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ASPP Members receive a 10% discount on all workshops, reviews and seminars at the Palm Springs Photo Festival - March 27 - April 1, 2011

**ASPP members - call Jain Lemos at (424) 247-9944 to receive the discount code**

2011 WORKSHOP PROGRAM

4-Day Workshops

GRACIELA ITURBIDE: The Master Class
ARNO RAFAEL MINKKINEN: Framing a New Vision
PETER TURNLEY: The Street Picture on Assignment
DAVID MUENCH: The Desert Light: Color in the Landscape
KEITH CARTER: Finding Your Voice or Get Your Mojo Working!;
TODD HIDO: Contemporary Fine Art Practice: Conception, Execution & Discussion
GREG GORMAN: The Fine Art Male & Female Nude
STEPHEN WILKES: Exploring the Salton Sea: Formal Documentary on Location
LOIS CONNER: The Desert in Black and White
FRANK OCKENFELS: Signature Portraiture
GILLIAN LAUB: The Documentary Photo Essay
CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH: The Still Life Reconsidered
AMY ARBUS: Environmental Portraits with an Edge
JUERGEN NOGAI: The Art of Architecture
LORNE RESNICK: The Art & Commerce of Travel Photography

1-Day Workshops

LOU LESKO & MICHAEL BRITT: An Introduction to DSLR Video Production Part I
LOU LESKO & MICHAEL BRITT: An Introduction to DSLR Video Production Part II
NELS ISRAELSON: The Dramatic Portrait: Shaping Light to Create Mood & Character

In addition to the Workshops, you can reserve from over 650 Portfolio Reviews with over 90 Industry notables from Advertising Agencies, Magazines, Book Publishers, Reps, Museum Curators, Gallery Directors, Music Company Creatives; This is your opportunity to have face-to-face meetings with people who can influence your career! We present over 20 important and educational Seminars during the week.

Most importantly, you can join the community - meet like-minded people, exchange ideas, keep your work fresh and exciting. We're about the passion for photography. These are exciting times! Call 1-800 928 8314 for more information or go directly to the website at www.palmspringsphotofestival.com.

Please mark your calendars! The annual ASPP NY Chapter Holiday Party will be on December 14, 2010.

Free to ASPP Members & new members joining or renewing at the door
Non-members: $30 in advance/$60 at the door

**Join ASPP at the door for $100 and get in Free!**

Please RSVP by Dec. 13th

Many Thanks to our Sponsors:
Jerry Tavin, Photo Researchers, The Passionate Gourmet, Getty Images, age fotostock, Photolibrary, Sterling Press/Barnes & Noble, The ImageWorks, The Picture Desk, Fundamental Photographs, The Granger Collection, Steve Spelman, Cowan DeBaets Abraham & Shepard, PixPalace and Grant Heilman.

Please mark your calendars! The annual ASPP NY Chapter Holiday Party will be on December 14, 2010.

Free to ASPP Members & new members joining or renewing at the door
Non-members: $30 in advance/$60 at the door

**Join ASPP at the door for $100 and get in Free!**

Please RSVP by Dec. 13th

Many Thanks to our Sponsors:
Jerry Tavin, Photo Researchers, The Passionate Gourmet, Getty Images, age fotostock, Photolibrary, Sterling Press/Barnes & Noble, The ImageWorks, The Picture Desk, Fundamental Photographs, The Granger Collection, Steve Spelman, Cowan DeBaets Abraham & Shepard, PixPalace and Grant Heilman.

Mentors from the photo trades answered questions about Assignments & Stock, Licensing, Copyright, Metadata, Releases, Budgets and Negotiation, and Reps

Open Discussions with Photography Professionals:

• Photographers Marc Levine & Ira Block
• Book Cover Specialist Laura Wyss
• PhotoLibrary Creative Director Phyllis Giarnese
• VH1 Photo Editor Daniella Nilva
• theConspiracy/EchoDesignLab owner Sean Mosher-Smith
• CLAMPART gallery owner Brian Clamp

December 2, 2009, 6-9pm 
School of Visual Arts Computer Art Center
131 West 21st St ­ Room 301a
New York City

Hosted by the MPS Digital Photography & BFA Computer Art Departments and ASPP/NY Chapter for the entire SVA Community with support from Chase Jarvis. 

