JanuaryDECEMBER | Vol | 2018-2019: Vol 2016-2017: Issue Issue 5 04 Editor Erik Gehring - [email protected] Welcome to our NEW MEMBERS in December! We look forward to seeing you at upcoming meetings (if we haven’t already). Image © Erik Gehring. Table of Contents Welcome, Contents p. 1 January Program Info pp. 2-4 Upcoming Special Events for 2019 pp. 4-5 NECCC and PSA News pp. 5-6 Member News pp. 6-9 Classes and Exhibitions pp. 9-12 Competition Results pp. 12-21 Member Resources pp. 21-22 Advance Schedule In Brief for 2019 p. 22 January 2019: Program Calendar In Brief Jan. 01 No Meeting - Happy Holidays! Jan. 08 Latimer Print Competition with Rick Cloran Jan. 15 Special Program with Rania Matar (with Newton Camera Club) Jan. 19 Field Trip to Ansel Adams Exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts Jan. 22 Gallery Night Jan. 29 Education with Lee Varis - Portrait Retouching www.bostoncameraclub.org 1 January 2019 Programming No Meeting on Tuesday, January 1 - Happy Holidays! Latimer Print Competition - Tuesday, January 8 Submission deadline: Saturday, January 5, 11:30 pm Social time, setup & hang prints: 6:30 – 7:10 pm Voting: 7:10 – 7:30 pm Judge’s presentation and critique: 7:30 pm Categories: Open A; Open B; Abstract; Night Photography Prints must be in place not later than 7:10 pm. Members in good standing may enter up to three images total in any three categories, with no more than two images in any one category, in accordance with BCC Competi- tion Rules. Prints must be mounted and preferably matted. Maximum overall size for print and mount may not exceed 16”x20.” Prints must also be labeled on the back with name, title, and category. Competition Definitions: Abstract: An image with no immediate association with the object world. It warps our perception of the real world and familiar objects. It can focus in on a fragment of a scene or object, isolating it from its context and can feature color, texture, line, shape, geometry, symmetry, or reflection. For more info and examples, visit https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-abstract-photography-definition Night Photography: Night photography refers to photographs taken in the period of time between dusk and dawn when no sunlight is visible. Blue hour and sunset photos are not permitted, due to visible sunlight. Night photographers generally have a choice between using artificial light and using a long exposure, exposing the scene for seconds, minutes, or hours in order to give the film or digital sensor enough time to capture a usable image. Judge: Rick Cloran, FPSA, MNEC, MPSA Rick Cloran has lectured and judged photographic exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada. He is an internationally recognized exhibitor and has had his work accepted over 2500 times in international photographic salons and exhibitions. Rick has received numerous awards including twice receiving the prestigious Kodak Kinsley “Glass Eagle”. His publication credits include Nature Photographer magazine and the Journal of The Photographic Society of America. Rick has been a member of the Greater Lynn Photographic Association since 1975, and he was elected a life Vice President and member of the Board for his many years of service to GLPA. Rick is also affiliated with the Photographic Society of America (PSA), the New England Camera Club Council where he is a Vice President and the current Treasurer, the North American Nature Photogra- phers Association (NANPA), and the Massachusetts Camera Naturalists (CamNats) -- a by-invitation-only organization dedicated to the art and teaching of natural history photog- Images © Rick Cloran. raphy where he is a past Chairman. In recognition of extensive judging, lecturing, and administrative work in support of local, regional and nation- al photographic organizations, Rick has been awarded the designation of Fellow of the Photographic Society of America (FPSA), and Master Member of the New England Camera Club Council (MNEC). His photographic proficiency has earned him the distinction of Master (MPSA) from the Photographic Society of America. 2 Special Program with Newton Camera Club - Tuesday, January 15 From Personal to Universal - Photographs by Rania Matar Time: 7 - 9 pm, Newton Senior Center, 345 Walnut Street, Newton, MA As a Lebanese-born American woman and mother, Matar has dedicated her artistic prac- tice to exploring both sides of her cultural background, cross-cultural experience, and personal narrative, in addressing issues of personal and collective identity, through photo- graphing girls and women both in the United States where she lives and in the Middle East where she is from. Focusing on both cultures is especially important to her in the current political climate we live in, where the ‘them vs. us’ rhetoric is so prevalent. Throughout her work making intimate portraits of girls and women, she seeks to focus on our