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The world’s most expensive car now displayed at

August 5, 2010

The Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California

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knowing how much cars mean to californian’s, driving around town shielded by a steel bubble, is almost a religion gone public. one is what one drives seems to be the zen mantra of some californian inhabitants affecting both male and females of that race.

in the short time i lived there, ten years,  i got an automotive education about cars i never even heard of. looking for my cougar i saw many new varieties of cars, ever hear of a jensen? an english car. with all the movie people driving leased lamborghini’s and ferrari’s down the freeway one feels a sense of why not me as they pass or more likely as you both inch along in a traffic event.  slowly as times passes one by while waiting to move ahead we can see ourselves behind the wheel of any number of exotic cars, looking cool.

heads turn towards us, we are somebody not just another toxic carbon monoxide generator killing plants and people because we look cool behind the wheel of ………………. name your poison. but if you’d like to see something dreams are made of then go up to oxnard ca.

Oxnard, CA – If you have a desire to see the world’s most expensive car in all its primal glory, the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, Calif., has put it on display. The 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, the first of three built, sold for more than $30 million and possibly as much as $40 million in a private sale brokered in May by California auction house Gooding and Company. The Bugatti will be on display for just two or three months at the art-deco-inspired Mullin museum, which opened April 15. Watch for museum hours, which are sporadic. The first chance to gaze at the Bugatti Atlantic will be Aug.10th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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last roll of Kodachrome, this is kansas

August 4, 2010

Photographer Steve McCurry Shoots De Niro, Brooklyn, India on Last Kodachrome Roll

Steve-McCurry

ROCHESTER, NY (AP).- What should a photographer shoot when he’s entrusted with the very last roll of Kodachrome? Steve McCurry took aim at the Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Central Terminal and a few human icons, too. Paul Simon, the crooner synonymous with the fabled film’s richly saturated colors, shied away. But Robert De Niro stood in for the world of filmmaking. Then McCurry headed from his base in New York City to southern Asia, where in 1984 he shot a famous portrait of a green-eyed Afghan refugee girl that made the cover of National Geographic. In India, he snapped a tribe whose nomadic way of life is disappearing — just as Kodachrome is.

see a link to The Wichita Eagle where the last Kodachrome lab exists Dwayne’s Photo Service or listen on NPR’s blog which also has some of McCurry’s India photographic work on a slide show. i’ve seen large prints of McCurry’s India studies at the Friends Without A Border auctions which we, Mary Wehrhahn and i belong to also donating prints of our work towards this wonderful charity which supports a children’s hospital in Cambodia which was first started by photographer Kenro Izu for the children of Cambodia whom he first met at Ankor Wat while photographing this amazing place. it is an infectious place.

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Library of Congress Places William P. Gottlieb’s Iconic Jazz Images on Flickr

August 4, 2010

Washington, DC – In the late 1930s, a Golden Age of Jazz started to emerge, as hard economic times began to fade

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Airwaves were pulsating with jazz and record sales were rising.  Legends like Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and many more were on the scene – and so was William P.Gottlieb.Equipped with a bulky Speed Graphic camera, Gottlieb, a young columnist for the Washington Post and later a writer for Down Beat magazine, photographed jazz musicians and performers, capturing classic images that are well-known today.  Gottlieb photographed the jazz greats from 1938 to 1948.

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the end or an era, where in manhattan do artist fit in?

August 4, 2010

Last Carnegie Hall Resident, Elizabeth Sargent, Forced Out of Carnegie Towers

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In this image taken Thursday Aug. 2 , 2007, New York photographer Editta Sherman, then 95, stacks celebrity portraits at her studio residence in New York’s Carnegie Hall. The Italian-born Sherman, 98, who photographed famous faces from Monroe and Andy Warhol to Elvis Presley and called the “Duchess of Carnegie Hall” for being its longest resident, was forced from the studio she called home since 1948. She’s not been allowed to sleep there since early July and must also remove her belongings by Aug. 31. A resident since 1949, she raised five children in a studio with 25-foot ceilings and a view of Central Park. Her rent was frozen at $650 a month.- AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

NEW YORK (AP).- All of her neighbors are gone, forced out. Now Elizabeth Sargent, the last holdout tenant of Carnegie Hall’s towers, is preparing to leave the her affordable studios that for more than a century housed some of America’s most brilliant creative artists. Red scaffolding surrounds Carnegie Hall as the city-owned towers are being gutted this summer in a $200 million renovation that includes adding a youth music program. Celebrities like Robert De Niro and Susan Sarandon had fought to save the homes, petitioning the city not to “displace these treasured artists and master teachers.”

Musicians, painters, dancers and actors thrived in the two towers built by 19th-century industrialist Andrew Carnegie just after the hall went up in 1891. The towers—one 12 stories high, the other 16—housed more than 100 studios, some with special skylights installed to give painters the northern light they prize.

