ARTIST PROFILE: Richard Misrach

Desert Fire 153 (Man with a Rifle), 1984 | Outdoor Dining, Bonneville Salts Flats, 1992

Richard Misrach
United States
(b. 1949)

Richard Misrach is a large-format, 8x10 landscape photographer working mostly in California and the American deserts. His work deals with the relationship between humanity and the natural environment, often focusing on abandoned landscapes where the effect of human intervention is evident. The sheer beauty of his images is incredibly seductive, however their content presents the potential problems human impact has on the environment.

To see more of Richard Misrach's work, visit www.artnet.com.

PUBLICATION: "Image Makers Image Takers"

Image Makers Image Takers:

The Essential Guide to Photography by Those Who Know

by: Anne-Celine Jaeger

This book is a collection of interviews with some of the most influential figures in photography today. The book not only consists of interviews with photographers, but also curators, photo editors and publishers. Jaeger asks very straight forward questions which elicit some insightful answers.

Includes interviews with:
Alec Soth
Mary Ellen Mark
David Lachapelle
Reinke Dijkstra
Tina Barney

ARTIST PROFILE: Alessandra Sanguinetti

The Black Cloud, 1998-2006 | The Necklace, 1998-2006

Alessandra Sanguinetti
USA/Argentina
(b. 1968)

Magnum photographer Alessandra Sanguinetti's work captures the intimacies of life in rural Argentina. Her series The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of Their Dreams follows the lives of two young cousins growing up their family’s farm outside Buenos Aires. Sanguinetti's photographs have a sad, poetic quality that I find very intriguing.

Alessandra Sanguinetti is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery in New York and Ruth Benzacar Gallery in Bueno Aires.

To see more of her work, visit alessandrasanguinetti.com.

OPPORTUNITY: Terry O'Neill Award 2009

DEADLINE:
JULY 31, 2009

Submissions are invited for the Independent Photographer’s Terry O’Neill Award 2009. The competition forms a showcase for both established and new photographers, providing valuable exposure of their work and a prestigious opportunity to enhance their careers. The award, an important addition to the cultural calendar, celebrates the diversity of talent working in the photographic medium today.

For further information, visit the Terry O'Neill Award website.

ARTIST PROFILE: Hiroshi Sugimoto

U.A. Walker, NYC, 1978 | Earliest Human Relatives, 1994

Hiroshi Sugimoto
Japan
(b. 1948)

Falling somewhere between humor and quiet meditation, Sugimoto's photographs study the role artificiality plays in our everyday lives. While he documents places like New York City's Museum of Natural History, movie theaters, and wax museums, his photographs also poignantly illustrate the deceptive qualities inherent in the photographic medium itself.

"However fake the subject, once photographed, it's as good as real."
- Hiroshi Sugimoto on his work with dioramas.

To see more of Hiroshi Sugimoto's work, visit www.sugimotohiroshi.com .

ARTS ORGANIZATION: Humble Arts Foundation

Humble Arts Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that works to advance the careers of emerging fine-art photographers by way of exhibition and publishing opportunities, limited-edition print sales, twice–annual artists grants, and educational programming.

Founded in 2005 by amani olu and Jon Feinstein, Humble has been a pioneering hub for showcasing new fine-art photography, and has served as a resource for collectors, galleries, museums, curators, photo editors, and bloggers internationally.

Visit the Humble Arts Foundation website for more information.

PUBLICATION: Portfolio Catalogue

Portfolio Catalogue is a fine-art photography publication based in Edinburgh, UK.

This publication has a simple concept: a clean, straight-forward presentation of an artist's body of work. With little very advertisements and unnecessary text, this magazine is a refreshing change from most publications.

To learn more, visit Portfolio Catalogue's website.

OPPORTUNITY: Aperture Portfolio Prize

DEADLINE: JULY 16 MIDNIGHT

First prize is $2,500. The first-prize winner and runners-up are featured in Aperture’s website for approximately one year. Winners are also announced in the foundation’s e-newsletter, which reaches thousands of subscribers in the photography community.

Entrants must be paid subscribers to Aperture Magazine as of the Fall 2009 issue.

$25 Application fee

For more information visit the Aperture Foundation website.

ANNOUNCEMENT: IMAGES' Festival Winners

Over 1,000 project proposals were submitted to Foundation Vevey's 7th International Photo Awards. The winner of this biannual award receives roughly 20,000 Euros to complete a personal project

The jury made a controversial decision by naming two winners this time around. The two photographers both take a documentary approach to their work. The jury "believes that the complementarity of these projects contributes to the current debate on different way of the documentary photography". The monetary award will be divided evenly between them.

The winners are:

Christian Lutz- (Switzerland) b. 1973

G.M.B Akash- (Bangladesh) b. 1977

OPPORTUNITY: Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

DEADLINE: JULY 24, 2009
Submissions are now being invited for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009, which celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait photography. Entry is open to photographers from around the world, aged 18 and over.


The selected exhibition will be shown at the National Portrait Gallery, London from 5 November 2009 - 14 February 2010.

Visit the National Portrait Gallery's website for more details.

Image credit:Hendrik Kerstens

ALTERNATIVE VENUE: Women in Photography

WIPNYC was launched in June of 2008 by Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips. As an internet-based project, WIPNYC is an outlet to exhibit work outside of the traditional model of the commercial art world, allowing it to reach a global audience. Mixing emerging photographers with artists that have achieved high levels of success within fine art and commercial worlds, the project is designed to be a resource for photographers, editors, curators, gallery owners, and viewers alike to discover and enjoy the work of female artists. Exhibitions are bi-monthly and include artists both selected from an open submission and those sought out to participate. WIPNYC presents a solo exhibition of work from select photographers every other Tuesday of the month.

CURRENT FEATURED ARTIST: Erika Larsen (above)

PREVIOUSLY FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE: Kelli Connell, Elinor Carucci, Laura Letinsky

For Further Information, visit: www.wipnyc.org

ARTIST PROFILE: Nicolai Howalt

Boxer #19, 2003 | REMISEDALEN II / THE VALLEY BEAT II. 2005

Nicolai Howalt
Denmark (b. 1970)

Nicolai's photographs can be most easily described as documentary, however the poetics of his work delve much deeper than mere observation. He is most well-known for is series Boxer which depicts young, male boxers before and after fights. His photographs present the subjects much like scientific specimens, maintaining a standardization in both point of view and pose.

Nicolai Howalt is represented by Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark and Silverstein Gallery, New York

To see more of his website at: www.nicolaihowalt.com