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Call for curatorial candidates

Call for the candidates for the 12th Presentation: Guest Curator
:: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal is launching its call for the Guest Curator for the 12th presentation of the international biennale of contemporary photography that will take place in September 2011 ::
Every two years since 1989, Le [...]

opening tomorrow!

Please Join us for the opening reception of

KINDRED COOL: Portraits of Jazz Friendships

Photography by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

Saturday, May 30th
6 – 9 p.m.

Kindred Cool is a photography project that uses relationship between Ralph Ellison, Romare Bearden and Albert Murray as an inspiration for documenting other friendships forged and fostered through a shared [...]

portfolio review

REMINDER: Portfolio Review Sessions

Reviewers:

Rocio Aranda-Alvarado,
Jersey City Museum

Florian Bachleda,
Latina Magazine

Don [...]

New (to me) photographer: Brooke Williams

I spotted a photograph of Brooke Williams and her family at A Cup of Jo and thought I’d check out her site.

This is the temporary website of Brooke Williams, aka the new black: photographer, musician and writer. In the future this site will do many incredible things, but for now, here are some of my [...]

Call for donations: New Orleans: A Labor of Love

I have a dream and I hope that you will support it.
Last year, I took a huge leap of faith. I quit my job and trusted the Universe to support me in launching New Orleans: A Labor of Love – a non-profit social networking community committed to recruiting volunteers and resources to rebuild the Gulf [...]

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  • 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.

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    • 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
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    • 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

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