Italy, 1996"

Mucalinda: Self-Portrait + Self-Reflection

"Mucalinda was a serpent king that emerged from the earth and protected Buddha with his hood from a storm. The book title is a metaphor of coming to terms with the multiplicity and the convergences of my life, an affirmation of the different moments which are represented in these self-portraits and portraits by other photographers."

"Self-reflection is reassurance for our psyche. French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan coined the term “the mirror stage,” which refers to early development in which an infant sees his own likeness, watches it move as he feels his body move, and thus realizes for the first time that he is the master of his own corporal form."

"Florence Nightingale, the civil war nurse, wrote that color, form and light provoke a physical effect on well-being. Photographers enter into that realm of light with their eyes and sensation. Photography can connect us to ‘oneness,’ and a ‘source.’ Research shows that photographs are recorded in the frontal lobe of the brain, which control heartbeat, blood flow, and hormones. This optic –unconscious relationship brings us visions of places yet to be discovered, universal, and yet rare. I experienced this kinship with my first camera, a Rollei, at the age of twenty at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico when Georgia O’Keeffe told me, “Let the powers out there guide you.” The impulse to snap the shutter directly links us to mythic absorption which is what the Mexican painter, Leonora Carrington named “down below.” She said if I wanted to heal from a breakup and grow as an artist I would “take the waters in San Jose Purua and Ixtapan or mushrooms in Palenque” to access things internal, archetypal, redeemable. – Linda Troeller, Mucalinda

Linda Troeller Photography

Linda Troeller Exhibition Curated by Sabine Kutt
Art Basel/Miami Beach Dec 1- 3

Self-Portrait, Lobby, Chelsea Hotel, NYC, 2006

"Artist. Model. Author. Muse. Linda Troeller plays many parts in her photographic life. Throughout a prolific career photographing and publishing books on female sexuality, healing-water spas, the AIDS epidemic, and her home in New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel, Troeller has regularly served as a subject for the camera, her own and those of her colleagues. Mucalinda: Self-Portrait + Self-Reflection, a collection of images by Troeller and other photographers from the 1970s to today, is an intimate, illuminating assessment of one artist’s deep engagement with seeing and understanding herself through the camera’s lens."

"Troeller’s dual roles behind and in front of the camera make her an anomaly in a community where most hide behind their viewfinders. But her exceptional beauty, along with the strength, openness, and willingness to collaborate with other artists on subtle, spiritual levels manifested in each photograph, made it inevitable that she would inspire other photographers as a subject. In each fearless image Troeller depicts the creative arc of a soul in love with photography and life.”–Toby Kamps, Mucalinda

Toby Kamps, Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas

MUCALINDA: Self-Portraits + Self-Reflection
view and purchase here

Linda Troeller’s vast corpus of self-portraits spanning the length of her artistic career serve as testaments to the many faces that composite the idea of self. The compulsive remaking of her own image through the expanse of time (or timelessness) falls within the artist’s desire to inscribe her likeness on the visual field. It is as if Troeller is making up for the lack of the emancipated female subject in art historical discourse. Her images often elicit a dreamscape, as her body is often pictured in nature, floating in water or suspended in between the horizon line of ground and air. The transcendent quality of Troeller’s self-portraits point to her desire to achieve the liberated female subject in art through the constant re-imaging of her own body within the pictorial frame. – Kalia Brooks, Mucalinda

Kalia Brooks, Adjunct Professor, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Photography and Imaging Department, Exhibition Director, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)

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Upcoming News
Linda Troeller Exhibition Curated by Sabine Kutt
Art Basel/Miami Beach Dec 1- 3

Exhibition Mucalinda: Self-Portrait + Self-Reflection
Hellenic Centre for Photography, Athens and
Tenerife Photography Festival, Canary Islands, Spain
through the end of 2011

Linda Troeller will teach "Self-Portraiture and Poetry" with Maureen Alsop in Palm Springs, California, April 2-5, 2012. Many thanks to Linda for allowing me to excerpt from her book, Mucalinda: Self-Portraits + Self-Reflection

