A Special Heads Up of Upcoming Foto Phun!

Mermaid on Coney Island, 1995, ©Sylvia Plachy

First, special thanks to Mark P for the update on Critical Exposure, last night!  I will definitely post and with photos, if I can find someone who took some...ahem...but, in the meantime, here is a copy of an update I got from FotoWeek DC. 

Eh, chances are, if you read DC Shot List, then you probably already subscribe to FotoWeek's emails.  However if you do not...then I am an informative lady today!  Yay!  But, still, you should really get on that list, too.  So...just in case you aren't, the below message cites what looks to be a very fun event for all of your imaging pleasure!  I know it's not DC or that close, really, but it's close enough for a day trip and, thus, DC Shot List material all the way!

If you are planning on going, gimme the heads up!  And without further ado (oh and scroll down for another boss photo by Plachy!)....

"Dear Friend of FotoWeek DC,

"As part of our mission to bring you the best of all things photographic,

"SAVE THESE DATES: June 11, 12 and 13!

"The third annual LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph is set for June 11, 12, and 13 in beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia.  Join us for 3 days of peace, love, and photography as we transform historic downtown Charlottesville into a "living image" and celebrate the careers of three legendary photographers:  Martin Parr, Gilles Peress, and Sylvia Plachy. These three renowned photographers will each create a solo gallery exhibit and appear on-stage individually at the historic Paramount Theater to discuss their lifetime of work and show images from their careers. Please visit our website at www.look3.org  for more details on these artists and the LOOK3 programs.

"Returning in 2009 are the LOOK3 Workshops and Project Critique Sessions. Photographers of all skill levels will find invaluable instruction and experience by enrolling in classes taught by master photographers David Alan Harvey, James Nachtwey, Nina Berman, Eugene Richards, and Larry Fink. Maggie Steber and Scott Thode will lead the Project Critique Sessions to help students edit and develop working photography projects.

"Other highlights include our "Masters Talks" series with presentations by Simon Bruty, Yolanda Cuomo, Eugene Richards, Callie Shell, George Steinmetz, and Philip Toledano.  Getty Images is sponsoring the US premiere of the 2009 World Press Photo exhibit at LOOK3 this year. (World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon and TNT.) Paolo Pellegrin will mount a special outdoor show created just for LOOK3, and nature photographer Tom Mangelsen's majestic images will hang from the trees along the downtown pedestrian mall.

Pigeons On Broadway, 1982, ©Sylvia Plachy

"With 3 days filled with exhibitions, outdoor projections, film screenings, on-stage interviews, and special events, LOOK3 creates the perfect setting to share ideas and be inspired.  Attendees will be surrounded by photography - in the trees, projected in storefront windows and on buildings, and in all the galleries. BE PART OF IT!

"For more information and to buy passes, visit www.look3.org

"Enjoy the Festival!

"Your Friends at FotoWeek DC"