Photography projects, news, events and opportunities in Oregon and beyond
From Therese Gietler in ASMP Oregon Photo Chat: This poster says it all! Come buy our stuff so we don’t have to move it! PROPS? Yup. GEAR? Yup. OFFICE STUFF? Yup. BACKGROUNDS? Yup. FLATS? Yup. Carpet? Yup.
Greetings from Photolucida, the biannual jewel of Portland Photo Month. Luminaries from around the world are here at the Benson Hotel through Sunday for pre-arranged portfolio reviews, but there are other events open to the public.
Tonight’s Portfolio Walk at the Portland Art Museum is a chance to see the work of hundreds of photographers at once. From Photolucida: “This fan-favorite event is open to the public and draws a huge crowd so get there early (or, hot tip, late)! Over 150 emerging and established photographers lay their photographs out on tables to present to the public – you! This event is a wonderful chance for the Portland community to meet photographers, engage in conversation, and view photographic works. Join us at the Portland Art Museum in the Fields Ballroom from 6-9pm for this always-dynamic event!”
At Blue Sky Gallery, Daesha Devón Harris will speak about her work at 5:30 tomorrow (Friday.) Also on Friday, Small Talk Collective will have their closing reception for RUMORS at Wolff Gallery from 5:00-7:00. And the wonderful AINT-BAD will have a book release party at Ampersand from 7:00-9:00.
On Saturday, a silent auction starting at noon and Photo Book Fair from 6:30-9:00 will be delightful. From Photolucida: “This evening event is all about celebrating the photobook! Join 12 small-press publishers set up with collectible, hard-to-find-elsewhere publications on hand to view or purchase. Publishers include AINT-BAD, Candela Books, Dark Spring Press, Daylight Books, Fall Line Press, Fraction Editions, Kehrer Verlag, Kris Graves Projects, One Twelve, Princeton Architectural Press, Radius Books, and Zatara Press. Many artists will be in attendance to sign copies.”
Photographing humanitarian issues in some of the most difficult places on Earth really is a calling to a challenging way of life — bringing effective public awareness to nearly unimaginable scopes of hardship. Several local photographers have answered that call, and are speaking about it in Portland this week.
On Friday at the Oregon Historical Society, photographers Greg Constantine, Andrew Stanbridge, John Rudoff, Elizabeth Mehren and Jim Lommasson spoke during Exiled to Nowhere: A Symposium on the Rohingya Crisis. Their powerful panel discussion — Bearing Witness: Documenting Genocide and Mass Atrocities — can be viewed here.
Constantine is definitely not a local photographer. Based in Bangkok, Thailand, Constantine is a longtime Blue Earth Alliance project photographer, and his Nowhere People project has gained prominence as the plight of the Rohingya has become more well-known worldwide.
Another Oregon newcomer — kind of — is Ezra Millstein, a longtime photographer for Habitat for Humanity and other NGOs who is now on staff at Portland’s Mercy Corps. In the past year Millstein has visited 12 countries and shot more than 70,000 photos from the front lines of the war in Yemen to the rice fields of Indonesia. He will show some of this work during A Humanitarian’s Travelogue, a lecture at Mercy Corps tomorrow, April 9. Hear him share the remarkable stories behind his most memorable photos and videos; arrive early for a reception and viewing of Mercy Corps’ newest gallery exhibit, Yemen: Tales of a Perfect Storm.
After two decades in progress, Wes Pope’s book Pop 66, which I wrote about earlier this year, is now available to purchase, and Pope will launch the book at two free events in Portland next week.
On Wednesday, Pope will present his work and sign books at Blue Chalk Media from 5:30-7:00; light refreshments will be provided. On Friday, Pope will sign books from 5:00-7:00 at Fairlane Coffee in Sellwood, where he wrote much of the book.
“The pop cans have been my collaborators on this journey,” Pope wrote. “They seem to make their own decisions and they almost always create images that are different than the ones I planned. All put together, the images in this book are much like the route itself – they are little fragments that add up to tell a story about who we once were and who we are now.”
