Park West PHOTO NOTES Camera Club November 2013
In This Issue Club News...... 2 - 11 Photography News...... 12 - 18 Exhibits, Workshops, Etc...... 19 - 22 Schedule of Activities...... 23 - 29
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 1 Park West Camera Club Committee Chairs
The Park West Camera Club is an independent not-for- Archives Myrna Harrison-Changar profit corporation. Guests are always welcome at meet- 212 663 1422 [email protected] ings and activities. Competition George Hansen The Park West Camera Club newsletter, Photo Notes, is 212 595 7869 [email protected] published every month by and for the members of the Hedy Klein Park West Camera Club. Subscriptions are included 718 793 0246 [email protected] with Club membership. Yearly subscriptions are avail- Joan Slatkin able to non-members by e-mail at no charge. Printed 212 260 7091 [email protected] issues are available at PWCC meetings. Field Trip Susan Sigrist Submissions of full-length articles or smaller items of 212 758 0036 [email protected] photographic or general interest are always accepted. Paul Grebanier The staff of Photo Notes reserves the right to edit any 718 629 7164 [email protected] submissions which are published. Gallery vacancy Deadline for submissions is the first Monday of each House vacancy month. Membership Marlene Schonbrun Photo Notes is optimized for viewing on the internet. 212 662 3107 [email protected] Elena Pierpont Contact Information 212 956 4519 [email protected] Website Newsletter Chuck Pine www.parkwestcameraclub.org 212 932 7665 [email protected]
Program Marilyn Fish-Glynn E-Mail Address 212 685 8784 mfi[email protected] [email protected] Social Marvin Fink Club Mailing Address 718 469 5478 marvfi[email protected] 345 East 73rd Street, #8L, NY, NY 10021 Marjorie Gurd 212 662 5032 [email protected] Photo Notes Mailing Address 680 West End Avenue, #5D, NY, NY 10025 Website Bob Wine 212 758 5762 [email protected] Club Officers Workshop Jerry Harawitz 212 673 2096 [email protected] President Ed Lee 212 242 8714 [email protected] V. President Michael Schleiff 917 359 6823 [email protected] Treasurer Myron Galef 212 249 1270 [email protected] Corres. Sec. Helen Bohmart Pine Cover Photo 212 932 7665 [email protected] Curious Elephant Rec. Sec. Lee Backer by Chuck Pine ©2013 212 662 6740 [email protected] Pres. Emeritus Chuck Pine 212 932 7665 [email protected]
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2 Holiday Party Club Dues joined at the end of last season (as a participant of Expanding
CLUB The Park West Camera Club’s Renewal time for Park West Visions), your membership is annual holiday party is right Camera Club has come and good through September 2014.] around the corner. It is sched- gone. The Club’s fiscal year Everyone else, it’s time! uled for Monday evening, De- ended on September 30th. If You can, however, still re- cember 16th, and will take you have not yet renewed your new by bringing a check, made place at the home of our Presi- dues, you are no longer a out to PWCC, to any meeting dent Emeritus and our former member of the Club. As of Oc- and handing it to Membership first lady, Chuck and Helen tober 31st, non-renewing Chairperson Marlene Schon- Pine, on the Upper West Side. members will be removed from brun or by sending your check Plans will be announced at the Photo Notes mailing list (un- (made out to PWCC) to Club the November business meet- less you have indicated to Corresponding/Memberhsip ing. But I’m sure we’ll need Membership Chairperson Mar- Secretary, Helen Pine, 680 West plenty of volunteers to make lene Schonbrun that you want End Avenue #5D, New York some purchases, set up before to continue receiving the news- NY 10025. the party, run the kitchen op- letter). Of course, if you have any eration, plan some entertain- Yearly dues are $150, allo- questions about your member- ment, and clean up after the cated as $75 for membership ship, please contact Marlene at festivities. and $75 for the rental of Soho < [email protected]> or All members, their families, Photo Gallery. [Note—if you at 212-662-3107. and friends of the Club are in- vited to attend. The costs are Photo Notes yet to be determined but we Publisher: Ed Lee usually keep them quite low. If you’ve got any sugges- Editor: Chuck Pine tions, if you’d like to volunteer, Committee: Bill Apple, Elsa Blum, Madeleine Barbara, contact either of the Social Ann Broder, Ruth Formanek, Gladys Committee’s co-chairs: Marvin Hopkowitz, Hedy Klein, Paul Perkus, Fink and Marjorie Gurd. Helen Pine, and Judy Rosenblatt Contributors: Bill Apple, Sarah Corbin, Ruth Formanek, Paul Grebanier, George Hansen, Elena Old Saying Pierpont , Chuck Pine, Helen Pine, and Judy Rosenblatt When you photograph people in color,… Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro you photograph their clothes. using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop.
All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or other- But when you photograph wise believed to be in the public domain. people in black and white,… you photograph their souls. Credited images remain the sole property of their copyright holders—all rights reserved.
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3 Park West History month to see and hear Arthur dance by nominating the new- Tress. His images. were differ- comer as president.
