ASPP DC/South Chapter
At the chapter’s home base in Washington, DC, members may take advantage of programs that include curator-guided tours of important collections, educational workshops, portfolio reviews, and frequent networking opportunities. For members throughout the South, benefits include a bi-annual education conference, the Picture Professional Magazine, access to our directory of picture professionals and frequent job postings, as well as to our new website filled with new features. So if you want to be known by the company you keep, join us. ASPP, where membership improves your image. To read more on events, exhibits, resources and member websites visit the ASPP DC/South blog |
IV DC Picture Show on July 15, 2010
American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) DC/South chapter invites all photography enthusiasts to join us for the fourth DC Picture Show on July 15, 2010. The DC Picture Show will be held at the 5th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC. If you have a Facebook account please RSVP here or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The presenters for the ourth DC Picture Show are Yanina Manolova and Maria Izaurralde Yanina Manolova is a visual journalist based in Washington, DC area. A native of Bulgaria, she received her BFA in education and minor in She has worked on different projects in Africa, Latin America, Europe and USA. Her real dedication is working on worldwide humanitarian and health care associated projects. Her work has been featured in the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and many others. Her photos appeared at numerous exhibits and she has won several international awards and various nominations including in the NPPA: Best of Photojournalism, Alexia Foundation for World Peace, Northern Short Course in Photojournalism, Southern Short Course in News Photography, NPPA: Women In Photojournalism and many others. Her latest work is a short documentary film detailing her experience while following five Appalachian women during a period of their recovery from substance abuse and domestic violence. Yanina will present videos and photographs of her projects - 1. Neverland: Appalachian Women- Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, Recovery A documentary that details the individual struggles of five Appalachian women during a period of their recovery from substance abuse and domestic violence. Most of them are mothers who have lost custody of their children. All five women graduated from the Rural Women’s Recovery Program in Athens, OH. 2. Born Addicts: Drug-Addicted Babies in the United States In the United States, the number of women abusing prescription pain medications (OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Darvon, Dilaudid, Demerol, Lomotil) and become opioid drug addicted is growing. “They are women that have had very rough backgrounds," says Steven Clay, D.O., Addiction Specialist in Ohio. "About 80-90% of women are coming here sexually and/or physically abused. About 80-90% of our patients are mothers. Women going in and out of prison. Kids being taken away. The way addiction is treated in the United States i Maria Izaurralde received her first DSLR as a Christmas gift in 2007, she found it intimidating. It was from someone who had taken notice of how she got lost once with a point-and-shoot, taking pictures of a lady with a mule in Ecuador. She waited until months later, when no one was looking, to pick it up and start photographing her vast surroundings; DC streets, alleys, urban decay, and the debaucheries of nightlife. She carried her camera always, and in time it was her camera that started taking her places. Soon enough photography opened up her world; she explored the local music scene, went to go-go's, photographing acts such as Chuck Brown, Thievery Corporation, Zero 7 and Bajofondo; she went to Vermont with a reggae band, to Boston with a rapper. Maria used social networking sites to show the world her work, and with the power of the Facebook tag, it was the latter photographic theme that she became most known for. Every time she received a notification that someone had commented on or 'liked' a photo of a party they had been to, it meant that people were actually looking at her pictures. For Maria, this triggered an addiction. She began to take seriously the idea of chasing the wildest parties around the city; working her craft meant knowing where the night's debauchery would play out, or where the more city's more interesting, eclectic people could be found. It was in this way that she carved out her niche and became known as JPEG. By June of 2009 she was written up in the Washington Post as the newcomer on the scene of "partyrazzi's," and a few months later she struck a book deal with an owner of Eighteenth Street Lounge, which is scheduled for release in the Fall. Maria will present her work photographing the nightlife of Washington DC. 
