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Annual MMW Portfolio Reviews at B&H Oct 28 & 29

Fall is in the air and that means the PDN PhotoPlus Expo is just around the corner. For the third year in a row, MMW and B&H are partnering to bring portfolio review sessions with Workshops faculty to the B&H Event Space – just two blocks from the Expo at the Javits Center. 

Workshops master faculty are generously giving their time to meet one-on-one with photographers for 20–minute review sessions Thursday, October 28 from 1 – 3PM, and Friday, October 29 from 10AM – Noon. Thursday reviewers include Sean Kernan, Arlene Collins, Peter Turnley, Jill Enfield, Jim Megargee, Karen Marshall and John Isaac, while Friday reviewers are George Schaub, Sue Bloom, Keith Johnson, Elizabeth Greenberg, Anne Day, Sean Harris, and Jean Miele.

To register for this free event, visit the B&H Event Space website by October 14 and sign up for a two-hour review time frame of your choice. Once you have registered, you will receive an email from the Workshops with the name of your reviewer and your 20-minute timeslot for that hour. On the day of your review, please bring a current print or digital portfolio of your work. If you bring a CD of images, you must also have a laptop to display your work. Complimentary B&H shuttle buses make it convenient to reach the store from the Expo. We look forward to seeing you in New York!

Free Photo Plus Expo Passes for MMW Alumni

Maine Media Workshops and College alumni can pre-register for free passes to the PDN PhotoPlus exhibitors hall, by visiting the show website and registering with our Free Expo Pass code: MMWPPE1. When you're at the show be sure to stop by the Maine Media booth (#923) and visit your friends from Maine!

“PDN PhotoPlus continues to be on the cutting edge of what’s happening in photography and imaging. Since 1983 we’ve put on the leading show in the industry – attracting all the exhibitors you want to see, and the industry names you want to network with!” Visit www.photoplusexpo.com for complete expo information.

MMW Board Welcomes New Member, Anna Ginn

Maine Media Workshops and College is pleased to announce the addition of Anna Ginn to the Board of Directors.

Ms. Ginn is Senior Director of The Synergos Institute, a non-profit headquartered in New York. The Synergos Institute supports the development of innovative leaders, organizations, and partnerships working on issues of poverty and social justice in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. Her responsibilities there include development, communications and the Global Philanthropists Circle, a network of leading philanthropic families across the world committed to using their time, influence and resources to fight global poverty.

Prior to joining Synergos in 2006, Ginn was Vice President of Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the largest US organization supporting community-based development. Ginn has also served as Senior Development Officer for Coastal Enterprises, Inc., helped found two venture capital funds to invest in socially responsible businesses and from 1984 to 1995 was Publisher of Maine Times. She received her M.A. from the University of Minnesota and B.A. from Mount Holyoke College.

Fellow board member Jack Montgomery, expressed the Board’s enthusiasm for Ms. Ginn’s election saying, “Anna is going to be an outstanding Board member.  I have known her for almost 25 years, starting when our children were young friends in Freeport.  She has endless enthusiasm, organizational skills and now that she is living in New York City and working there in the world of non-profits, a wide range of contacts that will be invaluable to the Workshops.  Plus she is simply great fun to be around.”

Stellar Summer Staff Shout-Out

Once again, Maine Media Workshops welcomed the industry's best and brightest from across the country to join our team for the summer - and what a stellar season it has been! We are grateful for the professionalism, dedication, hard work, and humor our 2010 staff brought to the Workshops experience. Students, faculty, and sponsors all sing your praises! We wish you good luck as you continue on your career paths. Keep in touch on Facebook - and yes, this photo will soon be posted on the MMW/MMC Fan Page:)

Camden Film Fest Brings Documentary Forum to Maine Oct 1 & 2

Recognized as one of the top 25 documentary film festivals in the world, the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) begins its sixth year September 30 and runs through October 3, 2010. Committed to supporting and generating interest in independent documentary films, CIFF presents a snapshot of the year’s best non-fiction storytelling.

