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Job: WLS-TV News Photographer

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Photography

CHICAGO (WLS) — WLS-TV, Chicago, is seeking an experienced ENG News Photographer. Candidates will have a proven track record in the fast-paced, high-pressured environment of daily local news gathering. Candidates should possess excellent people skills, and a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

– Working knowledge of P2 camera systems, Adobe Premier Pro editing and bonded cellular transmission technologies (Dejero and Live U)

– Able to operate ENG and SNG vehicles and live remote equipment.

– Applicants must be able to lift and carry 30 lbs. of equipment.

– Able to work all shifts including nights, weekends and holidays.

Required Qualification:

Applicant should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a major market.

Education:

A college degree and a valid driver’s license, with a good driving record.

Additional Information:

– This role is considered on-site, which means the employee will work from a Company designated location on an ongoing basis.

– This position is covered under the Company’s collective bargaining agreement with NABET – CWA

To apply, please log on to: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/ and search for Job ID: 10072890 or use the link: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/job/chicago/news-photographer-wls-tv/391/58824098000

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The Disney Entertainment Television group creates original entertainment and news content for the Company’s streaming platforms and its cable and broadcast networks.

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The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, Disney Parks, and Experiences and Products. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with WLS Television, Inc., which is part of a business we call ABC Owned TV Stations.

WLS Television, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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Missoula photographer shares story ‘Brawl in the Sky’ photo

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Photography

Brian Christianson has been a photographer in Missoula for a decade and a professional one for about three years with an eye for landscape photography.

“It is a way to engage acutely with an individual moment because you have to be engaged with the light with the form to understand the interplay, to watch the interplay of light and form. You have to be tuned in; you can’t be tuned out,” Christianson explained.

People love his work, but it was this almost ethereal view of Saturday’s semifinal game from up on Mount Sentinel that spread through Griz Nation. It’s a photo he’d been thinking about for a week.

“I really was thinking a lot about how the light of the stadium — because it was going to be an afternoon to dusk game could potentially yield a nice balance between the lights of the stadium and a sunset,” Christianson said.

But then came the fog from an inversion and that was a factor, “I call it Brawl in the Sky and I understand the moniker “brawl” is generally reserved for the Cats versus Griz, but it just felt like a battle between the clouds and the inversion.”

“By the time it was dusk, and the light was starting to balance and the light of the stadium was sort of coming through, the clouds cleared a little bit above the stadium because it was too dense for most of that experience,” Christianson said. “It cleared for a little bit just enough to let the details of the stadium you can see Montana and Grizzlies; you can see the players on the field and the lights coming through paring with what was one of the most spectacular sunsets I’ve seen in a while.”

“It just happened to be a very special day for the Grizzlies and the energy around that area obviously was immense and even the energy of the stadium — 600, 700 feet above the floor was felt deeply,” Christianson continued. “I was listening to the game on my headphones and my phone died. It was kind of chilly and my phone died, so I thought I’ll just listen to the roars of the crowd. So, I didn’t even know who won until the fireworks went off.”

*Brian Christianson has been a photographer in Missoula for a decade and a professional one for about three years with an eye for landscape photography.*

Once it was posted on social media, Brian’s website blew up with people wanting a print. Within 24 hours, it was the most popular photo in his career so far.

“And then I got overwhelmed with it,” Christianson laughed. “I had to shut down my website, or at least that product for 24 hours to catch up and try to get my feet underneath myself to figure out how to meet all this demand.

With the help of friends and family, he is all caught up and taking orders again. He understands the photo is special.

“That was a fight, that was a total fight and being up on the M on Mount Sentinel really made you feel like this game was in the sky.”

You can see more of his work at https://www.brianchristiansonphotography.com/ and can also find his work at the Artists’ Shop in downtown Missoula and a local art fairs.

Pat’s pics: UWO photographer shares fave images from 2023

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Photography

Nobody sees the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh quite like Pat Flood does.

