Solarplating – A Revolutionary Development in Printmaking IMPRINTS |FALL/WINTER 2010 by Patricia Gilman In 1971 Dan Welden, www.danwelden.com created what was to become a process that many people consider having brought photography to a new level: Solarplate Printmaking. He received a grant from New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and proceeded to develop an alternative printmaking technique that was safer for [...]

Please join us for the opening reception of Transporters on Saturday, April 16th, 6-9p, to celebrate this exciting new photography exhibition of PWP members. The exhibit, juried by Nick Rosal, runs from April 9th to May 14th, at MH Art & Framing Gallery at 9 West 20th Street, between 5th and 6th Ave. Gallery hours [...]

JOIN US FOR THE 7TH ANNUAL PWP STUDENT AWARDS RECEPTION – 2011 SATURDAY MARCH 5, 2010 3:00 – 5:00 PM. Calumet Photographic 22 West 22nd St. 2nd Fl. New York, NY ABOUT: The Outreach PWP Student Awards program was created in 2005 by PWP to honor and assist young women attending New York City public [...]

This isn’t about Shoshana. There have been e-mails with tears and testimonials. This is not the place for that. This blog is about the experience of women in photography from the 1970’s on, when PWP was founded. But the history of woman in photography is not just about cameras and film and working against whatever [...]

PWP’s eNewsletter is sponsored by  Learn more about TAMRON products at www.tamron.com. Volume 5 | Issue 6 | January 2011 Greetings from the Board Happy New [...]

PWP is thrilled to announce New Visions, the upcoming exhibition at the Durst Organization Show Walls Gallery, 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street. In this exhibit, PWP members show off their latest and greatest, and the collection is sure to excite, inspire and impress!  We hope to see you there as we kick off [...]

PRESS RELEASE Professional Women Photographers  and Scott M. Stringer, Office of Manhattan Borough President Gallery Present “The Art of Commerce” A Photography Exhibit PWP (Professional Women Photographers) and Scott M. Stringer, Office of Manhattan Borough President Gallery present an exhibition of photography that views commerce in ways that are evocative, unusual and often humorous.  Members [...]

Bacterial Photography, By Jeff Tabor IMPRINTS |FALL/WINTER 2010 In 2005, a research group from the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Texas at Austin published a report in Nature describing the engineering of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) to function as a black and white photographic film. Unlike their virulent [...]

Cards and Letters: A Snapshot They came from all over, from Arkansas, Illinois and Italy. Some were handwritten, some were typed. They came on scraps of notebook paper, cheap postcards and fine bond, all with the same request: send info please! I want information on Professional Women Photographers. “I read about your organization…” “Didn’t know [...]

PWP Exhibition Call For Entry Open to PWP Members Only APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 16, 2010 Theme: Objects of Affection Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 – Friday, August 13th, 2010 Opening Reception: July 28, 2010, 6 pm Location: HP Gallery at Calumet Photo 22 West 22nd Street 2nd Floor New York NY 10010 212-989-8500 Details: [...]