Posts in Category : News About PWP
Debra Rothenberg – Living the Photographer’s Dream
If you published an award-winning book on one of the hottest musicians in the world that is selling like hotcakes, would you donate every single cent of the profits? That is what Debra Rothenberg is doing, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg of her giving nature. The explanation is simple. “I like helping people because I didn’t have people helping me,” she said. It took her 17 years of “blood, sweat, and tears” to be at ease with her work and if she had help it wouldn’t have taken that long to get comfortable. She remembers her early time when she asked a fellow photographer what lens he was using. He wouldn’t tell her and hid the lens. [continue reading...]
PWP at PDN Photo Expo
This year, thanks to Andy Mars, Outreach Director, and PWP volunteers,* Professional Women Photographers had a presence at the PDN Photo Plus Expo at the Javits Center. Not only was it great exposure for PWP, but the non-profits were also highlighted by Jeff McQuilkin, Group Show Director, The Nielsen Photo Group, in PDN Magazine: “…there is another great reason to€¨ attend that we don’t talk about nearly enough. At PhotoPlus we are proud €¨to partner with ten different photography-related nonprofit organizations,€¨including Rehabilitation Through Photography, Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep,€¨ Photo Philanthropy, Professional Women Photographers, and many others. If €¨you missed them, or missed the show, you can find out more about these€¨ great causes by visiting the list of [continue reading...]
January 2011 Kudos
January 2011 Kudos, by Shoshana Rothaizer Openings, Receptions and Special Events (Note: All exhibitions are group shows except where indicated as solo shows. Details are in the following paragraph.) Wed. 1/5, 8 p.m. - Roz Rosenblum, photo competition at Sacred Heart School, Castleton Avenue, Staten Island Thurs. 1/6, 6-8:30 p.m. - Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, opening reception at A.I.R. Gallery, 111 Front Street, #228, Brooklyn. 212-255-6651. http://www.airgallery.org/ There will also be a curatorial talk at 5 p.m. Fri. 1/7, 5-7:30 p.m. - Lynn Saville, opening reception for solo exhibition at Schneider Gallery, 230 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60654. 312-988-4033. http://www.schneidergallerychicago.com Thurs. 1/13, 7:30 p.m. - Barbara Freedman, opening reception and artist’s talk for solo show, Koslowe Judaica Gallery, Westchester Jewish Center, [continue reading...]
December 2010 Kudos
December 2010 Kudos by Shoshana Rothaizer Openings, Receptions and Special Events (Note: All exhibitions are group shows except where indicated as solo shows. Details are in the following paragraph.) Sun. 12/5, 2-3:30 p.m. - Myrna Harrison-Changar, opening reception at United Hebrew Home, 391 Pelham Road, New Rochelle, NY 10805. 914-632-2804. http://www.uhgc.org Mon. 12/6, 6:30 p.m. - Roz Rosenblum, judging competition at the Community Church, 28 East 36th Street, NYC. Wed.-Sun. 12/8-12, daily - Irma Bohórquez-Geisler, the Fair at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201-2711. 718-222-4111 Thurs. 12/9, 6-8 p.m. - Professional Women Photographers (PWP) artists’ reception at Show Wall Gallery, The Durst Organization, 1133 Avenue of the Americas (at West 43rd Street), NYC. Sat. 12/11, 6-9 [continue reading...]
November 2010 Kudos
November 2010 Kudos by Shoshana Rothaizer Openings, Receptions and Special Events (Note: All exhibitions are group shows except where indicated as solo shows. Details are in the following paragraph.) Wed. 11/3, 5:30-8:00 p.m. - Alyce Mayo, Barbara Leven, Pat Garbarini and Ruth Gitto, opening reception at Calumet Photo Gallery, 22 West 22nd Street, 2nd Floor, NYC. 212-989-8500 Fri. 11/12, 2-10 p.m. - Paula Berg, exhibition at Launchpad Gallery, 721 Franklin Avenue, Crown Heights, Brooklyn Sun. 12/12, 1-4 p.m. - Trish Mayo, reception at Wave Hill House at Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, the Bronx. 718-549-3200 Paula Berg was a winner of the “Unnoticed Beauty€ Photography Competition, celebrating the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, [continue reading...]