LIFE SUPPORT JAPAN: Photography Auction Funds Benefit Japan Disaster

SILENT AUCTION: JENNIFERSCHWARTZ Gallery
Atlanta, GA, March 19th. 11am-5pm
Absentee Bidding VIEW IMAGES

Maiko Takaku, Matsuo Kabuki (2003)
Photograph (c) Hiroshi Watanabe

Big with Monkey Doll, Suo Sarumawashi (2008)
Photograph (c) Hiroshi Watanabe

Barefoot Guitarist (2009)
Photograph (c) Gabe Sheen

Life Support Japan is an effort by photographers and galleries around the world to raise money to support those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis that struck Japan on March 11th, 2011. Money raised from these joint efforts will be donated to Direct Relief International and Habitat for Humanity Japan.

Silent Auction: Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA, March 19th. 11am-5pm. Winners Announced at 6pm on March 19th. Bids will be taken at the Gallery and also by Absentee Bidding. Absentee Bids can be sent to auction@jenniferschwartzgallery from 11am-5pm (Eastern Standard Time). They will accept absentee pre-bids Friday March 18th from 5pm-7pm. Additionally there will be a "buy it now" option, where the bidder can buy the lot at the full retail price.

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20x200: A JEN BEKMAN PROJECT
(limited editions x low prices) + the internet = art for everyone

Imperial Palace Gardens with Wall, Tokyo, 2009
Photograph (c) Emily Shur

All of the proceeds from the sale of this print benefit Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund. Japan Society has created a disaster relief fund to aid victims of the Tohoku earthquake in Japan. 100% of the contributions will go to organization(s) that directly help victims recover from the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunamis that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. 20X200

"I have photographed in Japan since my first visit in 2004 . . . I identify deeply with the level of respect that nature commands there, as well as the mesmerizing attention to detail prevalent within Japanese life. This honoring of the natural world is indicative of a certain way of thinking; a collective consciousness that goes beyond simply caring for plants or animals or taking pride in one’s work." –Emily Shur

Purchase Imperial Gardens: 20X200

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LIFE SUPPORT JAPAN: WALLSPACE Gallery
Online Auction: new images posted daily
VIEW IMAGES

Hope, India, 2011 $50
Photograph (c) Manjari Sharma

January Rain, Tokyo, 2009 $50
Photograph (c) Michael Kirchoff

the photo community has pulled together asap, powered by aline smithson of lenscratch and christa dix of wall space gallery. at this time, over 850 photographers have donated their work (!) so new images are being uploaded every day - check back often - for $50 you will get an 8 X 10 signed print - one of a special limited edition of ten - 100% of the proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations, Direct Relief International and Habitat for Humanity Japan, benefiting disaster victims.

*purchase thru google check-out. international buyers: email for an invoice and pay thru paypal. buy multiple prints, pay shipping once.

note: Life Support Japan is planned as a long term project, not a short term fix to help Japan. they are creating a website, I'll post when it's live. "thank you from the bottom of my heart for this huge outpouring of support in this effort to help."–gallery owner, christa dix

LIFE SUPPORT JAPAN: Online Auction

Doll In The Living Room (6 available) $50
Photograph (c) Kevin Miyazaki

(Click to Enlarge Images!)

Untitled $50
Photograph (c) Aleksandra Patova

No. 61 2011 $50
Photograph (c) Kerry Mansfield

Jun Masuda as Oyanagi / SOLD OUT
Photograph (c) Hiroshi Watanabe

Rikugien Garden, Tokyo, 2009 / SOLD OUT
Photograph (c) Emily Shur

Tokyo Subway, 2010 / SOLD OUT
Photograph (c) Jeffrey Aaronson

Mudflat Ariake Sea / SOLD OUT
Photograph (c) David Burdeny

Vineyard Blush / SOLD OUT
Photograph (c) Tom Chambers

Fireworks / SOLD OUT
Photograph (c) Gabriel Herman

Ocotillo Tree in Pinto Basin $50
Photograph (c) Ron Resnick

Some Days / SOLD OUT
Photograph (c) Aline Smithson

Lucky Cats:White Cat 001b (5 available) $50
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr

life support japan
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wall space gallery

new images posted daily
seattle 206.330.9137 | santa barbara 805.637.3898
gallery@wall-spacegallery.com

this is the first of many auctions the photo community has pulled together asap, powered by aline smithson of lenscratch and christa dix of wall space gallery. over 100 more photographers are donating their work and images are being uploaded every day, so check back often - for $50 you will get an 8 X 10 signed print, one of a special limited edition of ten - 100% of the proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations, Direct Relief International and Habitat for Humanity Japan, benefiting disaster victims...and check-out the silent auction on march 19th at jennifer schwartz gallery. please visit these sites and *purchase a piece of art!

