On Wednesday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m., The Photography Club of Lower Fairfield County is pleased to announce a special evening of photographic entertainment and education. Our presenter Steve Lingeman, will show a film about Ansel Adams’ life and work.  This Rick Burns film was originally part of the PBS series American Experience.

In the film, interviews are conducted with John Sarkowski, deceased former director of the MOMA photography department, William Turnage, the Principal director of the Ansel Adams Trust, Ansel’s children and other well known photography icons.  The film focuses on Adams’ early years the formation of his ideas about photography as an art form.  The later part of the film focuses on the years after Adams’ 62nd birthday when he made all of his money.

As an added treat, Steve will bring along a collection of Ansel Adams original signed photographs from the Eric Aitkin collection.  Steve will set these up one by one in our viewing box and we can file by to have a close (but not too close) look.  Eric was a photographer (large format) and a collector, who attended several of Adams’ workshops in Yosemite National Park, where many of Adams’ most famous photographs were made.

Steve has also recently opened a large format digital printing studio in Hartsdale, New York (just over the line in Westchester).  Those who attend will be given a coupon for a custom 36 x 42 inch print from their own work printed on matte paper at Steve’s studio.

So please join us on what sounds like a fantastic evening.

Kristen’s photographs were featured in an article detailing the 1 year anniversary of the October flooding in the October Addition of New Canaan - Darien Magazine.

You can view the article and see some of Kristen’s photos by clicking here.

Also, coming in December photos from the Tiffany’s Circle (ARC) photos will be featured in the same magazine.

Congratulations Kristen!

PCLFC is pleased to announce the judges for this Wednesday’s competition:

LISA CUSCUNA

Studied photography at The Cooper Union in New York

After a year of photography in South America, she worked in New York as a professional printer of black and white photography

Moved into the audio visual field where she designed multimedia shows for corporation and the Broadway stage for over 25 years.  Found herself designing multi-monitor video installations in museums around the world, such as The International Olympic Museum in Lausanne Switzerland, The George Bush Presidential Library in Texas, The Petronas Discovery Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the American Museun of Natural History in New York.

Currently an art photographer selling her work.

We are pleased to have Lisa back as a returning judge.

STEVE LINGEMAN

Steve is a published travel writer, with articles published in the Providence Journal, Yuma Daily Sun (Yuma, Arizona), Ventura County Star (Ventura, California), The Mercury News (Palo Alto, California).  He also counts American Express as a client for travel images.

Steve has been working seriously as a photographer since 2000 and has recently started a large format digital printing studio in Hartsdale, New York.

Steve is also a returning judge.  Thanks, Steve.

JEANNE MC DONAGH

Jeanne McDonagh teaches art at New Canaan High School and has taught Photography and Adobe Photoshop to students and teachers for the past eight years.  She has received numerous honors for her achievements in bringing digital photography into the classroom.

She has her MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in Painting and Graphic Design.  She has studied at Pratt Graphic Arts Center, the Silvermine School of Art and Norwalk Community College.

Jeanne offers digital photography courses to adults and teens in the New Canaan Summer Enrichment Program and also offers private lessons.  Course offerings include Pixel Power:  Understanding Adobe Photoshop Elements and Learning How to Use Your Mac and the iLife Suite to Create Original DVDs.

This will be the first time Jeanne is judging for the Club.