Ms. Sargent, a one-time dancer, is now in her 80s and in remission from cancer. For 40 years, she’s lived on the ninth floor of the red-brick southern tower above the famed stage of the 119-year-old landmark. She has until Aug. 31 to clear out.

After a years-long legal battle, the two women finally reached agreement for new Midtown Manhattan apartments where rents will be subsidized by Carnegie Hall Corp. for the rest of their lives.

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some new old work done today

July 28, 2010

sometimes i do shoots with the sole purpose of working on them later in photoshop to achieve what my vision is. this series is a work in progress with many fits and starts and today was no exception.

i had lots to do other than going to the farmers market and buying fresh vegetables but it was the time to sit here trying to make a few, well actually two images  happen. but the jury is still out on one of them while i love what happened with the other one.

so i’lll try and let you into my mind a bit and ‘show not tell’ one of the few things i learned in screen writing at ucla.

this is what i began with in the studio, mary made the costume as she has a sewing machine from my idea

abstract dancer suit

dancer suit

here is the final image i originally envisioned. it’s a composition of three different images reworked via layers in photoshop

birth of the tree of life

born of the tree of life

this process i learned from a very talented director i worked with on As The World Turns, Paul Lammers, adapted for sure to what i am doing now but always kept in the back of my mind. tricks sort of act that way, it has come in very useful over the years but like anything good only has limited uses.

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now this image is straight from the session, notice the different quality of smoke and how it affects the photograph, while the images works on it’s own i don’t think it as powerful as the previous image.

here is the another image from the same session that i’ve done a number of times and i might get one that i really like but this will do for now

man nude birth

born of

i guess you can see that i have a thing about birth. it all comes from seeing a movie when i was young showing natural childbirth i was fascinated and i still am by the whole process, but it goes by so quickly i hardly remember seeing my own sons head pop out then body sliding into the nurses hand.

who knows really what generates our creativity. i am happy to be away from the hungry ghosts of the past and to be able to have days like today with a farm fresh vegetable salad for dinner.

don’t you just love summer?

jene

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New Orleans Photography Workshops w Joyce Tenneson

July 28, 2010

New Orleans Photography Workshops
Scholarship Application

Bringing your photographic vision to a larger audience with Joyce Tenneson
September 18-19, 2010

Please send the completed application, letters of recommendation and digital portfolio on a disc
(labeled with first and last name) to:

The New Orleans Photography Workshops
Attn: Scholarship Applications
1927 Sophie Wright Place
New Orleans, LA 70130

Application Deadline: Applications must be received by August 21, 2010.
Notification: Applicants will be contacted via e-mail by August 23, 2010.

About the scholarship: The scholarship is open to fine art photographers interested in
introducing their work to galleries or museums and photography educators who are in a position to
teach these skills to their students.
For more information about the workshop: http://www.neworleansworkshops.com (see
“Upcoming Workshops” tab)

To apply, please submit the following:
1. Scholarship application: see page 2.
2. Two letters of recommendation: The recommendations should be from people who are not
related to you.
3. For photographers: Digital portfolio of 10 images
• Image files should be formatted as 72 dpi jpgs at 10” long dimension.
• File names must include your first and last name (ex: John_Doe_4.jpg).
Note: Educators are not required to submit a portfolio.
For questions or more information contact: info@neworleansworkshops.com or 877-316-
0009
New Orleans Photography Workshops
Scholarship Application
Bringing your photographic vision to a larger audience with Joyce Tenneson
September 18-19, 2010
Please send the completed application, letters of recommendation and digital portfolio on a disc
(labeled with first and last name) to:

The New Orleans Photography Workshops
Attn: Scholarship Applications
1927 Sophie Wright Place
New Orleans, LA 70130
1. Last Name: _________________________________________________
2. First Name: _________________________________________________
3. Street address: _______________________________________________
4. City, state, zip code: __________________________________________
5. Telephone 1: ________________________________________________
6. Telephone 2 (optional): ________________________________________
7. E-mail: _____________________________________________________
8. Website (optional): ___________________________________________
9. For educators only:
Institution Name: _________________________________________
Institution Address: _______________________________________
Subject(s): _______________________________________________
Grade(s): ________________________________________________
10. Please attach an explanation of how a workshop on introducing photography to galleries and
museums will benefit you and the development of your career. (maximum 300 words)

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new rules for shooting in NYC on DASC properties

July 28, 2010

here’s a link to the new rules governing filming and  photography in Department of Citywide Administrative Services  properties

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and its predecessor City agencies have for more than twenty years allowed and supported film production activities on properties and within facilities under the jurisdiction of the agency. Given the frequency and complexity of filming activities by both amateurs and professionals, it has become necessary to codify the process that has been followed over time.