*purchase thru google check-out. international buyers: email for an invoice and pay thru paypal. buy multiple prints, pay shipping once. new images posted each day.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1.1.2011

Moses and the Star Photograph (c) Aline Smithson

HAPPY NEW YEAR !
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Wishing You All The Best In 2011

HH The Dalai Lama and Einstein Photograph (c) Clive Arrowsmith

...may 2011 be a
Prosperous + Peaceful New Year!

Must see LENSCRATCH today! 400 photographs posted - my favorites include tom chambers, julie blackmon, stephen mallon, sean perry, jessica todd harper, phillip toledano, gabriela herman, sheri lynn behr, ruben natal-san miguel, elizabeth opalenik, susan worsham, ellen jantzen, akihito yamamoto, jamie stillings, rania matar, christopher rauschenberg, gina kelly, manjari sharma, bruce barone, blake andrews, valery rizzo, mitch dobrowner, joni sternbach, liz kuball, russ martin and marcia schulman martin and more...

LENSCRATCH: An On-line Exhibition Opportunity

Family by Aline Smithson

Lenscratch will be creating exposure opportunities for photographers with group on-line exhibitions. Photographers will be allowed ONE entry per exhibition and all photographs will be published.

Submission Guidelines:
Image size: 72dpi at 1000px on the long side. Send name, title, location, and link to your work (website or other). In the subject of your e-mail, type the name of the exhibition (FAMILY, etc) and e-mail to: alinesmithson@yahoo.com. If your images are sized incorrectly or the submission is incomplete, they will not be posted.

Due Date: November 14th
Send one image that best represents your idea of FAMILY. Post will run on Thanksgiving

Due Date: December 27th
Send your FAVORITE image that you took in 2010. Post will run on New Year's Day

Due Date: March 17th
Send one image that best represents LUCK. Post will run on St. Patrick's Day

Due Date: April 25th
Send your favorite SELF PORTRAIT. Post will run on May 1st

CRITICAL EXPOSURE: Auction Pre-Preview

Ismaila Badji and Jumpex, 2008
Photographs (c) Jason Florio/All rights reserved
Jason Florio Website

10.08.11 #3 Mama C, Matunuck, RI
edition 1/15 8x10" archival pigment print on 8.5x11 paper

Copyright © 2010 Joni Sternbach / All rights reserved

Joni Sternbach Website

Central Park, 2009
Photograph (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved
Aline Smithson Website

Glistening

Photograph (c) Marcia Schulman Martin/All rights reserved

Marcia Schulman Martin Website

Hosta Flower Among Leaves
Photograph (c) Russ Martin/All rights reserved
Russ Martin Website

Paolo Gavanelli as Rigoletti in the Opera Rigoletti
Photograph (c) John F. Martin /All Rights Reserved
John F. Martin Website

CRITICAL EXPOSURE

PICTURE EQUALITY 2010 Silent Auction + Fundraiser

SILENT AUCTION: Picture Equality: An Evening of Empowerment Through Photography The 3rd Annual Silent Auction will benefit low-income youth by providing cameras and training in photography so that students can become effective advocates for school reform and social change. Photographers Damon Winter, Ami Vitale, Joni Sternbach, Jason Florio, John F. Martin, Aline Smithson, Russ Martin, and Ed Kashi, as well as many more from National Geographic, Getty Images, and VII Photo Agency, have donated images for sale. (stay posted as the list of photographers keeps growing)

TICKETS
October 21st, 2010, 6:30-8:30pm
Atrium of the DLA Piper Building
500 8th St. NW at Gallery Place, Washington D.C.

