The F Stops Here

Kalahari Dune © Nick Gregan

(PRWEB) July 12, 2010

This is the very pinnacle of creative fine art photography.

Nick’s Gregan’s Ambiguous Misdirection exhibition is nothing like anything seen before in the Galleries of London!

Pushing the boundaries of contemporary photographers imagination, the depth and intrigue to this collection is captivating, it transports you into a generous roving space that is the curiosity of your imagination.

As you walk around the gallery each and every image begs the viewer to interact with it, to ask how they were created and where they were they created. The answer is in the visionary creativity that is the mind of the photographer.

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TOKYO, Apr. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh Co., Ltd., has announced that the Alex Prager Photo Exhibition “Week-end” will be held starting April 28, 2010 (Wed.) at Ricoh Photo Gallery RING CUBE located in the Ginza district of Tokyo. This is Alex Prager’s first solo exhibition in Japan. It was arranged in collaboration with the internationally prominent London gallery Michael Hoppen Contemporary*. “Week-end” exhibits 18 color photographs with an impact that is both bizarre and intense. All the works being exhibited are original prints, with the largest being approximately 120 cm by 180 cm. Prager herself has said that she is “documenting a world that exists and doesn’t exist at the same time.” Although the world shown in “Week-end” is an illusion, it is portrayed in a way that makes it more real than the real world.

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Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) April 8, 2010 — Panasonic will publish the work of local LUMIX amateur photographers alongside professionals in a book that will showcase the best of Australian life.

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NEW YORK, March 11 /PRNewswire/ — Photobook industry leader MyPublisher announced today the addition of famed storytelling photographer Rick Smolan to its editorial team.

Smolan joins MyPublisher as a consulting editor. He will advise the company on trends in consumer and professional photography and digital technology. Also, Smolan will counsel MyPublisher on selecting user-generated content to be displayed at www.mypublisher.com. In addition to his work as consulting editor, Smolan will create a Photobook including some of his favorite photographs to display on the MyPublisher website.

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One of my favorite contemporary documentary photographers, Shelby Lee Adams,  has been featured in the March 2010 issue of Smithsonian Magazine.

I have previously written about him and his Appalachian Portraits. He was accompanied by a writer who wrote about his Capturing Appalachia’s “Mountain People.”

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — CQ-Roll Call Group today announced that Roll Call staff photographer Bill Clark has won two Awards of Excellence from the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA). Clark took the honors in two categories of the WHNPA Still Division, “On Capitol Hill” and “Insiders Washington.” The judging took place last weekend at National Geographic’s Grosvenor Auditorium in Washington, D.C., and the winners were announced Sunday, Feb. 14.
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DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Inspirational and tender images photographed by renowned portrait artist Tamara Lackey for the January 31, 2010 airing of ABC’s Emmy award-winning show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” captured the depth of love, spirit, and hope evidenced by a Lexington, North Carolina’s family in the midst of their financial struggles, decaying home, and the mother’s stage 4 cancer.

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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2010 — Nik Software announces today the Nik Summit, its first-ever multi-day educational event designed specifically to educate and empower photographers and fans of the company’s award-winning software tools. Attendees will learn how to improve their photographic skills by working alongside some of the world’s leading professional photographers and the lessons will continue beyond image capture to help photographers develop powerful photo enhancement skills using Nik Software’s imaging software products. The Nik Summit will be held May 13-16, 2010, in San Diego, California. More information and registration details are available at www.niksummit.com.

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A comprehensive guide to help photographers effectively use social media to promote their work, build a following, increase website traffic, and sell more images

New York, NY, January 22, 2010 – PhotoShelter, the leader in photography websites, photo sales and archiving tools for photographers, today released the latest in their series of free downloadable research reports for photographers. PhotoShelter’s Social Media for Photographers, a free 55-page e-book, provides essential internet marketing guidance for serious professionals and aspiring hobbyists looking to grow their photography business online. Available at http://www.photoshelter.com/mkt/research/social-media-for-photographers the guide is designed to share insights with photographers who want to get started or optimize their productive use of social media platforms like blogging, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as part of their overall marketing strategy.

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