Boston Press Photographers Association

June meeting

Dirck Halstead talk
Monday, June 16th at 6:30 PM
Boston University Photonics Center
8 Saint Mary St. Boston

EVERYTHING IS CHANGING...
HOW TO SURVIVE THE NEXT WAVE

But as long ago as 1997, he saw that the industry was about to change in a fundamental way. Paternalistic attitudes at magazines were being replaced by hardheaded MBAs, who had no personal relationships with photographers. Space started to disappear from magazines. The wire services started to become the prime asset for editors, rather than contract or freelance photographers.

And all this started to happen long before the Internet turned into the World Wide web.

Today, magazines and newspapers are moving their content to the Web in order to survive. But the Web has different requirements than print.

Dirck Halstead, who has become one of the most prominent futurists in photojournalism (AMERICAN PHOTO named him the 11th most influential photographer in the business in 2007), will address the changes, and the strategies that photographers will need to master in order to survive.

More about Dirck:

Dirck Halstead was the Time Magazine White House photographer for over 29 years and one of the first still photographers to work in Multimedia. Dirck, the editor and publisher of the Digital Journalist has won numerous awards including the Life Time Achievement Award from the White House Press Photographers Association, The Robert Capa Gold Medal and 2 Eisies. Come learn from one of the greats of our industry.

This will be a joint event of BPPA, ASMP & the PRC. $10:00 in advance: (until June 9th, 2008) and $15:00 at the door.

BPPA members can pre-register via Paypal:

2007 BPPA Still Contest Results
Bill Greene named POY

Boston Globe staffer Bill Greene was named 2007 "Photographer of the Year" by the Boston Press Photographers Associaton. The judging took place February 17, 2008 at Emerson College.

Lisa Hornak of the Boston Herald placed second followed by Dominic Chavez of the Boston Globe .

Amelia Kunhardt of the (Quincy, MA ) Patriot Ledger won "Best of Show".

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Photo © Rick Friedman

Contest Judges
Fred Conrad of the New York Times, (left), Nikki Kahn of the Washington Post and Steve Falk of the Philadelphia Daily News with the Massachusetts State House in the background.

Complete Results >>click here

Winning Portfolio >>click here

Winning Photos >>click here

2007 BPPA College Contest
Winners Announced

March 4, 2008 - The Boston Press Photoraphers Association is pleased to announce the the winners for its Fourth Annual College Still Photo Contest.

The BPPA College Contest was judged March 2, 2008 at the Salem Evening News.

Amy Sweeney of the Salem Evening News, Dominic Chavez of the Boston Globe, and Elise Amendola of AP Êjudged contest. Thanksgo to the judges and the Contest chairs Charlie Krupa of AP and Reba Saldanha of the Lynn Item for a great contest.

BPPA College Contest Results:

News: First Byron Smith, BU Second: Byron Smith, BU Third: Will Nunnally, BU	Features: First: Brooks Canady, BU Second: Jocelyn Gabriel, NESOP Third: Leonard Mazzone, UNH
Sports: First: Will Nunnally, BU Second: Jocelyn Gabriel, NESOP Third: Brooks Canaday, BU	Portraits: First: Miguel Candela, Suffolk University Second: Danielle Shepherd, BU Third: Miguel Candela, Suffolk University
Picture Story: First: Byron Smith, BU Second: Angela Klempner, Endicott College Third: Byron Smith, BU

BPPA shows to hang at Logan Airport

After several board members meet with Massport, We are pleased to announce BPPA will be hanging a 2 part show at the airport.

The theme is "Welcome to New England".

This is a wonderful chance to promote BPPA and it's members.

The first part of the show to hang at Logan Airport was chosen from some of the BPPA award winning images printed over the past couple of years. This will be hung near the media office within 2 weeks.

The second part of the show will be open to all members to submit their best/favorite travel, sports, features, portraits, animal or any other image they feel fits the theme of the show. We can hang app. 100 images. The photographs will be chosen by a committee made up of one person from a major paper, one person from a suburban paper, one person from the board and one person from the airport.

We are asking members to submit 3 of their favorite images from any year that will fit the working title "Welcome to New England". Entries will be accepted until mid June and should be e-mailed to loganpix@bppa.net

The file size needs to be large enough to make a 16x20 print. Please name your photographs using your name-01.jpg ect. Please put all info in the file info, including caption and contact info including e-mail.
The photographer may be responsible for making their own print. (we are trying to get funding) The winning photographs will be chosen by a 4 person committee.