Wishing for a good street photography exhibit to go to, but don't live in LA or NYC? Well, if you happen to find yourself in Oklahoma City, you're in luck! There's a great street photography exhibit going on now at the OKC Museum of Art. Here's a bit from the event organizers: Photographing the Street features the work of four American and Canadian artists who have chosen the street as their primary subject: Garry Winogrand, Mike Peters, Gary Mark Smith, and Ian Wallace. Each has a distinct
Cuba Photography Workshop with Meryl Meisler
Do you have plans for February 2020? Well guess what, now you do! Meryl Meisler is teaching a six day photography workshop in beautiful Cuba. Just imaging escaping the mid-winter cold and snow for a week to "receive expert photography guidance from Meryl Meisler. Your group will be accompanied by professional local guides and you will learn about the history, art, culture, and the music of Cuba while sipping mojitos along the way." What? Sign me up! Here's the specific details: Trip
NYC Street Photography Collective Celebrates Opening of Contact Gallery
Great news guys! We just received an exciting press release from the NYC Street Photography Collective (NYC SPC). They are opening up a space called "Contact Gallery" in Brooklyn, NY that will serve as the new home of the NYC SPC, as well as a community gallery and workspace! Here's some details, straight from the source: "NYC-SPC’s mission is to share the art of street photography with an underserved community in New York City. Contact Gallery is a space where this mission will be filled
Going on Now: Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition
Call for entries for the second Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition began May 21st, but it's not too late to submit an entry! Final entries are due next week on June 25th, 2019. Who is the competition for? Artists from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, the Latin American diaspora and foreign artists living in Latin America, who will be given the unique opportunity to present their art to an international audience in the famous art district of Chelsea, in New York
Have You Entered the URBAN 2019 Photo Awards Contest?
URBAN 2019 Photo Awards, an international contest organized by Italian cultural association dotART together with media partner Photographers.it is now in its tenth edition and the call for entries is wide open! Photographers began submitting photos March 1st, but there is still plenty of time to send in your entries. Here's a little more on the contest if you aren't familiar with it, straight from the horse's mouth: "As usual, URBAN 2019 is divided into two sections dedicated to Urban
Tonal Visions by Alan Sislen
If you are looking for a little inspiration and are into architectural street photography, then we've got a treat for you! The Multiple Exposures Gallery (MEG) is presenting a gallery of new work by Alan Sislen called "Tonal Visions." Bob, who has been to MEG before says it's a "really cool space" and definitely recommends you drop by to check out Sislen's work. It's a show all about light and shadows and shapes and you are going to love it. Here's all the details: When: May 7th - June 15th,
Dumb Luck: Street Photography by Shlomi Amiga
Meet Shlomi Amiga. That's this guy 👇 Shlomi is a talented photographer and photo editor who works on all kinds of projects though, of course, we're partial to his street photography projects in particular. In fact - Spoiler Alert - You'll be able to get to know Shlomi better in an audio interview as our featured photographer in the September 2019 issue of SPM! But in case you can't wait until September to see more of Shlomi's work (we know you can't wait that long), you're in
SmartFotoFest: The Festival for Smartphone Photography
The SmartFotoFest exhibition is approaching fast, and the deadline for submissions even faster. What is the SmartFotoFest you ask? You can check out the website here, but essentially, SmartFotoFest is an event aimed at "bringing excellence in smartphone photography to the general public." In connection with the festival, there is a photography contest going on. The theme is "connections" and the winner will take home a brand new Huawei P30 Pro, which sports a Leica camera and offers super
Harvey Stein’s 2019 NYC Street Photography Workshop
Exciting news street shooters! After quite a long pause, Harvey Stein and Margarita Mavromichalis are hosting another street photography workshop in the big apple. Here's some details from Harvey himself, "I’ve done the five previous workshops with Margarita Mavromichalis-October 2013 and 2016 and April 2014, 2015 and 2016. Each was at the request of several students, and all were quite wonderful and successful. Which leads us to offer the workshop once more, after about a 2 ½ year pause. I
The City (And a Few Lonely People): A Group Show
"You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavour to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by millions of people," - Olivia Laing This story starts with Olivia Laing, the author of The Lonely City (Picador: New York City, 2016). Her book, which some have described as part autobiography/part art history, came to exist after a particularly painful end to an intense relationship took Olivia from her native England to New York City. There, though surrounded by
Open Call for Short Street Stories
dotART cultural association through the Exhibit Around platform and together with Trieste Photo Days festival, has extended their open call deadline for the project Short Street Stories. You can now enter the contest until February 28, 2019! If you are a street storytelling legend (or you've at least captured a few legendary shots) head over to enter. Here's what you need to know about the contest: Exhibit Around says, "We are looking for street photographers to participate with single