Street Photography: More Than Just a Snapshot

Thursday, January 16, 2014 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Speakers: Len Speier

Event Type: Photography

Skill Level: Basic, Intermediate

Location: B&H Event Space, 420 Ninth Avenue

Online registration for this event has been closed.

You can still get on the waitlist.
Please arrive 15-30 minutes early.

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To be successful at street photography is not merely to point and shoot. Experienced photographer and educator Len Speier will offer you his insights and tips to help you master the art of street photography. Len will provide practical tips; from the right garb to wear to the equipment he suggests to best enhance your images. Most importantly, Len will discuss the necessity of having a point of view when shooting street photography. Len’s presentation will also cover the legal issues involved in street photography, which will enable you to successfully shoot and share your images.

From the fine art of photographing the Big Apple, day or night, and in fair weather or foul, Len will provide the insights needed to capture the essence of the city surrounding you. Whether you’re shooting the cities of Europe, the jungles of Surinam, or the by-roads of China, Len will offer you his knowledge, wit, and good humor that you can take to the street. His engaging photos will give you the inspiration and motivation to go forth and create.

Len Speier
As native New Yorker, Len Speier was taken with photography from the time his late uncle Sam gave him a primitive film developing kit on his 13th birthday. Despite college, a stint with the First Cavalry Division on Occupation Duty in Japan at the end of WWII, followed by NYU Law School and a private practice, Len, somehow, returned to his first love, the photo arts, and has been completely engaged for over forty years.

Combining law with photography when he taught at the New School led Len to develop a course entitled: “What Every Photographer Should Know about the Law”. He also taught at FIT for over 16 years retiring as Associate Professor in 2006. Len has also done extensive lecturing on copyright, photography, and related topics at photo organizations, colleges, camera clubs and at the NYS Art Teachers’ Association.

His work is in the Permanent Collection of the International Center of Photography (ICP), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Museum of the City of New York, Photo Archive of the New York Public Library, and numerous professional and private collections. Len was also a mentor for ten years for the NAACP program entitled, “ACT-SO”.

http://lenspeier.com

Nelson Mandela was freed from prison on 11 February 1990. Five weeks later, on 19 March 1990, on his first trip out of South Africa, he came to Stockholm to visit Oliver Tambo who was recovering from surgery. I too, was there to see Oliver Tambo before continuing on to Windhoek, Namibia to witness the birth of a new African nation. Like many who supported the cause of African Liberation from colonial occupation, I had always been moved by Mandel’s statement from his treason trial, “ Democracy is an ideal I wish to live for, but if need be, it is an ideal I’m prepared to die for.” Twenty-three years later, the great tree has fallen, and the Earth shook. Mandela was a tree of great character and beauty. He cast a wide shadow and gave shelter to so many under his branches. May his example become the guiding star that shines forever in the hearts of all future generations who cherish justice and freedom.
Chester Higgins
www.chesterhiggins.com

We have redesigned our calendar for 2014 and it is gorgeous!

Measuring 12″ x 14″, it is over 50% larger than last year’s
calendar and printed on premium stock. In place of shrink
wrap, each calendar is enclosed in a perfectly-sized crystal
clear poly bag. The 2014 calendar showcases 10 new black
& white images and 2 Color Light Abstractions, along with
an updated introduction by Wynn’s daughter Barbara.

Each fine art calendar is priced at $20 plus shipping and handling.

Click here for more details and to place your order.

http://www.wynnbullockphotography.com

The photo book is entitled Atlanta – America the Beautiful. It contains 95 photos on 97 pages. It is my fourth published book on Atlanta. A Barnes & Noble manager stated “I recommend this book because it is the best pictorial book we have of Atlanta on hand.”

The new book, capturing Atlanta’s remarkable beauty with its images and historical sweep, is even more remarkable as a publishing phenomenon. While the usual lead time for a picture book is six to nine months, Atlanta – America the Beautiful, moved from concept to delivery of images in sixty days, a publishing record. An advantage I had for this project was the large number of updated Atlanta photographs in my image archives. Getting the assignment in December, with a February deadline did not allow for much exterior coverage. A majority of the images came from my image collection which allowed me to concentrate on the attractions that opened this past year.

The book is available on line at http://amzn.to/19HwkPK

http://www.ronsherman.com

After a one year residency, the Brooklyn Navy Yard has chosen 70 of Jackie Weisberg’s photographs for their archives.
http://jackieweisberg.com/portfolio/19/brooklyn-navy-yard

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Fred Stein (1909-1967) was a master of street photography. As an early pioneer of the hand-held camera, he captured poignant moments in the street life of two of the world’s great cities: Paris and New York, where he lived after fleeing from Nazi Germany.
This same immediacy infuses his portraits of the great personalities of the era, among them Albert Einstein, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Marc Chagall. Stein’s images are a vital document of the twentieth century and an important part of photo history. He left behind an existensive oeuvre which this publication presents comprehensively for the first time.
www.fredstein.com
Available from Amazon in July 2014

GEORGE TICE: SEEING BEYOND THE MOMENT documentary film premieres at the Newark Museum on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 2:00pm.

www.newarkmuseum.org

August 2013
Larry Racioppo’s great photos of basketball hoops that were originally featured in The New York Times LENS last November, can now be seen on THE PHOTO BRIDGE, below the Manhattan Bridge.

Hi,
I’m thrilled that we are finally launching our new APAG website! It has taken a long time, but the time is now! It is still a work in progress, but I hope you find it educational and interesting if you are handling an archive, or have an interest in photography. We began with 5 original charter members over dinner, and now we have over 130 people in the group, have meetings at the school at ICP. We are celebrating our 10th Anniversary this year, and hope to have an event in the Fall! Please email me with any questions.
Best,
Mary

Moving Walls is an online photographic exhibition sponsored by the Open Society Foundation.

BEYOND GRAND STREET, Brooklyn, New York
In late 1994, I began photographing teenagers from the Puerto Rican and Dominican communities of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section. Williamsburg is mostly known for its waterfront area and is often referred to as the “new East Village.” Only a few blocks away, beyond Grand Street, is another world where youth face the challenge of growing up without the benefit of the area’s progressive gentrification.
See website to read more, and to see the photos.
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/moving-walls