CLUB The year was 1971, almost 43 ent,… very different. They No one was more surprised years ago, when a prospective were kind of dream-like, but than the newcomer himself. member showed up at the door more night-marish. The new- You could see his jaw drop. in the basement of the West comer was taken in—hook, You could see the expressions Side line, and sinker. of puzzlement on the faces of YMCA the members. Who is this new- to attend comer? Where did he come his first from? Why would the presi- meeting dent nominate him? of the If you haven’t figured it out Park by now, this newcomer was/is West Chuck Pine—and he declined Camera the nomination. His reason? Club. He He was too new to the Club. came to be There were others who knew at the meeting because the in- more about Park West and formation was published in Hockey Player were in a better position to one of the photography col- ©1970 Arthur Tress lead the group. umns that appeared in the The vice president at that He joined the Club the fol- daily newspapers of the time. time was Dan Arthur. His de- lowing week, at the monthly The guest speaker was pho- sire was to remain in that posi- business meeting, and learned tographer Eva Rubinstein, the tion. The treasurer, Rick of a class being offered by the daughter of pianist Artur McMillan, agreed to become then president, Gordon Wat- Rubinstein. She showed president. And so it was,… for son. It was a class in advanced dream-like images of nudes about a month. darkroom techniques. He and others of architectural in- Rick served as president in signed up for that class and September until his company began attending it as well as all suddenly transferred him to the regular Club meetings. Texas. Reluctantly, Dan as- At the March business sumed the presidency as per meeting, President Watson an- our Constitution. And, with a nounced that he would be little arm-twisting, he talked stepping down from his posi- Chuck into becoming the VP. tion at the end of the year. His In those years, with the last meeting as presiding offi- Club’s membership some- cer would be the annual year- where in the mid-20s, everyone Nude Sitting end competition and dinner. had to wear several hats. In ©1972 Eva Rubinstein (They were both held on the addition to being VP, Chuck same night, back then, at a res- was also the chair of the Dark- teriors. The visitor was so im- taurant.) He further shocked room and Workshop Commit- pressed by the speaker and the the 15 or so members in atten- group of people in attendance, tees as well as liaison to the Y. he came back the following
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4 October Competition by George Hansen CLUB Cumulative Point Totals
PDIs Prints George Hansen 32 Elsa Blum 34 Marjorie Gurd 30 Hedy Klein 34 Michael Wakslicht 30 George Hansen 32 Paul Grebanier 28 Paul Grebanier 30 Carole de Beer 28 Bill Apple 26 Chuck Pine 28 Sarah Corbin 26 Paula Paterniti 24 Barbara Martens 22 Bill Apple 22 Paula Paterniti 20 Marilyn Fish-Glynn 22 Alice Somma 20 Hedy Klein 22 Madeleine Barbara 14 Natalie Manzino 22 Natalie Manzino 14 Joan Slatkin 22 Sarah Davis 20 Julie Foehrenback 20 Barbara Martens 20 Thanks to our November Evelyne Appel 18 judge, Ellen Denuto, for her Cheryl Richer 18 excellent commentary on our Christine Doyle 16 images. George Grubb 16 Myra Resnick 16 Thanks also to all those who Rita Russo 16 made this competition run so Karen Corrigan 14 smoothly: Jerry Harawitz 14 George Hansen Dottie Mills 14 Hedy Klein Dolores Roddy 14 Joan Slatkin Madeleine Barbara 10 Susan Sigrist Nicole Dosso 8 Susan Hoehn Elena Pierpont 8 Rita Russo Wilmarie Rios 8 Bill Apple
Thank you to all who com- peted and congratulations to all of the Image-of-the-Month and Honors Image winners.
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5 Images of the Month by George Hansen CLUB
PDI-of-the-Month Restaurant by Karen Corrigan
Honor PDIs Cellar by Paul Grebanier Green Rose Hips by George Hansen
Print-of-the-Month Sparring Stallions by Sarah Corbin
Honor Prints Window Reflection by Bill Apple PDI-of-the-Month Bandshell Birds by Hedy Klein Restaurant Lexington and 53rd by Hedy Klein ©2013 Karen Corrigan
Print-of-the-Month Sparring Stallions ©2013 Sarah Corbin
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 6 Competition Info Did You Know?
CLUB If you enter the competitions, please read care- Did you know that the on-line PDF version of fully and save these notes for future reference: Park West Camera Club’s Photo Notes offers you advantages? You may enter up to four images each month Did you know that all of the website and but no more than two in any one category. e-mail addresses are hyperlinks? That means if you click on them, you will be taken to that Prints website or to your e-mail program to send an • We have removable labels to be used on print e-mail (if you are connected to the internet). entries. Please affix on the back at the top/ Did you know that the images are in color center. Using these labels allows you to keep and of higher quality than when printed out? the backs of your mats clean and allows you And, you can enlarge them a bit, too, for detail. reuse the same mats in future competitions. Did you know that reading Photo Notes on- Sheets of labels can be found at the front desk line saves trees, landfills, inks, toners, water, on competition night. Using the labels is a good and other natural resources? way to keep track of what prints you entered Did you know that reading Photo Notes on- over the season. The labels have a seasonal date line saves the Club over $100 each and every of 2013-2014 so you can easily choose prints for month? the year-end competition. • Make sure your prints are securely mounted PWCC’s Yahoo Group to your boards. Images falling out of their mats will be disqualified. Do you have an idea to go out shooting but don’t want to go alone? Have a question about Projected Digital Images Photoshop, or your camera, or some technique, • Send both PDIs in one e-mail to the competi- but don’t have someone to ask? Know of a great tion mailbox
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 7 Wanted… PWCC Flickr Group by Paul Grebanier CLUB Did you know that there is a way for PWCC members to share their pictures with other members and the world? Probably not! Seven years ago, a “Park West Camera Club” Group was set-up on the “flickr” picture sharing and social networking site, just for such a purpose. Unfortunately, the idea never really caught on at that time. The weeds of neglect and disrepair have overgrown the site. But the structure is still there—awaiting rehabilitation. What a waste!
…volunteers to write for the Park West Camera When we go on field trips and attend other Club’s Photo Notes. Could be on a continuing PWCC events and take pictures, how do we basis or as a one-shot deal. Experience not nec- easily share them? We don’t! How do we get essary. Enthusiasm is a must-have. Don’t worry feedback on these images? We can’t! The Solu- about spelling or grammar or the like—our tion? Join our flickr group with many other crack editorial staff handles all the details. members, and actively add to and comment on Some suggestions for individual articles or the images to be viewed there. monthly columns are: For those who are not flickr members al- ready, you should know that the site allows • photo magazine reviews members to store and share their pics with mil- • photo workshop reviews lions of other members throughout the world– • Club field trip reviews and also with non-members. Uploading pic- • photographic gallery reviews tures and making comments is easy. Groups of • equipment reviews images and people that share an affinity are • technical/technique articles also easily created and can be shared by any- • photographic hints and tips one. The site is free to join. But if you really be- • computer hints and tips come an active member, showing over 200 pics, • photographic poetry full membership costs $25 a year. • photography puzzles (X-word, jumbles, To view the Park West Camera Club Group, word-search, etc.) go to
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 8 Night Photos
CLUB This is just a sampling of the many photos our members shared at our October theme night on night photography.