Open to the public.

On December 8th over 100 ASPP members attended the
ASPP New York Chapter 2009 Holiday Party
&
The Jane Kinne Picture Professional of the Year Award Presentation to Danita Delimont
at Danal Restaurant

Mentors from the photo trades answered questions about Assignments & Stock, Licensing, Copyright, Metadata, Releases, Budgets and Negotiation, and Reps

Open Discussions with Photography Professionals:

• Photographers Marc Levine & Ira Block
• Book Cover Specialist Laura Wyss
• PhotoLibrary Creative Director Phyllis Giarnese
• VH1 Photo Editor Daniella Nilva
• theConspiracy/EchoDesignLab owner Sean Mosher-Smith
• CLAMPART gallery owner Brian Clamp

December 2, 2009, 6-9pm 
School of Visual Arts Computer Art Center
131 West 21st St ­ Room 301a
New York City

Hosted by the MPS Digital Photography & BFA Computer Art Departments and ASPP/NY Chapter for the entire SVA Community with support from Chase Jarvis. 

Open to the public.

Come and Reinvent, Reimagine, and Reinvigorate your career at this 3-day event for ASPP and PACA members and colleagues. Speakers and panels will present thought-provoking insights into the new paradigms for our industry. Learn from the experts how to use social media and web tools to enhance your business. Be inspired by thought leaders such as Brian Storm.

GET MORE INFORMATION.

The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. invited members to a program on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, entitled:

Licensing in the Digital Age: Deals, Risks, and Challenges in Physical and Virtual Media

Licensing is a powerful tool generating billions in revenue. However, the risks and complexities of licensing have multiplied in recent years as new technologies have created new marketing platforms in the physical and virtual worlds. To help you understand, navigate and succeed in this new marketplace, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. has assembled a distinguished panel of licensing practitioners that will provide you the practical guidance you need.   

May 18, 2010 at Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP
1375 Broadway, New York City, 23rd Floor (located at 37th and Broadway).

6:00 p.m. -- 6:30 p.m. Registration, networking and light refreshments
6:30 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m. Program
There is no charge to attend this program.

Click here for the registration form.
Registration deadline is Wednesday May 12, 2010.

Panelists:

Mary Beth Roberts will discuss the dramatic changes in music licensing and how music publishers are attempting to capitalize on them. She will talk about how copyright owners, faced with a decline in traditional royalties caused partially by music piracy, have gained new sources of revenue from third parties who increasingly use music to enhance and exploit their brands.

Mary Beth Roberts founded High Standards Unlimited, a consulting business for international and domestic music licensing.  She was formerly VP of Catalogue Development at Sony/ATV and Famous Music Publishing.  For over 20 years, she led concept development, copyright placement, marketing, negotiations and licensing of music used in synchronization, consumer products, new media, wireless entertainment and internet marketing.

Joseph Salvo will talk about licensing in the consumer products/entertainment area from a business and legal perspective. He will discuss the negotiating techniques licensors and licensees use to maximize their leverage. Joe will also discuss the legal strategies licensors may wish to use to protect and enhance their company’s intellectual property rights.

Joseph Salvo is Senior Vice President and Global General Counsel at HIT Entertainment, an international entertainment company that owns such pre-eminent pre-school brands as Barney, Thomas the Tank, Bob the Builder and Angelina Ballerina. He is involved in all forms of production and licensing, including television, film, audio, home video and consumer products.  
Jonathan Wells will talk about the licensing of photographs and videos in the rapidly evolving physical, digital and virtual markets. Jonathan will also focus on the special concerns that arise when clients license internationally.

Jonathan Wells is the bureau chief of the New York office of Paris-based SIPA Press and oversees its licensing activities and production activities here. SIPA Press covers world news with a staff of photographers, a network of correspondents and distribution agreements with the Associated Press and other agencies around the globe.

Commentator:

Marc Federbush, CPA, is partner-in-charge of Anchin’s Apparel, Textile, Diamond and Jewelry Services Group. He will comment on the strategies that owners and licensees may use to protect themselves from unwanted disputes and costly litigation.

