carlagirl photo.

practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

Group Show

Group Show
Kith and Kin
Curated by: Rosie Lee Hooks and Rogelio Acevedo
Watts Towers Arts Center
1727 East 107th Street
Los [...]

grants for arts writers

(I admit I’m one of those people who, once I’ve been rejected for something, never tries again. Fuck it. I heard once that this is typical of women—we take it personally, whereas men will reapply until they achieve success. But this is a great opportunity, and I see they now even include bloggers.)

GRANTS FOR [...]

powerHouse Portfolio Review—NYPH’09 Edition

powerHouse publishes a lot of black-themed material, if not necessarily by black artists, so this might be worth your time if you think your work would appeal to their judges.

The New York Photo Festival Review Pavilion is proud to announce

The powerHouse Portfolio Review—NYPH’09 Edition
and the NYPH’09 Portfolio Review Award

Registration deadline extended [...]

san francisco job

Programs and Events Coordinator
Organization:
Location: SF, CA
Submission Deadline: 05/30/2009
826 Valencia is looking for a full-time Programs and Events Coordinator. The position involves a combination of development work, program planning, and operations management. The Programs and Events Coordinator will work closely with-and report directly to-the Executive Director.
Duties:
Major responsibilities:
Internship program management, including recruitment, training, and day-to-day mentorship [...]

of course, on a night I can’t go (tomorrow!)

(I spotted this at Smarts & Crafts—it sounds like quite an assembly of folks.)

What the heck is Pop-Up Magazine? It is an evening of talking, film, reading, radio, photography, and interviews. All short, fast, mixed up, and served to an audience at the amazing Brava Theater in San Francisco’s Mission district, with a party to [...]

keep looking »
  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

  • RSS 81 Press

    • Taking a Break February 4, 2012
      Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
    • A New Mission for Aperture? February 4, 2012
      […]
    • Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 4, 2012
      Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]


  • "Dedicated to the real photographers of the world—to those who, with their second-hand equipment and their makeshift darkrooms, are today fighting their solitary battles with their recalcitrant medium, not for money or for glory, but because they would rather make pictures than anything else in the world." - William Mortensen
  • Categories

  • Tags

  • Archives



  • Have news or announcements? Please E-mail me at carla@carlagirl.net
    © 2011 carla williams. all rights reserved