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Dear AAJA photojournalists,

The Asian American Journalists Association announced its photography awards for excellence in news coverage of Asian American and Pacific Islander and other issues. AAJA will be presenting the awards on Saturday, August 15 at its Gala Scholarship and Awards Banquet at the Boston World Trade Center at AAJA’s National Convention.

PHOTOGRAPHY-UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER
Chiaki Kawajiri, photojournalist, The Baltimore Sun, “Final Stage”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-vaccine,0,1331110.storygallery

PHOTOGRAPHY-AAPI ISSUES
Vino Wong, photojournalist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Amazing Feet”
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/gwinnett/0604ball/

More info,
AAJA National Office
national@aaja.org
www.aaja.org

Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: AAJA Photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto

Dear AAJA photojournalist,

We only received a few prints for the AAJA Silent Photo Auction. We can still accept your 11×14 print(s). Please help out AAJA student photojournalists.

Please mail asap to Corky Lee:
Expedi Printing
ATTN: Corky Lee
1300 Metropolitian Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237

More info on convention and auction: www.aajaphoto.org

On behalf of AAJA thanks.

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: AAJA photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto

Dear AAJA photojournalists,

AAJA announced the winners of four of its top awards for 2009.

Corky Lee, a prolific photojournalist based in New York City is the recipient of AAJA’s Dr. Suzanne Ahn Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The award is named in honor of the late Dr. Ahn, a Korean American who was raised in Arkansas and Texas who devoted her life to promoting civil rights and social justice for all Americans, especially women and Asian Americans.

For over 35 years, Corky Lee has used his camera to ensure that the faces of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and their experiences be included in American history. Not only has he documented the civil rights struggle, he has claimed many of these stories and retold them through a very special lens. He has said, “I’d like to think that every time I take my camera out, it’s like drawing a sword to slay indifference, injustice and discrimination, trying to get rid of stereotypes.” At once intensely personal and socially conscious, he has a style of photojournalism that crosses the divides of different Asian American and Pacific Islander nationalities. From day-in-the-life to rarely seen photographs of civil rights struggles, he is imbedded with an unyielding passion for community activism.

AAJA will present the awards at the Seaport World Trade Center, Commonwealth Complex on Saturday, August 15 during its Gala Scholarship and Awards Banquet, at the AAJA National Convention in Boston.

Corky is also in charge of the AAJA Silent Photo Auction in Boston.

More info,
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto

Congrats Corky,

Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com

Dear AAJA Photojournalists,

Still not sure about coming to AAJA convention in Boston?

Registration:
Early registration rates for the convention have been extended to June 19. The rates are $225 for members, $350 for non-members, $100 for student members and $165 for student non-members. To register for the convention, go to the national AAJA website at www.aaja.org.

Roommates:
If you are looking for roommate, there is a bulletin board on the AAJA web site once you register for the convention.

Photography schedule at convention:
See www.AAJAphoto.org or “aaja photo” on Facebook or latest info on Twitter @aajaphoto

Photo Silent Auction donation:
See separate email

More info,
Paul Sakuma
AAJA photo
psakuma@aol.com

Dear AAJA photographers,

Need your 11×14 photos to help fund national and San Francisco Bay Area photography scholarships. Need just two 11×14 prints to national and two 11×14 prints for SF. All proceeds go directly into photography scholarships. Money from your one 11×14 can go from about $50 to $500 – directly into the pocket of Asian American student photojournalist.

(See below on how money raised last year helped AAJA photo student scholarship)

Both deadlines: June 6

National:
Expedi Printing
ATTN: Corky Lee
1300 Metropolitian Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237

San Francisco AAJA Chapter:
Oanh Ha
1585 Schallenberger Road
San Jose, CA 95131

More info,
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto

HOWARD HSU – Howard is the recipient of the Willie Kee (SF Bay Area photographer) Memorial Scholarship, which honors the best in broadcast journalism, video editting and photojournalism. Howard graduates from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism this year. He plans to continue work on a photography essay on how gentrification in Oakland affects Chinatown and on an international project on the exotic wildlife trade in Southeast Asia and China. His work on the exotic wildlife trade in Burma was published on the PBS Frontline/World website. His scholarship is $2,000.

Thanks for helping out future photojournalists

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com

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Barry Wong’s prints will be featured in a group show which opens this Thursday, May 7, 2009, at the ArtXchange Gallery in Pioneer Square. Asian American artists with intriguing work in different media – from ukiyo-e, to found objects to photography.

Barry Wong Photography

Dear AAJA Photographers,

If you are attending the AAJA National Convention in Boston this August, the early registration deadline is April 17.

Pre-registration is $225 and $100 for students.

More info on photography/multimedia workshops at the convention: www.aajaphoto.org or on Facebook: AAJA Photo

After April 17, registration is $300 and $150 for students.

Convention registration: http://www.aaja.org/programs/convention2009boston/registration

more info,
Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com