Tom Chambers [Richmond, VA] was invited to exhibit my work at the Salon d'Automne in Paris this year. This is the same Salon that the French Impressionists started back
in 1903. His image to use on this year's poster. www.salon-automne.com.

Sandra Chen Weinstein [Lake Forest, CA] is invited to SKM International Photo Festival in Taipei Taiwan Sep 15- Dec 28, she will be exhibit the series from I and American Graffiti. She also curated Eli Reed of Magnum Photo Agency and a clinical professor of Photojournalism in University of Texas at Austin. Sandra is Runner Up winner for Julia Margret Cameron Award in categories of Documentary, Portraits series. She received merit award for Color Portfolio contest, images displaying on Color Magazine Special issue on September.

Pia Greenberg [Friendswood] wuns Honorable Mention for Six Grams Fiber and also accepted for Folklorico Costumes in the Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake's High Fiber & Raw Materials Juried Exhibition that goes on until October 7, 2010. www.taaccl.org.

Students that participated in Weston Photography Workshops graciously donated one photograph to the Weston Scholarship for sale to help raise money for the Weston Scholarship. www.westonphotographyeducationassociation.org/printartists.html.

Susan Mullally [Waco] just returned from a two month residency at the Beijing Studio Center, June and July 2010. Images from this body of work will be included in the exhibition at The Hannan Province Art Center, China, October 1 - 12, 2010. Her work was included in No Borders at Zibo International Exhibition, Shandong Province, China.

Dick Lavine [Austin] was accepted into the PhotoPlace Gallery's Pictures With Words for his image Choose To Walk.

Paul Wainwright's [Atkinson, NH] new book, A Space for Faith: The Colonial Meetinghouses of New England has been named as a finalist in the prestegious New England Book Awards. www.aspaceforfaith.com.

Aline Smithson [Los Angeles, CA] has a solo exhibit at the Galeria Tagomago in Barcelona, Spain on September 16 for her series Arrangements in Green and Black. Aline was also featured on the 591 Photography Blog website, on the Oitzarisme website, and interviewed by Kate Pollard on here series In Case of Rain on May 19th.

Marti Belcher [Vienna, VA] was a winner in the Photography: Professional category of the Creative Quarterly Magazine's Creative Quarterly 20 Competition that will be published in the Fall 2010 issue. www.cqjournal.com/winners.html

Susan Burnstine [Los Angeles, CA] wrote about Rania Matar [Brookline, MA] and her work in the Middle East called Ordinary Lives in the August 2010 issue of B&W Magazine. Click here to read article.

Yolande Eliezer [France] received 2 nomimations for Still Life in the 4th Annual International Color Awards Master Cups 2010 and 3rd place, Advertising Products, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, June 2010.

Sharon Shero [Dallas] and Bob Quaglia [Dallas] had a joint show, 2x2x10: 2 Photographers x 2 photographers at X10 Cellars, at Times Ten Cellars June 25 and 26.

Edwin Bobrow [New York, NY] was included in the Juried Exhibit Aspects of the City held at New York Law School for his image Mystical City.

James Evans [Marathon] had his gallery, Evans Gallery, chosen as one of five places to visit in Texas in Southern Living Magazine's June 2010 issue. page 1 of article. page 2 of article.

Jane Paradise [San Francisco, CA] was accepted into the Spring Arts Competition at the Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts for her image Quiet from the Not Quite Strangers series.

Virginia Catherine Fairchild [Houston] was accepted into PhotoPlace Gallery's PhotoPlace Open 2010 for her image Theatre Box.

Horse & Buggy Press and Rob McDonald [Lexington, VA] have collaborated on Poplar forest, a book of Holga-based photographic work of the Thomas Jefferson retreat, Poplar Forest, Virginia. www.robmcdonaldphotography.com.

Lydia Panas [Kutztown, PA] was accepted in Fotofestival 2010 that will travel to Berlin, Lodz, and Poland.

