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PDX Squared Gallery Show

One of Oregon’s most enjoyable annual photography events is PDX Squared, and I was excited to serve it last year as a photo editor and pod leader while photographers roamed the city. Some of the best resulting images will be on display next week at Pro Photo Supply’s Wide Format Gallery, with snacks and beverages provided. Here are the details:

THE PORTLAND SQUARED GALLERY SHOW: AN ASMP OREGON EVENT

WHEN:  March 12, 2020
WHERE: Pro Photo Supply, 1112 NW 19th Avenue, Portland 
TIME: 6pm to 8pm, free admission

In May of each year, 100 photographers converged on Portland for a 24 hour period to document a randomly assigned square block of area around Portland to capture our city from every possible angle. This gallery show displays the work and creativity that went into documenting the people, architecture and landscape of urban Portland on that day last year.

All photography enthusiasts are invited to an opening reception to launch this years PDX Squared 2020, which will be held in the Wide Format Gallery at Pro Photo Supply on Wednesday, March 12th, from 6pm-8pm.  Snacks and beverages will be provided!

This event will be hosted by the Oregon Chapter of ASMP, the American Society of Media Photographers. For more information about the event, visit www.pdxsquared.com for details.

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TONIGHT: PDX Squared Opening Gallery Reception


WHERE: Pro Photo Supply, 1112 NW 19th Avenue, Portland 
TIME: 6pm to 8pm, free admission

In May of each year, more than 72 photographers converge on Portland for a 24 hour period to document a randomly assigned square block of area around Portland to capture our city from every possible angle. This gallery show displays the work and creativity that went into documenting the people, architecture and landscape of urban Portland on that day last year.

All photography enthusiasts are invited to an opening reception to launch this years Portland Squared 2019, in the Wide Format Gallery at Pro Photo Supply on Wednesday, March 13, from 6pm-8pm. Snacks and beverages will be provided!

This event is presented by the Oregon Chapter of ASMP, the American Society of Media Photographers. For more information about this years Portland Squared, visit www.pdxsquared.com for details.
 

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TONIGHT in Portland – Fight For Your Copyright!

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

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TONIGHT: ASMP Print and Pint

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).”

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Portland Photo Month in high gear

Two events on Thursday promise inspiration and libations. First, Photolucida is throwing what they’re calling a “fun-raising” party at Disjecta for their scholarship fund at 6:00:

“Images from fifty of Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2017 finalists and twenty-five Portland photographers will be curated into an exhibition at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center.  Seventy-five people will leave with a print of their choice!

Also – silent auction items from Princeton Architectural Press, One Twelve Publishing, Cobalt Studios, Amy Friend, Cheryle St. Onge, Tamara Staples, Stu Levy, Ray Bidegain and more!”

And at 6:30, ASMP, Camera Bits and Pro Photo Supply are sponsoring a sold-out Print and Pint meet up at the Lucky Lab. Craig Mitchelldyer will be the guest speaker, and he told me he’ll discuss visual storytelling on a tight schedule, something he knows well as a commercial, wedding and sports photographer:

“I love to walk into a room and have just a few minutes to make something look cool — when the room looks garbage — while still telling the persons story.”

Andy Batt told me this edition of Pint and Pint will be the first of a re-booted effort:

“[We’ll be] sharing workprints collected under the broad theme of portraits — work-in-progress to portfolio images… It’s just an opportunity to talk about photography and photographs in a casual setting — as Craig said, make it what you want. Feedback, show-and-tell, etc.”

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Femme Photo Brunch – March 11 in Portland

On Sunday, March 11, ASMP of Oregon will host a brunch-time panel of great local photographers who happen to be female.

The Oregonian’s Beth Nakamura will moderate the discussion with Holly Andres, Gia Goodrich and Leah Nash, and Nakamura talked to me about why she’s excited about the discussion.

“I think the time is right,” she said, “because we’re in the midst of a cultural moment in terms of women using their voices and speaking up about things that are otherwise unseen and unheard, and giving voice to issues that tend to be muted given the dominance of the male experience in a profession that has been, for so long, dominated by a more masculine point of view.”

For Nakamura, Andres, Goodrich and Nash nicely represent different roads into photography careers, with perspectives and strong work all along the spectrum of documentary, editorial, lifestyle, fashion and art.

“We’ll hit a lot of talking points: the ‘me too’ issue, the idea of advocating for yourself, strengthening your voice, things that are important in the career but that can run counter to socialization and sort of gender cues and the training we receive around that.”

Nakamura was careful to explain that all are welcome to the discussion, regardless of gender, and that she hopes everyone will find it valuable.

“I’ve been helped by a lot of wonderful men in my career, that much is true. But I’ve hungered for more female guides through it all… My personal hope is that we will reach younger women who feel perhaps out of step, or uncertain of it all. And we’ll give her stronger footing.”

“I think if you’re a guy and you attend, you’ll come away with a better sense of what it means to be female in this context, the challenges, the advantages, just how it’s all experienced through a, let’s say, a female lens… I’m encouraging men to go so they can gain insight and understanding. I want to strengthen women. But I also want to bridge understanding between and among us. That’s my goal.”

To enliven the conversation, for attendees there will be champagne and a light brunch. The event is Sunday, March 11, from 11:00AM to 2:00PM at Elephants on Corbett, 5221 SW Corbett Ave. in Portland. $35 for ASMP members, $45 for non-members.