All the shows will be held at the 5^th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC. The restaurant provides excellent audio/video facilities.

DATE – January 28, 2010 (Thursday)
LOCATION - 5^th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant 1025 5th St NW Washington, DC 20001 (MAP)
TIME – 6:30 pm to 9 pm
GETTING THERE AND PARKING – Closest metros: Mt. Vernon Square and Gallery Place-Chinatown (each two blocks away). There is ample car parking space near the venue.
ENTRY FEE - Entry to the show is free for ASPP members. Non-members will be charged $5.00
ASPP does not provide refreshments for the event, but Busboys and Poets has a full-service restaurant and bar.

The inaugural DC Picture Show will showcase works by ASPP members Vanessa Vick and Judy Heffner.

Vanessa Vick will present her work on the oil economy in Angola, and how it is fueling a construction boom by the Chinese who are hungry for natural resources. Currently the Chinese are building roads, fancy shopping malls and expensive houses at a rapid pace while the majority of Angolans are still living in abject poverty.

In addition she will show photographs of recipients of micro finance in Uganda and Malawi.  A small amount of investment with knowledge of how to save, plan for the future and create a business plan can completely change people’s lives and help bring them out of poverty.

Judy Heffner will present her photography essay “On the Avenue, Faces of Del Ray,” which documents the entrepreneurs of Del Ray, Alexandria through environmental portraits, and profiles of their businesses.

The book grew out of a project at Northern Virginia Community College on documenting the new Northern Virginia.  Del Ray had been a neighborhood in decline with an interesting history that has been revitalized in recent years, and transformed into a vibrant, eclectic, family-friendly community with a wide, and growing, variety of small businesses.

About Vanessa Vick

Vanessa Vick has worked around the world, in recent years focusing on Africa, where she has become known for her compelling portraits of life on the continent in stories ranging from brutal rebel insurgencies to public health campaigns.

Vanessa began her career studying commercial photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York and soon after began shooting feature photos and environmental portraits. She worked for several years as a photo editor at the legendary photo agency Sygma and later at U.S. News & World Report in New York City.

After receiving a master’s degree in photojournalism from Ohio University in 2001, Vanessa moved to Uganda on a Fulbright scholarship to document how AIDS had ravaged the lives of individual Africans. She has lived there ever since. A regular contributor to The New York Times, Vanessa has worked on such stories as the disintegration of the Zimbabwean economy, the inner workings of the Ogaden rebel group in Ethiopia and immunization campaigns in Nigeria.

She has also worked for Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and The Boston Globe as well as Essence, Vibe, The Guardian, and The Discovery Channel. She has extensively documented the two-decade long insurgency that has torn apart the social fabric of northern Uganda. Vanessa also shoots regularly for humanitarian organizations including the World Food Program, The United Nations, Doctors Without Borders and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Vanessa recently relocated to Reston, Virginia where she will be based until the end of 2010 and will most likely return to Africa at that time.

About Judy Heffner

An accomplished portrait, documentary and fine art photographer, Judy Heffner always looks for the art in everyday life, which is often a different way of seeing people, familiar places, and ordinary objects in their customary surroundings.  In addition to her regular work, she has volunteered her time to document the outreach efforts of several area non-profit, public service groups including the Network Preschools,  which serves at risk children and their families, and the Freddie Mac Heart Galleries,  whose mission is placing foster children in permanent homes, with the aid of professionally made photographic portraits..  Judy studied photography at Northern Virginia Community College where she serves as a teaching assistant.

Judy holds a bachelor’s degree in English and publication from Simmons College, worked as a reporter and photographer for several community newspapers, and published an interview with former N.Y. Times Observer columnist Russell Baker in Editor and Publisher magazine while a student. She also holds a Master of Social Work degree from Catholic University.  Before launching her photographic career, Judy worked as press aide to former New York Congressman Ogden Reid, legislative assistant to Sen. Patrick Leahy, public affairs director for a national trade association, and as a public relations consultant.   She also worked as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She also has taught photography at the Howard Gardner School in Alexandria.

