Jasmine DeFoore | Photo Editor & Marketing Consultant

The deadline to submit work for Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración is quickly approaching: enter work by June 30, 2012 for consideration.

All Latin American illustrators, photographers, creative professionals, publishers, agencies, representatives, students and art teachers living anywhere with work published anywhere for any purpose are eligible. As are those working or studying in Latin America with work created or published anywhere for any purpose. Includes Mexico, Caribbean, Central American and South American countries.

Winning images will be exhibited in New York City as part of the annual AI-AP Party in November 2012 and will be part of a traveling exhibit through 2013. In addition to be part of the Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración book, winning images appear on THE ARCHIVE, at ai-ap.com, attracting over 200 unique visitors per day.

Portfolio review photo via CONTACT photography festival

February
Texas Photo Roundup: A new event in Austin, Texas geared toward commercial and editorial photographers. Started out as a one day event and is growing quickly!

March
FotoFest: Biannual festival in Houston, Texas aimed at fine art market with weeks of portfolio reviews.
MOPLA: Month long celebration of photography in Los Angeles focusing on commercial, fine art and photojournalism.

April
Hyeres Fashion and Photography Festival: Diverse exhibitions, professional panel discussions and two competitions showcasing 10 photographers and 10 fashion designers selected by a jury of professionals in each field.
Palm Springs Photo Festival: Mix of workshops, portfolio reviews and slideshows aimed at commercial, editorial, and fine art photographers.
Photo Lucida: Every other April, an international set of photographers and reviewers gather in Portland, Oregon for a five-day celebration of photography that includes lectures, workshops, and exhibition collaborations.

May
CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival: Annual festival of photography in Toronto, with over 1000 local, national and international artists exhibiting at almost 200 venues.
Guernsey Photography Festival: Brings together major names in international photography with a host of emerging talent, for a packed month of exhibitions, workshops and events on the beautiful island of Guernsey.
LOOK Liverpool International Photography Festival: Festival in England that includes exhibition openings, artists’ talks, workshops.
New York Photo Festival: Mix of fine art, editorial, and commercial work with exhibitions all over DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Photo Month in Krakow: A month long festival in Poland with a fine art orientation.

June
Flash Forward Festival Boston: An extension of The Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Annual Competition for Emerging Photographers. Five-day festival based out of the Fairmont Battery Wharf, offering organized networking events and educational programming.
London Street Photography Festival: Expanding to encompass street, documentary and conceptual photography, the festival includes exhibitions, workshops, talks and screenings.
LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph: Exhibitions, presentations, interviews, workshops and outdoor projections in Charlottesville, Virginia.
PHotoEspaña: Festival in Madrid lasting until the end of July with various exhibitions throughout the city.
Photoville: a unique, large-scale, photographic village with Shipping Containers in the heart of Brooklyn Bridge Park, at the Pier 3 Uplands, located on the Brooklyn Waterfront.

July
Fotopub: Festival celebrating European documentary photography in Slovenia.
PhotoIreland: Festival in Dublin that celebrates Ireland’s photographic talents as well as brings international practitioners and artists to Ireland.
The Rencontres d’Arles: Combination of fine art and photojournalism in France.

August
Belfast Photo Festival: Biannual festival in Ireland with portfolio reviews, exhibitions, workshops, and seminars.

September
Noorderlicht International Photo Festival: Annual photo festival in The Netherlands in which diverse photographic genres and series are welded into a thematic narrative and exhibited.
Visa pour l’Image: Festival focusing on photojournalism in Perpignan, France that is well attended by international photo editors and agents.

October
Atlanta Celebrates Photography: 150 photo-related exhibitions and events, hosted by a diverse network of venues across the Atlanta metro area.
Brighton Photo Biennial: Month long curated photo festival in the UK and with 60,000 visitors in 2010, one of the best attended in the world.
Hereford Photography Festival: Annual photography festival in the UK that focuses on documentary work.

November
FotoWeek DC: A week long, city-wide festival that takes place annually in Washington DC.
Paris Photo: Festival in Paris, France with 135 galleries and publishers coming from twenty or so countries and more than 50,000 visitors.
PhotoNOLA: An annual festival of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with galleries, museums and photographers citywide.

Seattle-based Mike Kane was looking to improve his freelance career after many years in newspaper photojournalism.

As with most projects, rethinking his approach started with us looking through his archive of images. In addition to his great in-depth documentary work, he also had a body of work that would work well for a variety of editorial and corporate clients.  The way he shows life in the Pacific Northwest was especially interesting to me, and I thought it would be good to highlight a mix of editorial portraiture, landscapes, and documentary images.

Website before:

Website After (updated scaler site by Livebooks)

New promotional materials

Jason Dailey is a Kansas City-based corporate and editorial photographer. He was looking for some help in refocusing the work he shows on his website. We started with re-editing everything to show his strengths, especially with portraiture. We then created a new print promo and portfolio for him to take on meetings. Since launching the new work, he has picked up new clients in editorial, healthcare and higher education sectors.

New Website

Print Portfolio

Print Promo

I worked with San Antonio-based Jennifer Whitney on re-editing her work, building a new website, creating the first of a series of print and email promos and creating a new, custom print portfolio. Scott Mullenberg built the portfolio and designer Doris Palmeros did the new logo and branding as well as designing the first printed promo piece.

Old Website

New Splash Page

New Website

Print Portfolio

Print Promo

Marie Claire has a great opportunity for professional photographers to reward the best photo reports about women.
To participate, register here and upload 10 photos from a single reportage, before June 30th, 2012.

Their international jury will select 10 finalists including one Award Winner, who will receive 5 000€ and a a Nikon D800 D-SLR.

The Award Winner’s reportage will be published in Marie Claire France and in several Marie Claire International editions. And to salute all of the 10 shortlisted participants, an exhibition of their work made in partnership with Artelier Vikart will be held in Paris.

LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia is right around the corner: June 7-9, 2012.

LOOK3 will have photographic exhibitions, presentations, interviews, workshops, and outdoor projections curated by David Griffin and Vincent J. Musi.

10 young photographers attending LOOK3 have the opportunity to apply for a full scholarships to study with famed Magnum street photographer Bruce Gilden. The deadline to apply for this “Street Smart” workshop is May 3.

Image09 winner, Martine Fougeron

Image12 is a nationwide photo contest run by the New York chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers.
The competition is open to all professional, serious amateur and student photographers residing in the United States. Contestants are asked to submit one or more images that were created after January 1, 2011. The deadline for entry submissions is May 1, 2012.

PDN’s The Curator is an great opportunity for undiscovered and emerging fine art photographers.

The selected artists will be part of The Curator group show in New York City, summer 2012. The opening reception, which is open to the gallery-going public, will be attended by top industry creatives and personalities, all coming together for music, cocktails, and to celebrate your work! In addition, each chosen photographer will receive a two-page spread in PDN‘s July issue.

Submit work by March 26.

If you are a photographer between 18 and 35 years old, consider applying for Foam Magazine’s Talent Call.

The Foam annual Talent Call is designed to showcase exceptional young photographers from all over the world. Every year, Foam Magazine dedicates its Fall issue to publishing the work of 15 selected talents. It is a springboard into the international photography industry for these artists, giving them international recognition and acclaim. Last year the winning portfolios were chosen from over 800 submissions worldwide. We look forward to seeing what 2012 has to offer!

Submit work by April 16 for consideration.