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30 For 30: Branding–the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re featuring items from the PWP Archives* each day on this blog. In looking back, we see not only where we started, but how far women, photography, and the world have come since 1975. When PWP was founded in 1975, photography was analogue and largely black-and-white. Apple and Microsoft were founded that same year, so personal computers belonged to the future, and logos and layouts for publications were put together by hand. Here’s a look at some PWP branding and promotional materials over the years: As Photoshop and page layout programs emerged in the 1990s and rapidly evolved, there was an explosion of choice. Layouts could be fine-tuned, fonts were elegant and proportionally spaced, and photos [continue reading...]
30 For 30: A Wonderful Life, Lady Style
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re featuring items from the PWP Archives* each day on this blog. In looking back, we see not only where we started, but how far photography, women, and the world have come since 1975. Whether in the home or out in the world, women have always worked. But with modern careers, come additional pressures and tough choices to be made between personal and professional lives. Mindful of this, PWP has always encouraged its guest speakers, usually women, to talk openly about their challenges and doubts, hoping to inspire members. Frances McLaughlin-Gil was always ahead of her time. She was valedictorian of her high school class (her sister Kathryn was salutatorian), graduated from the photography program [continue reading...]
30 For 30: Expanding Walls and Other Possibilities
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re featuring items from the PWP Archives* each day on this blog. In looking back, we see not only where we started, but how far photography, women, and the world have come since 1975. In the 1980s and 90s, photography was undergoing the great shift from analog to digital. At the same time, it rose rapidly in the art world. Mixing with other mediums, it evolved from shots capturing moments in time to unique personal images created in the tradition of painting. Through PWP exhibition catalogues and announcement cards, we see photography evolve into a deeper, more thoughtful discipline, incorporating new ideas like mixed media, appropriated and computer-generated imagery, conceptual art, narrative sequence, and staged [continue reading...]
30 For 30: Face of a Changing City
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re featuring items from the PWP Archives* each day on this blog. In looking back, we see not only where we started, but how far photography, women, and the world have come since 1975. In PWP exhibition catalogs are glimpses of a changing city. When the group was founded in 1975, New York was halfway through its darkest decade. Crime was high, bankruptcy loomed, infrastructure was in ruins. Gritty black-and-white images from early PWP shows reflect the on-going drama of the street where a wild, circus-like atmosphere prevailed. As the city became safer in the late 1990s and early 2000s, investment flowed to it and gleaming towers rose. Times Square, once Dionysian, morphed into a [continue reading...]
30 For 30: Education and More
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re featuring items from the PWP Archives* each day on this blog. In looking back, we see not only where we started, but how far photography, women, and the world have come since 1975. Education has always been an important part of PWP. Early classes focused on tech topics like lighting and strobe, but also sought to boost women’s confidence. Coming into the field, they not only had to deal with the overt hostility of male photographers, but the more subtle discrimination that happened at places like camera stores where they were, and often still are, talked down to. This early PWP newsletter recaps a presentation on “assertive skills” by Francine Berger: The article continues [continue reading...]