III DC Picture Show on May 20, 2010 - Critical Exposure, and Patrick AllenAmerican Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) DC/South chapter invites all photography enthusiasts to join us for the third DC Picture Show on May 20, 2010. The DC Picture Show will be held at the 5th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC. If you have a Facebook account please RSVP here or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The presenters for the third DC Picture Show are students of Critical Exposure, and Patrick Allen. Critical Exposure Critical Exposure is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change. By empowering young people to develop skills in documentary photography and advocacy, and to exhibit their images and stories in galleries, coffee shops, and other public spaces, we expose citizens and policymakers to the realities and challenges faced by DC youth. Elan Glover and Yoshi Hernandez (Truesdell Elementary School) A class composed of about fourteen 7th and 8th grade Truesdell Elementary students are taking student government as an elective. The class recently identified several issues they want to address at their school including: the need for lockers, improved school lunches, a change in the uniform policy, and concerns about the required book bag check. Students have created shot lists around these issues, have learned basic photo techniques and are currently shooting photos on these issues to support their campaign. Students were introduced to documentary photography and learned how the power of photography can be a catalyst for change. They are taking this concept and using it to create positive change on their school campus by bringing attention to these issues to their principal, teachers, and other key decision makers via visual imagery and written word. Byron Coleman (former student at Spingarn STAY) - Byron graduated in June 2009, and his project focuses on his personal experience with education. Byron will be presenting his multimedia piece and his story on the project. Spingarn STAY is a night school in NE DC for students who have left traditional day schools, and are back to complete their high school diplomas. Byron was one of Critical Exposure’s students from October 2008 – January 2009. Patrick Allen Between 2005 and 2007 Patrick traveled the country in a small two seat R22 helicopter and an RV. With one other photographer and a pilot, he was hired to photograph every marina, lighthouse, harbor, and inlet in North America. While photographing the clients targets, he was determined to make the most of his time in the air and capture a more meaningful view of the changing landscape and our interaction with it. His photographs challenge the viewers sense of perspective and space and present to them what they have seen before in a new light. Patrick Allen is an art history and philosophy major from the St. Mary’s College of MD. He interned at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens photography department. He was the chief aerial photographer for a boating & GPS company, which allowed him to travel the U.S. and Canada and served as the photo editor for the same company. He has worked as a photography assistant for photographers in the D.C. area, while developing his own creative fine art photography. Patrick currently works at Ken Allen Digital where the focus is on fine art pigment ink prints and digitization of photographic collections.
Second DC Picture Show on March 18, 2010 - Stephen Crowley and Lesley FrowickAmerican Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) DC/South chapter invites all photography enthusiasts to join us for the second DC Picture Show on March 18, 2010. The DC Picture Show will be held at the 5th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC. DATE – March 18, 2010 (Thursday) The presenters for the second DC Picture Show are Stephen Crowley and Lesley Frowick. Stephen Crowley Crowley will present his portfolio of work which records President Barack Obama's first year in office. He'll also show images from his current book project "Times Spent: Florida 1972-1984". Stephen Crowley approaches his work with the same sense of exploration and wonder as when he was armed with a "Polaroid Swinger" at the age of 13. Over the last 25 years he has tried to find insightful moments in the midst of breaking national and international news that can sometimes define, in a single image, politics and culture. Lesley Frowick In 1989 Frowick drove cross-country on a 26-foot 1967 model Airstream, a once in a lifetime personal journey of discovery to explore our great country. Frowick recorded the trip on her Nikon and Hassleblad in B+W and Kodachrome. She explored the nation’s capital to Amish country, the sticky Southern swamps to the parched deserts of the Wild West, discovering our glorious peppered with (as her mom would say) "High Tack" country. In 2009, which marked the 20th anniversary the “Great American Airstream Dream”– Frowick repeated the trip - this time with a 2 pounds 12 inches Airstream model and her son in tow, to explore post dot-com America. She will present images from both the trips. Lesley attended a year-long photography program at the International Center of Photography on the heels of a year in the NY fashion world. She assisted in commercial studios for five years before moving to California where she established her freelance photography business shooting commercial product shots, portraits and events. She has been published in numerous magazines including House and Garden, SPAN and Vanity Fair, and aired on CBS. Her photographs have been exhibited in San Francisco, CA wine country and Puerto Rico. Currently she works at National Geographic in the Image Collection clearing rights for Digital Media. She continues to travel and explore the world, shooting mostly nature and human interest photography with a whimsical twist. If you have an Facebook account you can RSVP here or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