Through his camera lens, he focuses on the action, joy and beauty of UWO’s three campuses. His images capture attention on UWO’s website, on its main social media accounts and in a myriad of communication and marketing materials.

Check out Flood’s favorite pictures from 2023 and learn how he created them in his own words.

Photographers are rushing to capture Big Sur’s most elusive shot

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Photography

Bethany O Photography Supports Self-Esteem Rising to Empower Women and Girls

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Photography

Bethany O Photography recently backed Self-Esteem Rising, an empowerment initiative by the Hance Family Foundation for women and girls nationwide.

EAST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES, December 20, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Bethany O Photography, a leading photography studio known for capturing moments of beauty across New England, recently lent its support to Self-Esteem Rising, an initiative by the Hance Family Foundation dedicated to empowering women and girls across the nation.

To support the noble cause of Self-Esteem Rising, Bethany O Photography launched a unique initiative. For a $100 donation to Self-Esteem Rising, individuals received a remarkable $450 credit towards a professional photo session at their studio, garnering a total donation of $1600. This initiative not only provides an opportunity for individuals to contribute to a worthy cause but also allows them to capture and celebrate their own confidence and self-esteem through the art of photography.

Self-Esteem Rising, an evolution of the Hance Family Foundation’s mission, envisions a future where women feel empowered and self-confident in every facet of their lives. The organization provides transformative programs for schools, colleges, universities, parents, and corporations. These programs focus on essential skills, such as accepting compliments, developing coping methods to turn negatives into positives, and fostering independence and confidence.

About the effort, Bethany O Photography owner Bethany O’Connor said: “Through the lens of our studio, we believe in the transformative power of self-confidence and empowerment. Supporting Self-Esteem Rising is our way of capturing not just beautiful images but also fostering a future where every woman and girl feels empowered, confident, and ready to face the world.” She continued: “”As someone who has personally grappled with self-esteem challenges in the past, this cause truly hits home for me. It’s a meaningful journey, driven by a personal understanding of the importance of self-confidence and the impact it can have on one’s life.”

About: With over a decade of experience in the industry, Bethany O Photography stands as a premier photography studio nestled in the heart of East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Specializing primarily in boudoir photography, the studio brings a unique blend of artistry and professionalism to every session.

For more information, please visit: https://www.bethanyo.com/

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Photography project helps girls and gender-expansive youth

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Photography

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380 Artists, 51 Countries, 14 Years: A Community Embroidery Project Connects Women Around the Globe

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Art World News

Lekazia Turner, Jamaica (2022). Photo by Mark Pickthall. All images courtesy of Kirstie Macleod, shared with permission

In her early 20s, artist Kirstie Macleod became intimately aware of the ways working with a shared purpose has the potential to form immediate bonds.

Macleod spent her childhood living around the world, moving from Venezuela to countries like Nigeria, Japan, and Canada, to name a few. At 21, she traveled to India, where she immersed herself in the country’s textile industry and craft traditions. She didn’t speak the language but found a connection, in part, through making. “I’d often be with people with whom I couldn’t communicate with words, but I could sit with them and stitch a jacket,” she told Crafts Council.

She clung to the idea that embroidery could serve as both a physical and symbolic link between people from different backgrounds, ideologies, and religions, and in 2009, she launched “The Red Dress,” a collaborative project featuring embroideries by hundreds of artisans around the world.

a detail of floral embroideries on red fabric

Embroideries by FanSina artisans, Egypt (2015) and Zenaida Aguilar, Mexico (2018)

In Egypt, about 50 Bedouin Jabaliya women who are part of the FanSina collective created herbal motifs with curved flourishes inspired by their Mt. Sinai surroundings. During an exhibition in Warsaw, a group of Ukrainian refugees melded long stitches with tight French knots to render a bright yellow sunflower with one petal in pale blue. And in Chiapas, artist Zenaida Aguilar sewed a pointillistic patch of native flora and fauna, a symbol of her ability to thrive and support herself after leaving an abusive marriage.

