July
2010 letter ...
Hello, We're
still accepting COMMUNITY OUTREACH listings! Do
you have a connection to your community? Local, National, or International?
Visit
our request for Member submissions to the WIPI
Archive of Community Outreach
Instructions:
http://www.womeninphotography.org/CommunityOutreach/instructions.html Our
current juried exhibitionA
Decade of Images 2000-2010 showcases work from around the world. Please visit
the exhibition and also see the First place and Second Place winner galleries
along with 100 Honorable Mention images. Our current call for entries is FACES.
We are excited about this competition because there is nothing more interesting
than a person's face... each one so different, and yet similar in many ways. The
exhibition Faces will be online by September 15, 2010.
WIPI Member Patrizia
Pulga has contributed two wonderful articles in 2010, one, a Homage
to African Women Photographers and Cultures
and Countries, a focus on Middle Eastern photographers and film makers. We
are grateful for Patrizia's dedication to women's work and to WIPI. We
encourage WIPI members to contribute stories about their work and/or interesting
stories about all aspects of photography. We are here to support women's work
and to provide an avenue of exposure for their photographs to critics, curators,
researchers and all professionals in the photography and fine art photography
field.
Times are changing..! We see more and more social media outlets
bringing people together to share their work and friendships. WIPI can be found
on both Facebook
and Twitter. Join
us, let us know who you are. There's a whimsical feeling about the social media...
currently it's Facebook and Twitter -- what will it be next year, the year after?
People migrate from one social media environment to another or include all into
their lives. It is both exhausting and invigorating! WIPI has been online since
1999. We've had a steady growth and are the #1 resource center for women photographers
worldwide and it's our pleasure to provide a stable forum and exhibition history
of very talented photographers. We have seen incredible growth over the years
with several photographers who started with one exhibition and multiplied the
winning results into a long history of exhibitions. That makes us feel very good!
Join
us, either as a member, a submitter to a current competition, or just a curious
person interested in the photographic image. WIPI
has a wonderful history and longevity of promoting women's work. Our Distinguished
Photographer Award and photographer
list represents the most credentialed women in the photo history.
WIPI's
history started in 1981 as a local grass roots Los Angeles non-profit organization.
Carrie Mae Weems was one of our founding members. In 1992 WIPI moved to Seattle
with past director and WIPI board member Nancy Clendaniel to raise her newborn
son Max. In 1999, Nancy, myself and Peter Palmquist rallied round and decided
to launch Women In Photography International as an online resource center. We
are now over 10 years of providing ONLINE visibility past and present to represent
women's work. See our list
of exhibitions and visit our Member
Roster to review the PhotoProfiles as well as links to members websites. And
if you are looking to hire a photographer, check out Hire-A-WIPI-PRO.
Our
F2-eZine section has articles by WIPI members as well as
great info about marketing your work or mini "Sign of the Times"exhibitions of WIPI member work.
If
you are a WIPI PRO member, send along your stories to Members@womeninphotography.org.
Keep it no longer than 1000 words and just send the story. Once approved we will
send you info about where to upload your photos. ...We
sure could use some helpful hands now and then, so if you would like to volunteer,
please contact us: members@womeninphotography.org. We would like to update our
website pages and make sure all links are working properly!
We
are listed on Facebook
as a FAN page and TWITTER
so join us and let us know who you are. If you want to help by handling TWITTER
and FACEBOOK, send us a note.
Focus on Peace, Jean
Ferro
Photo Artist / President
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