ALINE SMITHSON: collect.give

Imagine
Photograph (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

collect.give
a limited edition by photographer Aline Smithson

edition of 25 - print price of $40
100% of the proceeds go to the organization Change The Truth

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CHANGE THE TRUTH (CTT), founded by photographer, Gloria Baker Feinstein, supports St. Mary Kevin Orphange Motherhood in Uganda. CTT provides shelter, food, security, clothing, medicine, love, access to education and training in vocational skills to children from Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan, Chad and Niger. For children abandoned, abused, mistreated or who have lost their families to war, CHANGE THE TRUTH provides hope and a future: www.changethetruth.org

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After a career as a fashion editor, Aline Smithson now works in Los Angeles. Her photography has been featured in numerous publications and she is represented by galleries in the U.S. and Europe. Though she was nominated for The Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award in 2008 and 2009 and for The Santa Fe Prize in Photography in 2009 by Center, she considers her children her greatest achievement. Smithson's work is coming out in the October issues of Fraction, Visura, and Rangefinder. Read more about Aline here and view her blog Lenscratch.

CRITICAL EXPOSURE: Silent Auction Oct 21!

A Vision So Clear With A Sound So Faint
Photograph by Byron, 12th grade

"I put a photo of my brother on the keys of an open piano, and I took the picture. To me it represents what my brother stood for. My brother graduated, so it says “Graduation Picture 2006,” and it also captures the music side of him that is also in me. I feel like this piano in the background in the photo, along with the photograph, really represented my brother in a way that words can’t. I took this photo while I was at school in the auditorium. He graduated from Spingarn STAY, the same program I’m in. He graduated in 2006 before he got killed.

I’m going back to school because of my brother, actually. He got shot and before he got shot he graduated from high school. I made a promise to him that I was going to graduate from high school so I enrolled in the same program as him in 2006. But, later on that year, while I was in school, he got killed. So I dropped out of school, I lost my focus, I couldn’t really concentrate. And now, the 2008-2009 school year, I’m just getting back in here because I know he wanted me to finish school, and I made him a promise that I would finish school and walk across that same stage that he walked across. And I’m going to make sure that I fulfill my promise--my word is my bond." –Byron, 12th grade, Spingarn STAY Senior High School

Broken Window, Baltimore
Photograph by Ian, 10th grade, Teen Leader for Change

Martin Luther King Elementary School 2009
Photograph Jaime Windon

Critical Exposure: Higher Achievement Program

ABOUT: Critical Exposure teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change.

DONATE: Give Cameras to Kids; train them in documentary photography and writing; encourage them to capture images that illustrate the realities of their lives; and show them how to use photographs and writing to tell their stories and advocate for improvements in their schools and communities. You can be part of the picture. Donate.

SILENT AUCTION: Picture Equality: An Evening of Empowerment Through Photography The 3rd Annual Silent Auction will benefit low-income youth by providing cameras and training in photography so that students can become effective advocates for school reform and social change. Photographers Damon Winter, Ami Vitale, Joni Sternbach, Jason Florio, John F. Martin, Aline Smithson, Russ Martin, and Ed Kashi, as well as many more from National Geographic, Getty Images, and VII Photo Agency, have donated images for sale. (stay posted as the list of photographers keeps growing)

PICTURE EQUALITY 2010 Silent Auction + Fundraiser
October 21st, 2010, 6:30-8:30 PM
Atrium of the DLA Piper Bldg
500 8th St. NW, at Gallery Place, Washington, DC

( Auction Images post mid-Oct)

NYC PORTFOLIO REVIEW Tonight!

Brace for Impact, the Salvage of Flight 1549
Photograph (c) Stephen Mallon /All Rights Reserved

Brace for Impact, the Salvage of Flight 1549
Photograph (c) Stephen Mallon /All Rights Reserved

Brace for Impact, the Salvage of Flight 1549

Photograph (c) Stephen Mallon /All Rights Reserved
Stephen Mallon blogpost


Wednesday, May 26th, 6:30-9PM
REVIEW 2010: ASMP-NY
FINE ART PORTFOLIO REVIEW
New York's American Society of Media Photographers

CALUMET, 22 West 22nd St, NYC

Register Here for the Review
Become a member of ASMP (membership application here)

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Read Mary Virginia Swanson's post "To Attend or Not To Attend"
Photographer Aline Smithson's post on Preparing for a Review
Jen Bekman's Portfolio Do's and Don't's

REVIEW 2010: ASMPNY Portfolio Review

TIBET: A Limited Edition Portfolio. Photographs: Richard Gere
Design + Production: Elizabeth Avedon. Fahey/Klein Gallery

REVIEW 2010: ASMPNY
FINE ART PORTFOLIO REVIEW
+40 GREAT REVIEWERS
Wednesday, May 26th, 6:30-9PM
CALUMET, 22 West 22nd St, NYC

GET YOUR PORTFOLIO READY!

