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Saturday, January 29, 2011

The G2 Gallery Exhibit - RAVE: a retrospective














There's still time to see this amazing exhibit here in Los Angeles!
A collection of images from 10 of the first International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) RAVEs. The exhibition focuses on the iLCP initiative RAVE, Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition, in which teams of world-renowned photographers are deployed to environmentally threatened ecosystems to create a unique portfolio of images used to achieve conservation gains. ...ILCP’s mission is to further environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography.

Exhibit:  January 4, 2011 – February 13, 2011

Reception:  Saturday, February 12, 2011, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbott Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia (Canada). September 8, 2010. .The expansion of Alberta's tar sands oil extraction will require the construction of a 2,000 mile pipeline across British Columbia and through the Great Bear Rainforest.
Photograph © 2011 Daniel Beltra.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.
Photograph © 2011 Claudio Contreras-Koob.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.
Photograph © 2011 Claudio Contreras-Koob.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

"Storm Drain", Waves of the Chesapeake Bay break against the opening of a storm drain that runs from the Ocean View beachfront directly into the bay in Norfolk, Virginia. This is but one of several massive storm drains that line the beach every few hundred yards. After a big storm, you can stand near the end of the drain at low tide, and see the water and garbage gushing out, said Chesapeake Bay Foundations Chris Moore.
Photograph © 2011 Morgan Heim.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

Photograph © 2011 Garth Lenz.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.
Photograph © 2011 Garth Lenz.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

RAVE Expedition with Patricio Robles Gil, Thomas D Mangelsen, Jack Dykinga, Florian Schultz, Fluvio Eccardi in the Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo of the Sierra Madre range of Chiapas, Mexico.
Photograph © 2011 Thomas D. Mangelsen.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

Male Resplendent Quetzal perched outside its nest cavity in the cloud forest of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.
Photograph © 2011 Thomas D. Mangelsen.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

The headwaters of the Flathead River are home to all four endemic fish species of the watershed. In this picture a conservation savvy local flytier releases his catch, a fifteen-inch adult west slope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi); ILCP RAVE; Flathead River Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
Photograph © 2011 Michael Ready.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.
 
West slope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) swim effortlessly against a crystal clear current. The cutties of the upper Flathead River and its tributaries are thought to comprise the last genetically pure populations of this species. ILCP RAVE; Flathead River Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
Photograph © 2011 Michael Ready.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

A captive, five-month-old mandrill in Malabo. Its mother was most likely killed by a hunter on Bioko. That's the usual way that young primates are collected.
Photograph © 2011 Joel Sartore.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.
Studio portraits of a kingfisher.
Photograph © 2011 Joel Sartore.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

Photograph © 2011 Florian Schulz.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.
As this rainforest cat is extremely shy, I needed to work with a special camera - trap setup in order to show this magnificent animal.
Photograph © 2011 Florian Schulz.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

Photograph © 2011 Roy Toft.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.
Photograph © 2011 Roy Toft.
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.
 
Additional photographers featured in the G2 Gallery exhibit, however not pictured here:

Matthias Brieter 
Jack Dykinga
Tim Laman
Chris Linder 
Ian McAllister 
Paul Nicklen
Joe Riis 
Brian Skerry





 

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

RGK: iLCP in livebetter Magazine



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CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Robert Glenn Ketchum, 'In Defense of the Natural World' 


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CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Amy Gulick, 'Salmon in the Trees'

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Patricio Robles Gil
The Passion and
Essence of Nature

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CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE>  Robert Glenn Ketchum, 'Nature’s Tireless Advocate: A Conviction of the Heart'


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Monday, January 10, 2011

RGK Food Reviews of West Palm Beach!


Greetings from gorgeous Palm Beach! As you already know, I'm visiting Florida from my home in Los Angeles since I'm being honored by FOTOfusion® 2011 at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. Thanks Fatima!