17 DEGREES: SVA Digital Photography Exhibition

17 Degrees Exhibition: Wall Photographs by Michael Morrison

SVA 2011 Thesis Exhibition Announcement

17 Degrees Exhibition Catalog (Blurb, 2011)
Cover Photograph by Juan Achiaga

The School of Visual Arts
Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography
present
17 Degrees Thesis Exhibition
Beautifully Curated by Michael Foley
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If you are in NYC,
drop in!
October 21 - November 12

SVA Gallery• 209 east 23rd • new york city

17 Degrees Website

MARIA TERESA FISCHER: And the Space Around

Photograph (c) Teresa Fischer

And the Space Around by Teresa Fischer (Blurb, 2011)

"My mother’s mother died in a very unexpected way. This happened a long time ago, and I never got to meet her, but she has always been very present in our family. My mother kept some of her belongings and through them memories were passed on and stories told. And the Space Around is my way of dealing with issues related to death and loss."–Teresa Fischer

"This body of work is a series of domestic landscapes in which Fischer focusing on "objects as containers full of meaning. It takes place inside senior citizen houses where she explores people’s personal space and memories."

Photographer Teresa Fischer is from Puerto Varas, Chile. She graduated with a major in Photography from ARCIS University in Santiago and recently completed her Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Digital Photography at The School of Visual Arts in New York City. She specializes in Architecture and Interior Photography. Fischer's book, And the Space Around, has been selected as a finalist in Photography Book Now competition's People's Choice Award category.

Teresa Fischer Photography

This work will be exhibited in a group exhibition curated by Michael Foley, October 21 - Nov 12, 2011, SVA Gallery, 209 East 23rd St, NYC.

JOSEPHINE DVORKEN: A. Blessing

A. Blessing by Josephine Dvorken
Peoples Choice Nominee | Blurb Books Preview
Photograph (c) Josephine Dvorken

My Last Name is Blessing. I am A. Blessing
Photograph (c) Josephine Dvorken

Alfred and Mariette Sitting Together on the Couch
Photograph (c) Josephine Dvorken

Alfred Looking Out The Same Window
Photograph (c) Josephine Dvorken

Marriette Has Cared for People Her Whole Life
Photograph (c) Josephine Dvorken

"The first time I spotted him he was standing on a corner, wearing a brown suit and matching bowler hat. Folded in his left hand was a copy of The Wall Street Journal. He was positioned between two bank deposit boxes built into the granite wall. On the cornerstone was the building’s date, 1930. The man himself was certainly from another time and I marched straight across the street to ask if I could take his picture.

He agreed and was a natural in front of my lens. I confided to him that I had made a wish that the perfect subject would appear on this corner — someone who belonged right in the middle of the picture I wanted to take. I asked the man for his contact information.

“My last name is Blessing. I am A. Blessing.” He said with a wink and little bow. I had a feeling that Alfred had used this endearing introduction before, and it worked like a charm. I took him for ice cream and he told me about his first big failure in life… buying a gas station.

I kept in touch with Mr. Blessing and called him whenever I was exhibiting the project he was in. I quickly realized that he had difficulty with his memory. I needed to tell him the story of how we met each time we spoke. He loves that story and I love to tell it.

Alfred invited me to his house to take more pictures. This is when I met Mariette. She is from Switzerland and they have lived together in the same house for almost 45 years. She moved in shortly after his wife died to take care of the house and care for his young daughter. Though Mariette is a constant presence, I still haven’t quite figured out her relationship with Alfred. It is something less than romance but something more than that of a servant. And it is almost entirely unspoken." – Josephine Dvorken, from A. Blessing (Blurb Books, 2011)

Preview Book: A. Blessing

"People's Choice Award"

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Josephine Dvorken received her B.F.A. in 1994 from the University of New Mexico and her Master of Professional Studies degree from the School of Visual Arts in 2011. Her most recent project, A. Blessing, focuses on the complicated relationship between a man and his housekeeper. In 2009 she was recognized in the International Photography Book Now competition for Familiar Strangers: A Community Portrait with a solo show of this work at the Umbrella Arts Gallery in New York City. In addition to her Fine Art Projects, she accepts commissions in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut region.

