12 Thursday Apr 2012
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catherine kirkpatrick, catherinekirkpatrick.org, Dianora Niccolini, Kinsey Institute, photography exhibition
Masked Figure
I’m very honored to be included in a show at the Kinsey Institute! My friend, photographer Dianora Niccolini, famous for her male nudes, is also in the show.
Here’s the link to the image in the Kinsey Institute’s Gunwald Gallery.
31 Saturday Mar 2012
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Today the 30 By 30 Women’s History Month blog project finally closed. Thirty women photographers spoke about the thirty women photographers who inspired them. Actually there were more than thirty, but too much of a good thing can be wonderful! Enjoy!
There were amazing images and amazing insights. Vicki Goldberg talked about people “glancing” at photographs nowadays because there were so many photographs out there, too many really to take in (this on the weekend of AIPAD). Beth Schiffer gave a moving account of printing for Carrie Mae Weems, and spoke about being charged more for lab equipment than male lab owners. There were also touching moments as photographers dealt with some of the blows life dealt them.
Since I was the only person doing the project, I am worn out. But it was worth it, like a graduate course in photography, plus a little psychology on the side. So many approaches, so many ways–that was heartening. But there was a lot of pressure with daily deadlines, people who blew me off, people who dropped out. Such is life. The photographers always rolled with whatever came along, and I did too.
If you have a moment, take a look at the series. These are not just great women photographers, they are great photographers.
The 30 By 30 blog series:
Intro: Dianora Niccolini / Women of Vision
Lauren Fleishman / Nan Goldin
Darleen Rubin / Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Dannielle Hayes / Diane Arbus
Meryl Meisler / Via Wynroth
Shana Schnur / Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Claudia Kunin / Imogen Cunningham
Gigi Stoll / Flo Fox
Robbie Kaye / Abi Hodes
Alice Sachs Zimet / Lisette Model
Juliana Sohn / Sally Mann
Susan May Tell / Lilo Raymond
Nora Kobrenik / Cindy Sherman
Caroline Coon / Ida Kar
Lisa Kahane / Jill Freedman
Karen Smul / Dorothea Lange
Claudia Sohrens / Martha Rosler
Laine Wyatt / Diane Arbus
Ruth Fremson / Strength From the Many
Greer Muldowney / Lee Miller
Rachel Barrett / Vera Lutter
Aline Smithson / Brigitte Lacombe
Ann George / Josephine Sacabo
Judi Bommarito / Mary Ellen Mark
Kay Kenny / Judy Dater
Editta Sherman / The Natural
Patt Blue / Ruth Orkin
Vicki Goldberg / Margaret Bourke-White
Beth Schiffer / Carrie Mae Weems
Anonymous / Her Mother
17 Saturday Mar 2012
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30 By 30, 30 x 30, catherine kirkpatrick, catherinekirkpatrick.org, Elizabeth Avedon, Professional Women Photographers, PWP, Thirty By Thirty, women in photography, women photographers
The Professional Women Photographers’ 30 By 30 Women’s History Month blog project got a lovely mention on Elizabeth Avedon’s blog (scroll down to the picture of André Kertész by Susan May Tell). Please visit her and check out what’s going on in the world of photography.
The project was also mentioned in the Red Dog News Photography Newsletter, another must for photographers.
And please check out 30 By 30, which runs through March 31st at www.pwponline.org/blog.
14 Wednesday Mar 2012
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30 By 30, 30 x 30, catherine kirkpatrick, catherinekirkpatrick.org, Dannielle Hayes, Diane Arbus, Professional Women Photographers, PWP, Thirty By Thirty, women in photography, women photographers
30 Women Photographers And the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them
A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31
Dannielle Hayes is a pioneering photographer, writer and designer. She is also the founder of Professional Women Photographers. This organization grew out of the historic 1975 Fashion Institute of Technology exhibit called Breadth of Vision: Portfolios of Women Photographers. Hayes felt a need to promote both the show and the women in it, and began hosting meetings at her apartment. At the time, there were not many women working in photography, and there was a need for them to come together, share information and support each other’s projects.
Her own dedication was fierce. In 1976, she drove a truck with a projector and screen into Rockefeller Center where she parked, and showed pictures by women photographers all day long. This attracted the attention of William Morrow, and a year later Women Photograph Men, one of the first anthologies of women photographers, was published to excellent reviews.
14 Wednesday Mar 2012
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30 By 30, 30 x 30, catherine kirkpatrick, catherinekirkpatrick.org, Cindy Sherman, Nora Kobrenik, Professional Women Photographers, PWP, Thirty By Thirty, women in photography, women photographers
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them
A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31
Filthy Pop ©Nora Kobrenik
Nora Kobrenik was born in Odessa, Ukraine, and moved to United States when she was twelve. She has a B.A. in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts, and received a Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Award upon graduating for a body of work that “embodied originality and courage.”
