Third Floor Photo Society

New York is a city of characters. nytimes.com "305-square-mile parade of people with something to say."

The next issue is a special Halloween edition of the ET with an added 4 pages. There will be one photo spread dedicated to us and whatever I want to do. I feel this would be a nice time to open up you talents as photographers. The work needs to be turned in FRIDAY 10-23-09 by noon. I am looking for images that display what It is like to be a college student . You can take it literal or figurative, emotional. I want to give you the opportunity to display it anyway you wish. As ARTSY as you want guys Requirements. What: Display life as a college student at A&M COMMERCE When: Due: FRIDAY 10-23-09 at 12pm How: whatever it takes, you can shoot any medium you want just give me the best digital file you can produce... Tips the image will be in Black and White newspaper so subtle contrast and detail may not be shown,, Most important: I also need three sentences on what it going on, who it is the image, what are you showing me. How do I get it to you.. EMAIL Daniel Mendenhall an...

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A new contest to enter for Third Floor students and readers of the blog "An International Student Photography Competition continued . . . Open to All Students of all ages working in all mediums of photography. Juror Statement "As a photojournalist/documentary photographer what interests me most about photography is its unique ability to freeze a moment in time and reveal something within that instance, be it a 500th or even two seconds. When you document humanity, that moment can unveil emotions that exist within all of us whether it be one of joy, sorrow, anxiety, anger, boredom, ecstasy, frustration, hope, loneliness, resentment, vulnerability and a whole hosts of others. That revelation has the potential to bind us forever to the people we’ve gotten to know within that one moment frozen in time. " About the Juror Lucian Perkins, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in b...

Lens: Parting Glance: Irving Penn By By Niko Koppel Published: October 7, 2009 The death of the 20th-century master Irving Penn invites a look at his renowned work from studio portraits to fashion photographs. Irving Penn NY Times photo blog

Brian Sorg is a photographer who did a three part series on covering the life of his friend Davey, and compiled this project over several years. Checkout the three part series, beginning from Davey I to Davey III on his site. Great work for showing a documentary on the changes of adolescence.                  

Bringing to light the website of Feature Shoot , a website highlighting new upcoming photographers in almost every single genre from documentary to fashion, portraiture and even architecture. Give it a glance as its update almost every single day. Feature Shoot Website

New Contest by Photographers Forum. Entries Due October 19th for early deadline.