Aguilar’s story isn’t unique among those involved in “The Red Dress,” many of whom are women in vulnerable positions in their communities and living on little means. Part of the project is to ensure that artists are compensated and have the opportunity to sell more of their work in the future. In total, Macleod commissioned 141 embroiderers to contribute, and these artists will continue to receive a portion of exhibition fees, profits, and sales through the project’s Etsy shop.

Additional contributions came from enthusiastic audiences along the way. A total of 380 embroiderers from 51 countries have since laid millions of stitches on the panels of burgundy silk dupion.

a group of people sit on the floor and stitch around the hem of the red dress worn by woman standing. a christian shrine set up on a table with a blue cloth and religious iconography are in the backdrop

An embroidery group in Aguacatenango, Mexico, stitches on the dress worn by Vanessa Aguilar Juarez (2021). Photo by Kirstie Macleod

The form of the dress is also emblematic. A garment historically associated with feminity, the gown is regal and elegant, if not conservative, with full-length sleeves, a corsetted bodice, and a wide, billowing skirt. Literally covering the wearer’s body with the contributions of artists around the world, the 6.8-kilogram dress “is weighted as much by the individual stories and collective voices waiting to be heard as by the threads and beads that adorn it.”

Macleod wrapped up the project in June, 14 years and 3 months after it began. The dress is currently touring and on view at The Frick Pittsburgh, with a stop at Fuller Craft Museum in Massachusetts in February 2024. Additional shows are scheduled around the world through 2026. “I intend to bring the garment back to all the commissioned artisans who shared their voices in the cloth, so they can exhibit their own work alongside ‘The Red Dress’ in their chosen venue, in their own country,” she says. “I am about halfway so far!”

As “The Red Dress” makes its way around the world once again, Macleod is also in the process of culling 150 hours of footage into a documentary and creating a book to share the project with a broader audience. Ultimately, she says, the dress is about peace and unity, “remind(ing) us what is possible when we come together in community and collaboration, supporting and uplifting one another rather than trying to walk this life alone.”

a detail of floral, figurative, and patterned embroideries on a red dress

Photo by Dave Watts

a woman wearing a black burqa embroiders a white cobweb like form over other stitches on a red dress

Farhana Gabaly, Egypt (2015). Photo by Kirstie Macleod

a group of women sit around an embroidered red dress on a form and stitch

Refugee women from Ukraine embroider at the ‘Traces of Sisterhood’ exhibition, Galeria Salon Akademii, Warsaw (2022). Photo by Kirstie Macleod

a bright yellow sunflower embroidery on red fabric

Ukrainian refugees Nadia Vaipan and Natalia Volovyh, Galeria Salon Akademii (2022). Photo by Kirstie Macleod

Three women wearing colorfully patterned garments and head wraps sit around a blue wooden table laughing and stitching on a piece of the dress

Gisèle, Esther, and Espérance, Congo (2018). Photo by Nicole Esselen

a detail of a foral embroidery on red fabric

Allthreads Collective, Australia (2018). Photo by Sophia Schorr Kon

women gather around the embroidered red dress

Kirstie Macleod and the FanSina embroiderers, Sinai. Photo by Georgina Sleap

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Photography in motion at the Playhouse – The Martha’s Vineyard Times

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Photography

Robin Gottesman clearly has an eclectic eye for color, light, motion — and subject matter. Her solo exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse is a delightful mix that reflects her impressive talent.

Gottesman began as a sports photographer, and while she does shoot other genres, she is still active in this field. But what we see at the Playhouse is described in her show’s title: “This and That: Favorite Photos of Martha’s Vineyard and Other Places.”

We start with a stunning photograph of four zebras, perfectly synchronized as they simultaneously drink from the edge of a watering hole. Our eye travels over their gorgeous striped patterns that flow from back to front, ending at their snouts straight into their reverse reflection in the slightly rippling water. Taken on a trip to Africa, Gottesman converted this large, impressive piece into black and white, which emphasizes the rhythm of the shapes filling the composition.