© Karen Corrigan
© George Hansen
© Natalie Manzino © Marjorie Gurd Marjorie ©
© Paul Grebanier
© Chuck Pine
© Paula Paterniti
© Rain B engis
© Janna Amelkin © Sarah Davis
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 9 PDI Workshop
CLUB These are images from the Club’s every- other-month Projected Digital Image
workshop.
© Helen Pine Helen © © Joan Slatkin Joan ©
© Kad d y Ts ang
© Marvin Fink
© M arlene S c ho nbrun
© Myra Resnick © M ic hael S c hleiff
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 10 Committee Liaisons New Member Biography by Elena Pierpont CLUB Each of the ExCom members (the five elected officers plus Our new member, Paula Pa- the President Emeritus) are as- terniti has been involved with signed to committees as liai- photography in two different son. Each committee chair or stages in her life. It began co-chair will report to the Ex- around 1968 when she bought Com through this liaison. In a Pentax camera (film, of this manner, it is felt that com- course) for a friend of hers. She munication will flow much got so interested in her friend’s more smoothly, in both direc- photography that she decided tions, between the committees. to buy herself the same cam- In addition, any concerns era. This led to her taking raised by the ExCom will be photo courses at the New passed along to the committee School, learned to develop her expand her knowledge. She chairs through the liaisons. pictures, and built a dark takes classes at B&H and pres- Here are the assignments: room. Later on she married, ently uses Lightroom and now had a family and job, and did wants to learn Photoshop. Archives Myron Galef not have the time for much Paula has shown some of her Competition Michael Schleiff photography. work through her involvement Field Trip Chuck Pine Around 15 years ago Paula with the Brooklyn Waterfront Gallery Helen Pine started her photography inter- Coalition and the Flatbush Art- House Myron Galef est again. She bought her first ists group where she met Membership Helen Pine small digital camera, then PWCC member Marvin Fink Newsletter Chuck Pine bought a low grade Nikon who told her about the Club. Program Lee Backer digital camera, and since has PWCC is the first club Social Ed Lee up-graded to a Canon EOS 7D Paula has joined and already is Website Lee Backer which she uses today. involved by submitting pic- Workshop Ed Lee tures in our October Competi- tion receiving an A with Hon- Portfolio Page ors for her Slovenia picture. She is also thinking about join- ing one of the Club’s commit- Volunteers are needed tees. Paula enjoys meeting new each month to submit im- people and hopes to continue ages for the Photo Notes’ to learn from other members Portfolio Page. that have the same interests Are you interested? © Paula Paterniti that she has. Submit your 8 to 10 pho- Paula enjoys taking travel The Park West Camera tographs to the editor at pictures, landscapes, and sea- Club is very happy to have
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 11 Depth of Field By Bill Apple
E Pluribus Unum
A s a 20-something at PWCC,
PHOTOGRAPHY in the 1970s, I soaked up the Rule of Thirds. I went on to the details of “pushing” film (yes, film!) for really, really low-light shots without flash. And before long I had plumbed the depths of depth of field, to get lenses to work for my pictures, in- stead of working against them. So much to learn. Another lesson: bagging a first-rate image is only half the battle. If you want to turn heads, you must present the Bottom line This calculator uses an electronic circuit board image properly, serve it up like but still packs quite a few mechanical parts, so it can print a chef plating a culinary mas- out figures terpiece at a four-star restau- rant. For photographers, that means no dingy, marred prints weekend supplement. There, anatomical drawings (think: flopping around in dog-eared my eyes fixed on several im- Leonardo or Gray’s Anatomy), mattes. Uh-huh. ages the likes of which I think or patent diagrams filed with Size counts, I learned as I’d never seen before. That is a the government, or “exploded” well. Most images possess a virtually impossible trick for a or cutaway views of machinery natural scale for their subject, photographer to pull off: to you sometimes see, with the which should dictate the size show me—or anyone—some- innards exposed to reveal of print that works best. How- thing I haven’t seen before. gears and springs, all parts ever, any image you print in Usually, it’s done by NASA, working in concert. giant size—or Lilliputian but it was right here on earth, You see, Menashe for some size—gets a leg up. It often ac- on the newspaper’s page. time has been taking apart eve- quires extra eye-popping po- The photos were from a ryday objects, cleaning the tential. Attention must be paid, project called Taking Apart, by a pieces, then arranging them deservedly or not. commercial photographer, with surgical precision for their Thoughts about composi- Gabriel Menashe. In a way group portrait: a dial phone, tion, presentation and even they actually resembled food for example, or an alarm clock, food photography came to- photography, their presenta- or an old Sony Walkman, or an gether not long ago as I was tion so meticulous, so tasty. early camcorder. The result is a thumbing through Haaretz, an Yet in another way Me- kind of visual poetry, what Israeli daily with an illustrated nashe’s pictures resembled with everything laid out just
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 12 website