This year The Centre has a fabulous new location, and I'm quite pleased with how all my works look in it's fantastic space.

Since it is a new location, many of we regular attendees of FOTOfusion® are exploring the area for new favorite food & beverage spots. That being said, I'm posting some of my recommended finds here through my Social Media network. Cheers & bon appetit!




Tonight I had dinner at 'Pistache'. It's a fantastic French Bistro restaurant, and while it's certainly more expensive than average faire, it is without-a-doubt some of the best food on Clematis Street! Michael Siegel, the general manager, was a very gracious host, and my dinner was great. I definitely recommend having dinner here while in West Palm.


And 'Sky309' is a fun plein air rooftop deck above Roxy's Pub, The Saloon and ROME Nightclub.




They have reasonable bar-type food, great drinks, a live band, and GREAT outdoor views.








This is a shot of the interior of, GREASE, the WPB hamburger joint. What a great way to quench your appetite after an authentic cattle drive!


Here's another shot of the interior of, GREASE, the WPB hamburger joint.


Here's another GOOD restaurant, LUNA, near the end of Clematis - you gotta luv turkish dining under a Mayan calendar with a beautiful bartender from the Ukraine - talk about international cuisine. Excellent, and authentic food - good hummus, oh yeah and try the feta rolls and South African Cabernet. Thank you Osman & staff for a lovely evening.


We had a great evening at Luna, a Turkish bar with very good mid-eastern food, that's reasonably priced.


This wild lighted design is about 14' across & is really cool. The design is the Mayan calendar, despite this being a Turkish bar.


If you go to Luna, give my regards to Osman, the owner.


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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Palm Beach Gardens & Jupiter Florida Weekly: Ketchum is FOTOfusion award winner


Ketchum is FOTOfusion award winner

Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world-renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), has announced that celebrated photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum will be the recipient of the prestigious FOTOmentor Award during FOTOfusion 2011.

The 16th annual FOTOfusion will be held Jan. 11-15 and will offer more than 100 workshops, lectures, panel discussions, multimedia presentations, portfolio reviews, hands-on computer classes, demonstrations, and photo shoots taught by an impressive faculty of industry leaders and photographic giants who donate their time and expertise to educate, mentor, and encourage creativity among participants of all levels and ages. FOTOfusion bills itself as “where creativity and technology fuse,” and it attracts participants from around the globe.

A highlight of the upcoming FOTOfusion will be the presentation of the prestigious FOTOmentor Award to Robert Glenn Ketchum, a longtime friend and supporter of the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. In turn, Ketchum will present PBPC’s Rising Star Award to Miguel Ángel de la Cueva, a young Fellow from the International League of Conservation Photographers who is doing remarkable work in Mexico and Baja.

Each year, the PBPC Awards Committee selects a photographer to receive the FOTOmentor Award in honor of his/her lifetime achievements in the world of photography. Previous recipients include distinguished photographers Gordon Parks, Sebastiao Salgado, Arnold Newman, Ruth Bernhard, Duane MichaeIs, James Nachtwey, Michael Kenna and David Hume Kennerly, among others.

“To celebrate Ketchum’s distinguished career, I’m proud to announce that the Photo Centre will run a retrospective exhibition of his incredible nature photographs opening on January 2 and running through March 8, 2011,” said Ms. NeJame. “It is seldom that we have the opportunity to feature a photographer that embraces such a diverse approach to photographic image making.”

PBPC will honor Ketchum several times during the weeklong festival:

.. At a reception open to FOTOfusion participants on Jan. 11.

.. At an awards dinner on Jan. 12.

.. At a reception open to the general public on Jan. 13.

In addition, Ketchum will also give a lecture (A 45 Year Journey to American Master) on Wednesday, Jan. 12, starting at 12:45 p.m. He also will participate on a conservation panel with other representatives fro the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) on Saturday, Jan. 15.

For more information about the Palm Beach Photographic Centre and FOTOfusion 2011, please visit www.workshop.org.

