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Following the success of its inaugural event in 2006, SILVER, the high-profile
conference and photographic competition sponsored by Ilford Photo and Calumet,
moves forward with plans for SILVER 2007.



Taking place March 30 - April 1 at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena,
CA, SILVER will bring together a wealth of talent, experience and knowledge via
an impressive line-up of speakers and forum panelists. Photographers of all levels
will benefit from lectures, workshops, one-on-one discussions, forums and opportunities
for networking with fellow enthusiasts.



There will also be informal print reviews, open portfolio critiques and a print
competition for cash prizes with the winners announced at the conclusion of the
conference.



The major featured speakers sharing their particular viewpoints on different aspects
of black-and-white photography will be John Sexton, Keith Carter, Ken Rosenthal,
Mary Virginia Swanson and Sally Gall, while British photographer and darkroom
expert Tim Rudman will be running a darkroom workshop on lith printing, toning,
etc.



Panelists answering participants' questions and concerns in forum sessions will
represent a wide panorama of black-and-white photography, from photographers,
writers, gallery owners and managers to representatives of the event's sponsors.
These include Frish Brandt of the Fraenkel Gallery, Michelle Dunn Marsh of Aperture
Magazine, Craig Krull of the Craig Krull Gallery, David Fahey of the Fahey/Klein
Gallery, professional photographers Mark Edward Harris and Jeff Dunas, Richard
Newman of Calumet Photographic, Rod Parsons and Mike Bain with Harman Technology
Ltd/Ilford Photo, and Dennis Keeley, Chair of the Photography and Imaging Department
at Art Center College of Design.



Visit www.calumetphoto.com/silver
for more information or to register, or telephone 800.CALUMET (225-8638). Details
of Ilford Photo products can be found at www.ilfordphoto.com.
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Freestyle Photographic and the Creative Center for Photography are pleased
to kick off their 2007 Saturday Lecture Series at the Creative Center For Photography
in Hollywood, CA. This series is a collection of free seminars, covering a variety
of interesting and informative topics for creative photographers. The lectures
will take place every other Saturday at 1:00 PM, beginning on February 10, 2007.
The schedule is as follows:

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Samsung Camera has unveiled the newest addition to its NV series of advanced
point & shoot digital cameras -- the NV11. The NV11 features a premium
Schneider lens, as well as Samsung's intuitive Smart Touch user interface
which enables easy navigation of the camera's comprehensive feature set
by simply sliding a finger across its control buttons positioned around the
2.7" high definition LCD. The 10 megapixel, 5x optical zoom NV11 has 1600
ISO high-sensitivity and features Samsung's proprietary ASR image stabilization
system.

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Panasonic has announced the 10x Optical Zoom Lumix DMC-TZ3 digital camera,
the compact zoom model for its 2007 digital camera line. The new 7.2 Megapixel
entry to the popular TZ family packages a 28mm wide-angle LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR
lens, Intelligent Image Stabilization, a 3.0-inch LCD, and a compact stainless
steel body.

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CoSoSys has announced the release of Easy SlideShow.

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The Silver International Conference and Print Competition of Black-and-White Photography
runs March 30 through April 1 at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena,
California. It includes special guest speakers, panel discussions, silver one-on-one
darkroom demonstrations, print sharing sessions and portfolio reviews. The conference
and print competition is designed for all professional and serious photographers,
photo students and photo instructors. As the digital world evolves, it is Silver's
mission to make sure this founding tradition of photography continues to have
a voice and community.

The Freestyle Creative Center for Photography is proud to host a premier showing
of Holga images by Freestyle Advisory Board member Michelle Bates, titled “Toying With Creativity”. Michelle is a champion of the alternative (or "toy")
camera genre, noted especially for her work with the all-plastic Holga camera.
Her award-winning pictures have been featured and published across the nation,
most recently in her new book "Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity,"
considered by many the definitive primer for the world of toy camera photography.
Michelle's images evoke a multitude of emotions, from poignant to whimsical
to ethereal. They are a throwback to days when photography was considered more
of a joyous activity than a specialized craft.

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