Posted By:  brabim Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008	ART
On August 16th 2008, Creative Youth Society successfully organized an open art competition at Basantapur Dawali. The art competition was on the theme of International Youth Day 2008, ” Youth and Climate Change: Time for Action” Here are some photos and art from that competition....... [view]

Posted By:  Peacebewithyou Posted On:  Aug 19, 2008	The World's First Photo
One summer day in France in 1826, Joseph Niepce took the world's first photograph. It's a photo of some farm buildings and the sky. It took an exposure time of 8 hours. Voila! It had to feel pretty incredible, like magic. No one's exactly sure how he did this or what chemicals were used. All...... [view]

Posted By:  shutterfly Posted On:  Aug 8, 2008	Yashica Mat 124
So I got my first test roll from the Yashica Mat 124 back. Not too bad for the first roll, most shots worked, the exposure wasn’t too bad on most shots. I only have one other completely manual camera and even that has an auto setting on it, so this was really testing my abilities,...... [view]

Posted By:  shutterfly Posted On:  Aug 11, 2008	I am an Olympics nerd
I cannot get enough. What is it about the Olympics that makes us watch hours of sport that we would at any other time loathe? I allowed a cycling road race to remain on my television all day Saturday and I actually watched a fair bit of it. I hate cycling. I am currectly watching...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Aug 14, 2008	Interesting Links of the Week - August 15, 2008
This week for me has been about returning to normalcy. The political crisis has ended and I have started a new project. These links below were great for re-inspiring me. Social Change Links of the Week Collective Lens stimulates social change through visual means by aggregating...... [view]

Posted By:  shutterfly Posted On:  Jul 30, 2008	Struggling with Artistic Creativity
I guess I am an artist of sorts..try to be anyway. At the moment I am struggling with what I take pictures of. I have this expensive camera which I love but am not happy with what I shoot. Sure, a lot of them are pretty and pleasing to look at but they don’t fill me with any...... [view]

Posted By:  shutterfly Posted On:  Jul 25, 2008	When your real job and life get in the way
of opportunities for something you want to pursue… In the past couple of months I have had to knock back 6 different weddings. These lovely brides and grooms have asked me to shoot their weddings and its absolutely heart breaking to tell them that I am not an actual wedding...... [view]

Posted By:  shutterfly Posted On:  Jul 21, 2008	For The Love of Light Has Arrived!
Its here! Its here! I have finally received my Artist Copy of our Polaroid book, For The Love of Light . I cannot contain my excitement at being published in such a magically beautiful book, let alone any book! I can tick off number 2 on my 100 List. Well, kinda…I want my own book...... [view]

Posted By:  shutterfly Posted On:  Jul 20, 2008	Last Chance @ For the Love of Light!
The books are being shipped and some have already arrived for people in the States. There are only a few left, so be quick if you would like a copy . We are really pleased with how well the book has sold and so thrilled that it has been received so well. Hopefully my copies will arrive...... [view]

Posted By:  dchase Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	Wedding Photos
So, last weekend I went to the Cape and took some photos at a few of my mom’s weddings. My mom owns a catering company called The Casual Gourmet . It was weird because I have always love taking pictures but I was actually really nervous about this. It was the first time I had actually...... [view]

Posted By:  shutterfly Posted On:  Jul 5, 2008	Feeling Filmy
I’ve decided to shoot as much film over the next 2 weeks as I possibly can. As of today, or as of 3pm yesterday, I am officially on 2 weeks holiday. So I have 2 full weeks to get in as much film shooting as possible. My arsenal includes: Nikon FM3a - 35 mm manual SLR camera ...... [view]

Submitted By:   kirstenjordan Event Date:  May 4, 2008 Event Location:  Online [view]

Youth in Action Photography Contest

Action Lab on Economic Migration

Starter:   sbarbic Date Created:  May 1, 2008 [view]

Description:   The freeDimensional Action Lab on Economic Migration is interested in investigating the nexus between migration and detention. The Action Lab also wants to share and learn about stories from around... Goals:   (a) visiting detainees (b) online course (planning and media outreach) (c) From April 6-12, the Casa Frela Gallery in Harlem has offered its space in order that members of New York's Senegalese community can meet and plan a unified message on the situation of detained/warehoused Senegalese in the US. This process will culminate in the NYC Immigrant History Week event 'There to Here: African Immigrants in NYC' on April 19th The Shrine (venue) also in Harlem. The first step in the process will be supported by Dutch artists Wouter Osterholt and Elke Uitenhuis who conducted a similar artistic/planning charette (and documentation) on migration in the Netherlands - http://www.publicinterface.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=20&Itemid=68 (d) From April 21-24, freeDimensional will join the community of Santa Fe Art Institute for a lecture and workshop that will build on the experience raising awareness in New York City through a process that allows artists and interested community members to engage in the creation of a campaign that will be carried to Dakar, Senegal during the 2008 Dak'Art Biennale. Whereas the Senegalese community in NYC will add to the testimony of the detained economic migrants, the SFAI workshop will give an artistic treatment to the English/French/Wolof text compiled moving it from mere content to aesthetically viable pamphlet graphically designed to capture the attention of Dakar citizens, art world visitors and international journalists covering the Biennale. (e) operate from base of Atelier Moustapha DIME on Goree Island from May 5