Tom Chambers [Richmond, VA] received an Award of Excellence from Open Shutter: Exposure, the Editor's Choice Award from Obscura Journal, First Place from the PhotoSpiva 34th Annual National
Photography Competition and was included in the Skotia Gallery Biennial Photography Invitational which took place in May 2010. Tom was also featured in the Spring 2010 Issue of H.O.W. Journal and the Diffusion Magazine. Tom's piece The Goatherd won first place in Digital Enhanced and will be shown at the 2009 WPGA Annual Exhibition opening and artist reception in Madrid in The Circle of Fine Arts on June 21st, 2010.

Harvey Stein [New York City] was interviewed by the writer and photographer Robert Schaefer, Jr. for Digital Photographer, in the article Many Traveled Roads and is also honored to be the first photographer to be interviewed by David Bronner for the new B&H program called In Response.

Charles Corda [Coconut Grove, FL] was nominated for 8 awards and 5 separate catgories in the 4th Annual International Color Awards Master Cup 2010. www.thecolorawards.com/presentation1/index.php.

Scott Mahrer [Egg Harbor Township, NJ] was accepted in the Ocean City Arts Center's 2010 Annual Juried Photography Exhibition in April for his image Prism.

Paul Greenberg [Dallas] was accepted into Immigrant Entrepreneurs of Encuentros Abiertos-Festival de la Luz in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1–30.

Angela Bacon-Kidwell [Wichita Falls] is now represented by AfterImage Gallery in Dallas, Texas. www.afterimagegallery.com.

Lamar University unviels a 9 foot panoramic photo, The Window, 2009 by Richard Allen Ashmore [Orange], to memoralize Geology Department Founder.

Susan deWitt [Bainbridge Island, WA] was accepted into PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont's PhotoPlace Open 2010, juried by Keith Carter [Beaumont].

Sean McCormick [Washington D.C.] has a series of photographs in the April 15 issue of American Way Magazine to accompany the article "Goin' Country". The assignment focused on a city slicker's search for solitude and a ride on a horse in West Texas. An online version of the article can be found here, and additional photos from the assignment can be seen on Sean's blog.

Alan Tonnesen [Spicewood] was exhibiting and selling photographs at the Annual King Williams Fair in San Antonio as well as Robin Renee Hix [Wimberley] and will be exhibiting and selling his photographs at Salida Riverside Fine Art Festival on August 14–15.

Tom Chambers [Richmond, VA] recently updated the online version of his Mother's 45s project to commemorate its 20th Anniversary, created and shown at Gallery One in Providence, Rhode Island, 1990. www.tomrchambers.com/index-13.html.

Adrienne Defendi [Palo Alto, CA] was accepted into the Lensless Image: A Juried Exhibition of Lensless Photography at the Castell Photography Gallery, Asheville, NC.

Paul Wainwright [Atkinson, NH] photograph Spiral Stairs, Fort Point Lighthouse is hanging in the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire through May 20.

Sam Reeves [Dallas] and five other photographers have finished the website for The Dead Photographers Society, an idea born out of a love for black and white photography and doing things the old fashioned way…in a “wet” darkroom. www.deadphotographerssociety.com.

Isa Leshko [Houston] was accepted into Center's Review Santa Fe, juried by Katherine Ware [Santa Fe, NM], as well as Project 5 Portfolio Review that took place in Manhatten in April 2010.

Sandra Chen Weinstein [Lake Forest, CA] was chosen by juror Phil Borges, Best of Color, Excellence award in the Exposure Competition of Open Shutter Gallery.

The Our Town:Longview Holga workshop taught by Tammy Cromer-Campbell [Longview] was mentioned on the Holga Inspire website which includes images taken by Tammy and students.

The Center for Fine Art Photography's Portfolio ShowCase Volume 4 containing a portfolio of Steve Strom's [Santa Fe, NM] landscape images is available online.

