Mary Virginia Swanson helps photographers find the strengths in their work and identify appreciative audiences in today's marketplace. This will be a large, information-packed, and fast-paced class. Her lectures on industry awareness and marketing opportunities in the arts have aided countless photographers in moving their careers to the next level. She is the author of The Business of Photography: Principles and Practices. Swanson and co-author Darius Himes have recently completed Publish Your Photography Book (to be released February 2011).

PRC members who have registered for this seminar are eligible for reduced rates on a one-on-one consulting session with Ms. Swanson. Please contact her at [email protected] before Monday, January 24, to schedule an appointment.

Where are we headed? What is the way of all flesh? Can we rely on these bodies to carry us the rest of our increasingly long lives?

Judging from the individuals John Rich has photographed, septuagenarians (at least) and elite athletes every one, it would appear that propelling ourselves across land or water, up stairs or in rowing shells, with significant exertion can be a way to ensure vitality. Each of these people has a glow. Confidence, it appears, comes from conditioning. No one in these images seems beaten down by age. In fact, they still seem to be climbing, in spite of everything that convention might throw at them.

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