Pints and Pixels Open Screen Night - 2 free drinks for members

Tuesday, June 24th - 7pm

Luna Star Cafe
775 NE 125th Street, North Miami 33161
305·799·7123, www.lunastarcafe.com

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ASMP South Florida is proud to present the first in a series of Open Screen nights (like an open mic night at a comedy club) at the Luna Star Cafe located across the street from the MOCA Museum and Starbucks on NE 125th Street, North Miami with lots of free parking (no meters).

All members are invited to bring a few pixels (like five images of your choice-work or personal) and drink a few pints for an evening of images and camaraderie with like minded photographers. Luna Star is a non-corporate pub with a Greenwhich Village feel that serves coffee, speciality beers and good food. Alexis, the owner, shows local artwork on her walls and loves photography. We are exploring the possibility of making the Luna Star Cafe our regular meeting place so come help us decide if we should select it as our regular meeting place and the proverbial ASMP member hangout.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (May 15, 2008) – Photojournalist Graeme Phelps "Flip" Schulke,

who was well known for photographing America's Civil Rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as President John F. Kennedy and seven other presidents, Fidel Castro, Muhammad Ali, Jacques Cousteau, and hundreds of other high-profile politicians and celebrities, died today of congestive heart failure at Columbia Hospital. He was 77.

Schulke once told a business magazine in Minnesota that he had earned his nickname "Flip" on the trampoline while competing with the New Ulm, MN, high school gymnastics team. Schulke's spent more than a decade covering the Civil Rights movement and his good friend, Dr. King, and his photographs filled three books: Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Documentary, Montgomery to Memphis (1976); King Remembered (1986); and He Had A Dream (1995). Click here for the full story.

Since the introduction of the latest version of the Orphan Works was introduced to Congress on April 24th this year the debate between all the various Creator's groups and Image Users groups (Copyleft) has been heating up. To see what people are saying about the issue follow the links below.

From the "Copyleft": American Library Association (ALA), Scholarly Communication & Copyright (blog), Public Knowledge (a copyright reform group), The Chronicle of Higher Education (Trade Publication). From the Creators Groups: ASMP, ASMP Podcast, National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Photo District News (PDN),

On April 24th two different versions of Orphan Works legislation were presented in each of the houses of Congress — a Senate version and a House version.

For over two years, Victor Perlman, the ASMP’s legal counsel, has been working closely with members of the government and other interested industries to gain improvements in the legislation. He is familiar with the people involved and has met with them to affect the changes reflected in the House bill. In working with the current subcommittee, he was able to reach them on many of our concerns. Subcommittee Chair Howard Berman was very responsive to our issues. I’ve outlined the highlights of the House version below. As you’ll see, there are many hurdles for infringers and protections for image creators that were not included in the original Orphan Works proposal or in the bill that died in the last Congress.

NEW YORK.- This evening at Sotheby’s, before a packed salesroom, the sale of The Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Photographs, a connoisseur’s collection of 68 rare and unique images ranging in date from 1847 to 1985, sold for $8,901,350 far exceeding the high estimate (est. $4.6/7 million) and setting records for nineteen artists. The collection, a choice selection of some of the most sophisticated works ever brought together in one collection, all in superb condition, was assembled by Jill Quasha, a private photography dealer who specializes in building both public and private collections, on behalf of the Quillan Company, an investment group. Ninety-two percent of the lots sold tonight achieved prices at or above their pre-sale estimates. Sotheby’s Photograph sales will continue on April 8th, with Edward Weston’s Gifts to His Sister, and a various-owners Photographs sale.

Magnum Photographer Burt Glinn Dies At 82
NEW YORK.- US photographer Burt Glinn, who began his career with Life magazine before joining Magnum and who covered events such as Fidel Castro's Cuba campaign and the Battle of Sinai, died Wednesday in New York aged 82. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Burt Glinn served in the United States Army between 1943 and 1946, before studying literature at Harvard University, where he edited and photographed for the Harvard Crimson college newspaper. From 1949 to 1950, Glinn worked for Life magazine before becoming a freelancer.

Glinn became an associate member of Magnum in 1951, along with Eve Arnold and Dennis Stock - the first Americans to join the young photo agency - and a full member in 1954. He made his mark with spectacular color series on the South Seas, Japan, Russia, Mexico and California. In 1959 he received the Mathew Brady Award for Magazine Photographer of the Year from the University of Missouri.

President's Message April 2008

I am always amazed by no matter how long I am in this business or how far along I am in my career, by the little gems of knowledge I pick up, just by being at ASMP meetings. Last Wednesday evening many of those gems were offered by Seth Resnick (founder of D-65 workshops) who gave us a great presentation of both his personal images and working techniques.

I know what most of you are thinking; I've have seen it all! What could be new out there?
Well think of this….when most of us started out, one camera and three lenses got you through most assignments for years. Today, forget about the ever-changing world of digital cameras, let's look at the constantly evolving world of programs and their workflows.
Personally, if had I stayed comfortably in my office over the last two years, today I would be like the mountain man who came to town trying to figure out what writing is all about without even knowing an alphabet existed!