| |
WIPI
promotes the visibility of women working in the Photographic Arts Looking
Back at WIPI: 1981 ...to current 2009
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:
-
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 Competitions current
EXHIBITIONS:
2001 - 2009 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
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
Summer
09 Competition
3
categories, Children, Flowers, Trees
1st Place + 25 Honorable Mention
Jurors:
CHILDREN:
Carol
McCusker, PhD - Curator of Photography/Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego,
CA
FLOWERS
Margot Shaw - Founder/Editor in Chief, FLOWER MAGAZINE
TREES
Bryan Yedinak,
Co-owner/ Publisher/Gallery Director &
Niniane Kelley, Associate Gallery
Director Modernbook Gallery, Palo Alto, California
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.
F2
eZine
|
|
WIPI
History 