Hey folks! Looks like the photographer that Leigh was talking about at the meeting is coming to speak next Thursday, June 3rd, at the AMOA.

Running the Numbers exhibition artist Chris Jordan talks about the inspiration for and impact of his epic photographs about sustainability. Chris Jordan takes statistics that are too big for the mind to grasp and makes them shockingly beautiful for the eye to behold: 380,000 kilowatt hours of electricity wasted every minute…2 million plastic bottles used every five minutes. By fusing image and information into epic photographs, he asks us to consider our responsibility in American consumption.

Limited seating. Tickets $5

Buy tickets here!

I figured we could meet up at the school and car pool out or we could meet there. Either way, as Walker always says, there’s dinner afterward if people are interested. Hope to see you there!

This Friday (May 28th) is Jen’s birthday and Austin Center of Photography 6th Icon of Photographer lecture, Abelardo Morell.

The lecture starts at 7 pm at the Blanton Museum in Austin. To RSVP for tickets log onto http://www.visitacp.org/events/

Tickets are $5 for students that rsvp and $10 at the door.

Come wish Jen’s a Happy Birthday along with learning how to make a room into a camera like Abelardo Morell an interesting photographer.

The launch party video will be unveiled during this upcoming Tuesday meeting (May 25th). Shudder Budder will be meeting in the photo studio from 5-6 pm.

Please join us!

Jpg Magazine has a call for entry for their Artists Wanted’s annual photography competition: EXPOSURE.

One Grand Prize winner will be awarded a Manhattan gallery reception, international publicity and their choice of $10,000 cash or 1 year living rent free in a $1.2 million dollar apartment provided by The Edge in New York City.

The Deadline is Monday, May 31st.
Send your best work now at:
www.artistswanted.org

Panel of judges including acclaimed photographer & filmmaker Lauren Greenfield, New York Times Photo Editor Maura Foley, MoMA Curator Nora Lawrence and JPG Magazine Founders Derek Powazek & Heather Powazek Champ, will choose one photographer for the Grand Prize:

Pride Alliance is looking for a photographer for art installation at Austin Pride Weekend. They need help photographing recreations of how gay have been treated throughout the decade.

If you are interested please contact Jennifer Smith at smith.king(at)gmail.com.

I plan on going to the Blanton to see Manuel Álvarez Bravo and His Contemporaries: Photographs from the Collections of the Harry Ransom Center on Thursday, May 22nd.

The Blanton is open late until 9 pm and it is FREE! If interested please meet me in the student lounge at 5:15 pm on Thursday or at Blanton at 5:45 pm.

Hope to see you there.

The Austin Center for Photography is hosting Abelardo Morell for their Icons of Photography No. 6 lecture series. The event will be a lecture and booking signing May 28 at 7 pm. If you would love to participate in this, you can either buy a ticket or ACP is in need of volunteers. The volunteer roles include usher, greeter, help at the ticket table and book signing. If this is something you would want to do, send an email with your first and second choice to  mlittle@visitacp.org

This is a free event sponsored by Precision Camera. There are some great speakers and free workshops happening this weekend.

http://austinphotoexpo.com/

From todays Photo Design class; recursive narratives a la Duane Michals

Click for full size image.

Shudder Meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday May 11th) in the Photo Studio from 5-6 pm.

Come and share some of your images from this quarter and we’ll be discussing upcoming workshops.

Shudder Budder Launch!

For those of you that didn’t go, here’s a little bit of the fun you missed at the launch party on Tuesday (5/4/10).

Order your poster or calendar on Zazzle:

Calendar

Poster