Wedneday, Dec. 5, at Blue Chalk Media: 3150 NW 31st Ave., Portland
Friday, Dec. 7 at Fairlane Coffee, 6647 SE Milwaukie Ave., Portland
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!
Your intellectual property — the images you create and own — are being threatened constantly. It’s vital for photographers to support and defend our copyright laws, by registering our work and dealing with copyright infringers.
ASMP Oregon is hosting three speakers who are putting on their boxing gloves to help you defend your work.
Jenna Close, past ASMP National Chairperson, will talk about testifying this past September before the House Judiciary Committee in support of the CASE ACT, a modernized Copyright process that offers a more streamlined and affordable process for dealing with copyright infringements.
Andy Batt, past President of ASMP Oregon, will offer his colorful demonstration on how to register your copyright with the Electronic Copyright Office — including recent changes that have dramatically altered the way you can register.
Steve Whittaker, current President of ASMP, will discuss dealing with infringers by staying out of court and changing them to paying clients
Cost: Free to ASMP, OPPA, OMPA members
REGISTER HERE
Non-member students/educators: $ 5.00
Non-members $25.00
My day job is as a producer at Blue Chalk Media in Portland. Join us as we celebrate our first five years with a specially curated selection of our films at the iconic Hollywood Theatre!
Monday, Nov. 12. Doors will open at 7:00 pm with the screening beginning promptly at 7:30 pm.
Blue Chalk’s NYC contingent will be in town for the event, which is rad. As the theater has a large capacity, we encourage you to bring along your nearest and dearest to join in the festivities! RSVP here.
This week, I am helping to lead a Momenta photo workshop at the University of Oregon’s Portland campus, and we’re off to a flying start. Photographers from all around the country are documenting wonderful local nonprofits such as p:ear, the Rebuilding Center and Sisters of the Road, and they will show their work during a slideshow party on Saturday from 6:00-8:00.
Come network with nonprofits, enjoy some wine and soak in some inspiring photography! Floor 3R in the White Stag Building at the Burnside Bridge, 870 NW Couch in Portland. It’s free!
#ThisIsHowWeWorkshop #ProjectPortland2018
It’s not too late! Come to Lagunitas Community Room in Portland tonight from 6:00-9:00 for prints, pints, and Jan Sonnenmair. What’s not to like?
From ASMP: “All working photographers are invited to come and share their workprints with other pros. The theme for this meet up is DOCUMENTARY/EVENT, and will feature photographer Jan Sonnenmair.
What do we mean by DOCUMENTARY/EVENT? We want you to bring 2 images (old or new) that fall inside of: street photography, news gathering, documentary storytelling and event coverage (including concerts, sports, rallies, etc.). What do we mean by “WORKPRINTS“? These are not precious, matted, framed, bagged or collectible. These are prints you can spill beer on, or trade with other Photographers at the end of the night. They are work-in-progress quality, not fine art.
This is a FREE event if you bring 2 8×10 work prints on the THEME. If you don’t, it’s $10 (hint: bring 2 prints).”
OK, dawdlers, the clock is ticking. You have until midnight tonight to register for Photolucida’s portfolio reviews April 25-28, 2019. The biennial reviews are a golden opportunity, particularly because influential reviewers from around the world come here to our backyard during Portland Photo Month. Seriously, it’s always an impressive list of editors, gallerists and other photography luminaries. See you there.
We are very pleased to welcome Matt Eich back to Portland this week. By my lights, he is one of the very best photographers in the country today. Matt is particularly adept at navigating the amorphous space between photojournalism and art.
Matt will speak at Blue Sky Gallery at 3:00 on Saturday, Sept. 8, to open his solo show “I Love You, I’m Leaving.”
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the prior evening at Blue Chalk‘s Portland office he will show work from across his career. I’ll bring beer. Everyone is invited!
Friday, Sept. 7 at 6:00.
3150 NW 31st Ave, Portland.