Her work has been exhibited at the Art League and Del Ray Artisans’ galleries, the Tyler Teaching Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria City Hall, and the John F. Kennedy Center.

Wednesday, January 13

500 17th Street, NW

$12 Corcoran Members and ASPP members; $15 Public

Pre-registration for this program is encouraged. To register, please call (202) 639-1774 or visit www.corcoran.org.

American Society of Picture Professionals members will receive the discounted Corcoran member rate of $12 to attend. To receive the member rate online, please use the member code: ASPP.

The program provides a platform for ASPP members and non-members to showcase and  discuss their work and educate an audience of photo editors, photographers, media professionals, agents and photography enthusiasts, alike.

The works presented in 2009 covered topics in culture, history, sociology, non-profit, health, sustenance, technology and satire.  Photographers who presented in 2009 were – Robb Hill, Larry Levin, Karen Kasmauski, Jamie Rose, Pouya Dianat, Henrik De Gyor, Amy Deputy, Ting Li Wang, Susana Raab, Sebastian John and Eric Neilson.  We already have several presenters scheduled for this year.

If you are interested in presenting for 2010 DC Picture Show please submit your synopsis and photos to Rose Engelland (Rose.Engelland@chronicle.com) and/or Sebastian John (sjohn24@gmail.com). Each edition of the DC Picture Show will showcase two or three photographers. Each presenter will get about 20 – 30 minutes of presentation time followed by Q&A. The event becomes an open forum for discussion and networking after the presentations.  Presenters are encouraged to bring their own laptops.

All the shows will be held at the 5^th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC. The restaurant provides excellent audio/video facilities. Entry to the show is free for ASPP members. Non-members will be charged $5.00. ASPP does not provide refreshments for the event, but Busboys and Poets has a full-service restaurant and bar.

The inaugural DC Picture Show will showcase works by ASPP members Vanessa Vick and Judy Heffner.

Vanessa Vick will present her work on the oil economy in Angola, and how it is fueling a construction boom by the Chinese who are hungry for natural resources. Currently the Chinese are building roads, fancy shopping malls and expensive houses at a rapid pace while the majority of Angolans are still living in abject poverty.

In addition she will show photographs of recipients of micro finance in Uganda and Malawi.  A small amount of investment with knowledge of how to save, plan for the future and create a business plan can completely change people’s lives and help bring them out of poverty.

Judy Heffner will present her photography essay “On the Avenue, Faces of Del Ray,” which documents the entrepreneurs of Del Ray, Alexandria through environmental portraits, and profiles of their businesses.

The book grew out of a project at Northern Virginia Community College on documenting the new Northern Virginia.  Del Ray had been a neighborhood in decline with an interesting history that has been revitalized in recent years, and transformed into a vibrant, eclectic, family-friendly community with a wide, and growing, variety of small businesses.

About Vanessa Vick

Vanessa Vick has worked around the world, in recent years focusing on Africa, where she has become known for her compelling portraits of life on the continent in stories ranging from brutal rebel insurgencies to public health campaigns.

Vanessa began her career studying commercial photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York and soon after began shooting feature photos and environmental portraits. She worked for several years as a photo editor at the legendary photo agency Sygma and later at U.S. News & World Report in New York City.

After receiving a master’s degree in photojournalism from Ohio University in 2001, Vanessa moved to Uganda on a Fulbright scholarship to document how AIDS had ravaged the lives of individual Africans. She has lived there ever since. A regular contributor to The New York Times, Vanessa has worked on such stories as the disintegration of the Zimbabwean economy, the inner workings of the Ogaden rebel group in Ethiopia and immunization campaigns in Nigeria.

She has also worked for Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and The Boston Globe as well as Essence, Vibe, The Guardian, and The Discovery Channel. She has extensively documented the two-decade long insurgency that has torn apart the social fabric of northern Uganda. Vanessa also shoots regularly for humanitarian organizations including the World Food Program, The United Nations, Doctors Without Borders and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Vanessa recently relocated to Reston, Virginia where she will be based until the end of 2010 and will most likely return to Africa at that time.