The Center has announced the Center Choice Award winners. This includes the Curator's Choice Awards juried by Roxana Marcoci of The Museum of Modern Art, that went to 2nd place, Martine Fougeron [Bronx, NY] and Honorable Mention, Rania Matar [Brookline, MA]. The Director's Choice Awards juried by Chris Bennett and Laura Valenti of Newspace Center of Photography, went to Gloria Baker Feinstein [Kansas City, MO]. The Editor Choice Awards, juried by Kathy Ryan of New York Times and Scott Thode of VII Magazine, went to Third Place, Joyce P. Lopez [Chicago, IL]. The Center's Project Competition also awarded Rania Matar [Brookline, MA] with an Honorable Mention. To see more on these competitions, visit www.visitcenter.org.

Len Speier's [New York, NY] perennial icon, Hooded Figure in Snow has been used once again as a cover for the NY Times best seller, The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, Published originally by Macmillan in Sydney, Australia. Since its initial publication in 2005, the same photo cover has been used for an audio book CD cover of the same title by Sony, a French edition (Poche livres), a hardback edition by Macmillan (their 3rd edition) and he negotiated with IKAR, a. s., of Bratislavia to use the same photo cover on the Slovak language edition of The Book Thief, translated, will read: Zlodeika Knih!

Ann Texter [Georgetown] had images from her photographic mixed media portfolio selected to be in the Plates to Pixels 2010 Online Exhibition for the months of March and April.

Jessica Somers' [Bristol, CT] Bend So Not to Break series are now available for viewing and purchase at John Cleary Gallery, Houston.

Ariel Kessler [Wellesley, MA] was a Finalist for Photographer's Forum International Best of College 2010 for 20x24 Polaroids.

Bering and James presented a solo FotoFest participating space exhibition of Angilee Wilkerson’s [Denton] "After the Fire She Wandered" at BNIM Architects Houston on March 20th.

Susan Hayre Thelwell [Santa Fe, NM] was included in the Portfolio Showcase Volume 4 (online exhibition and book featuring 15 artists) juried by Kate Ware and was featured in Fraction magazine Issue 12.

Sandra Chen Weinstein's [Lake Forest, CA] series of two images has chosen to be exhibiting at the Grandstand "Louisiana Road Trip", New Orleans Jazz Fest during April 23 to May 2nd.

Isa Leshko [Houston] had 5 prints from her Thrills & Chills series purchased by the Boston Public Library for their permanent print collection. She is also featured in the 12th issue of Fraction Magazine along with Susan Hayre Thelwell [Santa Fe, NM] and included in the Portfolio Showcase Volume 4.

Loli Kantor's [Fort Worth] portfolio, There Was A Forest, will be featured in the upcoming LensWork, March/April issue no. 87, and LensWork Extended and the image Alfred and Veronika Shreyer won Honorable Mention at the World Wide Photography Gala Awards and will be a part of the exhibition at the in Malaga, Spain May 2010.

Charles Corda [Coconut Grove, FL] had 11 images published in the inaugural issue of Photo Paper Magazine.

Aline Smithson [Los Angeles, CA] recently participated in two auctions that raised monies to send relief to Haiti, the Life Support Auction organized by Wallspace Gallery in Seattle, and the Charity Print Auction hosted through Flickr, as well as the Project 5 Auction held at the Stephen Cohen Gallery, which raised funds for Child Labor around the globe. Aline also received anHonorable Mention in the Power of Self Competition through Artist's Wanted.

Rania Matar [Brookline, MA] has her work Ordinary Lives featured in an online exhibit on Social Documentary and delighted to share it with you. www.socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/Rania_Matar/821

Sean McCormick [Washington D.C.x] currently has a series of photographs in the March issue of Smithsonian Magazine to accompany the opening of the Human Origins Exhibit at the Natural History Museum. The assignment focuses on the construction of bronze sculptures being used in the exhibit. Visit www.smithsonianmag.com and Sean's blog, www.seanmccormickphoto.com/blog, for more.