PHOTOGRAPHY wonderment, as he described it to a reporter: “Nothing beats the sense of awe you feel after taking apart an old watch and realizing what really made it tick. I can’t even begin to de- scribe the admiration I have for the people who designed and built such intricate devices.” His next project will be a typewriter, according to the photographer’s website, fol- lowed by a VCR. Of course, don’t expect Menashe or any- Number, please An old-fashioned dial phone is revealed one else to put these things as an incredibly complex creation. back together, once in pieces. All the king’s horses and all so. It begs for closer inspection, there are too many circuit the king’s men could not. contemplation, even amaze- boards and too few moving Definitions ment, even delight. parts. He’d never take apart an “I have two clear rules,” iPhone, he says. “It’s all two LCD—In photography, Liquid Menashe told a reporter. “I chips and a processor.” Boring. never break anything, only “The mechanics of the Crystal Displays are typically what I can take apart. And it’s products,” he continued, “you a 1.5- to 3-inch screen com- important that the product is can’t believe how many prised of liquid crystals that in one piece beforehand, be- springs they have, and you are stimulated by electric cur- cause I also shoot it before tak- know if one is missing, it won’t rent to act as a viewfinder ing it apart.” work. It astonishes me every and/or preview screen of your To find his “subjects,” Me- time, how it was even de- frame. The LCD on many, but nashe haunts local flea markets signed in such a small casing, not all, digital SLRs is only trolling for what he calls “vin- be it a clock, a camera, etc.” used for viewing already- tage” items. Translation: older On Menashe’s website captured images and navigat- devices with lots of mechanical
PHOTOGRAPHY grimy, blimey! Apple advises house, a against using anything welder on stronger than water, which the Empire doesn’t work well. State Build- I came across a tip on ing, a coal YouTube: Buy Tide To Go, a miner, and stain-removing stick for eras- riveters on ing food stains instantly from the Empire State Building. (The coal miner business attire and such, Made in America should you slurp your soup or stamp is the only one of the 12 that does not feature a Hine slosh your coffee too aggres- The above pictured sheet of sively. The Tide works like a photograph. The image is from stamps was issued this past charm on Mac keyboards. the Kansas State Historical So- summer. Its full title is Made in ciety—artist unknown.) In the America: Building a Nation. bottom row are a powerhouse These stamps are being issued mechanic, a railroad track as Forever® stamps in self- walker, a textile worker, and a adhesive panes of 12. Forever man guiding a beam on the stamps are always equal in Empire State Building. value to the current First-Class On the selvage, Hine’s im- Mail® one-ounce rate. ages include two Empire State This issuance features five Building iron workers and a different panes, each with the General Electric worker meas- same 12 stamps, but anchored uring the bearings in a casting. by different larger photos on The fourth selvage photograph the left side (called a selvage). is the same image of the coal Three of the five selvage im- miner that appears in the ages, and eleven of the black stamp pane. The final selvage and white stamps, feature the photograph, taken by Margaret photographs of Lewis Hine, a Bourke-White, depicts a female chronicler of early 20th-century You dab a drop onto the welder. American industry. corner of a paper towel (the These sheets are available The sheets are designed in Tide is in a "pen" with a special from the post office at $5.52 per three rows of four stamps. In dispensing tip). Then gently go sheet and may be ordered on- the top row are an airplane over the keys while the com- line, in person, and (of all maker, a derrick man on the puter is off. things) through the mail. Empire State Building, a milli- The video can be seen at nery apprentice, and a man on [See the Gallery Watching article be-
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 14 Gallery Watching In 1907 Hine left teaching to by Ruth Formanek photograph for the newly and Judy Rosenblatt founded National Child Labor Committee. He traveled exten- This month we look at one ex- sively, inveigling himself into hibit at ICP, the work of Lewis settings where children
PHOTOGRAPHY Hine, and mention a couple of worked long hours as spinners, others. cotton pickers, newsboys. His photographs illustrated many Lewis Hine and The Future of magazine articles and he de- America; at the International signed posters and slide shows Center of Photography; 1133 supporting child labor reform. Avenue of the Americas; Among other projects, in through January 19, 2014 1918 Hine was assigned by the Power House Mechanic American Red Cross to docu- Ruth writes: ©1920 Lewis Hine ment people affected by the American Progressivism war in Europe. In 1930 he pro- was a reform movement whose sor—hardly someone you duced his iconic photographs goals resemble today’s liberal would imagine dangling in a —well known to most of us— democratic ones—protection of basket 1,000 feet above Fifth of workers at dizzying heights the poor, children, consumers, Avenue, photographing con- completing the Empire State the environment, etc. The Soci- struction workers! Hine, a tai- Building. He said, “There were ety for the Prevention of Cru- lor’s son, was born in Oshkosh, two things I wanted to do: I elty to Animals, and later the Wisconsin in 1874 and studied wanted to show the things that Society for the Prevention of sociology and social work at had to be corrected and I Cruelty to Children, were two the University of Chicago and wanted to show the things that of the first Progressive at- at Columbia University. had to be appreciated.” tempts during the 1870s. They 1903 finds Hine teaching at were followed by agitation to the N.Y. Ethical Culture School, Ruth writes: pass child labor laws, work- where he was encouraged to ICP’s fascinating Lewis men’s compensation, unem- take up photography as a Hine exhibit presents 175 small ployment insurance, etc., dur- teaching aid. He seems to have prints from all phases of his ing the next 30 years. It is as- been totally self-taught. He career drawn from the collec- tounding that in the United took his students to Ellis Island tions of the George Eastman States, child labor laws did not and photographed arriving House International Museum become a reality until 1938! immigrants, singly and in of Photography and Film by its Photographer Lewis Hine had groups. Then he followed them photography curator at large, strongly advocated that re- to the tenements and factories Alison Nordström. The Future form. where they lived and worked. of America: Lewis Hine’s New Hine became an impassioned Deal Photographs is a smaller set Judy writes: advocate for the abolishment of pictures of agricultural, In portraits taken of him, of child labor and began to see manufacturing, and mining Lewis Hine looks to me like a the camera as an instrument activities in the Northeast, shot very mild-mannered profes- for social change. by Hine in 1936 and 1937.
