Posts made in March, 2010
HUGO TEIXEIRA
Hugo Teixeira’s photographs, Chengdu Flamingos and Xi’an Hippopotamus, have been chosen by juror Karen Irvine as the Juror’s Selections for the Animalia exhibition.
(Photo credit: Chengdu Flamingos by Hugo Teixeira)
(Photo credit: Xi’an Hippopotamus by Hugo Teixeira)
More of Hugo’s Work can be found at www.hugoteixeira.com
Read MoreDAVID LEVENTI
(Photo Credit: Palais Garnier, Paris, France, 2009 from the series Björling’s Larynx by David Leventi)
David Leventi’s photograph, Palais Garnier, Paris, France, 2009, from his Björling’s Larynx series has been chosen by the Center’s Director, Hamidah Glasgow, as the Director’s Selection for the Red exhibition.
More of David’s work can be found at www.davidleventi.com
Read MoreUPCOMING DEADLINES {PHOTO}
As a new monthly feature on PERSPECTIVES, the Center lists upcoming submission deadlines for grants, fellowships and residencies. If you know of similar opportunities for photographers, please send an e-mail to: blog@c4fap.org
1. The Woodstock A-I-R Residency Program; Woodstock, Vermont, USA.
Deadline: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
WOODSTOCK A-I-R was established in 1999 to secure opportunities for artists of color working in the photographic arts and guarantee an open forum for their work and ideas. The program provides residents with the facilities and support to contemplate and create within one of the oldest artist colonies in the United States – allowing artists to both experience and enrich the living legacy of Woodstock as a colony of the arts.
In 2010 the Center for Photography at Woodstock will provide residencies for seven artists and one scholar to participate in WOODSTOCK A-I-R. Residency opportunities are held sequentially and range from three to six weeks from June through September. Participants receive workspace, critical and technical support, housing, stipends for food, travel, and honoraria. Artists working in photography and related media are invited to continue work on existing projects, embark on new work, and/or contemplate their artistic goals. Participants have 24-hour access to CPW’s workspace facilities as well as CPW’s professional resources. Artists who participate in WOODSTOCK A-I-R have their work featured in a biannual exhibition in CPW’s galleries and/or have their work published in PHOTOGRAPHY Quarterly. Additionally, participating artists’ work is archived on CPW’s website. Professional development is fostered through scheduled studio visits between artists and CPW staff as well as with visiting critics.
For more information, visit:
http://www.cpw.org/AIR/main/main.html
2. Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography
Deadline: Saturday, May 1, 2010
Open to both students and professionals.
We believe that photojournalism is a powerful tool for telling compelling social, political and cultural stories. We also understand that creating and managing world-class photography assignments requires time, freedom, support and considerable resources.
Since 2005, we have awarded five Grants for Editorial Photography annually to professional photojournalists. Each grant provides $20,000, plus editorial, logistical and promotional support. We also award four student grants of $5,000 per year to photojournalism students at accredited schools.
For more information, visit:
http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspx
3. The Sirius Arts Centre Residency Programme; Cork, Ireland.
Deadline: Monday, May 17, 2010
1) Artists from Ireland and abroad are invited by the curatorial panel for residencies, with a view to developing exhibitions, projects or publications in Cobh and Cork County.
2) Artists may submit an application to be considered for a residency at Sirius.
Applications are considered for both single artists or groups of artists who wish to share the residency.
The term of residence at Sirius ranges from 4 – 6 weeks. Longer residencies can be considered in specific circumstances.
Sirius Arts Centre has been developing our Artist in Residence programme for over a decade. The programme is funded by the Arts Council and Cork County Council and is recognised internationally. The residency apartment is located in the basement of the Sirius Arts Centre’s building in the centre of Cobh – 20 minutes by train to Cork City: a four bedroom two bathroom flat with it’s own kitchen and work area, within walking distance of transportation and Cobh town centre. The Artist in Residency programme at Sirius provides residential and some work space to visual artists, either individuals or groups.
For more information, visit:
http://www.iol.ie/~cobharts/
PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE IV {ISA LESHKO}
(Photo credit: Girl on Tilt-a-Whirl, Coney Island, NY by Isa Leshko)
Amusement park rides are vehicles for enacting fantasies for both children and adults alike. They simulate flight, daring sea adventures, and encounters with other worldly creatures. From the moment we strap ourselves into our seats, we surrender ourselves to these giant machines and the physical release they provide. The experience combines elation with fear; thrills with chills.
Photographer Isa Leshko’s series of silver gelatin prints, Thrills and Chills, was selected by juror Katherine Ware for the Center’s Portfolio Showcase Volume 4. In the series, Leshko approaches amusement parks both as a bystander–observing rides as they pass her by–and intermittently, as a participant. Both the adolescent excitement and nausea of the park’s attendees–and the multifarious motions and forms of the rides–characterize Leshko’s Holga images. Over the past year, the Thrills and Chills series won two awards at the 2009 Prix de la Photographie, Paris; five prints have been purchased by the Boston Public Library for their permanent collection; and most recently, the series was featured in this month’s edition of Fraction Magazine.
Discussing what the series means to her, Leshko’s artist statement reads:
These images explore the fantastic and sinister place these rides hold in my imagination. With some of these images, I suspend disbelief and embrace the underlying fantasies of these rides. With other images, I examine the tensions that exist between fantasy and reality. I am fascinated by the range of emotions—from anger to shock to disenchantment—that people exhibit in pursuit of the amusement these rides are supposed to provide.
(Photo Credit: Point Pleasant, NJ #1 by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: Swing Ride at the Big E by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: Waiting by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: Alice In Wonderland by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: Around the Bend by Isa Leshko)
(Photo Credit: Dangling Legs by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: Girls on Buccaneer, Hershey Park, PA by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: Roller Coaster Cables, Six Flags, NE by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: The Claw, Topsfield Fair, MA by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: Flying, Topsfield Fair by Isa Leshko)
(Photo credit: Offering to the Gods by Isa Leshko)
More of Isa’s work can be found at www.isaleshko.com
Read MoreRACHAEL WALLER
(Photo credit: Riders on the Storm by Rachael Waller)
Rachael Waller’s photograph, Riders on the Storm, has been chosen by the Center’s Director, Hamidah Glasgow, as the Director’s Selection for the Motion exhibition.
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