PWP President, Madeline Ring. Photo © Susan Raab

Volume 4 | Issue 9 | May 2010

Greetings from the Board

Spring is upon us and we look forward to summer and all the photographic opportunities that accompany it. PWP is gearing up for its annual meeting and the year – end show and tell. The board is already looking towards next year with some new directors and great new plans for fund raising and expanded PWP activities.

Keep posted on this newsletter and E groups for announcements, join the fun and successes through volunteering, and enjoy the warm weather.

The Board

EXHIBITIONS

NEW MEMBER EXHIBIT

Please join us in meeting and supporting the new members of PWP at a reception featuring their work. These new members have worked hard at organizing and producing their own show and deserve all of our support.

Monday, May 3rd, 2010 – Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Opening Reception: May 3, 2010, 5-7 pm
TD Bank
2109 Broadway
New York NY 10023
646-505-1118

OBJECTS OF AFFECTION

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 – Friday, August 13th, 2010

Please join us at the
Opening reception - July 28, 2010 from 6-9PM

HP Gallery at Calumet Photo
22 West 22nd Street
2nd Floor New York NY 10010
212-989-8500

AMERICANA

PWP’s latest exhibition, Americana, is currently on view at the MH Art & Framing Gallery, 9 West 20th St., through May 22nd.

Americana is an impressive show not only for the quality of the photography, but for the rich stories present in each image.  In an effort to explore these stories further, we are introducing a new feature on the blog called “What They Saw,” in which we will select images from current PWP exhibitions and publish the story behind the image, in the photographer’s own words.  We kick off this series with Joan Katz’s Brooklyn Powwow.  We also explore the beginnings of the exhibit and why the topic felt so relevant to the Americana committee.

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As always, the Exhibitions Committee is looking for PWP members interested in launching future juried exhibitions for our members. It is a great way to learn about jurying and curating as well as forging great friendships within the organization. Contact Katie Mantell if you are interested Katie8e@gmail.com

MAY MONTHLY MEETING

Our May Monthly Meeting will be held Wednesday May 5, 2010  at

The Church of St. Paul the Apostle
405 West 59th Street
(second floor)
New York NY 10019
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Our speaker in May will be PWP Member Barbara Koppelman and the curtain raiser will be our Community Service committee.

Barbara Koppelman is a photo editor, archivist and researcher who will provide an informational and instructional session on what makes a photograph sell. Barbara will share insights gained from experience as a photographers rep and consultant using successful images as illustrative examples.

Barbara has a successful career as an editor and consultant to photographers who has worked with many of our members. She provides one on one sessions with photographers to edit, organize and  help market their work as well as upgrade their business practices. She has worked with photographers in exploring fresh directions for their careers, evaluating or building their websites and finding stock agencies.

Barbara also has her own successful photography career providing editing and publishing services for many venues. A brief list includes “Radio City Music Hall, A Legend Is Reborn”, “Pop Culture, 100 Stories from Pepsi’s First 100 Years” for the Pepsi Cola Company, “To Give Them Light” Photographs of Roman Vishniac, “From Alice to Ocean” photographs by Rick Smolan, “Parabola, The Journal of Myth & Tradition”. With that and special editing and archivist projects for prominent photographers (and supervising the creation of the slide library at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston) the list is impressive.

We look forward to seeing you at both wonderful presentations. Bring friends and fellow photographers – remember our guest fee is only $10.

Come at 6 and enjoy the snacks we have for sale as well as a half hour to connect with other PWP members.

2010 ANNUAL MEETING – 6:15PM JUNE 2

Look for “Official Notice”,  the 2010 – 2011 slate of candidates and proxy for the board vacancies in the mail in the next few days.

Our Annual Meeting of Membership will be June 2rd at 6:15 pm. Officers will report on activities and financial status of the organization, and annual elections will be held.  If you cannot attend, please make sure that your proxy is submitted.The official notice letter will provide details about proxy submission.

Order of business:
A.    Roll call/proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice
B.    Reading/Approval of minutes of preceding meeting
C.    Report of Officers
D.    Election of Inspectors of Election
E.     Election of Directors
F.     Unfinished business

Please make every effort to attend this important meeting.

PWP SPONSORHIP

PWP is delighted to announce sponsorship/advertising partnerships for next year.

NEWSLETTER – TAMRON CORPORATION

For our 2010 – 2011 fiscal year the TAMRON CORPORATION will be advertising with PWP through sponsorship of the PWP NEWSLETTER. Beginning next month look for the TAMRON logo and website at the header of this newsletter each month. We are very excited about this new partnership with a premier lense manufacturer and encourage all members to support our advertisers and sponsors. TAMRON has been a vital supporter or PWP in the past through donations of lenses for our silent auctions and we look forward to a long and mutually profitably relationship with them.

MONTHLY MEETINGS – TD BANK

For 2010 – 2011 TD BANK will be our sponsor for the PWP monthly meetings helping to defray the cost of meeting space and speaker honorariums. We look forward to proudly displaying their sign and logo at our sign in table each month and encourage all members to consider TD bank for their banking needs. TD is also a vital supporter of PWP having provided a wonderful space at its 74th Street and Broadway branch for our annual New Member Exhibit this year and last. We look forward to a great working relationship with TD bank as well.

FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL

Professional Women Photographers is sponsoring our first International Open Call in honor of our 35th Anniversary.  The call will be sent out in early May and will close the end of August.  There will be an exhibition in a New York City gallery as well as an online gallery for winners.  The cover of the Fall issue of Imprints will be the Grand Prize winner of the competition.

Terry Berenson and Patricia Gilman are heading the committee to create the event, Stephen Perloff and Elinor Carucci are the jurors.  Prizes will be awarded in four categories, People, Places, Nature and Abstracts.

If you are interested in helping with this event, please contact Terry at terry.berenson@gmail.com or Patricia at patriciagilman@gmail.com.  We encourage your participation in this new and exciting venture.

ARCHIVES

From the Archives!

From the Archives is our new blog dedicated to the experience of women in photography from the 70′s on. These were the years in which PWP emerged and developed, when a large number of women were breaking into the photographic field.  It’s also the time when women’s roles were changing, and photography itself was moving into the digital age. It is going to be colorful, informative and fun.  It will draw on PWP archival material, but also take a look at the times as seen through the eyes of women photographers.

Read our first post A Trip to the Archives at:
http://www.pwponline.org/blog/ 2010/04/04/a-trip-to-the- archives/

Sincerely,

The Board
Professional Women Photographers