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 15 I attended a panel discus- sion which included Alison Nordström, who is very well informed on Hine’s work. ICP will have this online once it’s archived
PHOTOGRAPHY on ‘events’ on the top menu and scroll down to Lecture Se- ries Online. According to a N.Y. Times review, Hine was a successful yet non-political propagandist. His images of child laborers, illustrating articles on deplor- able working conditions, did Mirilda Carrying Cranberries much to arouse awareness of During Hine’s last decade, ©1911 Lewis Hine and action to improve their lot. his photographs suggest a ten- Although the children Hine dency toward abstraction and later photos, especially those of photographed look dirty and cubist images. But he didn’t workers on the Empire State ragged, they don’t appear ter- have time to fully explore this Building, idealize workers and ribly mistreated. Since Hine’s development. The last years of suggest a new optimism. Did time, we’ve unfortunately be- his life were filled with profes- Hine think that with 11 million come accustomed to seeing sional struggles due to loss of unemployed during the Great more intense horror. government and corporate pa- Depression we could use a bit Hine documented what he tronage. Few people were in- of hope for the future? Did he saw and wanted others to see. terested in his work, past or believe that some of the earlier His compassion for the young present, and ironically Hine, Progressive plans were materi- workers, as well as his anger at who had tried to help the poor, alizing? Was he pleased with those who exploited them, are lost his house and had to apply the powerful new labor un- obvious in his photos. for welfare. He died at age 66 ions? Or was it another major One of Hine’s most famous in 1940. Progressive issue? pictures shows a man applying After Lewis Hine’s death In 1936, during the New a large wrench to a nut on a his son Corydon donated his Deal, Hine was selected as the massive machine whose circu- prints and negatives to the photographer for the National lar front rings him like a halo. I Photo League, which ceased to Research Project of the Works was reminded of Chaplin exist in 1951, having been ac- Projects Administration. His caught in machinery in his cused of Communist alle- photos from that project re- Modern Times, another com- giances. When the Museum of semble those taken by Dorot- mentary on the subordination Modern Art did not accept hea Lange and Arnold Roth- of human beings to industrial Hine’s photos, The George stein, who also worked for the processes. Eastman House in Rochester, federal government at that While Hine tried to im- New York, did. time, in the Farm Security prove the lot of the exploited, A bit of history: Photogra- Administration. both children and adults, his phy has included and still in- November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 16 cludes two main strands: the seemed so airless and over- ages were startling and eerie. social documentary one, of conceptualized—totally the There was also a moving ex- which Hine was the earliest other end of the spectrum from hibit by an organization that and most important practitio- Hine. For instance, one artist provides prisoners in solitary ner. That is the tradition of Sal- takes Flickr images of fires confinement with photographs gado, Capa, and street and war from natural disasters or of scenes they touchingly re-
PHOTOGRAPHY photographers. The other bombings, creates digital nega- quest. The cruelty of time in strand, early represented by tives from them, exposes them solitary could not be revealed Stieglitz, emphasizes the art to fire and solarizes them. The more starkly. A Club trip to and techniques of photography resulting images were a smoky, this venue, if it reappears next and neglects all documentary blurry nothingness to me. fall, would be well rewarded. use of the camera. This strand Perhaps they’re meant to be
includes most of us. apocalyptic—I don't know.
Daddy Tattoo Daddy ©2004 Zoe Strauss Zoe ©2004 It should be men- tioned that there are two concurrent exhibits at ICP unrelated to Hine: Upstairs is the work of Zoe Strauss, who exhibited her work once a year for ten years in a public space Eating Lunch: Empire State Building under a highway in South ©1930 Lewis Hine My hope was restored, Philadelphia. She has her own though, by a visit to Pho- take on social activism. Down- Judy writes: toville, a new photography stairs, a separate room is de- As Ruth put it, Hine repre- venue (this is its second year) voted to JFK November 22, 1963: sents one strand in the history in Brooklyn Bridge Park in A Bystander’s View of History. of photography. I wonder if a September. Lots of large pack- Both exhibits run through similar series today would ing cases were set up to house January 19, 2014. simply show many people sit- exhibits by photographers and ting in front of computers! But photo organizations—it really is Hine’s zeal, as well as his was like a small village and content, beginning to fade into included a beer garden and history? I stopped by New event program. I saw that so- Photography 2013 (at MoMA cial protest photography was to January 6, 2014) and began alive and well, as exemplified to wonder whether photogra- by the work of Nina Berman, Connallys and Kennedys phy, as we know it, is headed who documented the effects of ©1963 Unknown for its demise. Almost every- fracking on families sur- thing in this group show rounded by it. Her night im-
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 17 New Gear mid-level Canon and Nikon by Chuck Pine cameras. The ExpoImaging Rogue There’s always new gear com- Safari DSLR Pop-Up Flash ing out in the photo market- Booster sells for a shade under place, but much of it is just the $35 and is available at most of same old same old. (This is not your larger camera stores and, PHOTOGRAPHY a typo!) But here are a few pro- of course, on-line. It is de- ducts that break the mold, or signed to attach to your cam- rather, create a new one: era’s hot shoe.It weighs in at just 2 ounces. It has the ability to illuminate your subject with guess you have to duck down eight times the light you would to take the shot?). The Theta ordinarily get from your pop- can also be controlled by your up flash. And, it’s made in the iPhone through a Wi-Fi con- good ol’ U.S. of A. nection. The application that comes with the camera are both Mac and Windows com- No, this is not a lens! It is patible. The reviews I’ve seen an entire camera. It can stand all rave about the quality of the alone or be attached to your images. They are round but of smart phone. It has an 18.2 high quality. The current price megapixel sensor and a 25-250 is just a nickel under $400. mm (35mm equivalent) lens, Will you be the first on your built-in Wi-Fi, and shoots fill block (or camera club) to pick Filter Facts HD video. All this, the Sony one up and use the images in a QX10 Digital Camera Module, competition? Light rays which are reflected by the way, lists for $248. If Do you know what a flash become polarized. Polarizing you wish to upgrade, you can extender is? It’s one of those filters are used to select which go for the QX100 which adds a contraptions that fits on the light rays enter your camera 20.2 megapixel sensor, a Zeiss front of your flash attachment lens. They can remove un- f-1.8, 28-100mm lens, and full and shines the emitted light wanted reflections from non- manual control, for only $498. through a Fresnel (pronounced metallic surfaces such as water The next uniquely new freh-nel’) lens. This concen- or glass, and also