Three more animal photographs hang together just a little ways off. One shows her puppy carrying a newspaper that is close to his own size, adorably titled “In the News.” There is an egret, wings aloft, flying over the slightly rippling water with green marsh grass behind, providing a lush, vertically patterned background. Finally, there is a tender piece of a mare and her one-week-old foal in a perfectly synchronized gallop. Caught mid-stride, you get a sense of movement that is reminiscent of Gottesman’s sports photography.

The following foursome are of figures, three of which depict people in motion. There is a wonderful one of a young dancer jumping off a jetty into the water just as the sun rises on the horizon. She bends backward, arms arching back as she bends her knees and points her toes upward to create a reverse C. It is a photo of pure grace. Beneath it is an intriguing black-and-white image of a ballet dancer in Grand Central Station using the handrail on a ramp as a ballet barre. Lifting her leg, arm extended over it on an exact diagonal, our gaze shoots directly to her shadow that is replicated, tutu and all, on the wall in front of her, thereby mysteriously creating an eerie doppelgänger with her shadow.

Among Gottesman’s sweeping landscapes is one of the Aquinnah Cliffs in all their magnificence. It was taken by drone, providing a perspective that you can never get from the ground. In “Quinnie,” we see the modest vessel with this name. The rowboat sits center stage on the glassy surface of Sengekontacket Pond. The surrounding resplendent sunrise shoots toward us in breathtaking beauty both in the sky and in its reflection on the still water. There is close to an angelic air about the composition, which exudes quietude. So, too, do the magnificent sunset blues and purples that silhouette the Edgartown lighthouse in the distance.

The drone shot of “Sailors Delight: Red Sky Over Gay Headlight” captures the roiling clouds that seem to explode from the strong electric orange-red sky that sits just above the horizon line. It is only from this high perspective that you can see the extent of the sky, land, and water all at the same time and be on the same level with the lighthouse lantern, giving us a unique view of an iconic landmark.

There is a sense of play in her work “Smoky Trees,” taken when visiting a national park in Tennessee. Gottesman laid on the ground, looking through the camera lens straight up through tall thin trees that completely surrounded her in a dizzying circle, creating a sense of vertigo, or a swooshing up to the heavens.

Gottesman ends the show with two amusing photographs of floats in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. She shoots Snoopy coming toward us from on high, the handler’s below marching in perfect order, and the crowd and other parade participants seen going back for endless streets. With “Spiderman,” Gottesman shoots the huge red-and-blue float from street level so that it looms over us like some gigantic fantasy in a dream. The dynamism of the composition evokes the roaring of the crowd.

Thinking about the exhibition as a whole, Gottesman feels it is important, as she says, “That I am not pigeonholed into just one type of photography, and also that I like to use motion with nature whenever possible. But mostly I just want people to enjoy it.”

“This and That: Favorite Photos of Martha’s Vineyard and Other Places” is on view at the Playhouse Art Space Gallery through Dec. 29. Open from 12 until 3 pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. For more information about Robin Gottesman, visit robingottesmanphoto.com.

Top 10 DMTV Milkshake Episodes of 2023

Dec 20, 2023 By Admin in Design

We spoke with Valgora about the legacy and importance of cities in civic life – and about the many projects he’s taken on to make cities stronger, better places. He also talks about how architects will continue to respond to updated, flexible ideas about what a workspace can be, even as he designs a new studio for his own practice: “Offices and residential environments are converging, and we really need to create new kinds of spaces to work in and collaborate,” he says.

Catherine and VW Fowlkes of their eponymous studio are quite the powerhouse duo. They share about what it’s like working in one of the world’s power capitals and what makes DC architecturally unique from other big cities in America. The couple also explain why they can make bolder design decisions in the homes of historically preserved neighborhoods: “From an architectural standpoint, they tend to be a little bit more traditional in the front, and then clients give us license to be a little bit more daring in the back.”

