Sunday, April 19, 2009

American Photography 25

Thrilled to get the following email in my inbox...
Click here to see my winning images

April 14, 2009

Dear Katie DelaVaughn,

We’re pleased to inform you that work you submitted to American Photography 25 has been CHOSEN to appear on TRIBUTE our web gallery at ai-ap.com.

On behalf of chairperson Kathy Ryan, The New York Times Magazine, and the entire jury, I thank you for your submission and support of American Photography. This year’s distinguished jury included Stacy Baker, More; Jen Bekman, Jen Bekman Projects Inc.; David Carthas, Blender; along with our past Jury Chairmen, Gary Koepke, Modernista!; Robert Priest, Portfolio; and Fred Woodward, GQ.

I had three photographs selected.

171 images were chosen from a record-breaking 10,100 submitted to receive at least 2 votes and are therefore eligible to appear permanently on their website - where over time photographers build an online portfolio of their AP winning images and where creatives make direct contact with them. TRIBUTE is being re-designed with new search capabilities and will be re-launched in November 2009.

Here is a some information about American Photography

American Photography presents the best images by established and emerging photographers selected by an outstanding jury from thousands of entries. The collection, gathered from books, magazines, promotional and personal portfolios, offers an informed view of photography today, with images that resonate through their clearly individual point of view. American Photography is a time capsule in the making.

American Photography offers a who's who in photography, with images by Luc Delahaye, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Jean Paul Goude, Lauren Greenfield, Brigitte Lacombe, Vincent Laforet, Annie Leibovitz, Martin Parr, Paolo Pellegrin, Spencer Platt, Martin Schoeller, Stephanie Sinclair, to name a few. Work by today's masters is interspersed with pictures by photographers just beginning to make a name for themselves. This year’s cover introduces the work of New York City student, Yael Ben-Zion.

American Photography, founded in 1985, is the leading juried annual and advocate of contemporary photography in North America and the world. Regarded by creative professionals as the number one source for today's finest image makers, American Photography is the premier showcase for editorial, advertising, fine art and experimental work. With a history of presenting the most cutting-edge images, its pages have honored work by Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and William Wegman and has proudly promoted the early careers of Sally Mann, David LaChapelle, Elinor Carucci and Steven Maisel.

A few testimonials:
American Photography represents those precious times when everything goes right, and the really good stuff makes it all the way to the printed page.” -Fred Woodward, Design Director, GQ

When you consider the breadth and quality of the photographers featured in American Photography, it's unrivaled. -Simon Barnett, Director of Photography, Newsweek

Interesting, amusing, and often downright creepy, the American Photography annuals illustrate best what contemporary photography seeks to achieve: a split-second of truth. -David Harris, Design Director, Vanity Fair

American Photography is the best photography annual published in America -Stefan Sagmeister, Sagmeister, Inc.

Friday, April 17, 2009

POP at Queens Museum of Art




IMMIGRATION JOURNEYS JUKEBOX PROJECT

Listen to middle school Pedagogy of Photography (POP) students share their immigration stories through symbolic poetry at the Queens Museum of Art during Immigrant Heritage Week. POP students share their feelings as Pakistani, Jamaican, Albanian, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Nigerian and Filipino youth immigrants. Inspired by their photographic installation piece, Doors of Reflection, students recorded poetry and songs about their lives. Their CD will be exhibited in a Jukebox and can be listened to as part of the Queens Museum of Art NYC Immigrant Heritage Weeks' Immigration Journey Jukebox Project.

From April 17th - 23rd the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs presents Immigrant Heritage Week, a series of events throughout the five boroughs that celebrates the history and contributions of immigrants to New York City’s cultural and economic life.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Spring Break POP Camp

We are POPin around NYC this week, cameras in hand! More details to come!