Andrew Berger will moderate the program. He is a copyright/trademark lawyer at the New York firm of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt. He is also a frequent speaker on intellectual property topics and writes a blog on IP issues at www.ipinbrief.com.

On December 8th over 100 ASPP members attended the
ASPP New York Chapter 2009 Holiday Party
&
The Jane Kinne Picture Professional of the Year Award Presentation to Danita Delimont
at Danal Restaurant

This new initiative is to help disadvantaged young photographers, and create a nurturing environment for them. The first scholarships will be awarded on October 13 in New York City. For more information go to http://www.youngphotographersalliance.org/

A Federal Court Fairness Hearing (originally scheduled for June 11) has been rescheduled for Oct 7, 2009, and book rights holders have until Sep 4, 2009 (the Extended Opt-Out Deadline) to decide whether to participate in the settlement or opt out. If you think you might be affected by this settlement deal you need to gather information now and may need to take steps to protect your copyrights.

On March 13 many ASPP members attended a day–long meeting and discussion (organized in part by Nancy Wolff and her firm Cowan etc...) about the Google Book Settlement. Video of that conference is now available online.

This long running class action suit between Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers was settled amicably earlier this year, but many unanswered questions were raised during this day-long event. Because the settlement is between Google and the Author's Guild (who brought the suit), photographs are not included. However, the deal establishes new working models for licensing in the publishing industry and these will inevitably spill over into fields that affect all ASPP members.

The complete settlement agreement and lots more information is available at: http://www.googlebooksettlement.com.

On April 1 2009 the APA issued an alert to its members with a wealth of pertinent material. In an April letter to PACA members, Maria Kessler wrote about the March 13th meeting and the implications of the settlement.

Recently, several groups including the American Library Association have initiated new actions, and the Department of Justice has started an inquiry into the anti-trust implications of the settlement. Stay tuned.

The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. invited members to a program on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, entitled:

Licensing in the Digital Age: Deals, Risks, and Challenges in Physical and Virtual Media

Licensing is a powerful tool generating billions in revenue. However, the risks and complexities of licensing have multiplied in recent years as new technologies have created new marketing platforms in the physical and virtual worlds. To help you understand, navigate and succeed in this new marketplace, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. has assembled a distinguished panel of licensing practitioners that will provide you the practical guidance you need.   

May 18, 2010 at Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP
1375 Broadway, New York City, 23rd Floor (located at 37th and Broadway).

6:00 p.m. -- 6:30 p.m. Registration, networking and light refreshments
6:30 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m. Program
There is no charge to attend this program.

Click here for the registration form.
Registration deadline is Wednesday May 12, 2010.

Panelists:

Mary Beth Roberts will discuss the dramatic changes in music licensing and how music publishers are attempting to capitalize on them. She will talk about how copyright owners, faced with a decline in traditional royalties caused partially by music piracy, have gained new sources of revenue from third parties who increasingly use music to enhance and exploit their brands.

Mary Beth Roberts founded High Standards Unlimited, a consulting business for international and domestic music licensing.  She was formerly VP of Catalogue Development at Sony/ATV and Famous Music Publishing.  For over 20 years, she led concept development, copyright placement, marketing, negotiations and licensing of music used in synchronization, consumer products, new media, wireless entertainment and internet marketing.

Joseph Salvo will talk about licensing in the consumer products/entertainment area from a business and legal perspective. He will discuss the negotiating techniques licensors and licensees use to maximize their leverage. Joe will also discuss the legal strategies licensors may wish to use to protect and enhance their company’s intellectual property rights.

Joseph Salvo is Senior Vice President and Global General Counsel at HIT Entertainment, an international entertainment company that owns such pre-eminent pre-school brands as Barney, Thomas the Tank, Bob the Builder and Angelina Ballerina. He is involved in all forms of production and licensing, including television, film, audio, home video and consumer products.  
Jonathan Wells will talk about the licensing of photographs and videos in the rapidly evolving physical, digital and virtual markets. Jonathan will also focus on the special concerns that arise when clients license internationally.

Jonathan Wells is the bureau chief of the New York office of Paris-based SIPA Press and oversees its licensing activities and production activities here. SIPA Press covers world news with a staff of photographers, a network of correspondents and distribution agreements with the Associated Press and other agencies around the globe.