About Judy Heffner

An accomplished portrait, documentary and fine art photographer, Judy Heffner always looks for the art in everyday life, which is often a different way of seeing people, familiar places, and ordinary objects in their customary surroundings.  In addition to her regular work, she has volunteered her time to document the outreach efforts of several area non-profit, public service groups including the Network Preschools,  which serves at risk children and their families, and the Freddie Mac Heart Galleries,  whose mission is placing foster children in permanent homes, with the aid of professionally made photographic portraits..  Judy studied photography at Northern Virginia Community College where she serves as a teaching assistant.

Judy holds a bachelor’s degree in English and publication from Simmons College, worked as a reporter and photographer for several community newspapers, and published an interview with former N.Y. Times Observer columnist Russell Baker in Editor and Publisher magazine while a student. She also holds a Master of Social Work degree from Catholic University.  Before launching her photographic career, Judy worked as press aide to former New York Congressman Ogden Reid, legislative assistant to Sen. Patrick Leahy, public affairs director for a national trade association, and as a public relations consultant.   She also worked as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She also has taught photography at the Howard Gardner School in Alexandria.

Her work has been exhibited at the Art League and Del Ray Artisans’ galleries, the Tyler Teaching Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria City Hall, and the John F. Kennedy Center.

American Photographer Stephen Wilkes makes an extremely rare appearance in Washington, DC, for what promises to be an inspiring, and dare we say, life changing event.

His achievements in both commercial and fine art photography are a monument unto themselves. Tonight, he will share a rare glimpse of his life’s work with the DC photo and arts community. You will see the soul of a man, whose street photography roots have transformed him into one of the most recognized names in commercial, editorial, and fine art photography today. Mr. Wilkes work will be shown on a rear projection, high defintion screen, along with state of the art digital sound. His stunning images will be available to the DC public for the first time! Space is limited to 250 people.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 2009
GWU Jack Morton Auditorium: in the Media and Public Affairs Building
805 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
phone: (202) 994-7736
http://www.gwu.edu/~mpaevent/directionsmpa.html

COST: FREE

PHOTO SHOOT ON LOCATION,
and COMPLETE WORKFLOW SEMINAR WITH STEPHEN WILKES
Sponsored by Epson USA and CDIA

Come join us for one, or both of these events, with special pricing for those who attend both

The morning features a shoot with Stephen Wilkes on the grounds of Historic St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, in Washington, DC.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own cameras and tripods, and will have plenty of time to shoot in designated areas on the East Campus.
This event is limited to 15 photographers, and is first come, first served. Member and non-member rates apply.

The afternoon promises to be chock full of information and inspiration. Mr. Wilkes will be taking attendees through his entire workflow, from start to final print/output. Whether you’ve joined us for the morning event or not, all attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops and follow along with their own image selects, as he prepares his images of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, and creates final prints. This will be a very detailed and precise method of working, with full disclosure from both Mr. Wilkes, as he works on site with the help of his assistant. Mr. Wilkes and his assistant will be using state of the art equipment and printers, generously provided by CDIA for this event. You will leave with an understanding of what it takes for Mr. Wilkes to create his highly effective results in both personal and professional work, and how it could translate to your own work.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12th, 2009

EVENT 1:  PHOTO SHOOT at Historic St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, DC
7:30 AM – 11:30 AM
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
1100 Alabama Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20032

COST: $199 MEMBERS, $249 NON-MEMBERS

EVENT 2: COMPLETE WORKFLOW SEMINAR at Boston University’s CDIA (Center for Digital Imaging Arts) Georgetown Campus, Washington, DC

1:30 PM- 5:30 PM
Foundry Building
1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007

COST: $79 MEMBERS, $129 NON-MEMBERS
COMBINED EVENT COST: $199 MEMBERS, $299 NON-MEMBERS

Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art.