Photojournalism- Why Bother

I saw this post on the blog for 100 Eyes, and thought of all of you interested in PJ.

Photojournalism- Why Bother?

Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition - Call Extended to November 1

Deadline is now November 1st
The Juror is Corey Keller , associate Curator of Photography at the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art

The application is done through slideroom, and is very easy.
This is a great way to begin to get your work out into the world.

About the Exhibition (from the website)

Established in 2001 and organized by the graduate photography students at Texas Woman’s University and the Photographic Artists’ Coalition (a student-run photography organization), the annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition provides a national venue for the exhibition of artistic expression as seen through the eye of the camera. Photographers from throughout the United States are invited to submit entries for the exhibition, then works are juried by an invited professional in the photographic field. The exhibition is on view to the public at the Texas Woman’s University Fine Arts Galleries every Spring semester.

The exhibition and endowment was established by alumnus Christine Shank and a small group of graduate students and named in memory of the mother of Professor Susan kae Grant. Exhibition proceeds will help fund the Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition Endowment that will fund photography scholarships for future graduate students in the Department of Visual Arts.

Texas Woman’s University is a comprehensive public university, primarily for women, offering baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degree programs and is the largest university for women in the United States. The University’s photography department has a legacy of excellence by empowering students to take risks, establish a broad vision of the field and develop a personal voice and working methodology.

For details click here.

SEAN PERRY TO CLASS THIS WEEK

Today in class: artist SEAN PERRY

Handouts from PPE Lectures

You can get the handouts to the lectures from PhotoPlus by clicking here and here.

Website Templates

For those of you considering designing a website, here are a few template sites:
A Photo Folio
http://www.aphotofolio.com

FolioLink
http://www.foliolink.com/

Index Exhibit
http://www.indexhibit.org/

Live Books
http://www.livebooks.com/

Other People's Pixels
http://otherpeoplespixels.com/

Visual Server
http://www.visualserver.com/

Great Book Cover Blogs

Check out these amazing blogs on book cover design:

Henry Sene Yee, Creative Director at Picador Press

John Gall, Art Director for Vintage and Anchor books

FaceOut Books - A blog by The DesignWorks Group

Book Cover Archive maintained by Fwis, a design firm based out of Brooklyn, NY

The Polaroid is back!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6316829/Polaroid-cameras-to-be-produced-once-again.html

The polaroid camera is going back into production!

Frankencamera

I thought this was pretty interesting:

Frankencamera

Center for Book Arts

I'm doing my research project on the "Making and Marketing of Artists' Books," and I wanted to share a link with everyone. For anyone interested in learning more about book publishing and binding, the Center for Book Arts offers some free workshops and talks.

So check it out.

NYT article on the prevalence of the word "curator"

The New York Times
The Word 'Curate' No Longer Belongs To Museum Crowds
Alex Williams
October 2, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/fashion/04curate.html

NY ART BOOK FAIR closes tomorrow

A reminder that tomorrow, Sunday, is the last day of The New York Art Book Fair, at PS1 in Queens. It's free, and will be a source of great inspiration towards your self-promotional materials. Open 11-5 on this the final day.

Job Board

Hello All,

In our research this morning we found this great source of internships/jobs.
Do you know the Society of Publication Designers?
They have this section for jobs and internships to be posted. Check it out.