Miami Street Photography Festival December 5-8, 2013

The Miami Street Photography Festival 2013 will showcase the   best of contemporary street photography in Miami's Wynwood Arts District during Art Basel Miami Beach.

The second annual Miami Street Photography Festival (MSPF), in partnership with Leica Camera, will once again showcase the best of contemporary Street Photography viewed through the eyes of emerging photographers in this genre. “We are very excited to be partnering with Leica in hosting this world class photography event,” said festival founder Juan Jose Reyes. “The goal of the Festival is to establish a global platform for learning through exhibitions, workshops, lectures and other events and to elevate Miami as a center for photography,” he added.

Dubbed by Harper's Bazaar Hotlist as an "Art Basel Top Ten" in its inaugural season, this year's event will take place December 5-8, 2013 at Trendy Studio in Miami’s vibrant Wynwood Arts District during the height of Art Basel Miami. 

Featured speakers will include world-renowned Magnum photographers Alex Webb, BruceGilden, and Constantine Manos, along with National Geographic’s Maggie Steber and author/photographer Rebecca Norris Webb.

The festival will host a street photography exhibition displaying images selected among participants from all over the world. Street photography workshops by Gilden and Webb/Norris Webb will also be available to participants. For the complete schedule of activities and to sign up visit the festival’s website http://www.miamistreetphotographyfestival.org.

Street photographers use their keen sense of observation to document society through the capture of compelling candid moments in everyday life. At the heart of street photography is the “decisive moment”, the split second when an image becomes complete in its composition.

2012 MSPF Awards These twelve images were selected as the best representatives of the 2012 Festival. 

Festival partners include Leica AG, Miami-Dade College, Leica Store Miami, Ona, Viewbook, Dale Photo and Digital, CyberLink, ISP/International Street Photographer Magazine, Dina Mitrani Gallery, The Private Space, and Gramps Bar. The Miami Street Photography Festival (MSPF©) was incorporated in 2012 as a not-for-profit organization. 

Leica Store Miami: Together and Apart by Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb | Tue, Dec 3, 2013 | 7pm - 9:30pm

Gallery Opening | Together and Apart by Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb | Tue, Dec 3, 2013 | 7pm - 9:30pm | 372 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, FL. 

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Join us for a gallery opening for acclaimed photographers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb. The exhibition, "Together and Apart," includes work from their joint book, "Violet Isle: A Duet of Photographs from Cuba," Alex’s second edition of The Suffering of Light (2013) and Rebecca’s My Dakota (2012). There will be a slide presentation, a question-and-answer session, followed by book signings of The Suffering of Light and My Dakota.

Alex and Rebecca will also conduct a workshop, Finding Your Vision, at Leica Store Miami on Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19.

Alex Webb is best known for his vibrant and complex color photography, often made in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has published nine books, including Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names , Aperture and Violet Isle: A Duet of Photographs from Cuba (with Rebecca Norris Webb). His latest book, The Suffering of Light, a collection of thirty years of his color work, was published by Aperture (2011). Alex has exhibited at museums worldwide, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; and Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Alex became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1979. His work has appeared in National Geographic, New York Times Magazine, Geo, and other magazines. He has received numerous awards and grants.

Originally a poet, Rebecca Norris Webb has published three photography books that explore the complicated relationship between people and the natural world: The Glass Between Us, Violet Isle: A Duet of Photographs from Cuba (with Alex Webb), and My Dakota, which interweaves her text and photographs from her home state of South Dakota. In 2012, My Dakota was selected as a Time, PDN, and Photo-Eye best photography book of the year. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York In 2012,My Dakota was exhibited at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, South Dakota, and the Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, and will be exhibited in summer 2013 at the Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, and the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks. Her work has appeared in Time, Orion, and Le Monde Magazine.

Three veteran journalists prepare to say goodbye to Miami Herald

DECEMBER 2, 2013 

BY BILL COOKE

Three veteran Miami Herald journalists with a combined 120+ years of experience are preparing to bid the paper farewell. Copy editor Sam Jacobs, and photojournalists Marice Cohn Band and Joe Rimkus Jr. decided to accept a recent buyout offer and will say goodbye to colleagues this Friday.

