En Foco e-News
JULY 2008
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ExitArt
EXIT ART

ConceptPlus Call for Submissions
DEADLINE:
July 11
Exit Art is asking for responses to
"What does green
mean to you?" for the exhibition It's Not Easy, a show inspired by the
recent tidal wave of efforts to go "green"

For more info
click here
W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography
DEADLINE:
July 15
A $30K grant for photographers who have demonstrated a commitment to documenting the human condition. An additional $5,000 in fellowship money will be given at the discretion of the jury.

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click here
 
The Berenice Abbott Prize for an Emerging Photographer
DEADLINE:
July 18


Prize: solo exhibition at the Julia Dean Gallery in Venice Beach, California and a Canon EOS Digital SLR Camera

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click here
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts:Photographic Exhibit
DEADLINE:
July 17


Seeking traditional and
experimental
photography (installations, video, projections, etc)

For more info
click here
 
Ochberg Fellowship

DEADLINE: July 30
The Dart Center provides
  fellowships to mid-career journalists and photographers who apply knowledge of emotional trauma to improving coverage of violent events.

For more info
click here
 
Greetings!

Happy Summer!

Our latest news includes the extension of the New Works #11 exhibition at El Taller Boricua Gallery through July 30th - don't miss it!

We are also pleased to announce an upcoming photography contest in conjunction with Summer Streets - a new NYC  program that will temporarily open a 7 mile car-free route from the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd Street on August 9, 15 & 23. The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will be posting the details of the Photo Competition in the next couple of weeks, so be sure to visit NYC.gov/summerstreets

As we start preparing for the Fall season, save the date for PDN's Photo Expo - En Foco will have a booth, so be sure to stop by (details below!)

Best Wishes,

Miriam, Marisol, Janine, Daniel
The En Foco Team

Kesha Bruce Nobody Knows Her People NW#11
Apply NOW!!
New Works #12


DEADLINE: July 7 (postmarked)


Download the new guidelines HERE

Juror:

Deborah Willis

Photo: Kesha Bruce NW#11
- New Works #11 exhibit extended to July 30 - tallerboricua.org
En Foco's Touring Gallery Presents:
photographs by Arlette Landestoy

Arlette Landestoy
Meet the Artist Reception:

Wednesday, August 6, 6-8pm

Exhibit Dates: August 5 - October 31

Location: Bronx Library Center
310 East Kingsbridge Road
[at Briggs Avenue] Bronx, NY



Photo: Arlette Landestoy, Cooling Off

Thank you to all who attended.....

Successful Strategiesw/Lauri LyonsEn Foco's Successful Strategies for Professional Photographers, with Lauri Lyons this past Saturday.

We would like to extend our gratitude to Ron and John at Calumet, and Lauri Lyons for helping to make this event possible!

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Put Your Knowledge into Practice...
Attend the Fall Portfolio Review Sessions

Registration is open for En Foco's Portfolio Review Sessions. We have a great line-up of curators, photo editors and arts professionals, so don't miss out!

Saturday, September 13, 2008, 10-5pm

Location: Calumet Photographic, New York, NY

Click HERE for details

DON'T FORGET:  As a member you are entitled to a one-on-one portfolio review session with En Foco staff. Take advantage of this opportunity to help prepare for the
Portfolio Reviews sessions.

Photo: Marisol Diaz
Bronx Borough President Honors En Foco Artist, Christopher Lopez
Bronx Borough President/C.Lopez

Congratulations to Christopher Lopez! At the Opening Reception
of our Touring Gallery exhibition, Lopez was awarded a Citation of Merit by Brorough President Adolfo Carrión Jr.


The exhibit runs through
August 27


Location: Borough President's Art Gallery,
The Bronx County Building (Courthouse),
851 Grand Concourse, 3rd Floor
Bronx, NY 10451

For more details click here.


Photo: Miriam Romais

CONGRATS!

Congratulations to Ana de Orbegoso (Nueva Luz and New Works winner) for receiving the NYFA Fellowship for photography; and to Susan Bank for publishing her newly released book, Cuba: Campo Adentro (Sagamore Press, Philadelphia PA, 2008).

Voices in First Person
with photographs by Manuel Rivera-Ortiz

RiveraOrtiz_CoverBe among the first to see Voices in First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity, images by En Foco photographer Manuel Rivera-Oritz with short monologues by 21 amazing  writers including Sandra Cisneros, Oscar Hijuelos, Esmeralda Santiago, and Gary Soto.

For more info click here.
Slated to be released August 5th!
                   
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Manuel Rivera-Ortiz

Rivera-Ortiz, a New Works Photography Awards Winner (2004), is also part of our Print Collectors Program. Own one of these limited edition prints now!
Call-For-Entries

DEADLINE: July 11
Aperture_PortfolioPrize

The Aperture Portfolio Prize is now accepting submissions. The Aperture Portfolio Prize is an online portfolio review with a $2,500 cash prize and the only way to ensure your work is seen by Aperture's book and magazine editors.

For more info visit:
www.aperture.org/apertureprize
Visit En Foco's Booth at this year's
PDN PhotoPlus Expo!


PDN
October 23-25




Register online and enter Promo Code APCA1 to receive free admission to the expo floor!
(Offer ends 10/3/08)


Jacob Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th Street, New York, NY


This is the 25th Anniversary of the most Important Event in Photography, a true Must-See for photographers and high-end amateurs.

Designed for professionals in the photographic and imaging industries, PDN PhotoPlus showcases the latest advances in photography, both traditional and digital. Held annually at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, attendees have the opportunity to explore an inspiring array of photography and imaging products and services - everything from image capture and color management to retouching and storage - all from the industry's leading manufacturers.  The show also offers over 100 photography and imaging seminars and hands-on workshops taught by world-renowned experts with a focus on cutting-edge innovations in digital imaging products and techniques.

En Foco is a non-profit organization that nurtures and supports contemporary fine art and documentary photographers of diverse cultures, primarily U.S. residents of Latino, African and Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific. Founded in 1974, it introduces artists to local communities and national audiences, creating a cultural synergy with the public, curators and arts professionals through
exhibitions, publications, workshops and events.
Programs are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bronx Council on the Arts, the NALAC Fund for the Arts with the Ford Foundation and JP Morgan Chase, Daniele Agostino De Rossi Foundation, Lowepro, Bogen, Fuji Film, Modernage Custom Digital Labs, Casa de Vinos, WNYC.org, members, subscribers and friends.
SUMMER
HIGHLIGHT

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Nueva Luz Commerative Issue

Full color (2001, 112 pages), featuring images by 70 photographers
that have worked with En Foco over the years

Featured Artists:
Juan Sánchez, Albert Chong, Jack Delano, Graciela Iturbide,
Kenro Izu, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Mariana Yampolsky, and others.
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Essays:
The Perils of Pluralism, by A.D. Coleman
Contact Lenses, Corrected Vision,
by Lucy Lippard
Photography and Black America,
by Deborah Willis
Photography and Globalization,
by Pedro Meyer