essence, our physicality and on the commonalities that make us human, ultimately highlighting how female subjectivity develops in parallel forms across cultural lines. In addition she will talk about her experiences living through wars and her immediate interaction with Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. “Leila and Souraya, Jounieh, Lebanon“ © 2015 Rania Matar. Rania Matar was born and raised in Lebanon and moved to the U.S. in 1984. As a Lebanese-born American woman and mother, her cross-cultural experience and personal narrative inform her photography. Matar’s work has been widely published and exhibited in museums worldwide, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Carnegie Museum of Art and more. It is part of the permanent collections of several museums, institutions and private collections. A mid-career retrospective of her work is currently on view at the Cleve- land Museum of Art, in a solo exhibition, originally organized by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: In Her Image: Photographs by Rania Matar. She has received several grants and awards including a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, 2017 Mellon Foundation artist-in- residency grant at the Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2011 Legacy Award at the Griffin Museum of Photography, 2011 and 2007 Massachusetts Cultural Council artist fellowships. In 2008 she was a finalist for the Foster Award at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, with an accompanying solo “Nour, Beirut, Lebanon“ © 2017 Rania Matar. exhibition. Her work is in the permanent collections of several museums, institutions and private collections worldwide. Matar has published three books: L’Enfant-Femme, 2016; A Girl and Her Room, 2012; Ordinary Lives, 2009. She is currently associate professor of photography at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Visit Rania online at http://www.raniamatar.com . Field Trip to Ansel Adams Exhibition at MFA - Saturday, January 19 Time: 1 pm at the Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston; led by David Long. The exhibition looks both backward and forward in time: his black-and-white photographs are displayed alongside prints by several of the 19th-century government survey photographers who greatly influenced Adams, as well as work by contemporary artists whose modern-day concerns centered on the environment, land rights, and the use and misuse of natural resources point directly to Adams’ legacy. https://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/ansel- adams-in-our-time. To sign up for field trips you must join our Meetup Group at: http://www.meetup.com/BCCevents/. There is no extra fee for BCC members! 3 Gallery Night - Tuesday, January 22 Time: 7 - 930 pm, Dining Room at All Saints Parish Submission deadline: Saturday, January 19, 11:30 pm Gallery Night is your opportunity to have a photographic exhibit or show a portfolio of 10 of your images. You choose the exhibit’s theme/idea/concept/style/voice. On the event night, your photographs will be projected on the screen, with one print displayed on the wall. Here are the event requirements: - Select and upload your exhibit’s 10 images to the BCC web site. Go to Competitions/Submit Images to a Competition/Gallery Night. You must upload in a sequence! Download the file here to learn how to do it https://www.bostoncameraclub.org/Downloads/89ccc306-ca4d-4a3d-bb29-c91bdf2d2fc5 - Print ONE of the 10 images (any size up to 16” x 20”) and mat it or mount on some hard backing so they can be hung on the wall similar to Latimer Print competition nights — no framed pictures allowed. - Create a Bio or Artist’s statement -- limit to one page; print it out. - Devise an Exhibition Title (should be on the Artist Statement or Bio) What will happen on Gallery Night? If you’re an exhibitor, you’ll hang your ONE printed picture along with your printed Bio and/or Artist Statement on the wall. Once all the prints are displayed, members will have time to view the prints and read the artist statements/bios. Then the lights will dim and the exhibition will begin with every participant’s images pro- jected on the big screen. Each exhibitor will have an optional opportunity to talk about their image collection as their images are projected. There will be no judging at the event; the print quality will not be evaluated. This event is an opportunity to share your photos with one another. It’s a great way to get to know other members. What is an Artist Statement? An artist state- ment should briefly describe how the artist works, and what their work means. We request it to be within one page but it can be as short as a couple of sentences. An example of artistic statement guidelines can be found at https://www.gyst-ink.com/artist-statement-guidelines/, but these guidelines are not definitive or obligatory. Images © Anna Golitsyna.