January,
28, 2012
Hello,
I’m
thrilled to say we had a tremendous success at our onsite 5 day event, Jan 12-16
at photo la. Our curator Candace Biggerstaff took the bull by
the horns and kept things running smoothly. Our booth was located in the most
ideal area of the show... right next to the lecture room, so we had a host of
great visitors, Moby, Catherine Opie, gallery owners, curators, the list is long.
We received so many compliments about the printed images and the Footwear
slide show presentation..lots
of wonderful reactions. We were across the isle from Stephen Cohen’s Classic Photography
booth and in the mix with international galleries and magazines. We were immediately
posted to Facebook to spread the word. Hope you too were spreading the word! Please
see the links below. A special thank you to Stephen
Cohen/photola and
his wonderful staff! As the fair progressed, Stephen sent out his e-mail notifications
with images from our team and credit to Women In Photography International.
Thanks
again for participating and please remember to post any one of the links you find
on our photo la 2012 event page. Your support is greatly appreciated. You can
reach the pages through our HOME page. ALL pages and image remain part of the
WIPI Archive. We have also maintained a separate copy of the Facebook images on
a DVD for the archive as well.
direct
to:
EXHIBITION:
http://womeninphotography.org/Events-Exhibits/PhotoLA-2012/photola-wipi.html
FOOTWEAR
presentation:
http://womeninphotography.org/Events-Exhibits/PhotoLA-2012/photola-Footwear.html
COLLECTION
OF PRESS PHOTOS:
http://womeninphotography.org/Events-Exhibits/PhotoLA-2012/photola-wipi-2.html
Become
a FAN on our WIPI facebook if you want to see the full scope of the fair,
galleries and visitors.
FACEBOOK Fan Page (if you stopped
by and we photographed you, please let us know)
http://tinyurl.com/255gv9y
SALUTE
to our print and slide show exhibitors... GREAT SHOW!
THANK
YOU to our wonderful onsite team, you were fantastic :~)
Jean
Ferro
From
Candace Biggerstaff, photo la 2012 curator,
It
was my privilege to curate the “Women In Photography International”
exhibit, at the Photo LA 2012 . The booth exhibited a twenty-two-member gallery
of incredible images, and the digital slide show. The slideshow was shown continuously
through out the event featuring twenty participants and more than fifty inventive
interpretations of the theme,” Footwear.”
As
members, our non-profit’s mission is to promote Women’s photography
through exhibitions, programs and publications, and since 1999, through the Internet.
Many topics were discussed and a common thread of discussion
was touched upon again and again. “How does one find the time and energy
to wear the many different hats required to create and develop our artistic vision
as well as become a self supporting successful photographer?” It
was fun and heartwarming to listen to the members tell similar stories concerning
marketing, exhibiting and the subtle variations of our skills to accomplish that
same goal. We made new friends, spoke of art and family, mostly we talked
about our passion, photography. We laughed a lot and received exactly what we
had discussed, by being of service and working in the WIPI booth. Our non-profit
mission was reached.
As artists we agreed our families have enhanced
our development on our paths in life and art.
The WIPI volunteers
had specific tasks and took turns photographing our booth and other areas of the
fair’s exceptional exhibits and galleries.
We
were grateful for Michael Salerno and Cody Biggerstaff who did an incredible job
hanging the exhibit. The volunteers were amazing, Angel Burns, who is a computer
animal, along with Barbara Pickles, Jaime Jamison. Special thanks to Sharyn Keller
for doing an all nighter working on the footwear digital files. I was thrilled
to spend the week with my daughter Callie Biggerstaff, a member and volunteer.
Samy’s camera, thanks for the computer and Sony NEX system cameras!
When we packed up on Monday evening, we were an exhausted and happy group
to have had he opportunity to participate in such a high-end art event.
My special thanks go to Jean Ferro; who has been the moving force of “Women
In Photography International,” Jean has given Women the hope that they can
succeed at what they love, photography.
Candace Biggerstaff,
Curator, photo la 2012
WIPI
PhotoProfile
mudpiebiggs@roadrunner.com
www.candacebiggerstaff.com
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