WIPI
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WIPI promotes the visibility of women working in the Photographic Arts Looking
Back at WIPI: 1981 ...and forward into 2008 1981
- Created and obtained non-profit
501.c.3 educational status... since the 1st WIP Members Exhibition
at the Cityscape Photo Gallery in Pasadena, July-August 1981... 1982
- Mary McNally presented her “Historical Survey of
Women Photographers," Sept. 1982. 1983
- Eve Arnold, with the help of the Vivitar Corporation,
spoke to WIP while in LA promoting her book, In America, at the Wilshire
Ebell Theatre, 1983... 1984
- WIPI Program “People
Who Hire Photographers”, which featured 6 art directors from
major agencies, consumer stores and magazines, May 1984... 1985
- Linda Wolf took on the task of coordinating the 1985
WIP Workshop Series, which featured “Shooting Fashion” with
Orah Moore; “Handcolor Photographs” with Elfie Wilkins-Nacht,
“establishing a Professional Photography Business” with
Deborah Roundtree, and “Creating your own Portfolio” with
guest lecturers David Fahey from the G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Leigh
Weiner, photographer , and Dan Wolfe, advertising photo illustrator. 1985
also marked the first juried, biannual exhibition spearheaded by photographer
E.K.Waller. It resulted in such an expansive show that it was held
in two venues:'The LA Photo Center and The Women's Building. 1986,
Presented several programs beginning with the educational “getting
Your Work Shown” lecture by Josine Ianco Starrels and followed
by “An Evening with Victoria Pearson”, LA's leading fashion
photographer. 1987
Another major competition. Again curated by E. K. Waller and assisted
by WIP's new Director, Nancy Clendaniel. “Women Photographers
in America” was presented at the LA Municipal Art Gallery, and
included fine art images in many sizes and shapes - even leaping into
three-dimensional forms. Judy Coleman presented her unique self-portrait
imagery at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, and Linda McCartney was
the first of our Distinguished Photographers to receive her portfolio
award in the made-for WIP custom leather case designed by the NY portfolio
maker Brewer/Cantelmo. 1988,
Mary Ellen Mark was nominated for WIP's Distinguished Photographer
Award. We also presented the program “Getting Published,"
a collaboration between publisher Maureen Michelson, NewSage Press
and photographer Kenna Love whose work was featured in the NewSage
book EXPOSURES: Women and their Art. We closed the year with a spectacular
program presented at Paris Photo Lab/LA by Maria Piscopo on “Marketing
& Self-Promotion." 1989
The year of WIPI International . The inaugural opening at The Pacific
Grove Art Center on the Monterey Peninsula, proved that WIP is no
longer a group of California artists. With winning photographers hailing
for the US, Canada, Thailand and Sweden, WIPI took the major step
to becoming an international organization dedicated to promoting the
visibility of women photographers and their work. Curated by Linda
Bellon Fisher and designed by Cloyce Wall from Carmel, the opening
reception was attended by over 500 people. In 1989 Jean Ferro's self-portrait
work “Eye To Eye” was presented at Paris Photo Lab with
additional support from A&I Color Lab and Fuji Photo Film, Inc. 1990
Joyce Tenneson accepted our Distinguished Photographer Award and the
year that WIP International traveled to three major photographic centers:
The Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, (1-3/90); The Portland
School of Art, Portland ME 7-8/90); and The National Centre for Photography,
The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England (11/90-1/91). It was
also the year that the symposium “The Women Behind the Images”
became a coinciding event with WIP International, allowing photographers
to come together to share their work with artists from around the
world. And so to 1991, WIP International opened in Stockholm, and then moved on to the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania, Sicily. WIPI stepped into it's second decade, and a New Year in which people around the world worked together more than ever to maintain peace health and prosperity...Director Nancy Clendaniel (Director from 1987 - Spring 2000) Past Activities
Year 1998 - After a long hiatus, Jean Ferro and Nancy Clendaniel began the process to renew WIPI again, advancing its growth as an online resource center www.WomenInPhotography.org Year
1999: With its new found strength and global outreach, WIPI is now one of the most prominent organizations for women photographers. WIPI's online resource serves the needs of photographers, photo educators, photography students, gallery owners and photographic organizations around the world. Year
