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A lecture about Michael Yamashita’s experience in the industry and photographing for National Geographic. Yamashita will also speak about his upcoming tour with M&M Photo Tours, the Japan Snow Monkeys Tour from January 13th – 24th, 2010. To sign up for the lecture click here. Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009 Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. [...]

Hi everyone, I’ll be signing prints at the Wing Luke Asian Museum when the museum kicks off its food drive to benefit the International District Food Bank next Saturday, November 14 from 1-3 p.m. Marketplace, the museum’s store – which is a great place to find unique holiday gifts – will be featuring my 11×14 [...]

Aloha! Just a reminder – the University of Hawaii at Manoa is hosting a special workshop for professional journalists Saturday (Oct. 10) from 9 – noon on Ethics and Excellence in the Newsroom. Jon Ebinger of the Radio-Television News Directors Foundation, and former Nightline producer, will take us through “Tough Times, Tougher Choices.” Amidst these [...]

View Larger Map San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association Dear SFBAPPAers, You are invited to the Third Annual Photo Showcase and Silent Auction to help raise money for scholarships on Tuesday, September 29 at the 20th Street Art Gallery in Sacramento. Come bid on some of the year’s most newsworthy and captivating images of [...]

Dear AAJA photojournalists, AAJA photo conventioneers had a great convention in Boston. About 45 photojournalists attended the-four day event/party. Not bad for a convention with only 650 total attendees. Next year’s convention in Los Angeles on August 4-7. Let me know if you have any more ideas for the LA convention. This is my wish [...]

Here’s an update for donating your 11 x 14 prints for scholarships for the Sacramento Chapter’s Photo Showcase fund raising efforts. The new address to send in your autographed prints is: Florence Low 1138 Greene Terrace Davis, CA. 95618 We would be greatly appreciative if you could donate 1-2 prints sized either 8 x 12 [...]

Photography Winners List of winners in the Annual Dith Pran Photography and Multimedia ShootOut Competition. The theme of this year’s live photography competition was “The Freedom Trail”. All conventioneers were eligible to shoot between Wednesday through Friday during the convention. Over $2,000 in prizes were awarded. The competition is in honor of New York Times [...]

Atlanta Journal and Constitution photojournalist Vino Wong was awarded the Chapter President of the Year by AAJA. Chapter President Wong praised his Atlanta chapter’s hard work and said that the members made the chapter’s accomplishments possible. AAJA Atlanta Chapter website: www.aaja-atlanta.org

Corky Lee, a prolific photojournalist based in New York City is the recipient of Asian American Journalist Association (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 [...]