Joe Rimkus, Jr. began his career in photojournalism by tagging along to football games with his father, long-time Miami News photographer Joe Rimkus Sr.

"I learned everything from him," Joe told the Sun-Sentinel in 1995.

Joe - an FIU graduate - started at the Herald 40 years ago, getting his foot in the door by starting out as a photo lab tech.

Marice Cohn Band, Born and reared in Miami, began her career at the Herald in 1979 after an internship at the old Miami News and a stint as a photographer at the Miami Beach Sun-Reporter.

In her almost 35 years at the paper, she's covered every kind of assignment. But she's perhaps best known for her tender feature images of children.

Copy editor Sam Jacobs joined the Herald in 1967 and is the paper's longest serving newsroom staffer.

Read More HERE

French Kiss - A Love Letter to Paris by Peter Turnley

It's Thanksgiving morning and my wife Cindy and I are preparing our share of today’s feast when I spot a bright slim square box in the corner of the family room. Curious, I pick up what turns out to be a hard-sided sleeve covering Peter Turnley’s book, "French Kiss - A Love Letter to Paris". What’s this, I ask in surprise.”You were not suppose to see that!” Cindy replies.  Well... looks like I’ll have to wait till Christmas to open the book but you don’t.
                                                                                            – Al Diaz

Peter Turnley

"French Kiss - A Love Letter to Paris", is a tribute to many of the wonderful moments of romance, beauty, hope, and love that I have witnessed and been inspired by in Paris, my adopted home, over the past 40 years. I believe that photography is ultimately about sharing. I am excited to share, with the world, these moments of the heart that have touched my own, in this most beautiful city, Paris."

                                                                                      – Peter Turnley 

Purchase French Kiss – A Love Letter to Paris

Think Tank Photo: Giveaway, Rebates, Free eGuide, Tips & More!

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Camera Bits Gives Back: Photo Mechanic is celebrating it's 15th Anniversary

Camera Bits Gives Back

PHOTO BY BRANDON CALHOUN

This year Photo Mechanic is celebrating it's 15th Anniversary with a monthly #PMturns15 event. For November, they want to say, “Thanks!” to the nonprofit organizations who help make our industry stronger with their dedication and hard work. To accomplish that, PM will donate 15 licenses of Photo Mechanic to the charity who wins the popular vote on this poll. 15 amazing photographic nonprofits have been selected and your votes will choose the winner!

Voting will begin at 5 a.m. Pacific time on November 15 and end at midnight Pacific on December 15. The winner will be announced via PM's social media feeds and Forums. We encourage you to investigate the links below to discover the programs offered by these nonprofits. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to vote all this month and help a deserving nonprofit with just one click.

Thank you for helping one of these great nonprofits with your vote.

To keep it fair, only one vote per computer IP address is allowed. Voting closes at midnight PST at the end of December 15th, 2013.

Learn more about these organizations by checking out these links:

* NPPA Foundation: https://nppa.org/nppa-foundation
* Vision Workshops: http://visionworkshops.org/
* Light Work: http://www.lightwork.org/
* HeART Speak: http://www.heartsspeak.org/
* Young Photographers Alliance: http://www.youngphotographersalliance.org/
* Operation Love REunited: http://www.oplove.org/
* The Chris Hondros Fund: http://www.chrishondrosfund.org/
* The Josephine Herrick Project: http://jhproject.org/
* Wish Upon a Wedding: http://wishuponawedding.org/
* Facing Change: http://facingchange.org/
* Photography for a Change: http://www.photographyforachange.com/
* International League of Conservation Photographers: http://www.ilcp.com/
* Photo Philanthropy: http://photophilanthropy.org/
* WPOW: Women Photojournalists of Washington:

http://womenphotojournalists.org/

* Shoot Off Workshops:

http://visualmediaone.com/Shootoff/Shoot_Off_Workshops.html