saturate col- item is the Ricoh Theta trates the light and enables ors providing better contrast. Spherical Digital Camera. it to travel further to light The effect can be seen through This lightweight (3.3 oz.) up your subject. Up until the viewfinder and changed camera takes 360° spheri- now, this kind of device by rotating the filter. cal panoramas with the was only available for full Modern cameras use what is touch of one button. The size flashes. Well, not any called a circular polarizer. This device actually has two more. Now you can get one is needed to work with auto- fisheye lenses, one on that attaches to the pop-up focus and auto-exposure cam- each side of its body. (I flash on many low- and eras. Polarizers are more ex- pensive than most other filters. November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 18 Inquiries B & H Event Space Monday, November 18 by Chuck Pine Compositing with Masks B&H Photo offers free work- Speaker: Andy Graber In last month’s Depth of Field shops. Here are a few of this column, Bill Apple mentioned month’s offerings: Mathew Brady doing something called “contact printing.” What is Tuesday, November 12 a contact print? North Korea Speaker: Arlene Collins In the early days of photog- raphy, cameras recorded im- ages on a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive emulsion. Wednesday, November 20 ExHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. These images were negatives. Wedding Photography In other words, what was dark Speaker: Vanessa Joy in the real world was light on the plate, and vice versa. Waitresses In order to see the image © Arlene Collins reversed (so it looked like the Wednesday, November 13 real thing), photographers Lightroom 5 Develop Module would place the plate on top of Speaker: Robert Rodriguez a sheet of light-sensitive paper and let it sit in the sun. The im- Tuesday, November 26 age that appeared on the paper Hands-On Studio Lighting was a photograph or a photo- Speaker: Joey Quintero graphic print. Since the plate was pressed flat against the Check out the B&H website at paper, and was in contact with Wednesday, November 13
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 19 Accessory Quiz Workshops @ Adorama The live learning work- shop events are held in the Can you name this photog- The workshops at Adorama multi-media learning space at raphy accessory? No prizes, cost $25 each. Payment is due the Adorama Building at 42 just a fun challenge! Send upon registration. No walk-ins West 18th Street, unless other- your guesses to the address are permitted. It’s not all bad, wise indicated. Sign up for any
ExHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. must be used within one ness. Sign up now! month of the workshop. If you can get past the high finances and the deadlines, the actual workshops are just as Answer next month in Photo high a caliber as those at B&H. Notes. Tuesday, November 12 Definitions Speedlites: Creative Lighting Last Month’s Answer Speaker: Ken Volpe RAW—An image-capture op- tion containing the maximum information available from a sensor without the application of in-camera processing algo- rithms. This allows photogra- phers to have more control over the final image by proc- essing the image manually in a This is a macro focusing rail. software program. The format It is attached to a solid base, Wednesday, November 20 is offered by many high-end such as a tripod, and a cam- Wild By Nature compact digital cameras as era with macro or close-up Speaker: Eric Meola well as D-SLRs. Each camera lenses is attached to the rail. company has its own RAW It allows you to get the exact format and corresponding focus you want without hav- software to support the for- ing to move the entire set-up. mat. Image-editing applica- tions like Adobe’s Photoshop, Last Month’s Correct Lightroom, and Elements are Answerers… also capable of opening and The only correct answer last processing images shot in the month was submitted by Bob Elephant RAW format. Wine. Congratulations, Bob! © Eric Meola November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 20 For Sale by Member Exhibit by Member Co-Op Gallery
PWCC corresponding/ PWCC member and former Soho Photo is not the only co- membership secretary, Helen Competition Committee chair, operative gallery in the area. Pine, has a deal for you. She is Sarah Corbin, will be featured Just across the river, in Ho- offering a camera and lens, in in the next monthly exhibition boken, New Jersey, is another, like new condition, at an amaz- of photographs at Soho Photo the hob’art co-operative gallery ing price. Here are the details: Gallery. Her show, The Unseen (their spelling). Their objective Sony Alpha NEX-7 mirror- Light of Ireland, is described… is to exhibit contemporary art less digital camera body, in Infrared light brings out the of the highest standard. They original box with body cap, mystical quality of the barren welcome and encourage a shoulder strap, USB Cable landscape of Ireland’s County wide range of artwork and (mini B), NP-FW50 Lithium- Mayo. It reveals moss-covered media: fiber, printmaking, digi- ExHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. Ion Rechargeable Battery ruins and sometimes entire vil- tal, photography, sculpture/ (1080mAh), battery charger etc. lages that were home to the 3D, painting, drawing, and Condition: like new, used only people who perished in the mixed media. twice. Famine. A separate show of hob’art co-operative gallery color images—Ireland’s Light is now accepting applications and Color—focuses on how the for 2014 gallery membership. quality of light from This membership entitles the Ireland’s ever-changing artist to one 2-person show skies creates deep, magical and one group exhibition color in the rugged land- throughout the year in the gal- scape below. lery as well as general mem- The opening reception bership to the hob’art organi- Sony 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 will be held on Tuesday, De- zation. Membership fees are OSS LE Alpha E-mount lens in cember 3rd from 6 to 8 p.m. All $315. per year. original box with all caps, etc. PWCC members, family, and The gallery is located in the Condition: like new, used only guests are welcome to attend. Monroe Art Center at 720 twice. Monroe Street in Hoboken, Paid $2300 for both in Hay Fields New Jersey. For more info, go August 2012. Now selling new ©2013 Sarah Corbin to
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 21 FOTOfusion 2014 Learn Photoshop workflow with sharpening techniques and prepping files FOTOfusion is a photographic Want to learn Photoshop? I for output—inkjet printing, lab, experience you should not mean, really learn it? Then this press or web. miss. Subtitled The 19th Annual class is for you. The class is You’ll learn layer techniques International Festival of Photog- taught by Maria Ferrari, a for dodging and burning, photo raphy and Digital Imaging: commercial still life photogra- filters, embedding your copy- Where Creativity and Technology pher in New York City for over right into the file metadata, and Fuse, it consists of an assort- 25 years. Maria’s energy and we’ll cover automated features ment of activities including: enthusiasm is complemented in Photoshop. You’ll have a • portfolio reviews by experts by her ability to patiently new-found confidence while • field trips communicate and simplify the working in the program. • seminars complex. She has been teach- The class will be offered in ExHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. • panel discussions ing Photoshop for the last 10 January, 2014, on four consecu- • hands-on