Susan de Witt [Bainbridge Island, WA] was chosen to be in the PhotoSpiva 34th Annual National Photographic Competition 2010 for an image from her series Mirage.

Husband and wife, Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee [Ottsville, PA] have just published a new book, Chicago: Loop/Chicago: Lake. It is their first joint book that has work from both For information: www.lodimapress.com/html/chicago.html.

Rania Matar [Brookline, MA] was reviewed by Susan Burnstine [Los Angeles, CA] for her book Ordinary Lives in Photo-Eye Magazine. www.photoeye.com/magazine/reviews/2010/01_18_Ordinary_Lives.cfm. She also had her work, A Girl in her Room reviewed and Ordinary Lives featured on the Black Snapper, an online photography website based in Amsterdam.

Marydorsey Wanless [Topeka, KS] was published in Visual Overture Magazine, Spring 2010, as the Cover Design Image, was accepted into Silvershotz International Journal of Fine Art Photography, won Second Place in the Fall Expo 2009 of Infinity Online Art Gallery, and won Third Place in Art Buzz Magazine's International Juried Art Competition.

Faustinus Deraet [Austin] was accepted in the 2010 People's Gallery Exhibition at Austin City Hall.

Aline Smithson [Los Angeles, CA] was nominated as a candidate for the Exellence in Teaching Award 2009 through Center, her blog, Lenscratch was considered as one of the Top Ten Photography-Related Blogs You Should Read by Source Photographic Review, and recently had work in the Intimate View of Southern California exhibition at the Los Angeles Art Show, hosted by the Lucie Foundation.

Chris Burt [Plano] was published in the Window on Texas section in the March issue of Texas Highway Magazine.

John Bridges [Little Rock, AR] had two images selected for F-Stop Magazine's Away From Here theme.

Isa Leshko [Houston] received an Honorable Mention in the 2010 Houston Center for Photography Fellowship Competition, was selected for inclusion in the Portfolio Showcase Volume 4 that will be published by the Center for Fine Art Photography in May, was nominated for a Black and White Spider Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art (professional category), and was recently nominated for a New England Art Award in the Photography category.

James Evans [Marathon] was featured on Stateman.com in an article Photographer finds his niche in Big Bend: James Evans' lens and soul focus on land and people of West Texas.

Kristin Ware [Austin] was included in F-Stop Magazine's Issue #39 Away From Here. www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibit.html.

Kay Dentons' [Horseshoe Bay] photograph Dos Manos was the featured image in the Ann Arbor Michigan Newspaper as the travelling exhibition Image Wrought from The Harry Ransom Center is shown at The University of Michigan Museum of Art. She is paired with a 19th century photograph by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll 1874).

Elizabeth Opalenik [Oakland, CA] was featured in Color Magazine and Silvershotz, and her creative process titled Light and Feelings was released in December 2009 and should be posted on the Verve Gallery website.

Photo District News and High Country News are planning a review of Don Kirby's [Santa Fe, NM] Grasslands photographs. The Sierra Club Los Angeles Chapter Camera Committee is also hosting a presentation of the Grasslands photographs on February 8th at the Felicia Mahood Center in West Los Angeles.

Rangefinder Magazine January 2010 issue featured Natalie Young [El Segundo, CA], Forever Natalie Young, and Susan Burnstine [Los Angeles, CA].

Bill Franson [Byfield, MA] has accepted a position as Adjunct Professor in the Art Dept. at Gordon College in Wenham, MA. Also, a collection of 24 prints from his body of work entitled A Nickel and a Kopek was acquired by Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI for their permanent collection.

Lance Keimig [Pembroke, MA] has begun production for his newest book Night Photography: Finding Your Way in the Dark, to be realeased in August 2010. Includes contributions by Dan Burkholder [Palenville, NY], Scott Martin [San Antonio, TX], and Troy and Tom Paiva. You may pre-order you book through Amazon.com.

