If in Rome: FotoGrafia. Rome’s International Festival, May 29 through August 2

In addition to the exhibitions, at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, from May 29th to May 31st, it will be possible to enjoy a rich programme of encounters and screenings for a photographic non-stop event lasting from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The artists present include Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi, for the second time in Italy after the exhibition in Milan in 2006. Don McCullin returns presenting a preview of his most recent work entitled "Roman Frontiers", dedicated to testimonies of the Roman empire at its most extreme boundaries. Nan Goldin, winner of the 2007 Hasselblad Award, who in addition to meeting viewers will present "Heartbeat", a video installation in which four synchronised screens show photographs of friends, lovers and borderline scenes from life, accompanied by an original soundtrack by the English composer Sir Jon Tavener, entitled "Prayer of the Heart".
Furthermore, a series of documentaries on the maestros of Italian photography, including Ferdinando Scianna who will be present to attend an encounter with the public. The foreign Academies present slideshows by the best contemporary photographers in their respective countries. A meeting with Euvgen Bavcar, a sightless artist, who will talk to journalist Emanuela Audisio about the subject "Photography, the joy of a hostage of the shadows", preceded by a documentary and a selection of his images. This is the artist's first visit to Italy and this event will include an exhibition within the framework of the ‘Circuit', at the B>Gallery, (a project curated by Obiettivo Granieri).
Finally the programme includes a series of meetings with curators, photo-editors and photographers, among them Davide Monteleone and Alessandra Mauro, Eva Frapiccini, Eric Kessel, Bruno di Marino, Christian Sinibaldi, Juliana Beasley and Melanie McWhorter from Photoeye.

Thanks to Letture Portfolio (May 29th - 30th - Open Colonna, curated by Officine Fotografiche), which this year will also include an award, there is an opportunity for new photographers to present their work to the most important Italian and international operators, among them Alessandra Mauro (curator, Contrasto), Laura Serani (curator, Rencontres de Bamako), Mario Peliti (publisher, Peliti Associati), Francesco Zanot (critic and curator); Erik Kessel (publisher, Kesselskramer); Martino Marangoni and Alessandra Capodacqua (Fondazione Marangoni).

FotoGrafia - Rome's International Festival; May 29th - August 2nd 2009 Palazzo delle Esposizioni: Top Floor - Admission € 10, reduced € 7,50; Sala della Fontana - Admission free of charge; Events at Sala Auditorium - Admission free of charge
Letture Portfolio - Enrolement € 10 euro for each participation with a maximum of 6 readings.
Info line 06.70473525
www.fotografiafestival.it

For more info, visit Palazzo Delle Esposizioni‎.

My Picks for PhotoLucida at PDN Online

Alejandro Cartagena

Angela Bacon-Kidwell

Conor Risch emailed a few questions to Ann Pallesen, Brian Clamp and myself about photographers at PhotoLucida. I elected to discuss the work of Alejandro Cartagena and Angela Bacon-Kidwell. Here is the final feature at PDN online.

Newly Designed Fraction Magazine

From The Unknown Portraitist, a group show curated by Joerg Colberg

Tim Hyde

Michael Itkoff

The new issue of Fraction, number 7, is in celebration of its one-year anniversary. Included in this issue is the work of Nadia Sablin, James Friedman, Michael Itkoff, Tim Hyde, John Brinton Hogan and Michael Sebastian; a group show by Joerg Colberg and three new short, but sweet book reviews by David Bram.

The Unnatural Nature of Food Call Ends Tomorrow

Here is the link for info. Deadline for submitting for the June Issue of Fraction is tomorrow, April 30.

Call for Entry: 2009 Photo Review Photography Competition

Lesley Martin, Publisher of the Aperture Book Program, will be the juror for the 2009 Photo Review Photography Competition. The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 25th annual photography competition with a difference. Instead of only installing an exhibit that would be seen by a limited number of people, The Photo Review will reproduce accepted entries in its 2009 competition issue and on its website. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the world and entrants will have a tangible benefit from the competition.

Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. And a major traveling exhibition in 2010 will feature entrants from 25 years of The Photo Review Competition.

Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the country.

Awards include a $500 purchase prize for The Philadelphia Museum of Art, a copy of SilverFast HDR Studio digital camera RAW conversion software from LaserSoft Imaging ($499), a $270 gift certificate from Lensbabies for a Composer lens or other items on the Lensbaby.com webstore, a $250 gift certificate from Calumet Photographic, a 24"x50' roll of Museo Silver Rag ($240 value), camera bags from Lowepro, and $250 in cash prizes.

An entry fee of $30 for up to three prints, slides, or images on CD and $5 each for up to two additional images entitles all entrants to a copy of the catalogue. In addition, all entrants will be able to subscribe to The Photo Review for $35, a 20% discount.

All entries must be received by mail between May 1 and June 1, 2009.

You can download a prospectus - and view the 2008 and past winners - at http://www.photoreview.org/compete.htm. Or send a self-addressed, stamped business-size (#10) envelope to: The Photo Review, 140 East Richardson Avenue, Suite 301, Langhorne, PA 19047. For further information call 215/891-0214.

Call for Entry: Newspace 2009 Juried Exhibition

Newspace Center for Photography invites you to enter our 5th Annual Juried Exhibition. Winning images will be shown at the Center during the month of August 2009. The competition is open to all photographic themes and processes, but the work should have been created in the last three years. Entries will be accepted through Friday, May 29th 2009 (postmarked).

EXHIBITION & AWARD
Those accepted into the show will be notified by late June and will be posted on our website. Selected photographers will exhibit at Newspace from Friday, August 7th through Sunday, August 30th, 2009. One photographer will be selected for a solo show at Newspace in 2010 and awarded $500. Regional, national, and international entries are accepted.

ENTRY DETAILS
To enter, fill out and mail a completed entry form. Only CD submissions will be accepted. Images must be 300 dpi jpg files no larger than seven inches in the longest dimension. Each jpg file must be titled with your last name, first initial, "underscore" and the correlating number to match the entry form. For instance, Mike Smith would be SmithM_1.jpg. The CD itself must be labeled with the photographer's name. Materials will not be returned.

The entry fee is $40 for five images. Newspace TOY CAMERA level (and higher) members may enter five images for FREE. You may enter as many times as you like, but must include a separate entry form for each set of five images. Entry fees are non-refundable.

download entry form

Call for Entry: Center for Fine Art Photography's Documentary

Documentary

Entries close at Midnight, May 12th

Documentary photographer has the power to tell stories untold, create social change, awaken emotions, and show the intimate and unseen. This exhibition will feature the artistic viewpoint of the documentary photographer.

Juror: Ed Kashi

Full Details Here

Image: Jared #2, © Jon Orlando