computer labs years and the response to her tive Wednesdays (8, 15, 22, 29) • multimedia presentations workshops and seminars has from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The class is • photography exhibitions been overwhelmingly positive. held at Maria’s studio in the • book signings Throughout the four weeks Flatiron Section at 150 West • gallery walks of the class you will learn how 25th Street, in suite #605. • fuse & schmooze parties to create a master file which The cost of the class is $450 • technology center will be flexible and efficient, but Maria is offering a discount All this takes place in preserving the original integ- to PWCC members. (When I southern Florida—in West rity of the image. There are took the class, eight of the ten Palm Beach and its surround- handouts for each lesson. students were members. It was ing areas. The dates are Janu- In Class #1 you will learn absolutely the best Photoshop ary 14 through 18, 2014. The about color management, class I have ever taken!) indoor sessions take place at workspaces, navigation, key- For more information and to the Palm Beach Photographic board shortcuts, color correc- register, go to this website Centre. You can check out the tion, levels, and the difference
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 22 Schedule of Activities
The Park West Camera Club * Monday, November 11 Tuesday, November 12 meets every Monday night Portfolio Review Night Photo Event— (with some exceptions for Four Club members will be Tuesday Evening Hour holidays and a curtailed sum- presenting a concise portfolio Tonight’s digital presentation mer schedule). Please join us at of their work for an in-depth is Tura Pura Vida—Costa Rica by a meeting or on one of our review and critique. Each will Pat Ritter—president of The other scheduled activities. present up to 12 images on the Camera Club of Manhattan All Club Monday night same subject or theme. Our and former PWCC member.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES meetings take place at the Soho critic for this evening’s review The show begins at 6:30 p.m. Photo Gallery located at 15 will be Sandra Carrion. Sandra and is held at St. Margaret’s White Street, between West has been recognized for her House, 49 Fulton Street (near Broadway and Church Street/ innovation and artistry. Using South Street Seaport). The clos- Avenue of the Americas (6th techniques both traditional and est subway is the #2 or #3 train Avenue) unless indicated oth- contemporary, Sandra meticu- at the Fulton Street station, but erwise in the listings below. lously strives to reinvent her others are nearby. A $2.00 do- Following the schedule of ac- approach, discovering under- nation is requested. tivities are detailed directions lying worlds hidden in what to each of our meeting sites. we walk past everyday. She * Thursday, November 14 Check the PWCC Website served as director of Soho Field Trip—Prospect Park
from the In Project 60-acre Lake and Brooklyn’s © Sandra Carrion only forest. The nation’s first urban Audubon Center and the Prospect Park Zoo are just
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 23 a few of the cultural attractions phers, students ages 8 to 80 still life photographer who has that make their home here at learn to express themselves chosen to take his experience the Park. The Trip will concen- visually, verbally, and emo- outside to photograph the trate on exploring the Park wa- tionally. Through free pro- natural world. While it’s been ters. Hopefully we'll have grams, exhibits, and publica- an adjustment not having con- some Fall colors, too. We’ll tions, students connect with trol of the lighting as you do in meet at the Greenwood Ave- their communities through a studio, it has opened his eyes nue entrance at Prospect Park their talents rather than their to the different techniques Southwest. To get there, take disabilities.” To learn more go needed to produce exciting the F train southbound and get to
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES way station. Then, walk east to yet been announced. greater appreciation of our en- the Park entrance. We will vironment and what’s needed meet at 11 a.m. For those who Tuesday, November 19 to protect, preserve, enjoy, and want to travel as a group to Photo Event— of course take pictures in it. To Brooklyn, Susan Sigrist will Tuesday Evening Hour see more of Larry’s work, go to meet with you at the West 4th Tonight’s digital presentation
Guest Speaker—Maureen Dexter Charles © the north side of West 65th McNeill Street, between Broadway and Tonight’s guest photographer Amsterdam Avenue, closer to is Maureen McNeill. Maureen photographer, hiker, and Amsterdam. From the street is the executive director of the chairman of the Sierra Club level, take the stairs, elevator, Josephine Herrick Project, for- Photo Committee. See the list- or escalator up one level and merly Rehabilitation Through ing under November 12th for Photography. “The Josephine more info. Herrick Project puts cameras in the hands of children and Wednesday, November 20 adults who don’t have a voice Photo Event—Sierra Photo in society. By partnering with The New York City Sierra social service agencies, hospi- Club’s Photography Commit- tals, schools, like-minded non- tee is holding its meeting this profits and the generous sup- evening. The guest photogra- Glen Leigh Cascades port of the photography indus- pher for tonight is Larry Zink. © Larry Zink try and professional photogra- Larry is a 25 year professional
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 24 proceed through the revolving Tuesday, November 26 train, or take the #1 train to doors into the lobby to get the Photo Event— 79th Street and walk to the elevator up to the 6th floor. Tuesday Evening Hour Museum. On both 77th Street Tonight’s digital presentation and 81st Street, from Central * Saturday, November 23 is Underwater in the Philippines Park West to Columbus Ave- Field Trip—Chelsea Galleries by Idell Conaway—specialist nue, all of the balloons in Ma- We’re heading to the Chelsea in underwater photography. cy*s annual Thanksgiving Day area of Manhattan to see See the listing under Novem- parade will be in the process of what’s new and exciting in the ber 12th for more info. inflation. Starting in the mid- photography world. We will afternoon, and going on all meet at 1 p.m. on the north- night, you will find plenty to SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES west corner of Eighth Avenue photograph. Be sure to bring a and West 23rd Street, right in zoom lens and a flash attach- front of Dallas BBQ restaurant. ment to get the best opportuni- Register for this trip via e-mail ties. There are plenty of places to
