Posts in Category : PWP Announcements
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: Help Me, Please! Hopelessly Waiting…
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. The letters, yellowing now, came from all over: Omaha, Cincinnati, St. Louis—even a few foreign lands. Some were typed on personal letterhead, others scrawled on scraps of paper: “…very interested in a group that helps to support and promote women in the male-dominated field.” “Being a woman in the profession of photography has been an experience, believe me.” “…help me, please! Hopelessly waiting.” They came to Professional Women Photographers in the 1970s and 80s, a time when women were entering the field, [continue reading...]
PWP Member Show to Feature the Botanical World
In May 2018, Professional Women Photographers will create an installation of member images at the Queens Botanical Garden. Called Flora, it invites PWP photographers to explore the botanical world and its impact on human life through all seasons. Imagery will be wide-ranging, embracing fruit, flowers, foliage and trees, as well as the interaction between people and plants, literal or implied. In fact, the relationship between the human sphere and the botanical world is of particular interest to the Garden. The exhibition is open to all PWP members, with each guaranteed acceptance of one image. The show will run from May 4th through August 8th, 2018, with a deadline for entries of Friday, March 9th. It is a wonderful chance for work [continue reading...]
PWP Exhibit: The Power of Tones!
Professional Women Photographers is proud to announce The Power of Tones, an exhibition celebrating monotone photography. Featuring work by PWP members, the show will be on view at: The Jadite Gallery December 5 – 16, 2017 (gallery open Tuesday – Saturday 12:00-6:00 pm) Opening Reception – Thursday, December 7, 2017 6:00-8:00 pm 413 West 50th Street New York City – Catherine Kirkpatrick
In Memoriam: Sally Minker
PWP is sad to announce the passing of member Sally Minker. Sally was a fine artist and graphic designer who shared her abundant talent with the organization by putting together publicity materials for shows and exhibiting her work. Most of all, she was a warm and encouraging member, a friend to many, a funny and gracious presence at meetings and events. Sally received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and her MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She won grants and awards from the Artists Space in New York City, the Connemara Conservancy in Dallas, and the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Art and Culture in Baltimore. Her work has been exhibited widely in group and [continue reading...]