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Cat Russell at J&R Music World
Cat Russell will be performing and signing autographs at J&R Music World as part of our next FREE live WBGO Radio Remote on Saturday, March 8th at 4:00 pm.She will be here in support of her new release "Sentimental Streak" ....The WBGO remote begins at 2:00pm.

NYPPA judging
NYPPA judging on Saturday, March 8 – all day - at College of Technology, Adams Street to Tillary Street. All photographers are welcome.  We will be in the Atrium Auditorium. Volunteers needed. Inquire at office@nyppa.org or call 646-872-5374

NYC Exhibit - Battlespace - Unrealities of War
The exhibit at the Gallery FCB at 16 West 23rd Street in Manhattan will include photographs from Iraq and Afghanistan by photographers Alvaro Ybarra Zavala, Andrew Cutraro, Ashley Gilbertson, Balazs Gardi, Ben Lowy, Christoph Bangert, Eros Hoagland, Ghaith Abdul Ahad, Guy Calaf, Jason Howe, Jehad Nga, Lucia n Read, Luke Wolagiewicz, Mike Kamber, Moises Saman, Peter van Agtmael, Rita Leistner, Stefan Zaklin, Stephanie Sinclair, Teru Kuwayama, Yuri Kozyrev, Zalmai.

The opening reception will be on Feb. 28, 6-8 p.m.  Some or all of the photographers exhibited will be on hand.  The exhibit will last from Feb 28—April 30 For more information,
click here on Gallery FCB 16.W 23rd Street NYC.
April
Presentation by Getty’s Spencer Platt draws a full house to the Half King
 Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hosted the exhibition of recent photographs by Spencer Platt, winner of "Photo of the Year" 2006 from World Press Photo,
as part of The Half King Photography Series. The exhibition is composed of images taken by Platt during a visit to the Central African Republic, where he documented the impact of the country's ongoing conflict and MSF's response to the crisis.

The photos are still on display at the Half King at 505 West 23rd Street if you go to visit for a beer and some great photographs of his travels in Central African Republic. A presentation was made by Spencer Platt and Johanne Sekkenes, RN, Director of Operational Support for MSF-USA. 

The line to get in was 10 deep. Some of those that attended included Magazine Photographer of the Year Moises Saman, Reuters shooters Mike Segar and Shannon Stapleton, NY Times photographer Tyler Hicks, Getty’s great shooter Mario Tama and many more. The show will be up till the end of the month.

Dan Habib to present new documentary film in six Region 2 screenings
 Photojournalist Dan Habib will be presenting his new documentary film Including Samuel multiple times in NY over the next two months. Habib will hold a Q&A after each screening.
See www.includingsamuel.com/screenings for complete information:

April 21 - University of Rochester , Dryden Theatre, George Eastman House, 7:00PM

April 22 - Syracuse University  Syracuse, NY 12:00 and 4:15PM

April 23 - SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY  1:30 PM  April 23  Canisius College, Buffalo, NY 7:00PM

May 9 - Sprout Film Festival, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC  2:00PM

May 21 - The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, NYC, 5:30 and 8:00PM
May
J&R events for May
Keith Sweat will be signing autographs on Saturday May 17th at 12:30. He will be in support of his new CD "Just me".
Deadline for Entries in the 2008 IAFF Media Awards Contest
 The International Association of Firefighters is now accepting entries in the 2008 Media Awards Contest, conducted annually to honor communications,
reporting and photography that best portray the professional and dangerous work of fire fighters
and emergency medical personnel in the United States and Canada. If you have some great fire pix, enter now. Deadline for entries is May 1, 2008. Entries must have been published or
broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2007. Click here for complete rules and entry form. For additional information, contact the IAFF Communications and Media Department at (202) 824-1588 or email mediaawards@iaff.org.

Adorama and Nikon sponsor:
The Light and Location with photographer Joe McNally
 mcnally_imageAdorama and Nikon are sponsoring an evening with photographer Joe McNally on Thursday, May 8, 2008 6:30PM - 9:00PM at Adorama’s retail store at 42 West 18th Street. Price is only $25.00.

Registration deadline for this Workshop is May 1, 2008. Each attendee will receive a $25.00 coupon at the event in exchange for a copy of their registration receipt. The coupon will be valid for 30 days towards the purchase of any merchandise when presented at either Adorama’s retail
store at 42 West 18th Street, New York,
or for an online purchase at www.adorama.com

 From his days in New York as a B&W news photographer to the present as a globetrotting
magazine photographer, the one consistent element of Joe McNally’s career has been the creative
use of light to tell stories about people and places. Always the generalist, Joe has tackled subjects
as diverse as John Glenn’s return to space and the 100th Anniversary of Flight for the National
Geographic, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steve Martin for LIFE, as well as Papal visits, elections, and
Olympics for Sports Illustrated, Time and Newsweek. His 1996 project for LIFE, “Naked Power,
Amazing Grace”, a series of nudes of members of the United States Olympic team, prompted the
magazine to produce 4 separate covers in one month, a first in the magazine’s storied history.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy, McNally applied his storytelling abilities and technical
expertise to the world’s only giant Polaroid camera, producing a remarkable document portraying
the heroes of that day in life size, 4’x9’ Polaroid prints. The resulting exhibit opened in NY’s
Grand Central Station and made a tour of 6 cities, returning to NY and staging at Rockefeller Center
for the first anniversary of 9/11.