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 25 Friday and later on Saturday with the competition nights. As in previous years, promptly at 7 p.m. on Sunday evening, a special PDI entries must be celebration will include live submitted by mid- music, singing and dancing, night one week prior “Hanukkah Gelt” for the to today—October children and hot “latkes” (po- 28th. Just a reminder, tato pancakes) for everyone. you may enter up to four images in to- in one ring under the Big Top, Thursday, November 28 night’s competition, but no where no seat is more than 50 Photo Op— more than two in any one cate- feet from ringside! Watch SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Thanksgiving Day Parade gory. Tonight’s judge is Joel rowdy pups perform amazing Morgovsky. Joel is a professor Before you settle down for a tricks, double trapeze artists of psychology at Brookdale Thanksgiving feast, come in soaring high above, a bashful Community College in Lin- person to shoot the 86th an- clown, an irrepressible flim- croft, New Jersey. One of the nual Macy*s Thanksgiving Day flam man, and a juggler ex- courses he teaches is called Parade as it marches from the traordinaire, teeter-board acro- Reading Pictures. It is a Museum of Natural History bats flying through the air, a framework for organizing down Central Park West and cavalcade of magnificent what we know about how per- then 6th Avenue to Herald steeds, and a couple of amaz- sonal information enters pho- Square. The parade will feature ing wire walkers suspended in tographs and a guide for how performances by the Rockettes, mid-air. The show runs two to systematically extract that Broadway stars, and high hours, including one inter- information. Joel is also a school marching bands, as well mission.Visit the website member of Soho Photo Gallery as dozens of colorful floats and
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 26 Tuesday, December 3 and a half north of Houston Photo Event— Street. The nearest subway Soho Photo Opening stop is the Houston Street sta- Soho Photo Gallery’s Decem- tion on the #1 train. ber exhibit will be opening to- night. Connections to the past, Wednesday, December 4 the nature of light both visible Photo Event— and invisible and the act of see- PWP Monthly Meeting ing itself—or preparing to Wednesday, December 4 Professional Women Photog- see—are the subjects under Photo Op—Tree Lighting raphers is a group of women consideration in December The Rockefeller Center Christ- photographers who network SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES through the photographs of mas Tree is a world-wide sym- and share their images and ex- seven artists at Soho Photo bol of the holidays in New periences. The program for to- Gallery. Images range in tech- York City. Once the tree arrives night’s meeting has not yet nique and process, including and is hoisted into position in been announced. Go to the 19th century impression- front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, it
PWCC member and former Wednesday, December 4 * Monday, December 9 Competition Committee chair, Photo Event— Guest Speaker— Sarah Corbin. Sarah’s show is Audubon Photo Club Randy Duchaine entitled The Unseen Light of Ire- The NYC Audubon Photo Club Tonight’s guest photographer land and features the mystical meets tonight. These meetings is Randy Duchaine. Randy is a quality of infrared photogra- are for all photographers. The Brooklyn commercial photog- phy on the barren landscape of cost is $7 per meeting, or $45 rapher who also served as Ireland’s County Mayo The for the year/$35 for Audubon president of PAI (Photographic reception will be held tonight, members. Please pre-register at Arts and Imaging). Randy’s from 6 to 8 p.m. and will run
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 27 * Wednesday, December 11 Wednesday, December 18 Projected Image Workshop Photo Event—Sierra Photo All Club members are in- The New York City Sierra vited to bring a dozen or Club’s Photography Commit- so PDI images (on a flash tee is holding its holiday party drive) for an honest, but and meeting this evening. For gentle, critique of your tonight, members and guests may bring up to eight images Lance Pinn, Brooklyn Boulders work. These may be fin- to share with the group. Im- © Randy Duchaine ished images, works in pro- gress, shots you’re thinking of ages may be either film slides
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES or projected digital images tomers’ lives. It might be the entering into competitions, (sized and labeled properly). story of a family’s pride in whatever. We start at 7 p.m. Images must be of natural sub- their products or services The doors open at 6:30 p.m. so jects and may be of landscapes, through a business that has you may enter your images. wildlife, etc. See the listing un- been handed down for (Please don’t arrive any ear- der November 20th for addi- generations. His visual stories lier.) All this will take place at tional information. have raised desperately the home of Chuck and Helen needed funds, motivated peo- Pine. See page 29 for the ad- * Monday, December 23 ple to take action, encouraged dress and directions. No Meeting—Winter Holiday people, provided a behind-the- scenes glimpse into how things * Monday, December 16 Have a happy, merry, and safe happen—and even turned pre- PWCC Holiday Party holiday season! Don’t forget to conceived notions inside out. Time to check your calendar hang up your stocking for To see more of learn more and make your plans to attend Santa. about Randy and to see his im- Park West’s annual holiday ages image visit his website party. Come celebrate Christ- * Monday, December 30
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 28 In addition to the trees, the Quick Change lights, and all the usual photo subjects, and maybe some Did you ever want to buy a snow, tonight there are both a new camera, not just an up- midnight run and midnight grade from one model to an- fireworks. Be sure to dress for other, but switch brands alto- the weather: the cold and the gether? What was the one (possible) snow. Don’t forget to thing that kept you from doing keep your equipment warm so? Was it that huge invest- and dry, too. And don’t forget ment in all those lenses you’ve the ball dropping in Times
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES amassed over the years? Square, and… Well, you can’t use that as an excuse any more. Sigma has Happy New Year! and announced a new concept in lens buying which they’re Directions to Soho Photo Directions to the Pine’s calling the Lens Mount Con- at 15 White Street, between at 680 West End Avenue at 93rd version Service. Avenue of the Americas/Sixth Street, Apartment 5D: Take the This is sort of like the T- Avenue and West Broadway. Take #1, 2, or 3, trains to 96th Street mount lenses of years ago. You the #1 train to the Franklin Street (exit at the south end of the sta- bought a lens and then an station (one stop below Canal tion) or the M7, M11, or M104 adapter ring to attach it to your Street). Walk one block north on bus to 93rd/94th Streets. From the camera’s mount. Change your West Broadway to White Street, train or bus, walk the few steps to camera brand? Simply buy an- make a right turn, and walk half a 93rd Street, make a right turn and other adapter and your set to block to the gallery. Take the A, C, head west to the apartment en- go. (T-mounts became out- or E train to the Canal Street sta- trance on the corner of West End moded when electronics were tion. Walk south on Sixth Ave- Avenue and West 93rd Street. introduced into cameras and nue/ Church Street 3 blocks to lenses and adapters couldn’t White Street, make a right turn, keep up with all the differing and walk half a block to the gal- contacts.) lery. Although a little bit longer With Sigma’s new service, walk, take any other train to Ca- you buy a qualifying lens. nal Street, walk west to Church Then, if and when you decide Street, and follow the directions to switch to another camera immediately above. Evening park- maker’s system, Sigma will re- ing is limited, but available. place your Nikon mount, say, with a Canon or Sony or Pen- tax—your choice. Prices range from $80. to $250. depending on the lens. Expensive? Yes, but in the long run…how much can you save?
November 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 29 Park West Camera Club 680 West End Avenue, #5D • NYC 10025 www.parkwestcameraclub.org [email protected]
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