FOCAL POINT NEWS

Please check this page for regular updates on what is happening at Focal Point; new classes, exhibitions and events. We will also have announcements on what our current and former students are up to.

 

Congratulations to Deborah Chesher, past Focal Point client, on her recent publication of "Everybody I Shot is Dead.” The book outlines Many Musicians from the 60s and 70s
To purchase a copy, please visit us and buy your copy for just $25.00 CAD. 

Visit her website at:
www.cheshercat.com/overview.html

 

 

PEIA Exhibit.
The 2009 PEIA Exhibit will be back from August 23rd, 2010 to September 2nd, 2010.
"The purpose of the competition is to discover and recognize talented students, faculty, and staff. Approximately 100 photographs will be selected from all classifications and will be mounted for [exhibition]...” pieapma.org/contest
Our Senior Program Coordinator, Natasha Naveau, served as a judge for the 2010 PIEA International Photo Competition. Student and teacher winners come from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India, Iran, South Africa, the UK and the USA. The PIEA awards total more than $160,000.00 US making it the richest student contest in the world.

 

 

Congratulations to Emmanuel Buenviaje a former student of Focal Point, has published a book of his photo work of his candid B&W takes of the city. The book is titled by Vancouver Special and is published by Arsenal Press:

http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=308
and a review in current issue of Georgia Straight:
http://www.straight.com/article-273076/vancouver/vancouver-special
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmanuel_buenviaje/

 

 

Roberta Holden, a Certificate Student 2004-2005 has been highlighted in Silvershotz: The International Journal of Fine Art Photography, 2009 edition, Volume 5, Edition 6. She has presented a wide range of polar landscapes.

"Against this backdrop of the essence of time itself and the importance of the Polar Regions to our planet Roberta lives a life of perpetual danger and adventure, exploration and discovery. Roberta was born into a life of danger which she takes in her stride as being normal for her even though many of her peers may consider her background unconventional... Roberta is able to share the vastness and rugged terrain and the few native people brave enough to traverse the land and sea."
-"Roberta Holden: Changing Polar Landscapes" Silvershots Vol. 5 Ed. 6: p. 60.

 

 

Focal Point would like to congratulate David Ellingsen, a former student from the 1999-2000 Full-Time Photography Program. He has won several awards: the 2009 Applied Arts & Illustration Awards recognized him by in both the Advertising and Fashion categories. He was a beneficiary of Merit in the Black and White Magazine Portfolio Awards. He was also given Honorable Mention in the 2009 Prix de la Photographie Paris Awards (PX3). David has been invited to exhibit a solo show at the 2009 Lishui Photography Festival in China.