 The diversity and arc of McNally’s career is currently represented in the best selling book,
The Moment It Clicks, a book described as having one foot in the classroom and one foot on the
coffee table. In his talk Joe will discuss his career and the book, lessons learned, personalities
encountered, problems solved, good days and bad days in the field, and the well traveled life of a photojournalist. He will talk about light as the language of photography, and how to speak with it,
recognize it, and manage it effectively, as well as show pictures from stories shot with a variety
of Nikon cameras and lenses over his shoulder to images resulting from larger productions involving
large crews and several days of lighting and staging. Joe is very honored to have been chosen to
be one of the lead photographers to work and create images with Nikon’s new D3 camera system.
Widely renowned for his insights and sense of humor, Joe will offer tips, advice and anecdotes
gained from riding backseat with the Blue Angels to lighting Ellis Island for the National Geographic
to dangling a movie star on a wire from a helicopter hovering 500’ above the Hollywood sign.

Don’t miss this exciting event with Joe McNally, please register early, seating is limited.

 mcnally_hsJoe McNally  is an internationally acclaimed American photographer and long-time photojournalist. From 1994 until 1998, he was LIFE magazine's staff photographer, the first one in 23 years.

 His most well known series is the "Faces of Ground Zero — Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th", a collection of 246 giant Polaroid portraits shot in the Moby c Studio near Ground Zero in a three-week period shortly after 9/11. A large group of these historic,
compelling life-size (9' x 4') photos were exhibited in seven cities in 2002, seen by almost a million people. The sale of 55,000 copies of the exhibit book, printed by LIFE, raised over $2 million for the 9/11-relief effort. This collection is considered by many museum and art professionals to be the most significant artistic endeavor to evolve to date from the 9/11 tragedy.

To see more of Joe’s work, please go to: www.joemcnally.com
For more information, http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_JoeMcNally_050808

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Registration for the Convergence 08 and Multimedia Immersion will open after 11am
on Monday March 31.

Please visit, http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/workshops_
and_seminars/convergence/2008/
at that time to register and for more event information.

The National Press Photographers Association’s Annual Meeting & Multimedia Immersion at the Downtown Marriott | Louisville, KY | May 27–31, 2008 Registration Opens Monday, March 31st  With a major airport just 10 minutes from the hotel and accessible in less than a half day’s drive for one half of the US population, Louisville is the perfect location for NPPA’s biggest educational event in years.

MULTIMEDIA IMMERSION May 27–30

Train with the best in audio, video, editing and web presentation by taking part in this intense, four-day workshop that puts the equipment in your hands. The NPPA, with generous support from Apple/Aperture and Canon Video, will provide the cameras, computers and editing software. Space will be limited to the first 50 applicants (the NPPA is trying to make more space available so if it is full please indicate that you would like to be put on our waiting list and we will contact you as soon as space becomes available).

NPPA Multimedia Immersion Costs (Includes 4 days of training, use of camera, computer and software and attendance to the Convergence seminars on Saturday, May 31st)
NPPA Member - $895 Non-member - $1150

(NPPA Professional Membership is $110 for one year and student membership is $65 for one year. Please visit http://www.nppa.org/about_us/why_join/ for benefits and application)

CONVERGENCE 08 SEMINARS May 30–31

NPPA will put you in front of the leaders in visual journalism. New this year: we have scheduled topics so attendees can learn from the best in still, video and multimedia; no more separate tracks. CONVERGENCE 08 will also feature shootouts, portfolio reviews, networking, and an exhibit hall and product demonstrations.

CONVERGENCE 08 Costs (includes two days of seminars and access to exhibit hall, product demos, portfolio reviews and shootout)

NPPA Member - $195

NPPA Student Member - $115

Non-member - $350

Non-member student - $200

NPPA Professional Membership is $110 for one year and student membership is $65 for one year.
Please visit: http://www.nppa.org/about_us/why_join/ for benefits and application.

