"A few years ago, USA Today called Sedona the most beautiful place in America. At sundown, that doesn't begin to cover it"
- Dwight Garner, New York Times
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Sedona PhotoFest 2010
Sponsors
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Greetings!
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Sedona Arts Center is pleased to call for submissions for the month long Red Rock Open Public Photography Competition on July 21st. Taking place in the glorious red rock country of Sedona, the Red Rock Open is the first ever competition of its type in Northern Arizona. Over $1,000 in prizes will be awarded during the PhotoFest Awards Gala on Friday, July 23rd.
The Red Rock Open is part of Sedona PhotoFest 2010. From June 21st -
July 20th, the public is invited to compete in a Sedona landscape
photography competition with over $1,000 in sponsor prizes to be
awarded at the Sedona PhotoFest Awards Night Festivities, Food and
Fotos on Friday, July 23rd.
All images submitted prior to PhotoFest
will be presented on screen at the Community Exhibition Gallery of the
Sedona Arts Center during the month of July.
All photographers whether profession or amateur and those who simply love the power of a photograph are invited to participate. There is a list of suggested locations and directions to them posted at www.sedonaphotofest.com. Committee members in preparation for the Red Rock Open scouted the locations.
All images submitted prior to Sedona PhotoFest will be presented on screen at the Community Exhibition Gallery of the Sedona Arts Center during the month of July. The Contest is open to any photographer 18 years of age and older. The entry deadline is 5:00 PM MST on July 20, 2010. For a complete list of rules and requirements please click here:
Red Rock Open Contest Rules
We personally invite you to give us your best shots!
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Join us for Sedona PhotoFest 2010
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Derek von Breisen: Monsoon Sky  | Come to Sedona in July when sunsets are spectacular and monsoon skies lend drama and rich contract to our red rock skyline. Spend a week with two dozen of America's finest landscape photographers admist the beauty of Sedona's legendary red rock country. From
July 18 through 25, this unparalleled festival will provide a unique
opportunity for both professional and photography enthusiasts.
Creative, interactive, and inspiring, Sedona PhotoFest aims to both
nurture emerging photographers and stir the juices of the seasoned
master. This inaugural year brings
photographers an incredible chance to see Sedona, hone skills and learn
in a unique and intimate setting at the beautiful Creative Life Center
in Sedona. If you've been to other photography conferences and
seminars, you'll find Sedona PhotoFest offers you an excellent program
while keeping it affordable. Peruse our extraordinary speakers
below, for the complete symposium schedule or to register for this
magical event please click here: Sedona PhotoFest 2010 schedule and registration |
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Jack Dykinga |
 Pulitzer Prize (1971 feature photography) winning photographer Jack Dykinga while renowned for his large format photography has incorporated the Nikon D3 and D3X for his transcendent landscape art photography two years ago. He is a regular contributor to Arizona Highways and National Geographic magazines. His nine wilderness advocacy, large format books include: Frog Mountain Blues, The Secret Forest, The Sierra Pinacate, The Sonoran Desert, Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau, and Desert: The Mojave and Death Valley. He authored and photographed Large Format Nature Photography, a "how to" guide to color landscape photography. Jack Dykinga's Arizona, released in 2004 from Westcliffe publishers, a compellation of Jack's best Arizona images and: Images: Jack Dykinga's Grand Canyon released by Arizona Highways, May 2008, reflect Jack's love for Arizona.
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Rob Sheppard
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 Rob Sheppard is a naturalist and nature photographer and videographer who says his favorite location is the one he is in at any time. Presently, he is spending a lot of time in the chaparral of Southern California and says that the chaparral is one of the wildest and least photographed ecosystems in the country. He is the author/photographer of over 30 books, as well as a well-known speaker and workshop leader. He was the long-time editor of the prestigious Outdoor Photographer magazine and helped start PCPhoto (Digital Photo). Presently he is editor-at-large for Outdoor Photographer. He does workshops around the country with Great American Photography Workshops, plus he does workshops at Light Photographic Workshops.
