USC Micro-Seminar: How User-Generated Photography Can Change the World
July 23, 2010
IPE Co-founder Jim Hubbard and Andrew Lakoff will present their micro-seminar, How User-Generated Photography Can Change the World, through USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism on August 19-20 (times TBA). This seminar will explore how cameras are being used in Los Angeles and around the world as well as discuss relevant issues in the participant photography field. Visit the USC micro-seminar 2010 page for more information.
Through the Eyes of Haitian Children – Gallery Talk and Exhibition Opening
July 23, 2010
Fedno Lubin/Zanmi Lakay | Pinchinat Tent Encampment at the soccer field in Jacmel, Haiti, in February 2010
Through the Eyes of Haitian Children will showcase photographs of Haitian life taken before and after the devastating earthquake by youth participants in the Haiti-based project Zanmi Lakay (Haitian Creole for Friend’s Home). The project has been working with street children in Haiti for over 13 years, and was recently featured on “Lens,” the photo blog of the New York Times. The Price of Sugar, a film screening about Haitians working in slave-like conditions in the Dominican sugar industry, will augment the exhibition. Open to the public and free-of-charge. For more info, click here
2010 International Visual Sociology Association Conference
July 16, 2010
The 2010 International Visual Sociology Association conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on state of the art in research in these four areas of visual sociology: theory of the image, methodology, fieldwork, and publication of results.
The conference will take place July 20-22, 2010 Bologna Italy. For more information, go to the IVSA website
Video Contest: If I Had a Trillion Dollars
July 9, 2010
The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project are sponsoring a short video contest to encourage youth’s involvement in the cost of war discussion. As war spending approaches the $1 trillion mark, the contest invites young people between the ages of 13 and 23 to consider what they would do with the money.
Videos must be submitted by November 20, 2010. First prize is $500 and a trip for two to Washington, D.C. Second and third-place winners will receive Flip video cameras.
For more guidelines and additional information, click here.
