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WIPI
promotes the visibility of women working in the Photographic Arts
Looking
Back at WIPI: 1981 ...and forward into 2008
Along
with memories of triumphs and travel comes the realization that this
is WIPI's 20TH ANNIVERSARY. Two decades!! The original founding 1981
members (Debra Denker, Orah Moore, Thea Litsios, Mary McNally, Bonnie
Flamer, Margaret Grundstein, Janet Schipper, Deborah Roundtree, or
Linda Wolf) can believe it has been See
Pictures and letters from Founders
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)
Distinguished
Photographer's Award
Established to give recognition to an artist who has contributed
significantly to the world of photography.
Past recipients include:
Eve Arnold, 1983
Ruth Bernhard, 1984
Judy Dater, 1985
Marion Post Wolcott, 1986
Linda McCartney, 1987
Mary Ellen Mark, 1988
Ruth Orkin, 1989
Joyce Tenneson, 1990
Berenice Abbott, 1991
Grace Robertson, 1992
Annie
Leibovitz, 2003 (presented in collaboration w/Lucie Awards)
Sylvia
Plachy, 2004 (presented in collaboration w/Lucie Awards)
Carrie
Mae Weems, 2005 (announced Sept. 15, 2005)
2006-
25th ANNIVERSARY 100 Photographers
Honorable
Mention
New
Photographer's Lecture Series
Established to honor emerging talent in the photographic community,
features a discussion and slide presentation of the artist's work,
including a question and answer session.
Past recipients include: Victoria Pearson Cameron, Jean
Ferro, Judy Coleman, Claire Garoutte and Kenna Love.
Educational
Programs and Workshops
Aimed at informing the working photographer, the photography student
and the photo enthusiast. Past programs include:
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People
Who Hire Photographers featuring 6 art directors from
major photo agencies, consumer stores and magazines.
-
Women
in Photojournalism featuring photojournalist Debra Denker
(National Geographic) and Monica Almeida (NY Times)
-
Getting
Your Work Shown Josine Starrels from the G. Ray Hawkins
Gallery in Los Angeles, CA
-
Print
Retouching presented by the Los Angeles Photography Center
Staff
-
Negotiating
and Pricing Strategies presented by Maria Piscopo, marketing
consultant and author of The Photographer's Guide to Marketing
and Self-Promotion.
-
Foto
Fashion featuring fashion photographers Victoria Pearson
and Susan Nygeres
-
The
Women Behind the Images presented as an addendum to our
traveling expo: Women in Photography International. Photographers
whose work was included in this exhibition appeared to lecture
at various cities on the international tour.
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:
WIPI established
as
online resource
- Year end 1999, WIPI launched it's premiere issue NOV 1999.
Year
2000
April,
Jean Ferro, photo artist, became President of WIPI replacing past
president, Alexandra Milovanovich. Sylvia White, photographer (and
long time member since 1982), became Treasurer, and Helen K. Garber,
photographer, became Secretary. Amie Vanderford-Pfaff , photographer
and technical advisor, became our webmaster.
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
WIPI's
20th Anniversary Exhibition International Tea Time: Images of Women,
Images of Tea October 10 through November 15, House of Photographic
Art in San Juan Capistrano with plans for travel to throughout the USA
and internationally. A commemorative CD and Poster are available for
purchase from the exhibition., sponsorship EPSON AMERICA. Linda Mc Cartney
Tea Pot Image was donated to the 20th Anniversary Exhibition.
Year
2002
Expansion of website and announcement of new committees. Joanne
Warfield became Secretary. Stuart Vail designed WIPI's new Homepage
& Gallery, and Ludivine Martin became Webmaster Assistant.
Photo LA 2002 - group
exhibition
New
Committees Created Director of Exhibitions, Joanne Warfield expanding
WIPI's exhibition outreach
.
Cat Jimenez, Funding Outreach
. Carrie Mae Weems joins WIPI Advisory Board
. Susan Scafati, NY Press Representative
. Received City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs grant
. Received Kodak Foundation grant
. Received Epson product support
Year
2003
Peter
Palmquist 1936 - 2003 historian and founder
of the Women In Photography International Archive
. Expansion of website, addition of Member Photo Profiles, reactivation
of Message Board
. Exhibition Highlights, Start April,
New York City
.