Kobrenik works as a Visuals Coordinator at Uptempo Magazine, recruiting young and talented photographers for publication. She splits her time between Connecticut and New York City.
Which woman photographer inspired you most?
NK: Cindy Sherman. What inspired me most was her ability to transform herself into a completely different character photograph after photograph. I also found it fascinating that she almost always works alone. She is her own make up artist, wardrobe mistress, photographer, art director and model. I work in a very similar manner–more often than not I am alone. It’s also interesting that she uses herself as a major tool in telling the story of her characters. She’s not afraid to appear too sexual or too ugly. I also found it very inspiring that she used her art as therapy, although she often denies it. [Continue reading at www.pwponline.org/blog]
10 Saturday Mar 2012
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30 By 30, 30 x 30, Abi Hodes, catherine kirkpatrick, catherinekirkpatrick.org, Professional Women Photographers, PWP, Robbie Kaye, Thirty By Thirty, women in photography, women photographers
30 Women Photographers and the
Women Photographers Who Inspired Them
A Blog Series in honor of Women’s History Month March 1 – 31 www.pwponline.org/blog
Robbie Kaye is a photojournalist based in Santa Monica, California. Her work has been featured in Gourmet, Allure, Life & Style, and Photographer’s Forum. In 2009, while photographing a whimsical “A Day At…” series, she embarked on the beauty parlor segment, and immediately felt a sense of purpose. “As soon as I started photographing the women over 70, I realized how beautiful they are and how much courage they have aging in a society where the focus is all about the beauty of youth.”
[Continue reading on the Professional Women Photographers website at www.pwponline.org/blog]
03 Saturday Mar 2012
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30 By 30, 30 x 30, catherine kirkpatrick, catherinekirkpatrick.org, Darleen Rubin, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Photospire.org, Professional Women Photographers, PWP, Thirty By Thirty, women in photography, women photographers
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them
A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31
Bill Blass Yellow Dress ©Darleen Rubin
Darleen Rubin is a professional photographer specializing in fashion, lifestyle and celebrity portraits. Her work has appeared in The New York Post, W, Men‘s Wear Magazine, and on the cover of Women’s Wear Daily. Her vast archive of celebrity portraits includes images of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Joe Namath, Mary Tyler Moore, and Elizabeth Taylor. In 2011, she was the still photographer for the independent film Somebody’s Hero, and continues to document the changing streets of her West Village neighborhood as she has for many years.
Continue reading at www.pwponline.org/blog
02 Friday Mar 2012
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30 By 30, 30 x 30, catherine kirkpatrick, catherinekirkpatrick.org, Lauren Fleishman, Professional Women Photographers, PWP, Thirty By Thirty, women in photography, women photographers
30 By 30 Women's History Month Blog Series
30 Women Photographers and the
Women Photographers Who Inspired Them
A Blog Series in honor of Women’s History Month March 1 – 31 www.pwponline.org/blog
Lauren Fleishman was born and raised in Brooklyn. She won scholarships to the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 2003, she was named one of Photo District News‘ 30 young photographers to watch, and was included in American Photography for four consecutive years.
[Continue reading on the Professional Women Photographers website at www.pwponline.org/blog]
01 Thursday Mar 2012
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30 Women Photographers and the
Women Photographers Who Inspired Them
A Blog Series in honor of Women’s History Month March 1 – 31 www.pwponline.org/blog
30 By 30 Women's History Month Blog Series
In November of 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the presidential election of the United States. She argued that she was guaranteed that right under the recently passed Fourteenth Amendment, but seven months later was convicted and fined a hundred dollars, a fine she refused to pay.
Today the world has changed and is finally waking up to the greatness of women. They run countries and write laws, lead corporations and found movements dedicated to justice and social change. Governments know that money given to them will be spent on families and education; that societies where they are empowered are more stable and enduring. In the United States, the majority of women work, in addition to caring for children, spouses and elderly parents. Their contributions are enormous.
But recognition has been slow, and the struggle continues, as does the effort to claim their own history. To make history, history has to know you’re there. For much of time, women have been invisible. [Continue reading on the Professional Women Photographers website at www.pwponline.org/blog]
26 Sunday Feb 2012
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30 By 30, 30 x 30, catherine kirkpatrick, catherinekirkpatrick.org, Professional Women Photographers, PWP, Thirty By Thirty, Women's History Month
30 By 30 Women's History Month Blog Series
I’m working on a great blog series in honor of Women’s History Month. Called 30 By 30, it will feature thirty contemporary women photographers and the women photographers who inspired them. Each day during March, a new, short segment will be featured on the blog of Professional Women Photographers. There will be a short profile of each contemporary photographer and each “inspiring” photographer, the theme being how women inspire and enable other women in special ways. The tone will be educational, inspirational and fun.
We have some absolutely fabulous photographers lined up! Drop by www.pwponline.org/blog March 1 through 31. And check out our writeup on the 3rd Ward Blog!