ASPP DC/South Chapter announces the DC Picture Show - Jan 28American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) DC/South chapter invites its chapter members and guests to join us for “DC Picture Show” in 2010. The DC Picture Show was launched in 2009 as the “Share, See and Sip” with three events throughout the year. The DC Picture Show will kick off the first event on January 28, 2010 at Busboys and Poets in downtown Washington DC. The 2010 picture shows are slated in January, March, May, July, September, and November. The program provides a platform for ASPP members and non-members to showcase and discuss their work and educate an audience of photo editors, photographers, media professionals, agents and photography enthusiasts, alike. The works presented in 2009 covered topics in culture, history, sociology, non-profit, health, sustenance, technology and satire. Photographers who presented in 2009 were – Robb Hill, Larry Levin, Karen Kasmauski, Jamie Rose, Pouya Dianat, Henrik De Gyor, Amy Deputy, Ting Li Wang, Susana Raab, Sebastian John and Eric Neilson. We already have several presenters scheduled for this year. If you are interested in presenting for 2010 DC Picture Show please submit your synopsis and photos to Rose Engelland ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and/or Sebastian John ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Each edition of the DC Picture Show will showcase two or three photographers. Each presenter will get about 20 – 30 minutes of presentation time followed by Q&A. The event becomes an open forum for discussion and networking after the presentations. Presenters are encouraged to bring their own laptops. All the shows will be held at the 5th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC. The restaurant provides excellent audio/video facilities. Entry to the show is free for ASPP members. Non-members will be charged $5.00. ASPP does not provide refreshments for the event, but Busboys and Poets has a full-service restaurant and bar. The inaugural DC Picture Show will showcase works by ASPP members Vanessa Vick and Judy Heffner. Vanessa Vick will present her work on the oil economy in Angola, and how it is fueling a construction boom by the Chinese who are hungry for natural resources. Currently the Chinese are building roads, fancy shopping malls and expensive houses at a rapid pace while the majority of Angolans are still living in abject poverty. In addition she will show photographs of recipients of micro finance in Uganda and Malawi. A small amount of investment with knowledge of how to save, plan for the future and create a business plan can completely change people’s lives and help bring them out of poverty. Judy Heffner will present her photography essay “On the Avenue, Faces of Del Ray,” which documents the entrepreneurs of Del Ray, Alexandria through environmental portraits, and profiles of their businesses. The book grew out of a project at Northern Virginia Community College on documenting the new Northern Virginia. Del Ray had been a neighborhood in decline with an interesting history that has been revitalized in recent years, and transformed into a vibrant, eclectic, family-friendly community with a wide, and growing, variety of small businesses. About Vanessa Vick Vanessa Vick has worked around the world, in recent years focusing on Africa, where she has become known for her compelling portraits of life on the continent in stories ranging from brutal rebel insurgencies to public health campaigns. Vanessa began her career studying commercial photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York and soon after began shooting feature photos and environmental portraits. She worked for several years as a photo editor at the legendary photo agency Sygma and later at U.S. News & World Report in New York City. After receiving a master’s degree in photojournalism from Ohio University in 2001, Vanessa moved to Uganda on a Fulbright scholarship to document how AIDS had ravaged the lives of individual Africans. She has lived there ever since. A regular contributor to The New York Times, Vanessa has worked on such stories as the disintegration of the Zimbabwean economy, the inner workings of the Ogaden rebel group in Ethiopia and immunization campaigns in Nigeria. She has also worked for Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and The Boston Globe as well as Essence, Vibe, The Guardian, and The Discovery Channel. She has extensively documented the two-decade long insurgency that has torn apart the social fabric of northern Uganda. Vanessa also shoots regularly for humanitarian organizations including the World Food Program, The United Nations, Doctors Without Borders and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Vanessa recently relocated to Reston, Virginia where she will be based until the end of 2010 and will most likely return to Africa at that time. About Judy Heffner An accomplished portrait, documentary and fine art photographer, Judy Heffner always looks for the art in everyday life, which is often a different way of seeing people, familiar places, and ordinary objects in their customary surroundings. In addition to her regular work, she has volunteered her time to document the outreach efforts of several area non-profit, public service groups including the Network Preschools, which serves at risk children and their families, and the Freddie Mac Heart Galleries, whose mission is placing foster children in permanent homes, with the aid of professionally made photographic portraits.. Judy studied photography at Northern Virginia Community College where she serves as a teaching assistant. Judy holds a bachelor’s degree in English and publication from Simmons College, worked as a reporter and photographer for several community newspapers, and published an interview with former N.Y. Times Observer columnist Russell Baker in Editor and Publisher magazine while a student. She also holds a Master of Social Work degree from Catholic University. Before launching her photographic career, Judy worked as press aide to former New York Congressman Ogden Reid, legislative assistant to Sen. Patrick Leahy, public affairs director for a national trade association, and as a public relations consultant. She also worked as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She also has taught photography at the Howard Gardner School in Alexandria. Her work has been exhibited at the Art League and Del Ray Artisans’ galleries, the Tyler Teaching Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria City Hall, and the John F. Kennedy Center.
