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RECENT NEWS, PHOTOS, & MEDIA NOTES
Pete Souza named President Obama’s White House Photographer
WHNPA member Pete Souza will be returning to the White House, but this time
as the head of the White House photography team and the official White House
Photographer.
When WHNPA members heard the news that Pete had taken the position, a loud
cheer rang out in the White House Press Room. “They could not have selected
a better person for the job” says WHNPA President, Dennis Brack.
For more information:
http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/01/souza.html
The holiday party on the Hill was great! Now, watch your mailboxes and email for information on the WHNPA Inauguration Party!
Tis’ the Season for Savings! PNY has lowered their prices and has expanded their product selection for WHNPA members. You’ll find amazing deals on CompactFlash cards, as well as USB drives and Graphics Cards to boost your computer’s performance. PNY would like to thank and wish all WHNPA members Happy Holidays! Heidi just sent out the discount code, so check your email.
EXHBITION NEWS
The following is from fellow WHNPA member and former project grant winner Susanna Raab: Some selections from my WHNPA funded project, Consumed, will be appearing at the Arlington Arts Center, in a show called Unlimited Edition, which examines works that explore mass production, marketing and commodification. The show will open Dec. 12 from 6-9 pm in association with the Pink Line Project, at 3550 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. Metro (orange line): Virginia Square.
PROJECT GRANT UPDATE
Last year's Project Grant recipient, Jamie Rose, just sent us some of her photographs from Africa.
Photo by Glenna Gordon
This year's Project Grant winner will be announced shortly.
CONTEST UPDATE
The following is from Stills Chair Pete Souza: The 2009 Eyes of History contest will be judged on Saturday and Sunday, February 21 and 22 at National Geographic. Presentations by the judges will be on Friday night, February 20.The deadline for the contest will be in early February. Categories will include the usual plus Campaign 2008 and Inauguration 2009. Photographs eligible are those taken between Jan. 1, 2008 through Jan. 20, 2009. Note the extended dates. Final rules and guidelines will be posted sometime in December. Television and New Media Rules will be posted as soon as they are available. Please refer to your membership renewal letter for committee contact information.
REMINDERS
If you have moved, PLEASE let Heidi know. There has been an increase in the amount of returned mail. This could put your eligibility status in question for the contests. The committees will NOT accept dues payments with the contest entries.
Make plans NOW to attend the 2009 ‘Eyes of History’ Awards gala to be held on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton. We are anticipating an early sell out, as interest is at an all time high surrounding Washington politics.
PHOTOGRAPHERS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: COVERING HILLARY CLINTON
photos © 2008 Johnny Bivera
"DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - June 7, 2008: Photojournalist Alex Wong of Getty Images documents U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton as she ends her presidential bid for the White House in addition to her endorsement of presumptive democratic nominee for president, Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Photo by Johnny Bivera
Click image above or this link to view a FLASH SLIDE SHOW featuring eight additional shots of photographers covering this historic event. Roll over slideshow images to view full caption information. Members, if you have images of the campaign trail that you'd like to share, please contact us.
IN MEMORIAM
Cecil Stoughton
Photographer Cecil Stoughton died at home in Florida on Monday, November 3, 2008. Major Stoughton served as White House photographer to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson before that position had a formal name. His photograph of the swearing-in as president of Lyndon
Johnson aboard Air Force One after the assassination of John Kennedy is one of the most important of the 20th Century.
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NOVEMBER NEWS
Your 2009 membership renewal letters will arrive shortly after the election is over. Please make every effort to renew early, as your eligibility for all contests is determined by good standing within the association.. A gentle reminder, NO dues checks will be accepted by any contest committee. This means, if you are planning to enter, please return your renewal form along with payment BEFORE you submit your entries. PayPal is still an option for those traveling or simply wanting the convenience.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Television contest committee meeting at WJLA. Please contact Pege Gilgannon and consider volunteering your time. Pege’s phone is: 202-345-1937. Pege does NOT have email.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING at The National Press Club, Lisagor Room. The meeting will feature new video product demos from Penn Camera, a presentation by our partner PNY Technologies, along with other surprises. Starts at 6:00 p.m.
November 15, 2008. WHNPA Project Grant deadline. Imagine $5,000 to be spent on a project of your choosing!!!!
A reminder to all WHNPA members that as the 2008 Presidential election campaign comes to a close the deadline is fast approaching for the 2008 WHNPA Grant. Because of the election, the deadline was extended one month and applications are due by Saturday, November 15.
“Think in terms of multimedia and as wide of a distribution as possible,” WHNPA Educational Committee chairman Leighton Mark said. “Having high quality audio with the photos can make an amazing difference, it can make the project so much stronger.
