Photography projects, news, events and opportunities in Oregon and beyond
Along with the amazing Preston Gannaway, Jamie Rose and Chris Anderson, this week I’ve helped lead Momenta Workshops’ Project Portland. Documentary photographers from around North America have come to town to help tell the stories of local nonprofits including Meals on Wheels, the Oregon Humane Society and the Rebuilding Center. Our final slideshow is tonight, starting with a nonprofit networking mixer at 6:00 at the White Box on the University of Oregon’s Portland campus. All are invited!
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.
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.
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).”
On Thursday, join Oregon Focus for happy hour at Portland Brewing Company as we welcome students in Southern Oregon University‘s Creative Careers Bootcamp.
Led by Erik Palmer, associate professor and chair of the communications program, the SOU students will visit some of Portland’s best creative agencies and tech employers this week. They’ll still find time for fun, though, and after visiting Blue Chalk Media Thursday afternoon we’ll gather at Portland Brewing from 5:00 to 7:00 (or so.) We hope to see you there!
Thursday, June 21, 5:00-7:00. Portland Brewing’s Taproom: 2730 NW 31st Ave., Portland.
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.”
A couple fascinating photography events are coming up next week at the Portland Art Museum, both of which will involve the documentation of history and its effect on the present day.
On Wednesday, April 18, Jim Lommasson will talk about his emotional still life images and the personal histories of objects brought to America by refugees fleeing wars in Iraq and Syria. His lecture is titled “What We Carried: Fragments from the Cradle of Civilization,.”
“Lommasson photographs these precious items — family snapshots, an archaeology book, heirloom china dishes, the Quran — on a white background, asking their owners to write directly within the open space left in the prints and elaborate upon each object’s significance,” wrote Zemie Barr of the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts. “The resulting images are as beautiful as they are heartbreaking, providing viewers with only a small glimpse of what each person has lost while serving as a poignant reminder that, as Jim asserts, “we must take responsibility for the aftermath of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as at home.”
The event will be free to the public, in the Fields Ballroom of the Mark building, from noon until 1:00 p.m.
And on April 20, an all-day symposium on Minor White will celebrate the iconic co-founder of Aperture and his formative work in Oregon. Co-organized by the Princeton University Art Museum, the symposium will bring together “curators, art historians, artists, and archivists from around the country for a free, day-long discussion about White’s early photographic work in Oregon, his influences, and his legacy.”
The event will be live-streamed on the museum’s YouTube channel for those unable to attend.
Money talks: Certified photography appraiser and photo historian Jennifer L. Stoots will share an illustrated presentation that takes a look at the history of the Western art market, the fine art photography market, and where we are today. The event will be Thursday, March 15 at 7:00 at Disjecta — 8371 N. Interstate in Portland.
According to Photolucida, this will be the first in a quarterly event series:
Continue reading “Follow the Money — A Photolucida talk on March 15”
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.