 The 2008 NPPA Annual Awards Banquet - May 31
(evening affair, seated dinner and drinks, business casual)

Come join the NPPA as we celebrate the very best in visual journalism. We will be honoring
our winners in the 2008 Best of Photojournalism Contest as well as announcing the 2008
Sprague Award winner, Joseph Costa Award winner, and several other awards of distinction
that the NPPA presents annually. Banquet Cost - $65
June
I am riding to help fight Cancer
 Dear Friends and Family, This year's Ride will be in less than 70 days. Once again Mickey Osterreicher is riding to raise money in the fight against cancer. Osterreicher is the attorney for the NPPA and a friend to all photographers.

He will be riding in the 12.5 mile Peleton from Roswell to Baird Point and then hopes to do another 30-40 miles after that. Because of your generosity, last year he ranked 20th in fundraising out of more than 4,000 participants, bringing in a little over $5,000.00. He hopes that you will open your hearts and wallets for this cause. 

This year he is riding in honor of Linda Gordon, who herself raised over $13,000 in 2000 for the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure and has been battling cancer for the past few years. Osterreicher’s father survived the forced labor camps of the Holocaust, only to succumb to malignant melanoma in 1980 at the age of 65. It is in honor of them and all of the people who will be diagnosed with cancer that he hopes to raise money for this worthy cause. Perhaps you know someone else with cancer - a friend, a family member, a colleague, an employee. Cancer affects everyone - rich and poor, young and old. It is the leading cause of death from disease in America. Now, as always, Roswell Park Cancer Institute needs our commitment in order to expand its leadership efforts. Last year my son Ian surprised me by flying in to ride with me as a belated Father’s Day present, this year he will be away at flight school as a newly commissioned 2nd Lt. in the USAF but I know that his love and support will be with me as will that of my daughter, Elena, who is working for Chevron as a chemical engineer in Kazakhstan. It is faster and easier than ever to support this great cause - you can make your donation online by simply clicking on the link at the bottom of this message. If you would prefer, you can also send your tax-deductible contribution to the address listed below. Whatever you can give will help -- it all adds up! Thank you in advance for your support!

Mickey will keep us posted on his progress! Sincerely, Mickey H. Osterreicher To send a donation: Make all checks payable to: (Please note Mickey Osterreicher in your check memo field) Ride for Roswell P.O. Box 644 Buffalo, NY 14240 Click here to visit my Web page Click here to make a donation If you wish to make a secure donation online by credit card, please make sure that you have your Card Security Code or CVN. To locate your Card Security Code, please click here.
August
The Women in Photojournalism Conference coming to New Orleans in 2008
Call it “The City of Mystery” or the “Paris of the South” New Orleans will be the site of the 2008 NPPA Women in Photojournalism Conference.  Everyone is familiar with the history of the city, now come and join us to see the new New Orleans August 8, 9, 10, 2008.

This city features cultural riches; sensual indulgences and unparalleled service that define the New Orleans experience continue to flourish, as they have for centuries. The most celebrated and
historic core of the city – including the Faubourg Marigny, French Quarter, Central Business District, Warehouse and Arts District, Magazine Street, Garden istrict, Audubon Park and Zoo and
St. Charles Avenue – is thriving.

With all of its facets, a New Orleans experience is never anything but completely authentic. The city’s marvelous eccentricities are born from a rich heritage, respectfully and indelibly woven into the fabric of everyday life here. New Orleans doesn’t act a part for its visitors; it simply welcomes everyone with open arms to a world all its own.

The majestic Astor Crowne Plaza will be our host hotel for this conference.  It is the gateway hotel
to New Orleans' most exciting destination - the world famous French Quarter. Located where Bourbon Street meets Canal Street, The Astor Crowne Plaza allows for quick access to both the excitement of Bourbon Street and nearby downtown attractions of Harrah's Casino, Aquarium Of
The Americas, Riverwalk Shopping Center, Morial Convention Center, N.O. Sports Arena and the Superdome. 

We have been able to get an outstanding rate of $129 per night for single and double occupancy.  These rates will be available three days before, and three days after the conference.  This hotel is truly a jewel of Bourbon Street! 

To book online, you only need a direct link to our reservation web site.
Cut and past this link to register:

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/advancedsearch?whichtype=room&roomResult
=none&firstpoint=dcb1&hotelCode=msyla&quickRes=city&_GPC=WIP&checkInDate=06&
checkOutMonthYear=072008&checkInMonthYear=072008&checkOutDate=11&_requestid=37788

This link will take you directly to  reservation desk.  You’re your reservations as soon as possible. The rate will be valid as long as we have rooms available,
up to and including August 11, 2008.

Volunteers Needed!
We are in the beginning stages of planning, and if you want to help us put this program together, please contact our national coordinators.  Our program relies on the generosity of our volunteers

Tahra Makinson-Sanders at Tmakinson@yahoo.com
Jennifer Friedberg at jfriedberg@star-telegram.com
or Pat Holloway at Tvphotog@aol.com

©2008 National Press Photographers Association - Region 2