Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUG: Some of you might be interested in this: > >Following on the heels of its successful West Coast VII seminar at > >the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, the VII Photo Agency > >is pleased to announce that the next New York VII Seminar 2006 will > >take place at the Parsons School of Design on Sunday, September > >17th, 2006. > > > >This unique one-day seminar will feature a photographic presentation > >by Eugene Richards, who joined VII in April 2006. Other > >photographic presentations will be given by Lauren Greenfield, > >Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey and John Stanmeyer. Rounding out > >the day will be four panel discussions on THE WAR: 9/11 through to > >Iraq, THE WAY FORWARD: VII and the Role of Photojournalism in > >documenting the social issues of our time, CONGO: The Forgotten War > >and 24/7: The Rise of Arab Media. These panels will include all ten > >of the VII photographers, plus Simon Barnett of Newsweek, Scott > >Thode of Fortune Magazine, Kathy Ryan of New York Times Magazine, > >senior representatives from Time Magazine, Al Jazeera, Medecins Sans > >Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) and many others. The seminar > >will also include portfolio reviews and multimedia screenings. > > > >The New York VII Seminar 2006 coincides with the fifth anniversary > >of the VII Photo Agency which was founded on September 9th, 2001, > >and the opening reception of Christopher Morris' new exhibition "My > >America" at the Hasted Hunt Gallery in Chelsea on September 14th, > >2006. For more information on the seminar and these other related > >events, please visit the VII Photo website at > ><http://www.viiphoto.com/event.html>http://www.viiphoto.com/event.html > > > > > >ABOUT VII > > > >VII derives its name from the number of founding photojournalists > >who, in September 2001, formed this collectively owned agency. > >Designed from the outset to be an efficient, technologically enabled > >distribution hub for some of the world's finest photojournalism, VII > >has been responsible for creating and relaying to the world many of > >the images that define the turbulent opening years of the 21st > >century. > > > >Alexandra Boulat, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, > >Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey and John Stanmeyer were joined in > >2002 by Lauren Greenfield, in 2004 by Joachim Ladefoged and in 2006 > >by Eugene Richards. Together they document conflict - environmental, > >social and political, both violent and non-violent - to produce an > >unflinching record of the injustices created and experienced by > >people caught up in the events they describe. Tina