For all of you in the DC/Baltimore area in need of some culture this holiday season, Vance Lessard is having a show of some of his latest night photography at the G-Spot Gallery in Baltimore on Saturday the 29th at 8 p.m. Open house will follow Sunday the 30th from 1 -5 p.m.

it's fast approaching -- the POY deadline is January 11 and the World Press Photo deadline is January 17. (i hear the voice of UF's professor freeman: you've got to enter to win.)

The Dan Eldon special,"Dying to Tell The Story" which is about photojournalists, still and video at war, will be rebroadcast on CNN between 1 and 3 pm EST, on Christmas Day, breaking news notwithstanding.

Back when Muhamad Ali was still Cassius Clay, a young photographer working for the Los Angeles Sentinel was assigned to cover a press conference with the fighter who just won at the 1960 Olympic Games. That photographer, Howard Bingham, ran into Ali and his brother on a street corner after the press conference and offered to show them around LA. A life-long friendship was born out of that gesture. And some of the most memorable photos of Ali were seen through the lens of Howard Bingham. Makers of the Ali movie used Bingham's photos and memory for historical reference, allowing him the chance to relive events he had witnessed as a photographer and as Ali's friend.

back by popular demand, PBS' series Art:21 is playing again on january 17, january 24, january 31 and february 7 - four consecutive thursdays, from 10-11pm.
if you catch the january 17th show, you can see the sallie mann segment.
and just when you think you've done something new and different --- prepare to be topped by this. a female artist in the art:21 spirituality episode actually makes pinhole images in her mouth!!
neat stuff.

W. Eugene Smith Award Winners Named
view some of 2001 winner maya goded's work here.
sounds like all of the winners are tackling some very interesting subject matter. and i think it's one of those compliments that's not really a compliment when george pitts, a jury member, remarked... “He's not afraid to show his lack of compassion," about runner-up niukolaus geyer's body of work.
need some money for a photo project?
this looks like a good place to start.

they're up!

wow. there's some amazing photojournalism going on around here. there will be three great photo essays up by the end of the day for your viewing pleasure. look for them (in place of the week's worth section) and enjoy.

i love the i-zone, but i just lost a little respect for its makers.

sweet..."a photo a day" got its 100th member today.

ben lowy has a show running from the 14th - 20th of december at the des lee gallery in downtown st. louis. it's called the fine line: a photographic document featuring the residents of the mark twain hotel. if you're in the area it's worth a stop -- ben promises that "boxed wine and cheap cheese will be served."

there are big things happening around here. soon, very soon. the week's worth of images section is going to disappear - only to be replaced with something a little bit meatier, a little more tasty... photo stories.
keep an eye out. we've got fun at the chuckwagon races from david holloway, a st. louis flophouse from ben lowy, a quirky christmas pageant from chip litherland, and more... stay tuned.

"fourteen UF student journalists capture rural belize in words and pictures."
if you're in florida, it's worth a trip to gaineville to see the work of john kaplan's students, nicknamed the Florida FlyIns. the gallery opening was tonight on the second floor of UF's reitz union and photos, as well as story excerpts, will be up until january 7.
"belize was incredible," said aphotoaday member danielle rappaport, who was among the students that made the journey abroad. "the people were so friendly. they welcomed us into their homes and would sit and talk to us for hours."

thinking about going to afghanistan to cover the war? journalists are worth about $50,000 a head to the Taliban.

congratulations to all the winners on at the atlanta photojournalism seminar. john loomis, from the university of missouri, received an honorable mention for his student portfolio. unc-chapel hill student logan mock-bunting won second place feature single. and rich glickstein, staff photographer at the state (newspaper) in columbia, s.c., received an honorable mention for a sports action photo.