Commentator:

Marc Federbush, CPA, is partner-in-charge of Anchin’s Apparel, Textile, Diamond and Jewelry Services Group. He will comment on the strategies that owners and licensees may use to protect themselves from unwanted disputes and costly litigation.

Andrew Berger will moderate the program. He is a copyright/trademark lawyer at the New York firm of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt. He is also a frequent speaker on intellectual property topics and writes a blog on IP issues at www.ipinbrief.com.

FotoWeek DC, a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the power of photography, invites the public to join with the photographic community.

Its first annual weeklong festival brought over 20,000 visitors to the Nation’s Capital, galvanizing the Washington, DC community. Washington is unique in the photographic world, consisting as it does not only of a nexus of talented photographers, but also its far-ranging collections of photography. From national institutions like The Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, and the National Gallery to edgy galleries in Adams Morgan and Bethesda, the image is everywhere, and FotoWeek DC was created in part to pay tribute to this. The inaugural competitions attracted an astounding amount of high caliber work, and a photographic light show on the walls of the Nation’s monuments was, well, electrifying.

FotoWeek DC isn’t just about seven days or one city, however. Exhibitions continue throughout the year, including our most recent exhibition, Fotobama, at the Newseum. The educational, community building and informational exchange platforms we provide for photographers and photo enthusiasts have expanded to a global scale, which is why, in 2009, our awards competition has gone global. Finally, as the first organization to recognize the need to create a photographic forum that engages people of all ages, races, and economic means, FotoWeek DC hopes to foster both grassroots initiatives and public/private partnerships to publicize global issues and encourage positive social change.

Stock Artists Alliance has announced to its members that it intends to pursue a merger with the Association of Visual Artists.

AVA is an umbrella organization that currently represents five other photo industry bodies. The SAA would retain its identity, dues structure and programs. Claire White, the chief AVA staff officer, would serve as SAA executive director.

On June 15 New York based documentary photographer Alison Wright spoke about her career built on capturing the universal human spirit through her photographs. Influenced by her years of living in Asia, her powerful work documents the traditions and changes of people and cultures throughout the remotest regions of the world.

Wright’s  life was nearly cut short on January 2, 2000  by a horrific bus accident on a remote jungle road in Laos. Alison's recent memoir, Learning to Breathe; One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival,  chronicles this inspirational story of survival and years of rehabilitation, and her ongoing determination to recover and continue traveling the world as an intrepid photojournalist.

Wright's photography is represented by National Geographic and published in other worldwide periodicals such as National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Islands, Smithsonian, American Photo, and Natural History. A recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography, Alison is also a two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Award Travel Journalism Award.

Her writing and photographs have been published in her books, Faces of Hope, Children of a Changing World, The Dalai Lama, A Simple Monk,  and The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile  as well as through the Discovery Channel Photo Journey Series.

Monday, June 15 at 6:30 pm
Laura Parsons Pratt Conference Center
281 Park Avenue South at 22nd Street
New York City
$10 members
$20 non-members
$5 students
Networking after the presentation, light refreshments

On June 15 New York based documentary photographer Alison Wright spoke about her career built on capturing the universal human spirit through her photographs. Influenced by her years of living in Asia, her powerful work documents the traditions and changes of people and cultures throughout the remotest regions of the world.

Wright’s  life was nearly cut short on January 2, 2000  by a horrific bus accident on a remote jungle road in Laos. Alison's recent memoir, Learning to Breathe; One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival,  chronicles this inspirational story of survival and years of rehabilitation, and her ongoing determination to recover and continue traveling the world as an intrepid photojournalist.

Wright's photography is represented by National Geographic and published in other worldwide periodicals such as National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Islands, Smithsonian, American Photo, and Natural History. A recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography, Alison is also a two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Award Travel Journalism Award.

Her writing and photographs have been published in her books, Faces of Hope, Children of a Changing World, The Dalai Lama, A Simple Monk,  and The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile  as well as through the Discovery Channel Photo Journey Series.

Monday, June 15 at 6:30 pm
Laura Parsons Pratt Conference Center
281 Park Avenue South at 22nd Street
New York City
$10 members
$20 non-members
$5 students
Networking after the presentation, light refreshments