Images from A. Blessing will be included in an upcoming group exhibition, curated by Michael Foley, October 21 - Nov 12, 2011, SVA Gallery, 209 East 23rd St, NYC.

Josephine Dvorken Photography

ROCIO SEGURA: When We Dream...

Photograph (c) Rocio Segura /All Rights Reserved

When we dream, our minds are free to do all the things we would never do in real life. The human brain creates a state of being in which our hidden fears and desires come to the surface. –Rocio Segura

Born in Santander, Spain, Rocio Segura received her Bachelor of Sciences in Media Studies in Madrid before assisting fashion photographers Jesus Cordero and Pablo Almansa; and collaborating with artists in Italy, London and New York. Ms. Segura recently completed her Masters of Professional Studies (MPS) in Digital Photography at The School of Visual Arts and is now based in New York City.

Rocio Segura Photography

Current Exhibition:
“Prohibido Vivir” in Collaboration with Okuda
through July 29, 2011
SC Gallery, Bilbao, Spain

Upcoming Group Exhibition:
October 21-Nov 12, 2011
Gallery Exhibition Curated by Michael Foley
209 East 23rd St, NYC

PURCHASE BOOK

Preview Book: When We Dream...

JOSE BELTRAN: Despite/Embargo Cuba

Arturo. Photograph © Jose Beltran

Eliany. Photograph © Jose Beltran

View BLURB BOOK here

DESPITE/EMBARGO
A Portrait of Havana's Youth 52 Years After The Revolution

Born in Mexico City, 34 year old Jose Beltran, now a photographer based in California, was one of 100 photographers invited to participate in Review Santa Fe 2011.

La Lettre de la Photographie:
Review Santa Fe Part I / Part II

PDN: PhotoBook NYC

PDN: PHOTOBOOK NYC

Cover: Cyclone With Car, from the series Coney Morning
Photograph (c) Stefanie Dworkin

(l) Skateboarders, Midwood, Brooklyn, 2010
(r) Pin-up girls, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 2007
Photographs by Valery Rizzo / click image to enlarge

(l) Into The Light (r) Chance Meeting
Photographs by Sandy Alpert / click image to enlarge

Photographs from the series Coney Morning by Stefanie Dworkin
Layout in Blurb's BookSmart


PHOTOBOOK NYC
Presented by PDN | Photo District News
Sponsored by Blurb and B&H

PDN's PHOTOBOOK NYC Photography Contest, called for the best New York City related Photography: "From the iconic grandeur of the skyline, to the heart of the communities PDN's panel of NYC experts helped choose 35 photographers published in this 'special edition' book ... that captures true NYC experiences."

PHOTOBOOK NYC was edited by PDN's Lauren Wendle, VP/Publisher; John Gimenez, Contest + Event Director; and Jacqueline Tobin, Deputy Editor. It was designed by Elizabeth Avedon; PDN's Moneer Masih-Tehrani, Special Events Manager; and Daniel Ryan, Production Director.

View + Purchase on Blurb

10 BEST 10: Photography Competition

View 2010 Winners "10 BEST 10"
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Call for Entries until Feb 22nd!

iPhones to Pinholes, Polaroids to Droids, Holgas to Hasselblads
Any Camera, Any Subject, Any Country

ROB HANN: The Child Is Gone

Photograph (c) Rob Hann /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Rob Hann /All Rights Reserved

Artwork by Seta Morton

Photograph (c) Rob Hann /All Rights Reserved

Over the past 4 years I've made numerous visits to my girlfriend Nora's (artist Nora Chavooshian) home in the affluent and liberal town of Montclair, New Jersey, about 30 minutes from New York City. I thought about shooting a photographic portrait project with Nora's daughter, Seta, as she passed from childhood to adulthood. I wanted it to be a collaboration and suggested Seta contribute her poetry and artwork to the project.

