ASMP exists to educate all photographers and students about the value of the creative image and the benefits of good business practices. By communicating the accumulated knowledge of our members, by presenting educational programs, by promoting and publicizing ASMP, and, above all, by increasing the involvement of our members, we strive to accomplish these goals and strengthen the credibility of our profession. The Baltimore Chapter is a regional group of photographers who meet regularly to discuss local issues that could help the members, i.e. new business practices, marketing methods and changing copyright laws, to name a few.

The American Society of Media Photographers in collaboration with The Center for Fine Art Photography will present an exhibition of work created by ASMP members.

Media: Photographers working in all still-photography media are invited to submit their images to the call for entries. Membership in The Center for Fine Art Photography is not required.

Eligibility: The exhibition is open to all domestic and international, professional photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both who are ASMP members or become an ASMP member prior to the deadline for the juried call for entries (March 4, 2008). ASMP membership includes General, Associate (Emerging Associate, Student) and Affiliate Members.

Juror: Kirsten Rian is an independent curator working with some of the worlds bes best photographers, and is active in the international photography community. She has coordinated more than 375 exhibitions, and 65 books and catalogues.

Exhibition and Awards: With selection for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and others who appreciate the fine art of photography.

  • Feature presentation in CameraArts magazine Artists’s ShowCase
  • Juror’s Selection award: $500
  • Director's Selection award: $300
  • Gallery Visitor’s Choice Award: $100
  • Two Artists’ ShowCase Online subscriptions – the Center’s new online image marketing website (preview at www.artists-showcase.org)
  • All exhibitors are also included in the Center's online gallery
  • Inclusion in the Center's 2008 Exhibition Collection CD which is distributed to selected galleries, collectors, design houses and corporations world wide

Important Dates

  • Entries due: March 4, 2008
  • Notice of acceptance: March 20, 2008
  • Exhibition dates: June 6 through July 3, 2008
  • Public and artists’ reception during the Fort Collins Gallery Walk: June 6, 2008

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CVASMP Presents Photojournalist David Burnett March 27th

The Central Virginia Chapter of ASMP is pleased to host "An Evening with David Burnett" in Richmond on Thursday, March 27th. Burnett is one of the world's premiere photojournalist, with more than 4 decades covering the events that shape our lives. He was recently named one of the "100 Most Important People in Photography" by American Photo Magazine. He is also the founder of Contact Press Images. More details about the program will follow shortly by email or check the CVASMP website soon. http://www.asmpcv.com

David Burnett's website: http://www.davidburnett.com

Date: March 27, 2008

Location: Herb Cosby Studio

3613 Mayland Ct.

Richmond, VA

Directions: http://tinyurl.com/39n749

Time: Doors open at 5:30 for social

Program starts at 6:30

Cost: ASMP members, APA members, Students w/ ID: $10

Non-members: $25

ASMP Baltimore Earns $400,000 Grant

Richard Anderson, former ASMP Baltimore chapter president and current national board member, has received a grant of more than $400,000 to work on refining digital photography standards. It is part of a larger government award to several organizations to preserve digitized creative content of various varieties. The award is outlined through the following link:

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Looking Now: BMA Digital Photography Project

Explore contemporary responses to the exhibition in the Looking Now Digital Gallery—and become part of the project yourself!

The BMA has invited 19 professional photographers to respond to Looking through the Lens with their own work. Selected by artist Peter Bruun, Urbanite creative director Alex Castro, and photographer/BMA Trustee Connie Imboden, the participating artists are: Beth Barbush, Jennifer Bishop, Laura Burns, Marshall Clarke, Cory Donovan, Peggy Fox, J.M. Giordano, Camille Gustus-Quijano, Regina DeLuise, Ellis Marsalis, Dan Meyers, Christopher Myers, Ken Royster, Jacqueline Schlossman, Sofia Silva, Lynn Silverman, Michelle Woodward, Erik Whipple, and Jack Wilgus. Their images will be on view in the Looking Now Digital Gallery at the BMA from March 16–June 8, and also as part of a special feature in the April issue of Baltimore’s Urbanite magazine.

On April 23 - June 8, the Digital Gallery expands with images by teens in the Youthlight after-school program. Founded in 2001 by photographer Marshall Clarke, Youthlight is committed to engaging young people in using photography as a means of self-expression.

And you can join Looking Now by visiting Looking through the Lens, creating your own digital images inspired by the exhibition, and uploading them here beginning in mid-March. The best of the images submitted online will be on view at the BMA in the Looking Now Digital Gallery. April 23–June 8

Submission inquiries may be directed tolooking@artbma.org.

Glenn McNatt | Art
April 9, 2008

Big stores, big photos
Is that the shopping center called Towson Marketplace? Could be, but the scene might as well be anywhere in America, the homogenized, one-size-fits-all vernacular architecture of contemporary consumer society.

Sofia Silva's large-scale panoramic photographs of big-box stores, parking garages and chain motels, on view at C. Grimaldis Gallery, are meditations on the landscape of desire, where people spend their lives shopping for food, clothing, electronic appliances and love.

Her images are both deeply familiar and oddly disturbing. One can't quite believe one knows these locales so well. Their blank, utilitarian facades signify nothing so much as a vast spiritual emptiness.

It's a sadly attenuated vision of the American dream whose house brands are loneliness and ennui, served up with dollops of busywork and chilly cheer. Argentine native Silva brings a cultural anthropologist's eye to the megaliths of American business, such as Sam's Club and Wal-Mart, and finds that the lifestyle they proffer is as banal as the stores' big-box walls.

Sofia Silva: Panoramic Photographs runs through April 26 at C. Grimaldis Gallery, 523 N. Charles St. Call 410-539-1080 or go to cgrimaldisgallery.com. Until April 26.

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