The results of the Royal Photographic Society’s International Member’s competition have been announced after judges selected 100 images for a touring exhibition from almost 3300 entries. The competition, which is held every other year, attracted RPS members from 16 countries, and was won by UK photographer Steve Jones for his shot, Joie de Vivre, of a young and prancing Lustitano stallion on a French stud farm. See winners
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London’s Science Museum is to host a major exhibition of prints and artifacts from the collection of the Royal Photographic Society, including prints and experimental cameras made by William Fox Talbot in the 1820s. Masters of Light: Treasures from the Royal Photographic Society Collection will display over 200 items from the archives of a collection that was started in 1853, and it will be held on the site of one of the UK’s first ever photographic exhibitions. Take a look at some of the historic work that will be on display. See gallery
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Another day, another controversial change to Facebook’s terms of service. The American Association of Media Photographers has warned its members to ‘beware’ Facebook’s proposed new terms of service, which – the A.S.M.P claims – would allow the social media giant to ‘exploit your name, likeness, content, images, private information, and personal brand by using it in advertising and in commercial and sponsored content – without any compensation to you’. Click through for more details.
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A few nice visual art images I found:
Happy Mother’s day! Metaphor about our consumer society
Image by Pierre Marcel
Catch Fish, his valentine’s NEST
Pink cat – fish, mother’s nest.
Valentine’s original painting by Pierre Marcel
2010,
Acrylic on canvas, 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches ( 70 x 70 cm)
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Happy Mother’s day!
Caricaturist visual about our families in our modern world, this Pierre Marcel "nest painting" is a metaphor about our consumer society.
Anne Goldthwaite, American painter and printmaker, 1869-1944
Image by Smithsonian Institution
Description: Anne Goldthwaite established herself as one of the South’s most important regionalist artists. Born during the Reconstruction era in Montgomery, Alabama her primary subject through her career was the South and southerners. She was also and advocate of women’s rights and equal rights for other minority groups.
Creator/Photographer: Peter A. Juley & Son
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Dimensions: 8 in x 10 in
Culture: American
Date: 1930
Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5824
Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Photograph Archives
Collection: Peter A. Juley & Son Collection – The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection is comprised of 127,000 black-and-white photographic negatives documenting the works of more than 11,000 American artists. Throughout its long history, from 1896 to 1975, the Juley firm served as the largest and most respected fine arts photography firm in New York. The Juley Collection, acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1975, constitutes a unique visual record of American art sometimes providing the only photographic documentation of altered, damaged, or lost works. Included in the collection are over 4,700 photographic portraits of artists.
Accession number: J0001675
Bashka Paeff, American sculptor, 1893-1979
Image by Smithsonian Institution
Description: Bashka Paeff was known as the "Subway sculptor" for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition.
Creator/Photographer: Peter A. Juley & Son
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Dimensions: 8 in x 10 in
Culture: American
Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5817
Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Photograph Archives
Collection: Peter A. Juley & Son Collection – The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection is comprised of 127,000 black-and-white photographic negatives documenting the works of more than 11,000 American artists. Throughout its long history, from 1896 to 1975, the Juley firm served as the largest and most respected fine arts photography firm in New York. The Juley Collection, acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1975, constitutes a unique visual record of American art sometimes providing the only photographic documentation of altered, damaged, or lost works. Included in the collection are over 4,700 photographic portraits of artists.
Accession number: J0040128
KarmaloopTV linked up with pro skater Terry Kennedy (Supra/Kr3w/Fly Society) to give you an inside look at TK’s daily jaunts around downtown New York… running into renown photographers, hitting up 106 and Park, and fighting crime!