I spent a year photographing 16 year old Seta and her friends. The result is an extended portrait of Seta, part portrait, part self-portrait. The title of the book, "The Child Gone", is taken from one of Seta's poems. –Rob Hann

view: the child gone

SHERI LYNN BEHR: Rock and Roll Archive

Bono, NYC, 2005
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr /All Rights Reserved

The Ramones, CBGB's, 1977
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr /All Rights Reserved

Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar, The Bottom Line, 1979
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr /All Rights Reserved

Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Madison Square Garden, 1977
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr /All Rights Reserved

Sheri Lynn Behr grew up in the Bronx, and studied photography and digital imaging in New York City at the New School, ICP, and Pratt Manhattan. Her photographs of musicians in the 1970s appeared in most music publications of the time, including Rolling Stone, Creem, and Billboard, and she often shot on assignment for major recording companies such as RCA and Arista and Atlantic Records. These images are now considered fine art photographs and have been included in several photography exhibitions.

Sheri Lynn Behr

Rock and Roll Photography Archive

Sheri's Blog includes a look back on shooting Iggy Pop, The Clash, Ian Dury, David Johansen, Meat Loaf, Hot Tuna, U2, Lou Reed, Garland Jeffries - I'm looking forward to more posts! Also view Behr's Lucky Cats

BLURB POP-UP STORE: NYC Events

Blurb's New Pop-Up Store in Soho, NYC!

Yikes! I'm giving a Workshop with Photographer Brad Bunyea

Blurb's New Pop-Up Store in Soho!
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October 21 to October 31st
60 Mercer St. (between Broome and Grand), SoHo

Great Workshops, Speaker Sessions, and Events

Aaron Kenedl, Editor-in-Chief for Print Magazine; Jen Bekman, founder of Jen Bekman Gallery, 20x200, and Hey, Hot Shot!; editor Alan Rapp; Mommy Poppins Blogger Ana Fader; Fashion Photographer Michael Creagh; Marcy Ray from WireMedia Communications and Ferentz Lafargue from the virtual-placemaking organization Nostrand Park; Liz Danzico from School of Visual Arts; myself and Photographer Brad Bunyea; Blurb advisor Dan Milnor; Portfolio Workshops; and Etsy creatives! RSVP to these events!

PUBLISHING IN YOUR HANDS: Join the PhotoBook Discussion

Publishing in Your Hands
A roundtable discussion with
Andy Adams, David Bram, Darius Himes, and Melanie McWhorter

Join the Discussion!

Posted on FRACTION BLOG: "At the end of last year (2009) Miki Johnson and Andy Adams coordinated a "cross-blog" discussion about the future of photography books. Over forty bloggers participated with a range of amateur and professional voices piping in and adding their thoughts to the mix. The interest in the subject of photobooks* has continued unabated and various fairs devoted to the Photobook are popping up around the world.

With the 3rd annual Photography Book Now and featuring a contest deadline fast approaching (sponsored by Blurb with a whopping $25,000 grand prize), a few of us that love photobooks thought we would initiate another online discussion about self-publishing—where we've come in the last few years in terms of perception, creativity and technology." –Darius Himes, Santa Fe, June 20, 2010

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When I posted my 2 cents on the "Future of Photography Books" back in December, I was just considering using Blurb.com for the first time for a photobook project. Half a year and several Blurb books later...I am a total convert! I think it's the greatest invention since the internet! It's opened up a world of possibilities for everyone, where it had been open to only a few. Your self-published book can be as great as you (or your book designer!) are able to create.

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"What do we mean by "self-publishing"?
ADD your thoughts to THE round-table discussion"
—Andy Adams, Flak Photo

CAIO FERNANDES: Aterces Adiv

reductive a new Blurb book
Self Portrait of Artist Caio Fernandes

Paintings (c) Caio Fernandes /All Rights Reserved

1995 while writing a poem named Vida Secreta (Secret Life) in my notebook, on the opposite page the ink left the opposite written–Aterces Adiv. This was just perfect for all I was trying to say...Aterces Adiv, nothing can be hidden in life and as consequence in art.–Caio Fernandes

Brazilian artist Caio Fernandes explains the history of the four phases of his work while showing us his "best painting among the best". Support the Arts, only $14.00 U.S. BLURB Books "Staff Pick"

reductive
paintings by Caio Fernandes