Step into the dreamy, nostalgically sweet world of Helle Mardahl, who’s inspired by and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory when designing her glass collections. The creative director reminisces about the exact moment that inspired her to create her work and how she now designs for all her senses. “Basically I think the more you can get of that, the more fun you can have, there’s so many layers to it. I’ve always thought like that: The more, the merrier,” she shares.

Founding Principal of the LA architectural practice OWIU (Only Way Is Up) Amanda Gunawan is very inspired by the aesthetic culture of Japan: “It’s their passion and their dedication to craftsmanship that really impresses me.” This mindset is what Gunawan caries over to OWIU Goods, her line of ceramic works. She also shares a helpful strategy for trying to get everything done: “I don’t aim for 100 percent. I never do – I [usually] aim for 80%. My work, or my life, is a marathon. And because of that, I kind of have to pace everything out.”

Lora Appleton is the founder of kinder MODERN, a contemporary and vintage design gallery and design studio that makes and showcases work for children. In this episode, she talks about how her son has taught her new ways of looking at design by seeing how he interacts with the built environment around him. “I thought that was really fascinating – the memory, the + of thinking, all of that really connects with kids in a way that before being a mom, I didn’t really understand,” she explains.

We step into the ceramicist’s studio in Queens, New York where she creates her highly regarded work: mugs and cups, plates and bowls, and – our favorite – her colorful tiles. Levi talks about her breakthrough moment, a chance encounter with famed retailer Steven Alan. She reflects that “since I had been making pottery for a very long time as a hobby, it kind of lit a little light bulb in me that maybe this was a path that existed.” Levi also shares how she splits her artistic identity between potter and photographer (spoiler alert: she settled on “pot-ographer”).

Like many architects, Aron Himmelfarb has been inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s work which has instilled within him a love for a total experience of design, from the blueprints to the window trim. “What’s funny about Wright is that it’s almost unfashionable to appreciate his work – or maybe easy to overlook in contemporary architecture, due to his popularity,” Himmelfarb says. “But as I’ve grown in my practice, I really find myself looking to his work for inspiration a lot more, maybe with a more mature eye.” Also in this episode, the architect expresses a love for work – his own or others’ – that deepens over time.

Rimes imparts invaluable advice and insight behind her practice: how she ensures that her design world expands rather than shrinks with time – reusing familiar ideas, practices, and motifs – and how her time at Auburn University’s acclaimed Rural Studio has informed her priority of building relationships with the members of the communities who share their lives with her buildings. She also shares how traveling influences her work: “Having just returned from Japan, I’m already seeing how some of those experiences are influencing my design work, whether it be lighting design, or transparency in architecture or connection to nature.”

Trends aren’t a priority for the Yale-trained architect. The designer, who appeared on Bravo’s Top Design in 2007, is instead focused on solving problems as part of a holistic experience. “My big thing about interior design is the whole picture,” he says. “So the mentality of à la carte is really difficult for me to kind of understand and fix. When you’re looking at interior design, I think you should step back and take a look at how things relate to each other in a larger picture.”

And the most popular DMTV Milkshake episode of 2023 is…

You all loved this chat with the CEO and founder of Gantri, the San Francisco-based lighting brand that partners with designers from around the world – like Oakland’s Prowl Studio, Felix Pöttinger in Munich, Heitor Lobo Campos in Brasilia, and former Milkshake star Bradley L. Bowers in New Orleans – to create their modern fixtures at a reasonable cost. “At Gantri, we’re rethinking how lighting is designed, made, and sold using 3D printing,” he says. “We’re supporting independent designers and studios – and making great lighting designs more accessible and more sustainable.”

Check out the rest of Design Milk’s end of the year coverage here!

As the Senior Contributing Editor, Vy Yang is obsessed with discovering ways to live well + with intention through design. She’s probably sharing what she finds over on Instagram stories. You can also find her at vytranyang.com.