Gorgeous Student Photos

The inaugural session of Candela: Finding Inspiration Through Photography wrapped up a few weeks ago. 38 students from around the country participated. They took fantastic photographs, wrote thoughtfully about their work, and helped set the stage for some wonderful creative discovery. I thought it would be nice to share some of their beautiful images here. A new session of Candela begins on September 25th, so if you're in need of some extra creative inspiration, I hope you'll join me. 

To all of the intrepid photographers from Candela 1 - thank you! I miss you already! 

Click the first image to enter the slideshow.

Jurying Photography Competitions

I just wrote a post on Photolucida's blog about jurying Critical Mass, Photolucida's annual photography competition. Critical Mass puts participating photographers' work in front of 200 top photography curators, publishers, editors, and new media producers from around the world. I've been a juror since 2007, and I enjoy the process every year. Through Critical Mass, I've "discovered" a number of photographers for curatorial projects over the years. It's been my go-to resource for finding inspirational new talent. If you'd like to read a bit about the jurying process, take a look.

Early Works Exhibition

Image: Frederick Sharpe

Image: Frederick Sharpe

An exhibition I curated with Laura Moya will be on exhibit at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco from October 17th - November 17th 2013. This is the second stop on the exhibition's tour - it debuted at Newspace Center for Photography in April. 

The exhibit examines the naive imagery made by contemporary photographers when they were children. These early images often reveal surprising talent, visual intuition, and honesty. The exhibition is a close look at photographers' earliest works, paired with personal narratives about the images and their role in each photographers' development as an artist. There are some wonderful images and stories. To learn more and to see the full exhibition online, visit the exhibition website here:

www.earlyworksproject.org

And, if you're in San Francisco on October 17th, make sure to stop by the opening reception!