DCAS has adopted rules that govern filming and photography conducted on properties and within facilities under its jurisdiction, which require permits from the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting. These properties and facilities include various City buildings, such as the Manhattan and Brooklyn Municipal Buildings, all Borough Halls, and City and State Courts.

In order to conduct film or photography shoots in DCAS properties and facilities, DCAS approval must first be obtained prior to obtaining a required permit from MOFTB. Forms and documents required for DCAS review and approval must be submitted to the DCAS Film Office no later than four business days prior to the date on which prepping or rigging for shoots is set to commence.

Upon approval, a non-refundable fee of $3,200.00 shall accompany any application submitted to MOFTB for a required permit for filming or photography in DCAS properties and facilities. The fee shall be in the form of a certified bank check or money order, payable to the New York City Department of Finance.

The required fee shall be imposed for each instance in which prepping or rigging commences, is followed by shooting and/or photography for such production, and then is concluded by wrapping, de-rigging, and/or related activities.

The rules were initially published for comment in The City Record on August 25, 2009, and a public hearing was held on October 2, 2009. The adopted rules include changes made as a result of the comments submitted prior to and during the comment period and public hearing by members of the public, filming industry representatives, and City agency officials. The final adopted rules were published in The City Record on November 23, 2009.

The rules are in effect as of December 23, 2009. Click here to read the adopted rules in full.

Other links:

View the Adopted Rule

List of DCAS-Managed Buildings

DCAS Film Office Website

or see the City of NY Mayor’s office of film,theater and broadcasting

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update on Dance New Amsterdam studio rally, what you can do

July 22, 2010

i’ve been corresponding with Martha Chapman about DNA loosing their current home and city hall demonstration in the rain.

lone dancer (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

Dance joy (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

it really would be a great losses to this fair city to loose a very nice performance and studio space in the city. i know DNA is furlonging their staff to keep expenses down so it’s hard to get more information about what’s actually going on there. but you could do dear reader is write and send an email to Hon Mayor Bloomberg expressing surport for DNA here and ask the mayor to help in this matter. write of call 311 ask for the mayors office and speak up for our arts and culture.

does the city really need this space and monies or does the city benefit more from having dancers dancing.

i’d hate to see groups of dancers hanging around on street corners dancing for spare change or food.

c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

NY1 covered the rally and heres a link to NY1’s story because a picture tells a better story than i do. also New York Daily news covered the event see their link or one can go to DNA’s facebook page to keep up late developing news. better yet go directly to DNA’s web page for class information.

Keep dancers dancing (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

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The Cabinetry Heritage of Japan exhibit

July 22, 2010

yesterday i discovered a wonderful exhibit at the Nippon Club gallery called ‘Tansu’ an exhibition of historic Japanese cabinetry from the 18th century through modern times.

with pieces supplied by a brooklyn fine asian wares and antiques emporium called Shibui

stairstep chest

as only the japanese seen to work with wood in a unique way this exhibit shows the many different ways to decorate and build seemly ordinary functional pieces fo furniture.

boxes in boxes in drawers behind keyed panels.

and the real fun of this exhibit is that the pieces live in brooklyn when not at Nippon Club. for me the feel of wood is something special and in this gallery one can touch the pieces, open drawers while talking to owner Dane Owen or David Jackson about the work. how cool is that?

the Nippon Club gallery is located on the first floor at 145 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, open free of charge,

mon-fri 10a – 6p, sat 10a- 5p this exhibit continues until aug 4, 2010 and in my humble opinion is well worth the effort.

with the rate forest are disappearing and trees cut down and being used for firewood wooden chest maybe a thing of the past. owning one of these lovely chest would be very worth while or become great stories to tell our grandchildren.

jene

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The School of American Ballet Celebrating its 75th Anniversary

July 20, 2010

From left, Seth Orza, Sarah Ricard Orza, Karel Cruz and Chalnessa Eames in Jerome Robbins’s “Dances at a Gathering.”

New York, NY – “THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAN BALLET is on the same order as the Muscovite Imperial Ballet back in the days when the czar racket was a paying proposition.” So begins an unpublished 1933 draft for a news release for the School of American Ballet’s foundation recently found in its archives; the author, it is assumed, was Lincoln Kirstein. A later news release, dated Nov. 27, 1933, begins: “The School of the American Ballet under the direction of Georges Balanchine, maître de ballet for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, the Monte Carlo Ballet and Les Ballets 1933, will inaugurate its first season early in December at 637 Madison Avenue. The purpose of the school is the development of a national ballet, corresponding to the famous Russian Ballet, but essentially American in character, enlisting the talents of American artists, dealing with typically American themes, creating an American tradition.”

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