Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/18

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Subject: [Leica] Fwd: [SAA] New York City Event - VII Photo Seminar
From: images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri Aug 18 10:45:28 2006

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