Carrie Villines, Webmaster assist
Photo
LA 2003 - group exhibition
July-August
2003 Peter E. Palmquist Collection
transferred to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale
2003 - Peter Palmquist (1936 - 2003 )
Founder of the Women In Photography International Archive, collaborated
with WIPI to revitalize the organization in 1999 and become WIPI's behind
the scenes silent partner. Provided WIPI with his bibliography of over
23,000 women photographers. Peter's archive is now established as the
Peter E. Palmquist Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library at Yale University, New Haven Connecticut. Peter provided WIPI
with Historical Profiles and the Introduction to the CD of WIPI's 20th
Anniversary Exhibition "Tea Time, Images of Women, Images of Tea"
Women In Photography Intl as an organization is well represented in
the archive, it's programs and women photographers
Established WIPI Member PhotoProfiles connected to Membership Links
Dec. 7, 2003 - DISTINGUISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS
AWARD - International Photography Awards, WIPI Presentation
of Distinguished Photographers Award
to Annie Leibovitz,
nominees included: Uta
Barth, Lillian Bassman, Jodi Cobb, Annie Leibovitz, Helen Levitt, Sally
Mann, Annette Messager, Catherine Opie, Cindy Sherman, Carrie Mae Weems,
Mariana Yampolsky International
Photo Awards Gala Award Banquet
Year
2004
.
Advisory Board appointments, Michelle Hill, IPCO, International Photography Copyright
Organization, Nancy Clendaniel, past Director and Outreach Director
of WIPI
. Jan.
2004, photo l.a. 2004, plus Group trip to Ojai, international call for entries
for online juried exhibition, "virtual * visual" curated by Carrie Villines
. Focus on expansion and placement into University
. Sylvia
Plachy, Distinguished Photographers Award recipient, Lace Awards/American
Airlines Theater /NY
Year 2005
. Decisive Moments, juried virtual exhibition, curated by Carrie Villines
. Established Hire A WIPI PRO Section
. Beauty, Camera Eye of
the Beholder, juried virtual exhibition, Curated by Carrie Villines
.
Carrie
Mae Weems name WIPI 2005 Distinguished Photographer
. Tribute,
Ruth Barnyard 100, WIPI Member photo tribute
. Kodak Easy Share Promotion,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, emerging photographers
Year
2006
. WIPI's 25th Anniversary year, juried exhibition
. WIPI's 25th Anniversary year, Print Collection "Turning
Silver,
curated by Jean Ferro
. WIPI's 25th Anniversary year, juried
exhibition slide
show
. WIPI's 25th Anniversary, Kodak.com limited edition book
. Distinguished Photographers Award Deed's Program
. WIPI Home
page Spotlight for WIPI PhotoProfiles
. Established Online network
board
. The Portrait, juried exhibition (2006/07)
Year
2007
.
The Portrait, juried exhibition
.
Distribution of the 25th Anniversary limited
edition book
. 2007 Comeptition, juried online exhibition
Year
2008
. 2008 Juried Competition Year
2009
.
2009
Juried Competition current, deadline April 1st
EXHIBITIONS:
2001 - 2008 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.
2004 Exhibition
links
photo l.a. 2004, Jan 2004
Artist
portfolio presentation at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Michele
Dugan, Jean Ferro, Stephanie Flack Freyda Miller, Elizabeth Opalenik,
Juanita Richeson, special contribution from Ruth Bernhard "Aquinetta
With Child"
"virtual * visual", juried online
exhibition,
curated by WIPI Pro member Carrie Villines.