And look beyond your newspaper, magazine or agency and think about a gallery display someplace, a multimedia Web offering - anything that gets your work to be seen by as many people as possible.”
Project proposals need to be mailed, Fed-Ex’ed to or dropped by the offices of the Associated Press, 1100 13th Street, Suite 700, Washington, D.C., 20006, Attention: Leighton Mark
Questions can be addressed to Lmark@ap.org.
“If you don’t see a quick response, send it again. I might have missed it the first time.”
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHNPA PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM. DOWNLOAD APPLICATION.
FOTOWEEK DC is November 15-22, 2008. FOTOWEEK DC is a week long celebration of photography. There is a contest which WHNPA members can enter to get a chance of winning some of the $37,000 in prizes and equipment. The deadline for entry was September 29th. Members interested in participating should consult the fotoweekDC website at:
www.fotoweekdc.org for the complete schedule.
TIckets for the FOTOWEEK gala on November 22 at The National Geographic Society may be ordered at: http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/JJHLRYDGGBAKXWIAPQRB/gala
WHNPA members are invited to show work in the "lecture hall" at FotoWeek Central at 3338 M Street, NW. Check out what all is happening at FotoWeek Central by going to the website, www.fotoweekdc.org <http://www.fotoweekdc.org/> . They are scheduling half hour talks, providing projector & screen (they ask that speakers bring their own laptop). If anyone is interested, please contact irene@ireneowsley.com
ASMP DC will be presenting lectures at the Navy Memorial auditorium, Nov. 18 (Steve Uzzell) and Nov. 19 (David Burnett & Eugene Richards). We recommend you register, which is free, at http://www.asmpdc.org/p-calendar.php.
And don't forget the Discovery lunch time lectures -- there's a great series of photographers speaking there, too!
NOVEMBER 20
WHAT: Silent Print Auction of "Women by Women: A Juried Exhibition by WPOW members"
DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 20th - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
WHERE: Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
144 Constitution Ave, NE Washington DC 20002
(Next to Hart Senate Office Bldg / Metro: Union Station)
DESCRIPTION: The Women Photojournalists of Washington craft a visual journey through the lives of women and girls around the world. From the desperation of an emergency room in Haiti, to an ordered classroom in China; from the bubble gum pink of a girls bathroom during a middle school dance, to a whitewashed detention center on Mexico's border–moments of beauty, humor and darkness present themselves in their rawest form.
COST: Free!! (Bring your checkbooks or cash if you plan to bid during the silent auction!)
Can't make the event but still want to bid on our photos? Bid online at: http://womenphotojournalists.org/auction/index.html
NOVEMBER 22
Please join the WHNPA in congratulating, WTTG-TV’s Mike Horan, for being inducted into the NATAS ‘Silver Circle’ on November 22, for over 25 years of service in the broadcast industry.
ABC NEWS will giving awards to the twenty five year recipients. Jay Patterson will be celebrating thirty two years in broadcasting as well as twenty five years at ABC NEWS.
DECEMBER NEWS
2007 holiday party photo/David Kleber
Thursday, December 11, 2008. Annual Holiday Party on Capitol Hill, beginning at 6:30 p.m. until 8:30.
RSVP by Dec 8 and business attire required. Look for your official invitation and instructions in the mail shortly.
World Press photo contest Download PDF (entry deadline is Jan 15, 2009)
SAVE THESE DATES IN 2009
2009 ‘Eyes of History’ Contest deadlines. Deadline date and complete rules for all divisions will be available on the WHNPA web site shortly.
Friday, February, 20, 2009, General Membership meeting at National Geographic featuring presentations by the 2009 Stills Contest judges.
Saturday, February 21 and Sunday, February 22, 2009, Stills and New Media Contest, at National Geographic. Further details and information will be on the WHNPA web site as they are available.
Saturday, May 30, 2009. The 2009 ‘ Eyes of History’ Awards gala at he Ritz Carlton in Washington. Please make plans NOW to attend. We expect an early sell out!
October 23-25, 2008
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York City
WHNPA members - this is our unique Free Expo Pass promotion code: WHNPA08
Here is our unique Free Expo Pass code Registration link
Dai Baker thinks this a very worthwhile effort. Please take a look at Critical Exposure and donate photographs.
Critical Exposure is a nonprofit organization that teaches
middle and high school students to document issues that impact their lives
through photography and to use their images and voices to advocate for
change.
Since our founding in 2004, Critical Exposure has worked with more than 350 students in D.C. and across the country. These students have helped to secure more than $100 million to improve public school facilities, supported campaigns to address youth homelessness and teen pregnancy, and are now working to address D.C.’s dropout crisis. Our students have even been featured on Oprah and CNN.
