By Karen Smul (From the Spring 2011 issue of IMPRINTS) Harvey Stein is an award-winning photographer, author, educator, curator and lecturer with four other photography books to his credit. His photographs are in over 50 museum and private collections; his work has been exhibited in more than 70 one-person and 140 group shows worldwide. He [...]

January 2012 Newsletter  Vol 6, Issue 6 Sponsored by  Learn more about Tamron Products at www.tamron-usa.com. Look for specials at the bottom of this newsletter. Month, Year – Vol 1, Issue 1 In This Issue Monthly Meeting BLOG of the Year 2nd International Open Call for Entry News from the Education Desk Cuban Photography Exhibit Amazon [...]

WORKSHOP: Lightroom Image Correction DATE:  Saturday, February 4, 2012 TIME:  10:00 – 3:00 LOCATION:  to be announced FEE:  $85.00 PWP Members.  $100 non-members RSVP:  bnelson2@earthlink.net Ignore the boring technical correct verbiage in the subject line -  this will actually be a fun, creative exercise.  You will  learn while working on your own images and go back to your workspace, [...]

In the fall of 2011, Professional Women Photographers sponsored two trips to Cuba and 40 photographers journeyed to Havana, Trinidad, and Cienfuegos. Traveling to Cuba is like taking a trip back in time –cell phones don’t work and credit cards are not accepted. But the natural splendor of the island, its colors and contrasts and [...]

The Exhibitions Committee of Professional Women Photographers held a record number of exhibitions during the 2010 -2011 season, including Americana and Transporters at MH Framing Gallery, New Visions at the Durst Gallery, A Woman’s World at Macy’s Herald Square, Perspectives on Time at  St. Francis College, and Altered Reality at Calumet Photographic. Here are some pictures [...]

In 2002, the U.S. Department of Justice paid $8,000 for drapes to cover the bare-breasted Spirit of Justice statue that stands behind the podium where news conferences are held. It was the time of Bush, Ashcroft, and the resurgent Right. In Florence, Italy, where Dianora Niccolini was born, there is none of that. The body, male and female, [...]

                                  Professional Women Photographers is proud to present its 35th Anniversary International Open Call exhibition at Soho Photo Gallery (15 White Street). It opens Tuesday, June 7th, with a reception from 6 – 8 pm. The two jurors for [...]

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 [...]

If you attend a Claudia Kunin exhibit, you’ll be given a pair of those funny glasses. Wait a minute, you say, aren’t they for movies? From the 50’s? Isn’t that technology… kind of old? Actually, it’s ancient. The  concept of stereoscopy, the presentation of two very similar pictures, side by side, for combination in the mind, was [...]