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

“ON SET,” featuring the film stills of photographer Ernst Haas will be available for purchase on Amazon.com starting March 30, 2013.

This volume considers the film-stills of Ernst Haas, one of the most accomplished photographers of the twentieth century, transgressing the borders between static photography and the moving image. Haas worked with a variety of directors – from Vittorio de Sica to John Huston, Gene Kelly and many others.

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