Splash in a Flash: An Evening with Underwater Photographer David DoubiletDavid Doubilet is one of the world’s most celebrated marine photographers. He has photographed over 60 stories for National Geographic magazine and his work has appeared in countless other publications worldwide. Join this award winning photographer as he discusses capturing our underwater world and presents some of his most stunning images. Don't miss this undersea adventure! American Society of Picture Professionals members will receive the discounted Corcoran member rate of $12 to attend. To receive the member rate online, please use the member code: ASPP.
ASPP’s inaugural DC Picture Show on Jan. 28, 2010American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) DC/South chapter invites its chapter members and guests to join us for “DC Picture Show” in 2010. The DC Picture Show was launched in 2009 as the “Share, See and Sip” with three events throughout the year. The DC Picture Show will kick off the first event on January 28, 2010 at Busboys and Poets in downtown Washington DC. All the shows will be held at the 5th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC. The restaurant provides excellent audio/video facilities.
DATE – January 28, 2010 (Thursday)
The inaugural DC Picture Show will showcase works by ASPP members Vanessa Vick and Judy Heffner. Vanessa Vick will present her work on the oil economy in Angola, and how it is fueling a construction boom by the Chinese who are hungry for natural resources. Currently the Chinese are building roads, fancy shopping malls and expensive houses at a rapid pace while the majority of Angolans are still living in abject poverty. In addition she will show photographs of recipients of micro finance in Uganda and Malawi. A small amount of investment with knowledge of how to save, plan for the future and create a business plan can completely change people’s lives and help bring them out of poverty. Judy Heffner will present her photography essay “On the Avenue, Faces of Del Ray,” which documents the entrepreneurs of Del Ray, Alexandria through environmental portraits, and profiles of their businesses. The book grew out of a project at Northern Virginia Community College on documenting the new Northern Virginia. Del Ray had been a neighborhood in decline with an interesting history that has been revitalized in recent years, and transformed into a vibrant, eclectic, family-friendly community with a wide, and growing, variety of small businesses. About Vanessa Vick Vanessa Vick has worked around the world, in recent years focusing on Africa, where she has become known for her compelling portraits of life on the continent in stories ranging from brutal rebel insurgencies to public health campaigns. Vanessa began her career studying commercial photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York and soon after began shooting feature photos and environmental portraits. She worked for several years as a photo editor at the legendary photo agency Sygma and later at U.S. News & World Report in New York City. After receiving a master’s degree in photojournalism from Ohio University in 2001, Vanessa moved to Uganda on a Fulbright scholarship to document how AIDS had ravaged the lives of individual Africans. She has lived there ever since. A regular contributor to The New York Times, Vanessa has worked on such stories as the disintegration of the Zimbabwean economy, the inner workings of the Ogaden rebel group in Ethiopia and immunization campaigns in Nigeria. She has also worked for Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and The Boston Globe as well as Essence, Vibe, The Guardian, and The Discovery Channel. She has extensively documented the two-decade long insurgency that has torn apart the social fabric of northern Uganda. Vanessa also shoots regularly for humanitarian organizations including the World Food Program, The United Nations, Doctors Without Borders and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Vanessa recently relocated to Reston, Virginia where she will be based until the end of 2010 and will most likely return to Africa at that time. About Judy Heffner An accomplished portrait, documentary and fine art photographer, Judy Heffner always looks for the art in everyday life, which is often a different way of seeing people, familiar places, and ordinary objects in their customary surroundings. In addition to her regular work, she