Stephen Strom [Sonoita, AZ] was recently reviewed by Tuscon Weekly for his Observatories of the Southwest book and Earth Forms was named one of the Best Books in the West 2009 by New West Books & Writers. Stephen was also accepted into PhotoPlace Gallery's Floral show, the Center for Photography at Woodstock's Photography Now, and was awarded Best in Exhibition during the Lishui Photography Festival.

Adrienne Defendi [Palo Alto, CA] and Amanda Stahl [Johnson City] was accepted into the Krappy Kamera XII International Juried Competition during March 2010 at SOHO Photo, New York City.

Angela Bacon-Kidwell [Witchita Falls] is featured in Color Magazine for her series Reveries in the March 2009 issue.

Sean McCormick [Washington, D.C.] recently finished a project for the Washington Post photographing a Day in the Life of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. The senator is a unique story because she juggles young children at home and the busy life of a US Senator. You can read her story here and view additional photos on Sean's blog.

Richard Skidmore [The Sea Ranch, CA] had two images selected into the juried show Twelve – The Play of Light, shown at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center in Sacramento, CA.

Kristin Ware [Austin], Amanda Stahl [Johnson City], and Erin Malone [San Francisco, CA] have been accepted into Photomedia Centers Holga Show 3.0. www.photomediacenter.org/Holga3/Holga3show.html

Linda J. Hirsch [Wayland, MA] has started her newest series, Centripetals or layered collages “radiating outward from a central fixed point”.

Natalie Young [El Segundo, CA] had an article about her work in the December issue of Black & White Photography (UK).

Kristin Ware [Austin] will have 3 of her Day of the Dead pictures published in the December issue of Spain's Belio Magazine for the article entitled "Tus Muertos". beliomagazine.com/index.php/products/view/64

Sandra Chen Weinstein [Lake Forrest, CA] has received an Honorable Mention in the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, 2009 Annual contest, category portrait - people and figure. U.K. and a Finalist in the Gordon Parks International Photo contest, Kansas

Susan Huber [Salt Spring Island, B.C.] donated a print, Grama Grasses (the print that won the HM from the High and Dry 8th- 2008) to Camerawork in San Francisco for their auction being held December 5, 1p.

Meg Birnhaum [Somerville, MA] was invited to attend and exhibit at a photography festival in Lishui, China in November '09, and to have a solo show at Gallery Tantotempo in Kobe, Japan in February 2010. She will have
one of her prints in the winter collection at Wallspace Gallery in Seattle.

Anne Hopkins [Dracut, MA] new portfolio is of a veiling process for a RA-4 C-Print that she discovered with the help of fellow TPS member Mark L. Eshbaugh. Along with the veiling, it is also possible to transfer the dyes to a receptor paper. Both processes are chemical and are from straight prints from negatives and are not digitally manipulated. You can view a handful of examples at annehopkinsphotography.com or http://hopkinsphotography.carbonmade.com.

Arthur Meyerson [Houston] has announced the launching of his new website at www.arthurmeyerson.com. To celebrate this event, they are offering an exciting 25% discount on our usual limited edition print prices.

Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [Houston, TX] and Eisenhower Middle School [Wyckoff, NJ] photo collaboration as a FotoFest International Literacy Through Photography pilot project. houstonwyckoff.blogspot.com. http://literacythroughphotography.fotofest.org. Students are writing about their own images and commenting about their classmates' and other students' images.

PlatestoPixels.com has selected several TPS members for the juried exhibition, Body Pulses, including Third Prize Winner Kirsten Hoving [Middlebury, VT], Honorable Mention winners Angela Bacon-Kidwell [Wichita Falls] and Jessica Somers [Bristol, CT], along with Charlotte Niel [Oakland, CA], and Natalie Young [El Segundo, CA]. The show will be on display on the website.