We recommend bringing one body of work with 10 to 20 images - big enough that they get a sense, but not so big that it is difficult to get through in the time available. No portfolio over 16x20 will be allowed for ease of reviewers. Make the packing material easy to get through so as not to slow down the review. Bring leave behinds and leave behind your ego! Bring your resume, bio and statements. Read more...

Register Here If you are interested in participating in the review and are not a member, you may do so by becoming a member of ASMP (membership application here).

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Read Mary Virginia Swanson's post "To Attend or Not To Attend"
Photographer Aline Smithson's post on Preparing for a Review
Jen Bekman's Portfolio Do's and Don't's

ALINE SMITHSON: Photographing Family

Copyright (c) Aline Smithson

Copyright (c) Aline Smithson

To create the series Arrangement in Green and Black: Portrait of the Photographer's Mother, Aline Smithson took photographs of her 85-year-old mother combining traditional photography techniques with hand painted color. The inspiration for the series began when she found a small print of Whistler's painting Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother, at a neighborhood garage sale. The same weekend she found a leopard coat and hat, a 1950s cat painting, and what looked like the exact chair from the Whistler painting. "That started me thinking about the idea of portraiture, the strong compositional relationships going on within Whistler's painting, and the evocative nature of unassuming details," says Smithson. 

ALINE SMITHSON

The Griffin Museum of Photography  
April 7 - May 16, 2010

Arrangement In Green And Black
 PORTRAIT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S MOTHER
The Atelier Gallery, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, MA

HAITI RELIEF PRINT SALES: Photographers Donate 100% to Doctors Without Borders

Dog Statues, Takao, Japan 2009 Edition of 10: $50
Photograph (c) Emily Shur /All Rights Reserved

Illumination 2010 Edition of 10: $50
Photograph (c) Tom Chambers /All Rights Reserved

Full Moon 2010 Edition of 10: $50
Photograph (c) Bill Finger /All Rights Reserved

Wedding Clothes 2009 Edition of 10: $50
Photograph (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

life support

Wall Space Gallery and it's Artists support 100% of the sales of these prints to Doctors Without Borders. Tom Chambers, Aline Smithson, Lydia Panas, Randall J. Corcoran, Priya Kambli, Ron Reeder, Bill Finger, Kristen Fecker Peroni, Charles Grogg, and Mitch Dobrowner. Prints in an Edition of 10: $50.

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Emerging Photographers Support The People Of Haiti:

Haiti Relief Benefit Print Sale: Emerging Photographers Support The People Of Haiti. Each 8 x 10" photograph is part of an edition of 10. Each photograph is $50. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres in Haiti. Patients in desperate need of assistance wait to receive medical treatment outside of an MSF office in Haiti. Photograph Haiti 2010 (c) Julie Remy

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, known in Haiti as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize. As of today, thousands of patients have been treated so far at several Doctors Without Borders locations in Haiti.

ALINE SMITHSON: Lenscratch Favorites

Shadows and Stains series
Hand painted silver gelatin print (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

Shadows and Stains series
Hand painted silver gelatin print (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."
Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."
Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

Henry from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."
Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

SHADOWS AND STAINS series: "Shot with a toy camera (Diana), I set out to deconstruct images, overlap or cut my negatives, add thoughts that never get said out loud, add text and texture through traditional methods in the darkroom, add washes of oil paint to the surface, and discard the idea of making the perfect print. I want the shadows and stains of my photographic fingerprints as evidence that I was there, in a dark room." –Aline Smithson

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In December, Photographer Aline Smithson posted the following message on her blog LENSCRATCH: "Send me your favorite photograph of 2009 (that you have taken) and I will post it on New Year's Day." Readers sent images from as far away as India, Burma, Ireland, and Hungary, as well as many from here at home. The following are only a few of the almost 100 images posted:

LENSCRATCH 1.1.10

Finokalia (Φινοκαλιά), Crete
Photograph (c) Phil Bebbinton /All Rights Reserved

Los Angeles, CA
Photograph (c) Maura Brennan /All Rights Reserved

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