During FotoWeek DC, which will take place November 15-22, Critical Exposure will host Picture Equality, our first annual reception and silent auction to support our efforts to introduce inner-city students to photography.
For more information contact Adam Levner 202-745-3745x20 or
adam@criticalexposure.org
Or visit http://www.criticalexposure.org
John Poole sent us this announcement about the new NPR podcast.“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a radio network.”
See what Keith, David, Coburn, and John have been up to the past few months in their humble quest to figure out what “the NPR sound” _looks_ like.
You’ll find an Afghan Taekwondo champion, the world’s greatest pianist, plenty of baby pandas, and lots more …
Follow the link below to the iTunes store where you can subscribe for free to their new, and NPR’s first-ever, video podcast.
Women by Women: A Juried Exhibition of WPOW members
The women of the Women Photojournalists of Washington craft a visual journey through the lives of women and girls around the world. From the desperation of an emergency room in Haiti, to an ordered classroom in China; from the bubble gum pink of a girls bathroom during a middle school dance, to a whitewashed detention center on Mexico’s border– moments of beauty, humor and darkness present themselves in their rawest form.
Curated by Ken Geiger, National Geographic Senior Editor and MaryAnne Golon, Time Magazine, Consulting Editor
Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
at the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
144 Constitution Ave, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Metro Union Station
Next to Hart Senate Office Bldg
Download PDF flyer
IN MEMORIAM:
We are sad to announce the passing of Michelle Saunders,
wife of WHNPA member Ray Saunders of The Washington Post.
Michelle Robbins Saunders, 48, director of publications and editor of American Forests magazine, died Aug. 25 of pancreatic cancer at her North Beach home. Mrs. Saunders, a journalist throughout her career, worked at a newspaper in Upstate New York and at the Winchester (Va.) Star in the early 1980s. She switched to magazines and edited a computer magazine in Arlington County; the Reston-based magazine of the National Association of Biology Teachers; and, finally, American Forests.
She was born on the Eastern Shore, in Cambridge, in a family of watermen. She grew up in Vienna, Md., and Dagsboro, Del. She graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in English.Mrs. Saunders enjoyed travel and planned many trips, including two-week family sojourns to the American West and northeast through New York, the Catskills Mountains, Boston and Nantucket, Mass.She also enjoyed working in her flower-and-vegetable garden, especially growing roses. She lived on the Chesapeake Bay and loved spending time on the water.She was past president of the local PTSA and a volunteer at Friendship United Methodist Church in Friendship.
Survivors include her husband of 22 years, Ray Saunders of North Beach, assistant picture editor at The Washington Post; three children, Jacob Saunders and twins Michael and Maggie Saunders, all of North Beach; her mother, Leila Robbins of Salisbury; and a brother, Eric Robbins of Newark, Del.
Obituary on washingtonpost.com |
AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
DENVER CENTER CAMERA STAND AT INVESCO FIELD photo/William Greenblatt, UPI
Rick McKay, Larry Downing, and Khue Bui wait for Obama
Chip Somodevilla works in the buffer area.
The tense action on the center camera stand.
Win McNamee works the side camera stand.
Susan Biddle tracks a delegate.
Nathan Naylor, who has taken a little time off from SOAP BOX, to help on the
convention, works with Mark Abraham in the convention floor well.
Barry Schlegel photographs John King of CNN at the Democratic Convention.
Photo/Gerald Martineau
The WHNPA picnic was an outstanding success. A great location, a fantastic band, and a perfect summer evening attracted WHNPA members. Everyone had a wonderful evening.
Ed Eaves keeps the beat for the Rick Sickmen Band.
The Eyes of History exhibition at Edison Place Gallery is open through August 20, Tuesday through Friday from noon to 4:0 pm. Two SATURDAY dates have been added: August 9 and August 16th. On August 9th at 2:00 PM, Pete Souze will discuss and sign his book on Barack Obama. 702 Eighth Street NW Washington, DC
The WHNPA annual summer picnic is Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Washington Canoe Club under Key Bridge. Ed Eaves’ Band is on to play for our picnic. Download a printable poster (304k, 120 dpi) and help spread the word!
For more info about the Rick Sickmen Band, download their promotional PDF or visit their web site.
OPENING RECEPTION, AWARDS PRESENTATION AND PRIVATE VIEWING OF
THE EYES OF HISTORY™ 2008 EXHIBITION
2008 White House News Photographers Association “Eyes of History” Exhibit Opens:
Edison Place Gallery, 702 Eighth Street NW Washington, DC
7 p.m., Thursday, July 17, 2008
Leading Photojournalists, Videojournalists and editors to attend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 15, 2008) – An Exhibit of the winning entries of The White House News Photographers Association “Eyes of History” Contest will open at the Edison Place Gallery, 702 Eighth Street NW Washington, DC (between G and H St) with a reception at 7 p.m.. Many of the nation’s top photojournalists and videojournalists will attend and will be available to talk about their prize winning video and still images and stories.