Jurors: by Jean Ferro, Photo Artist/WIPI President;
Jeanine Fijol, Photo Editor, Photo District News;
Graham Howe, Author/Curator/Founder, Curatorial Assistance, Stephen
Perloff, Founder/Editor, The Photo Review,
Maria Piscopo, Creative Services Consultant; Miriam Romais, Managing
Director, En Foco (New York);
Niyatee Shinde, Photo Historian/Writer/Curator (India);
Stuart Vail, Editor-In-Chief/Publisher, TheScreamOnline.com. Roger C
Watson, curator, Fox Talbot Museum of Photography/England (online August
1 thru Oct. 2004)
2005 Exhibition
links
"Decisive Moments" Decisive Moments,
Tribute to Cartier Bresson, curated by Carrie Villines
Sue Brisk - Editorial Director, Magnum Photos
Howard Greenberg - Owner, Howard Greenberg Gallery / New York
Lesley Martin - Executive Book Editor, Aperture Foundation
Esther Woerdehoff - Owner, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff / Paris, France
"Beauty
Camera Eye of the Beholder,
curated by Carrie Villines
JURORS: Tyra Banks, Supermodel, TV/Film Producer, Bankable Productions. Founder,
TZONE Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Abby Bussel, Executive Editor, Architecture
magazine, New York
Michael DePirro, Senior Vice President, Group Creative
Director, Deutsch Inc, New York
Suzanne Donaldson, Photography Director,
Glamour magazine, New York
Clare Freestone, Assistant Curator of Photographs,
National Portrait Gallery, London
Alfonso Gutierrez, Editor/Managing Director,
AGE Fotostock, Barcelona Charlie Holland, Director of Photography, Getty Images,
Los Angeles
Valerie May, Senior Editor of New Media, National Geographic
magazine, Washington DC
Carol McCusker, PhD, Curator of Photography, Museum
of Photographic Arts, San Diego (MOPA)
Anne Telford, Editor-at-Large, Communication
Arts, Menlo Park, CA
2006
Exhibition
links
"Turning
Silver" 25th Annviersary Exhibition,
curated by Jean Ferro
Juror Choice 100 and 72 Honorable Mention
JURORS:
Kim Gougenheim, Deputy
Photo Director, "O" The Oprah Magazine
Catherine Edelman, Catherine
Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Joyce Tenneson, Photographer, New York City,
NY
Jean Ferro, Photo Artist / President, Women In Photography International
Rose Shoshana, Rose Gallery
Andrew Smith, The Andrew Smith Gallery
Susanne Konig,, Director of The powerHouse Gallery
Laurie Kratochvil, Art
Consultant, Lecturer
Scott Mc Kiernan, Photographer/Publisher/Founder ZUMA
Press
Stephen Perloff, Founder, The Photo Review Turning
Silver also a Limited Edition book sponsored by Kodak.
Distributed to winning
photographers and Universities and Museums worldwide List of Universities
2006
- 2007 Exhibition
links
"The
Portrait"
curated by Jean Ferro
25 Top winners and 50 Honorable Mention
JURORS:
Susan Spiritus, Gallery Owner / Newport Beach, CA
Julian Cox, Curator
of Photography / High Museum of Art / Atlanta, GA
Sasha Erwitt, Senior Associate
Photo Editor, Vanity Fair / Conde Nast Publication / NY
Carol McCusker, PhD
- Curator of Photography / Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA), San Diego, CA
Jason Murison, Director, P.P.O.W Gallery / Pilkington. Olsoff Fine Arts, Inc.
/ New York City
Prizes included the Epson Stylus 2400, fotoQuote, FreshLists
and many more
2007
Exhibition
links
2007
Competition Top
10 winners and 25 Honorable Mention
JURORS:
Andrea Bakacs, Photographer
| Senior Photo Editor, Martha Stewart Living, Everyday Food, Special Issues and
Books, New York City, NY Martha Stewart Living
Paul Kopeikin, Owner, Los Angeles, CA
The Paul Kopeikin Gallery
Royce
Bair, Photographer | President, The Stock Solution, Inc. The Stock Solution
(TSSphoto.com)
Tim Anderson, Photographer | Publisher | Managing Editor,
CameraArts, Fine Art Magazine
2008 Exhibition
links
2008
Competition
Top 10, 3 Placement Winners and 30 Honorable Mention
jurors
Karen
Sinsheimer, Curator of Photography,
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Stephen
Perloff, Founder, The Photo Review, Philadelphia, PA
Steve Zeifman, Owner,
Rush Creek Editions, Santa Fe. New Mexico
Jessica Johnston, Curatorial Associate,
Department of Photographs,
George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography
and Film, Rochester, NY
2009
2009
Competition will upload by June 1
3 Categories,
Family Gatherings, Landscapes, Self-Portraits
1st, 2nd, 3rd Place winners +
10 Honorable Mention each category
jurors:
Family
Gatherings,
Audrey Jonchkeer, Worldwide Pro Photographer Relations, Kodak
Landscapes,
Sarah Leen, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Society
Self-Portraits
Jean Ferro, Photo Artist / President Women In Photography International
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
woman photographer who has been working in the photographic community
for at least twenty years.
Gallery
Two: Member Profile and Portfolio
an upcoming woman photographer and WIPI Member, who talks about personal
work and building a career.
Gallery
Three: Student Gallery, new talent on the horizon
Gallery
Four: Historical Profiles (2000-2003, Peter Palmquist contributor)
WIPI Archive, a unique historical commentary about a woman photographer
who is included in the Women In Photography Archives.
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