2001 Year
2002 New Committees Created Director of Exhibitions, Joanne Warfield expanding WIPI's exhibition outreach .
Cat Jimenez, Funding Outreach Year
2003 July-August
2003 Peter E. Palmquist Collection
transferred to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale
Dec. 7, 2003 - DISTINGUISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS
AWARD - International Photography Awards, WIPI Presentation
of Distinguished Photographers Award
to Annie Leibovitz, Year
2004 EXHIBITIONS: 2001 - 2007 Exhibition links 2001 International Tea Time, Images of Women, Images of Tea (WIPI 20th Anniversary Exhibition) San Juan Capistrano, House of Photographic Art (HOPA), juried exhibition (jurors: Connie Butler, Curator of Photography MOCA, Joyce Wilson, Photography Professor, Brooks Institute of Photography) sponsored in part by Epson America, MZ Burger/Timex Clocks, NY/ Paris Photo Lab/Los Angles Oct. - Nov. 15, held over until 12/15/01 2002 Exhibition links photo l.a., Invitation & sponsorship by Stephen Cohen Gallery to have a booth at photo l.a. Santa Monica we supported 40 Professional women artists with almost 60 images on the walls or in the bins for collectors to see: curated by Joanne Warfield, Director of Exhibitions, Additional sponsorship by Epson America, Amy's camera and Allworth Books. Jan 17-20, HOLLYWOOD BOUND, Frances Howard Goldwyn Library, Hollywood, 16 women artists 73 images of Hollywood, sponsored in part by Hollywood Arts Council 1/10/02-4/30/02 PHOTO IMPACT, Santa Monica, CA, Thirty-seven photographs, a selection of WIPI Pro Member images from photo l.a. on display March 15 - June 20th, sponsored by Photo Impact. kitsch & klick, the art of the toy camera, Pierce College Gallery, Woodland Hills, Juried exhibition, (jurors: Scott Canty, Curator Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Jean Ferro, President, WIPI, Mary E. Oliver, Director, Pierce College Gallery) 16 women artists and 50 images made with toy cameras. March 23-Apr. 25th Sponsored by the Pierce Gallery Foundation with support from Lomographic Society USA and Freestyle Photographic Supplies. Lecture by Toy camera specialist Patrick Miller kitsch & klick, the art of the toy camera, travels to Hollywood. Frances Howard Goldwyn, Hollywood Regional Branch Library, May 1 - July 30th. lecture and children's outreach program 2003 Exhibition links photo l.a. 2003, Jan. 2003 30 WIPI PRO member images on display at photo l.a. 2003 and WIPI online YALE
ARCHIVE contribution
of member prints to the Peter
E. Palmquist Collection of Western American and Women's Photography
at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
photo l.a. 2004, Jan 2004 "Beauty
Camera Eye of the Beholder, Turning
Silver also a Limited Edition book sponsored by Kodak. 2007 Competition Top
10 winners and Honorable Mention As an educational nonprofit organization, WIPI provides member benefits that accommodate changing interests and needs as we head into our third decade as a resource for the international photographic community. Our online www.WomenInPhotography.org resource provides member profiles and portfolios, interviews, book reviews, product information, gallery listings, archives and the WIPI reference library, a collection of notations of over 24,000 women photographers, helps to create a premiere resource and an unparalleled network for the international community of women in the photographic arts. Join with us to share your vision and your voice with our membership. Gallery
One: Featured PRO Artist Profile & Portfolio Gallery
Two: Member Profile and Portfolio Gallery Three: Student Gallery, new talent on the horizon Gallery
Four: Historical Profiles (2000-2003, Peter Palmquist contributor)
Our website offers a Reference Library and a wide range of photography links to: member web sites and member PhotoProfiles, photographic organizations and worldwide contacts, with International Translation capability from six different countries. Also see the Site Map for our Archived editions. |
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