About Robert Glenn Ketchum:

In 2010, American Photo magazine featured Robert Glenn Ketchum in their Masters series making him only the fifth photographer they have recognized this way in 20 years of publishing. Unlike the four preceding honorees (Henri Cartier- Bresson, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Annie Liebovitz), Ketchum is unique because his imagery is based almost exclusively in the natural world.

For nearly half a century, Ketchum’s fine prints, and bookmaking, have addressed critical national environmental issues while at the same time helped to define contemporary color photography. His advocate use of photographs and the media has inspired successive generations of artists to work on behalf of social and environmental justice, and led to the creation of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), of which Ketchum is a Founding Fellow. As a result, Audubon has named Ketchum one of the 100 people “who shaped the conservation movement of the 20th Century.”

In the early ‘80’s, Ketchum entered China through the UCLA-China Exchange Program, and began to collaborate with some of the historic embroidery guilds of Suzhou to develop complex textiles based on his photographs. Some of the most recent examples of this embroidery and loom weaving, many of which took years to complete, will be included in this exhibit, as will new designs from the digital darkroom that Ketchum has recently developed for the embroiderers.

Ketchum’s distinctive, dimensional prints are in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the National Museum of American Art (DC), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY). Significant archives (more than 100 images) have been acquired by the Amon Carter Museum (TX) and the Huntington Library and Gardens (CA), and substantial bodies of work can be found at the High Museum (GA), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Akron Art Museum (OH), Stanford University Art Museum (CA), the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Cornell University (NY), and the National Museum of American Art.

About the Palm Beach Photographic Centre:

The Photo Centre is located at the downtown City Center municipal complex at 415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday – Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, please call 253-2600 or visit www. workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.

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PBG lifestyle magazine: PB PHOTO CENTRE to Honor Robert Glenn Ketchum During FOTOfusion 2011 (Jan 5-11)


PB PHOTO CENTRE to Honor Robert Glenn Ketchum During FOTOfusion 2011 (Jan 5-11)

Start: January 5, 2011 8:30 am
End: January 11, 2011 6:00 pm
Venue: Palm Beach Photographic Centre
Address: Google Map 415 Clematis St, West Palm Beach, FL, United States, 33401

Palm Beach Photographic Centre to Host 16th Annual FOTOfusion January 11-15, 2011

Nature Photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum to Receive Prestigious FOTOmentor 2011 Award

A Retrospective Exhibition of Ketchum’s Work Will Run at the Photo Centre, January 2 – March 8, 2011

(West Palm Beach, FL – December 7, 2010) Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world-renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), today announced that celebrated photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum will be the recipient of the prestigious FOTOmentor Award during FOTOfusion 2011.

The 16th annual FOTOfusion will be held January 11-15, 2011, and will offer more than 100 workshops, lectures, panel discussions, multimedia presentations, portfolio reviews, hands-on computer classes, demonstrations, and photo shoots taught by an impressive faculty of industry leaders and photographic giants who donate their time and expertise to educate, mentor, and encourage creativity among participants of all levels and ages. FOTOfusion bills itself as “where creativity and technology fuse,” and it attracts participants from around the globe.

A highlight of the upcoming FOTOfusion will be the presentation of the prestigious FOTOmentor Award to Robert Glenn Ketchum, a longtime friend and supporter of the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. In turn, Ketchum will present PBPC’s Rising Star Award to Miguel Ángel de la Cueva, a young Fellow from the International League of Conservation Photographers who is doing remarkable work in Mexico and Baja.

Each year, the PBPC Awards Committee selects a photographer to receive the FOTOmentor Award in honor of his/her lifetime achievements in the world of photography. Previous recipients include distinguished photographers Gordon Parks, Sebastiao Salgado, Arnold Newman, Ruth Bernhard, Duane MichaeIs, James Nachtwey, Michael Kenna and David Hume Kennerly, among others.