As author/photographer, Sheppard has written hundreds of articles about photography and nature,  plus books ranging from guides to photography such as the Magic of Digital Landscape
Photography and the National Geographic Field Guide to Digital Photography to books about Photoshop and Lightroom including Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 for Digital Photographers Only and Top Tips Simplified: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8. |
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Peter Ensenberger
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 Throughout his career, Peter Ensenberger has crossed photographic boundaries to explore different styles and diverse subjects. After studying fine art photography in college, he went on to win awards as a staff photojournalist for several newspapers. More recently, he served 25 years as Director of Photography for Arizona Highways, the award-winning nature and travel magazine. Peter left Arizona Highways in 2009 to devote full time to his own photography business. Currently, he resides in Tempe, Arizona, where he is a freelance photographer for Black Star. Corporate and editorial assignments make up the bulk of his work, with an emphasis on travel and lifestyle. In addition, he leads group and individual photo workshops to Arizona's most beautiful and remote locations.
Peter serves on the board of directors for Through Each Others Eyes, Inc., a non-profit corporation he co-founded in 1988. Through Each Others Eyes sponsors photographic exchanges with  photographers in cities around the world, promoting international understanding, friendship and respect for all cultures through the art of photography and education. The photographs from these exchanges are assembled in traveling exhibitions that are displayed in Arizona and around the world. Part of TEOE's expanding mission is mentoring local photography students.
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Jeff Kida
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 Jeff Kida has been a professional photographer, editor, & teacher for over thirty years. During his early career, Jeff worked for small dailies and as a stringer for the Arizona wire services. He joined the Phoenix Gazette in 1980 as a staff photographer, where he worked for eight years before returning to the freelance market, shooting for the Associated Press, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Time magazine, Arizona Highways, as well as corporate clients like American West Airlines and the Fiesta Bowl.
A long-time contributor to Arizona Highways magazine, Jeff accepted the Photo Editor position at the magazine in 2006. Currently, his responsibilities include image selection for the monthly magazine, books, special projects and three annual calendars.
Jeff's lifetime of photographic experience has made him a personable and engaging teacher & public speaker. With his Friends of Arizona Highways Photo Workshops, he has taught  photographers from all over the world who value his insightful instruction and engaging sense of humor.
In addition to shooting and editing for Arizona Highways, in recent years, Jeff has been able to document humanitarian work for the World Food Program, the United Nations and the American Volunteer Medical Team. The work has allowed him to experience places like the Congo, Rwanda, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.
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Tom Till
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 Tom Till has been a professional landscape and nature photographer for 35 years. Almost 200,000 of his images have appeared in print, and he is the author of over 30 books, including Success with Landscape Photography, and Canyons of Utah which will appear later this year. An inveterate traveller, Till has photographed in 61 countries and in all fifty states. Till was awarded the prestigious NANPA Fellow Award for achievement in nature photography, and was featured in the book World's Best Photographers: Landscape.
For the past three years, an exhibit of Till's images of UNESCO World Heritage Sites has traveled the world. Although a life-long practitioner of the 4x5 camera, in 2008 Till switched to digital photography. The Tom Till Gallery in Moab, Utah features Till's fine art prints, and has long been a focal point of the Moab art scene.
Till's work has been integral in winning a number of important environmental battles. He testified before Congress about the creation of Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument, and shot key imagery that led to the 30 billion dollar decommission of radioactive mine tailings near Moab. Till has also received a special award from the Nature Conservancy. Tom Till has lived in Moab, Utah for 30 years, and he is a movie fan and a devotee of the television show Lost. His other interests include rock and roll, baseball, and astronomy and physics. Till has been inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Derek von Breisen
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 Derek's award-winning photographs have been published by National Geographic, Arizona Highways, USA Today, the Weather Channel and a number of local and regional guidebooks, magazines and newspapers. His image of one of Arizona's most iconic rock formations, Sedona's Cathedral Rock, graces the cover of National Geographic's official 2009 wall & desk calendars entitled Nature's Artistry.
Derek von Briesen is a passionate believer in the power of landscape photography to inspire and motivate people to see more of our beautiful land for themselves, to love what they see, and consequently to protect and preserve it for future generations.
As a Sedona Master and Creative Director of the Sedona PhotoFest 2010 we are honored to present his work at the Sedona Arts Center.
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James Kay
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James Kay
Specializing in landscapes of Western North America, Jim has worked as a professional photographer for 28 years. He currently serves as a professional advisor to Outdoor Photographer Magazine and has been featured in the Nikon Legends Collection. His photographs have been published in countless magazines, books, calendars and commercial advertising projects around the world.