The Exhibition at the Edison Place Gallery will be open to the public at no charge from July 17th to August 20th. Hours are: Tuesday through Friday noon to 4p.m. NOTE: TWO SATURDAY VIEWINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE EXHIBITION SCHEDULE: AUGUST 9 AND AUGUST 16th FROM noon - 4 pm. At 2:00 pm on August 9, Pete Souza will discuss his book on Barack Obama. 702 Eighth Street NW Washington, DC
The WHNPA and The Eyes of History™ are sponsored in part by, Nikon, Tiffen/Domke, Microsoft, Continental Airlines and PNY.
In Memoriam: Tony Snow
photo/Stephen Crowley, NY Times
Tony Snow was respected by all WHNPA members who worked with him for decades as a dedicated newsman and an oustanding press secretary. Above all he was a friend and we will miss him. Tony’s wife, Jill, and their children, Kendall, Robbie, and Kristi are in our thoughts and prayers.
Dennis Brack,
President WHNPA
obituary NYTimes
Speaker: Jahi Chikwendiu, The Washington Post
When: June 25 - 7:30PM start with drinks and chatting, 8:15-8:30ish begin speaking.
Where: Love Life Images Studio, 8600 Foundry St. Suite 217C Savage, MD
Charity: Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (ASTT), Healing Images
With a donation of $20 or more, you get a $50 gift certificate toward a canvas wrap from Simply Canvas.
Bring: Your beverage of choice. We provide light snacks. If you want to have dinner, there is a Ram’s Head Restaurant on site. They have great food as well as their own microbrew!
FOR MORE INFO AND DIRECTIONS -- SEE OUR "EVENTS" LISTINGS FOR JUNE
NEWS UPDATE - SUMMER 2008
Many thanks to everyone who attended the ‘ Eyes of History’ awards gala a few weeks ago… Your support of your colleagues is remarkable and inspiring to the news media. Congratulations to Sam Stewart of AOL and Eric Wray of ABC NEWS on winning the Continental airline tickets at the gala!
Also, a reminder about the PNY discount offer page set-up specifically for WHNPA members! Log onto www.pny.com/WHNPA to receive your discount. Thanks, PNY!
Looking for something to do this weekend? Grab some friends (don’t forget your Fathers, too) and head down to Charlottesville for the Festival of the Photograph! Some award winning work from our members work is being featured. Read more:
Last year Charlottesville, Virginia, hosted the first annual LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. It was a fantastic three days of "peace, love, and photography" and in our inaugural year, we celebrated the careers of legendary photographers Sally Mann, Eugene Richards, and William Albert Allard with gallery shows and on-stage interviews. Additionally, we transformed the historic downtown Charlottesville into a "living image" with world-class photography exhibitions, outdoor projections, master presentations, film screenings, and special events. This coming June 12-14, we will do it all over again with an all-new lineup of photographers, including our three featured artists: Mary Ellen Mark, Joel-Peter Witkin, and James Nachtwey.
Full details including a slideshow from last year can be found at: www.look3.org
Also new in 2008 are the LOOK3 Workshops and Project Critique Sessions. Photographers of all skill levels will find invaluable instruction and experience by enrolling in classes taught by renowned photographers David Alan Harvey, William Albert Allard, Eugene Richards and Lynn Johnson. The shooting workshops will be intense 5-day courses (June 7-12) in which students will craft a body of work from start to finish during the week, learn to work under a deadline, edit and sequence their images, and develop and refine their skills as a shooter.
The Project Critique Sessions will be one-day classroom sessions led by professional photographer Maggie Steber and MaryAnne Golon, Director of Photography at Time magazine. Maggie and MaryAnne will help photographers with an existing project uncover the seed of the work, talk about approach and point of view, edit and sequence the work, and identify a strategy for moving it forward. With encouragement, insight, and renewed inspiration, attendees will walk away energized and confident about the future of their project.
The 2008 ‘Eyes of History’ traveling exhibit is currently at the International Photography Hall of Fame and is moving to the Press Club and Hood College later this year.
Looking for an event that happened earlier this year? Visit the January through May 2008 ARCHIVE
Last year was so busy, it now has its own 2007 ARCHIVE PAGE. If you're looking for recent events, check that web page or track past info (from March 2007 to the present) on the WHNPA blog archive.
2005 through 2006 listings are in the MEMBER NEWS ARCHIVE ....
Visit the CONTEST section to revisit past contest photos and videos.
Contest books/DVDs
We have extra copies of the 2007 contest book plus prior years' contest books and DVDs that you can order online.
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