Our December competition is coming up on Wednesday, December 3, starting
at 7:30 pm.
The assigned subject for November is Getting Low.
***Entries into the digital projection category must be sent to the image collector (DHFore@hotmail.com) no later than 3:00 pm Monday, December 1.***
Print submission are accepted the night of the competition up till 7:15pm. We will start promptly at 7:30pm.
We are pleased to welcome our three judges for the December competition. Welcome them when you see them, they are all new judges:
Felix Andreoni
Felix grew up in Greenwich and was first introduced to photography at the age of six. His grandfather bought him an old Brownie black and white camera, and so began a life long passion of taking photographs.
He studied at the School of Modern Photography for two years, where he worked his craft and refined his technique. he then worked for the Greenwich Time, the Village Gazette of Old Greenwich, and did freelance work for Better Homes and Gardens and Connecticut Homes and Gardens.
One such job proved to be a very moving experience. On June 30, 1974, there was a fire at Gulliver’s disco that killed 24 people, and proved to be the deadliest dance club fire in over a generation. Felix went to the site and took photographs that wound up in Life Magazine and other distinguished publications. This fire would consequently change the conversation about smoke alarms and room occupancy. He would say later how proud he was to simply show readers the importance and enormity of this tragedy.
When asked how photography has changed over his lifetime, Felix was quick to say that digital photography changed everything. Before digital, he had a darkroom in his closet, where he would have to quickly develop all his work and run it over to the newspaper office. Now, he can print 46B-1200 high resolution pictures, and simply email them to the recipient. If he thought this switch was difficult, he handled it remarkably well by entirely teaching himself about Adobe Illustrator and how to use a computer efficiently. Felix thinks the change was well worth it, as photographs today look better than they ever have.
We welcome Felix as a first time judge. See his website at http://www.flicksphotos.org.
Peg Benison
Peg Benison is founder of AreaArtist.com, a website designed to make it easy for collectors and those interested in the arts to find out about local artists and the venues that display their work.
She is a painter and photographer. After graduating from Holy Cross, where she studied both mathematics and visual arts, she continued her studies at Parsons School of Design in New York. There she studied computer illustration and painting, concentrating on classical painting technique. Her paintings have been displayed internationally and appear in private collections throughout the United States and Europe. Her illustrations have appeared in software and publications for Scholastic Inc., and McClanahan Inc.
She has served on the Board of the Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild and the Stamford Art Association and as an Advisory Board member of the Greenwich Art Society.
Her most recent work can be seen on http://www.areaartist.com.
Peg will be judging for us for the first time.
Sadrud-din Shah
Shah teaches photography at Manhattanville College.
We appreciate Shah filling in for one of his collegues on short notice.
This will be Shah’s first time with us.