Jim's photographic passions center on his deep reverence for remote wilderness landscapes. As part of his commitment to these places, he works closely with The Nature Conservancy, NRDC, The Wilderness Society, Grand Canyon Trust, and other conservation organizations dedicated to protecting the last remaining fragments of undeveloped land in North America. He considers these efforts one of the most important aspects of his work.
His newly-released book and film, Resurrection - Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West, chronicles his five-year project to document the spectacular ecological rebirth of Glen Canyon as the water level of Lake Powell has receded due to a decade of drought.
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Larry Lindahl
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I Lindahl's work is frequently published by Arizona Highways, including feature articles he photographs and writes about backcountry explorations in Sedona and Grand Canyon. Two of his landscape images appear in Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography, the Smithsonian traveling exhibit and award-winning book.
His own book, Secret Sedona: Sacred Moments in the Landscapes, was published by Arizona Highways, and showcases his impressions of the natural world collected over a twelve-year period with camera and field  journal. With his experiences in Red Rock Country he was asked to write the chapter on photographing Sedona in the Arizona Highways Photography Guide.
His work also appears in magazines such as Outdoor Photographer who featured his Sedona photography with an interview and six-page portfolio titled "Capturing Southwest Light" (Sept. 2009).
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Laurent Martres
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Laurent Martres is the author of the highly-praised Photographing the Southwest series. Over forty five thousand photography enthusiasts from around the world enjoy his books and are inspired by his images.
"I dedicate a lot of time, focus, and passion to my photography and my travels around the world. This allows me to continually refine my production and achieve excellence in my main area of expertise: landscapes. My work  ranges from starkly minimalist compositions to complex abstracts, my years in Japan having had a profound influence on my sense of esthetics and my vision of form and color. This is reflected in my style, which is more akin to painting than photography with its combination of bold colors, unique textures and a striking sense of depth."
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Victor Masayesva
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Victor was born to the Coyote Clan and raised in Hotevilla, Arizona on the Hopi Third Mesa. After elementary school on the Hopi reservation, he attended the Horace Mann College Preparatory School in New York City. He graduated from Princeton University in 1976 with a BA in English literature.
It was during his college years that he was introduced to photography through the influential teaching of Emmett Gowin. After two years of graduate school in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Arizona he was motivated to return home due to family and village responsibilities. His subsequent immersion back into village life and the influence of Hopi history and culture prompted his independent pursuit of photography and later, filmmaking.
Masayesva's grasp of the Hopi language and thought coupled with his natural visual instincts intensify his photographic explorations. Yet he cannot be forced into the category of "Native American Photographer" because he produces images that articulate innovative composition and historical elements that predate the modern use of the term Native American, (which specifically denotes position identity in the United States). The history of Hopi Civilization in its formation is the source of his focused studies through which he has created a photo-genesis passageway into the migration paths of his Hopi Ancestors.
Today, Victor Masayesva continues his active involvement in the cultural activities of his community and works as a farmer, photographer and filmmaker.
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Coleen Miniuk-Sperry
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As an award-winning international travel photographer and writer, Colleen Miniuk-Sperry supports a wide range of assignments for editorial and commercial clients. Her work has been published in the Arizona Highways, Native Peoples, Pop Photo, Golf Illustrated, Lighthouse Digest, Vancouver View, Experience AZ, InsideOutside Southwest, Sonora Es, Smith-Southwestern calendars, and a broad variety of other publications. Colleen leads photography workshops for the Arizona Highways Photography Workshops, Arizona Wildlife Federation, Through Each Others Eyes, and numerous private workshops, where she has become known for her inquisitive storytelling approach, instruction intensive style, and enthusiasm for exploration. Colleen is an active Associate of Through Each Others Eyes (TEOE) and a member of Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA).
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Bob Coates
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In business since March of 1994 Bob specializes in not specializing. This keeps photography fresh and new as there are always different challenges in capturing different types of imagery. Bob works with people in the wedding and portrait side of photography and creates commercial images for hotels,  bed and breakfasts, jewelers and others. In short Bob Coates Photography makes people, places and products look better than good.
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David Saffir
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David Saffir is an internationally recognized, award winning portrait, commercial, and fine art photographer and printmaker. He teaches workshops and seminars in photography, printmaking, and color management. He lives near Los Angeles, in the Santa Clarita Valley, California.
He is the author of the book Mastering Digital Color: A Photographer's and Artist's Guide to Controlling Color, published by Thomson/Cengage. His second book, The Joy of Discovery, was published in Spring 2009.