*To celebrate Ketchum’s distinguished career, I’m proud to announce that the Photo Centre will run a retrospective exhibition of his incredible nature photographs opening on January 2 and running through March 8, 2011,” said Ms. NeJame. “It is seldom that we have the opportunity to feature a photographer that embraces such a diverse approach to photographic image making.”

PBPC will honor Ketchum several times during the weeklong festival:
+ At a reception open to FOTOfusion participants on January 11
+ At an awards dinner on January 12
+ At a reception open to the general public on January 13.

In addition, Ketchum will also give a lecture (A 45 Year Journey to American Master) on Wednesday, January 12, starting at 12:45 p.m. He also will participate on a conservation panel with other representatives fro the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) on Saturday, January 15.

For more information about the Palm Beach Photographic Centre and FOTOfusion 2011, please visit www.workshop.org.

About Robert Glenn Ketchum:
In 2010, American Photo magazine featured Robert Glenn Ketchum in their Masters series making him only the fifth photographer they have recognized this way in 20-years of publishing. Unlike the four preceding honorees (Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Annie Liebovitz), Ketchum is unique because his imagery is based almost exclusively in the natural world.

For nearly half a century, Ketchum’s fine prints, and bookmaking, have addressed critical national environmental issues while at the same time helped to define contemporary color photography. His advocate use of photographs and the media has inspired successive generations of artists to work on behalf of social and environmental justice, and led to the creation of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), of which Ketchum is a Founding Fellow. As a result, Audubon has named Ketchum one of the 100 people “who shaped the conservation movement of the 20th Century.”

In the early ’80′s, Ketchum entered China through the UCLA-China Exchange Program, and began to collaborate with some of the historic embroidery guilds of Suzhou to develop complex textiles based on his photographs. Some of the most recent examples of this embroidery and loom weaving, many of which took years to complete, will be included in this exhibit, as will new designs from the digital darkroom that Ketchum has recently developed for the embroiderers.

Ketchum’s distinctive, dimensional prints are in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the National Museum of American Art (DC), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY). Significant archives (more than 100 images) have been acquired by the Amon Carter Museum (TX) and the Huntington Library and Gardens (CA), and substantial bodies of work can be found at the High Museum (GA), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Akron Art Museum (OH), Stanford University Art Museum (CA), the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Cornell University (NY), and the National Museum of American Art.

About the Palm Beach Photographic Centre:

The Photo Centre is located at the downtown City Center municipal complex at 415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday – Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, please call 561.253.2600 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 561.253.2600 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or visit www.workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.

PHOTOGRAPHS:
For FOTOfusion and Robert Glenn Ketchum Images, please go to: http://pressroom.workshop.org

AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW:
Fatima NeJame
Palm Beach Photographic Centre
561.253.2600 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 561.253.2600 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
fatima@workshop.org

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gary Schweikhart
PR-BS, Inc.
561.756.4298 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 561.756.4298 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
gary@pr-bs.net


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Hispanic MPR.com article: PB PHOTO CENTRE to Honor Robert Glenn Ketchum During FOTOfusion 2011 (Jan 5-11)





PB PHOTO CENTRE to Honor Robert Glenn Ketchum During FOTOfusion 2011 (Jan 5-11)


Palm Beach Photographic Centre to Host 16th Annual FOTOfusion January 11-15, 2011
Nature Photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum to Receive Prestigious FOTOmentor 2011 Award
A Retrospective Exhibition of Ketchum’s Work Will Run at the Photo Centre, January 2 – March 8, 2011 (West Palm Beach, FL – December 7, 2010) Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world-renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), today announced that celebrated photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum will be the recipient of the prestigious FOTOmentor Award during FOTOfusion 2011.