As part of the festival, the Points North Forum brings filmmaking speakers from around the world to Maine to discuss current issues facing the industry. Points North Director, Louise Rosen, says “We are honored to announce the Forum will involve both US and European executives, including Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Kathryn Lo, Richard Saiz, Ann Rose, Andrea Meditch, and Daniel Chalfen.”

Friday, October 1st from 2:00-3:30 pm at the Rockport Opera House in Rockport Village, Points North presents the panel The View from the Top. Industry leaders will share the latest trends in non-fiction filmmaking and their forecasts for the future.  

Saturday, October 2nd the Filmmaker Pitching Session occurs from 11:00am-1:30pm at the Rockport Opera House. Maine Media hosts a Forum event from 3:00-5:00 pm just down the street at Union Hall: Richard Salz, in association with Maine Film and Video Association, presents Developing Your Project for ITVS. This event is a rare opportunity for film producers to grasp the essentials of making their projects highly competitive when applying to the Independent Television Service.

Please visit the CIFF website for a complete listing of all festival events.

Zuck Wins Reel Gold at Miami’s 48 Hour Film Festival

MMW film alum, Jonathan Zuck, and his non-profit performance troupe, DC Dogs, won Best Picture, Audience Choice, Best Editing, and Best Special Effects at the 2010 Miami 48-Hour Film Festival for their film, Palindrome.

In cities around the world between 7 pm on Friday and 7 pm on Sunday all creative work for the 48 Hour Film Festival occurs. Prior to the official start, a film company may organize their all-volunteer cast and crew, and can secure locations and equipment, with a three camera maximum. Added to the time challenge, each group is assigned a list of elements that must appear in their film. These elements may include the genre, a character, a prop, and/or a line of dialogue.

Jonathan recalls his Workshops experience, “The name ‘DC Dogs’ originated in 2001 at the Workshops! It all began in 4-week Film School with Brad Battersby and John Demps. The time I spent at the Workshops has had an incredible influence on my filmmaking and photography. Everything from my directing style to my cinematography and editing all had their origins in Rockport. Tamar Kummel, another member of the Dogs and frequent writer and star, considers Rockport her home away from home as well. It is a magical place.” 

Newman Prize Winner Schiffer Speaks at the Farnsworth Sep 15

Join photographer and MMW alumna, Emily Schiffer, recipient of the first Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, as she speaks about her ongoing Cheyenne River project. Emily will share her winning body of work Wednesday, September 15 at 8 pm in the Farnsworth Auditorium.

Shiffer developed this collection while teaching My Viewpoint, a program she founded in 2005 on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. During her teaching there, Emily and her students photographed alongside each other and created images that “explore ‘play’ as a vehicle through which youth reveal and negotiate their emotions, traumas, and desires.”

The Newman Prize was offered through the 2009 Photo Annual competition of Photo District News and is sponsored by the Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation with support from Maine Media Workshops, the American society of Media Photographers, Photo District News, and the Farnsworth Art Museum.

The Farnsworth is at 16 Museum Street in Rockland, Maine. The cost for this special event is $5 for Farnsworth members and $8 for nonmembers and is limited to 70 people.

Vinny Award Winner Announced at Photoshop World

This week at Photoshop World in Las Vegas, Bessmarie "Beamie" Young was named winner for the coveted Vincent Versace Award for Excellence in Digital Photography.

Nicknamed “The Vinny,” this competition is open to all attendees of the conference and the prize is awarded during the opening keynote presentation.

The winner receives an extensive list of sought-after industry goodies from Epson, Dynalite, Xrite, Hoodman, Wacom, Lowepro, and Adobe, and includes a one-week tuition scholarship to Maine Media Workshops. "I'm thrilled that this prize includes a Maine Media Workshop experience for the winner," says Versace " Maine is all about intensive imaging education and moving forward as an artist."

MMW looks forward to welcoming Beamie, a Maine native, to Rockport in 2011. Vincent is back on campus October 17 - 23 teaching his workshop Return to Oz - The Environmental Landscape. 

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