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Rick Daley
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Rick Daley is an award-wining fine art photographer living in Sedona, Arizona. His landscape and nature photography is strongly influenced by the elements of design using line and form, light and shadow, complementary and contrasting color. He uses the principles of Zen in much of his nature photography to capture the essence of the subject, celebrate the ordinary, and invite the viewer to a deeper relationship with nature. Daley teaches Zen photography at the Sedona Arts Center and takes private students.
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Floris van Bruegel |
Floris' inaugural experience in the outdoors was a trip to the Grand Canyon at a few months old, where his parents 'baptized' him as a son of nature under the sprinkling Ribbon Falls. They may have gotten more than they bargained for. It wasn't until two decades later, however, that his love for nature culminated in him picking up a camera. Today he cannot imagine a more fulfilling experience than standing atop a wilderness mountain peak at the break of dawn, watching the stars melt into pastels that soon transform into the warm rays of the rising sun. He spend as much time as he can in the outdoors, searching peaceful locations for sensual and elegant compositions that also tell a story of natural history.
His images have been featured worldwide including three winning images in the BBC Wildlife  Photographer of the Year competition in 2009, a full feature article in Living Bird Magazine, Digital Photo Magazine UK, and upcoming publications in German magazines Naturfoto and Geo. He is also a moderator for the landscape forum of the Nature Photographers Network.
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Susie Reed
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Award-winning photographer Susie Reed has over 30 years experience as a fine art and commercial photographer. Her work has appeared in major publications, galleries, and museums, on products, websites and more. She's taught at San Francisco Art Institute, California College of Arts and Crafts and currently teaches photo workshops at the Sedona Arts Center. She's the chairman of Sedona Photofest's Red Rock Open Photo Competition.
Reed currently lives in Sedona, AZ where she shows through Goldenstein Gallery. She's well known for her critically acclaimed photographs of  prehistoric rock art some of which are permanently displayed in Sedona Visitor Centers through the generosity of a Sedona Arts and Cultural Commission Artist Project Grant. In addition to being passionate about photographing Southwestern rock art, Susie Reed also loves taking pictures of archeological sites, people, landscapes, flowers, gardens, fruits and vegetables at the Farmer's Market and vineyards. She licenses the rights to reproduce her photographs through Elise Rosenthal Represents.
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Joy Tessman |
Joy is a second generation photographer/filmmaker whose focus is on storytelling with a global perspective. Indigenous children and their cultures which are caught in the wake of development have been at the heart of her work - as well as social, environmental and women's issues.
Joy's photography first received national recognition in 1991. Upon returning as the US Team Leader of a tri-cultural river expedition on the endangered Katun River of Central Siberia, Joy - camera in hand - found herself documenting the historic coup and eminent fall of the Soviet Union. In the  early 90's, along with her late husband and National Geographic photographer, Barry Tessman, Joy went on to travel and photograph many native cultures throughout the world. Since that time, as a single mother, she has managed to balance raising two children while continuing to pursue this passion.
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Russ Gilbert |
Russ Gilbert is an instructor of Photography at Northern Arizona University. As a graduate of the program in 1985, Russ has spent the last 20 years prosing a project of photographing and documenting Ancestral Pueblo ruins throughout the four corners region. Working primarily in black and white, these images represent the results of the conservational movement pioneered by early photographers of the southwestern region. Russ's interest in the platinum/palladium process matched with mammoth camera format has continued the tradition set forth by the early pioneer photographers.
As a successful commercial photographer, Russ specializes in automotive  and transportation photography. In addition Russ will also be earning his masters degree this year in field of education.
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Sedona Arts Center is the proud presenter of Sedona PhotoFest 2010
The Sedona Arts Center is a gathering place where artists and those who love art can explore, teach, and exhibit their works. Located in the beautiful red-rock country of Northern Arizona, it offers a full palette of artistic experiences for all ages. Development of artistic talent and an appreciation of the arts through arts education is core to the Arts Center's mission.
The School of the Arts offers instruction in painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, photography, writing and more. The school hosts over 200 diverse opportunities each year including community classes with exceptional instructors, unique workshops with nationally-known artists, and field expeditions to exotic locales. There are options available for every level of experience from beginners, who are taking their first steps in creative expression, to emerging and professional artists who want to expand their horizons.
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