has volunteered her time to document the outreach efforts of several area non-profit, public service groups including the Network Preschools, which serves at risk children and their families, and the Freddie Mac Heart Galleries, whose mission is placing foster children in permanent homes, with the aid of professionally made photographic portraits.. Judy studied photography at Northern Virginia Community College where she serves as a teaching assistant. Judy holds a bachelor’s degree in English and publication from Simmons College, worked as a reporter and photographer for several community newspapers, and published an interview with former N.Y. Times Observer columnist Russell Baker in Editor and Publisher magazine while a student. She also holds a Master of Social Work degree from Catholic University. Before launching her photographic career, Judy worked as press aide to former New York Congressman Ogden Reid, legislative assistant to Sen. Patrick Leahy, public affairs director for a national trade association, and as a public relations consultant. She also worked as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She also has taught photography at the Howard Gardner School in Alexandria. Her work has been exhibited at the Art League and Del Ray Artisans’ galleries, the Tyler Teaching Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria City Hall, and the John F. Kennedy Center.
SAVE THE DATE !! ASPP DC/SOUTH CHAPTER HOLIDAY GATHERINGHost: ASPP DC/South Please join us for the ASPP DC/South Holiday Get Together. Gather with fellow ASPP Members and Friends to Celebrate the Holidays. We will provide light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. There will be a cash bar but if you RSVP by Dec 6th then you get a ticket for one free drink ! ASPP Members are allowed to bring one guest. There will be a small charge of $10 that night for your guest. PLEASE RSVP via this EviteIT’S a MUST! – (Free Drink Ticket with RSVP)
Copyright: Protecting Your Images and Creative Work and Why it’s so Important - DC/South - Nov 9 The American Society of Picture Professionals DC/South Chapter presents a compelling evening of Photographers and Legal Professionals that will take you on a journey of Copyright Law, How to Prevent Image Theft, Register your creative work and a Panel discussion of recent copyright news stories that have brought this issue to light. This affects not only professional photographers and artists but anyone who posts their photos online. The presenters are Copyright: Protecting Your Images and Creative Work and Why it’s so Important The American Society of Picture Professionals DC/South Chapter presents a compelling evening of Photographers and Legal Professionals that will take you on a journey of Copyright Law, How to Prevent Image Theft, Register your creative work and a Panel discussion of recent copyright news stories that have brought this issue to light. This affects not only professional photographers and artists but anyone who posts their photos online. The presenters are John Harrington and Brad R. Newberg More details here When: Monday, November 9, 2009 6:30pm-7:00pm Registration 7:00pm-9:00pm Lecture You must register online to attend – Don’t wait — Our event last year SOLD OUT ! http://tinyurl.com/asppcopyright Where: US Navy Memorial-Heritage Center 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 123 Washington, DC 2004-2608 202-380-0747 http://www.navymemorial.org COST: ASPP Members: $8 Non-Members: $10 Students: $5
BEST BETS - DC/South2009 Investigating Where We Live Thirty students. Thirty cameras. Twelve days. Three neighborhoods. These are the ingredients for Investigating Where We Live (IWWL), a 4-week summer program created by the National Building Museum in which middle and high school students from the Washington, D.C. metro area use digital cameras to explore D.C. neighborhoods. The exhibition is on view to the public from August 8, 2009 through January 18, 2010. For more details click here Evolution of Journalism
Form and Movement: Photographs by Philip Trager For more details visit ASPP DC/South blog and National Building Museum
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speech pathology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". In 2000 she moved to the United States and later studied MA in photography at Ohio University's School of Visual Communication.
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