Tom Persinger writes: The free f295 Seminar on Contemporary Alternative Photography is coming soon! It takes place in less than 3 2 weeks on Sunday January 27, 2008 at the B&H Photo Megastore in Manhattan and is COMPLETELY FREE! Because we’re expecting a large crowd for this event pre-registration is required. To reserve your space [...]

Tom Persinger writes: We’re pleased to announce that Martha Casanave will also be speaking and available for questions at the free f295 Seminar [see previous post with more details] at B&H Photo in January [2008]! Stay tuned, we might have one more exciting addition to the line-up soon!

Tom Persinger writes: I’d like to let you all know about The f295 Seminar on Contemporary Alternative Photography, hosted by B&H Photo, Video and Pro-Audio on Sunday, January 27 [2008] from 10:30am – 4:30pm [in New York City]. The event will take place in their brand new, state-of-the-art multimedia Events Room. The event features lectures, [...]

cam.era ob.scu.ra – a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected by their own natural light through a small opening and focused onto a facing surface. For the last 15 years, Abelardo Morell has been quietly building one of the great ongoing photography projects – a view of the world through rooms [...]

This 10 week class at ICP in New York City, meets on Fridays from 10am to 1pm starting on February 2nd. It is called Digital Alternatives, but we will be going back and forth between the digital lab and the alternative lab, using all aspects of photography to create work. Paper negatives, digital negatives, historical [...]

Outrageous Look press release: BROOKE WILLIAMS says that her work "is intensely personal and always involves using the photographs to make some kind of record of an experience, to try and make memories more permanent. I was never that good at keeping journals, but I do have a photographic record of experiences I’ve had, glasses [...]

"A public Troy New York ice skating rink has decided that photography should not be allowed unless approved by their Executive Director. At least one parent says she’s being arbitrarily discriminated against and not being allowed to film her own kid at the public rink."

The title says it all. If you’re in New York, don’t miss photography by the insanely talented Andrew Long and nine other photographers (see previous post) at jen bekman gallery, 6 Spring St., NYC, 6–8pm.

The Winter ’06 edition of jen bekman gallery‘s Hey, Hot Shot! competition is about to open, featuring photography by Noah Addis, Benoit Aquin, Jessica Bruah, Claire Hester, Nicole Jean Hill, Andrew Long, Bob O’Connor, Erin Siegal, Rebecca Smeyne, and Rafil Kroll-Zaidi. Opening reception on Wednesday, 15 March, 2006, 6–8pm, at jen bekman, 6 Spring St., [...]

Some members of the NYC Social group on Flickr have started a "a photocentric, photolicious podcast featuring interviews with New York City Photoheads". While the Web site, newyorkflickr.com, is still a little rough around the edges, don’t let that stop you from listening to the engaging first eposide, which features a photo and history stroll [...]