The 16th annual FOTOfusion will be held January 11-15, 2011, and will offer more than 100 workshops, lectures, panel discussions, multimedia presentations, portfolio reviews, hands-on computer classes, demonstrations, and photo shoots taught by an impressive faculty of industry leaders and photographic giants who donate their time and expertise to educate, mentor, and encourage creativity among participants of all levels and ages. FOTOfusion bills itself as “where creativity and technology fuse,” and it attracts participants from around the globe.

A highlight of the upcoming FOTOfusion will be the presentation of the prestigious FOTOmentor Award to Robert Glenn Ketchum, a longtime friend and supporter of the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. In turn, Ketchum will present PBPC’s Rising Star Award to Miguel Ángel de la Cueva, a young Fellow from the International League of Conservation Photographers who is doing remarkable work in Mexico and Baja.

Each year, the PBPC Awards Committee selects a photographer to receive the FOTOmentor Award in honor of his/her lifetime achievements in the world of photography. Previous recipients include distinguished photographers Gordon Parks, Sebastiao Salgado, Arnold Newman, Ruth Bernhard, Duane MichaeIs, James Nachtwey, Michael Kenna and David Hume Kennerly, among others.

*To celebrate Ketchum’s distinguished career, I’m proud to announce that the Photo Centre will run a retrospective exhibition of his incredible nature photographs opening on January 2 and running through March 8, 2011,” said Ms. NeJame. “It is seldom that we have the opportunity to feature a photographer that embraces such a diverse approach to photographic image making.”

PBPC will honor Ketchum several times during the weeklong festival:
+ At a reception open to FOTOfusion participants on January 11
+ At an awards dinner on January 12
+ At a reception open to the general public on January 13.

In addition, Ketchum will also give a lecture (A 45 Year Journey to American Master) on Wednesday, January 12, starting at 12:45 p.m. He also will participate on a conservation panel with other representatives fro the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) on Saturday, January 15.

For more information about the Palm Beach Photographic Centre and FOTOfusion 2011, please visit www.workshop.org.

About Robert Glenn Ketchum:
In 2010, American Photo magazine featured Robert Glenn Ketchum in their Masters series making him only the fifth photographer they have recognized this way in 20-years of publishing. Unlike the four preceding honorees (Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Annie Liebovitz), Ketchum is unique because his imagery is based almost exclusively in the natural world.

For nearly half a century, Ketchum's fine prints, and bookmaking, have addressed critical national environmental issues while at the same time helped to define contemporary color photography. His advocate use of photographs and the media has inspired successive generations of artists to work on behalf of social and environmental justice, and led to the creation of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), of which Ketchum is a Founding Fellow. As a result, Audubon has named Ketchum one of the 100 people "who shaped the conservation movement of the 20th Century."

In the early '80's, Ketchum entered China through the UCLA-China Exchange Program, and began to collaborate with some of the historic embroidery guilds of Suzhou to develop complex textiles based on his photographs. Some of the most recent examples of this embroidery and loom weaving, many of which took years to complete, will be included in this exhibit, as will new designs from the digital darkroom that Ketchum has recently developed for the embroiderers.

Ketchum's distinctive, dimensional prints are in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the National Museum of American Art (DC), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY). Significant archives (more than 100 images) have been acquired by the Amon Carter Museum (TX) and the Huntington Library and Gardens (CA), and substantial bodies of work can be found at the High Museum (GA), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Akron Art Museum (OH), Stanford University Art Museum (CA), the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Cornell University (NY), and the National Museum of American Art.

About the Palm Beach Photographic Centre:

The Photo Centre is located at the downtown City Center municipal complex at 415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday – Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, please call 561.253.2600 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 561.253.2600 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or visit www.workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.

PHOTOGRAPHS:
For FOTOfusion and Robert Glenn Ketchum Images, please go to: http://pressroom.workshop.org

AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW:
Fatima NeJame
Palm Beach Photographic Centre
561.253.2600
fatima@workshop.org

MEDIA CONTACT:
Gary Schweikhart
PR-BS, Inc.
561.756.4298
gary@pr-bs.net



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