Barker Hangar

3021 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Friday, January 31st

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

How To Protect Your Work in the Digital Age

Richard P. Liebowitz, Esq. attorney and photographer focuses on copyright law.

  • The New Rules for United States Copyright Registration

  • Social Media and Copyright Law - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat

  • Embedding and Inline Linking - Why do they get away with it?

  • DMCA Safe Harbor - What does this mean?

  • What Constitutes Fair Use

  • Watermarks and Metadata

  • Copyright Infringement Damages 

  • Removal of Copyright Management Information Under Section 1202

  • Current Events: Recent Copyright Case Rulings and Cases

  • Q & A - Share you're copyright infringement claims with us. Do you have a case? Come learn about current topics in the law affecting artists around the world! 

Richard P. Liebowitz, Esq. is an attorney and photographer who focuses on copyright law, at Liebowitz Law Firm, PLLC. He is a 16-year member of the New York Press Photographers Association (NYPPA) and has produced award-winning photojournalism. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Hofstra Law School, Richard now helps his fellow photographers and other artists around the world resolve their copyright infringements and protect their work, on a contingency basis. As a fellow photographer, he understands where artists are coming from and is passionate about helping the creative community.

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM 

Artist & Curator   

Presented by New York Film Academy

Lane Barden discusses his work in the Monumentality exhibition at the Getty. Frances Terpak, Curator of Photographs at the Getty Research Institute who selected the project to go into the Monumentality Exhibition at G.R.I. – and Roberto Scheiberg, architect from the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design who was present and an active player in the funding and exhibiting of the Linear City project at Woodbury University's gallery in Hollywood (Wuho).  Kean O’Brien (Co-Chair, Photo Arts) will moderate this discussion.

Lane Barden is a Los Angeles based photographer and Artist. His work is in the collections of the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. He holds an M.A. and M.F.A. in photography from the University of New Mexico. He currently is a Full Time Faculty at the Photo Arts Conservatory at the New York Film Academy

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM 

Venice Arts Projects

Current and alumni students from Venice Arts’ Advanced Photography program share work and discuss their long-term personal projects.

The four students on the panel represent Venice Arts' Advanced Studies: Photography program.  Advanced Studies is designed for our most engaged students who, for over a year, spend time working on intimate storytelling that explores such issues as coming out, the intersection of work and family life, and the trauma of domestic violence.

These committed young photographers meet every Saturday for four hours, to develop their project ideas and deepen their photographic knowledge and skills. In-the-field assignments are designed to perfect their technical and documentary abilities, while in-class activities emphasize aesthetic and conceptual development through critique, viewing historic and contemporary works, and writing. Students shoot independently, learn to edit and curate their photography, and design photo books for their final projects. 

 Venice Arts' Mission -

To ignite, expand, and transform the lives of Los Angeles’ low-income youth through photography and film education, and to use our participatory

 storytelling practices to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities around the world.

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM 

The Fine Art of Travel Photography w/ Mark Edward Harris

This workshop explores how to create fine art travel photography - images that go far beyond the "I was here" photograph. Photographers will learn how to create beautiful landscapes and townscapes as well as powerful environmental portraits and photo essays - pictures that tell a story. Mark Edward Harris will put ideas into practice with technical aspects such as the use of "fast" lenses, filters, and the creative use of flash on location. Mark Edward Harris is a Photographer & award-winning author.

Saturday, February 1st

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM 

The World of Inkjet Papers - The Print Matters!

Presented by Freestyle

Showing over 200 individual photographs from Eric Joseph’s personal collection, he will discuss the technical points and aesthetic differences of every inkjet paper available from the following brands: Arista-II, Awagami, Canson-Infinity, Epson, Hahnemühle, Ilford, Innova, Moab and Museo. Participants will gain keen insight into the technical aspects, myths and mysteries of digital printing through both lecture and interactive participation.  Any and all questions are welcome.  Learn how to turn “ordinary images in to extraordinary prints.”

The focus of seminar is to empower participants with knowledge of the wide variety of inkjet media that is available and how important The Print really is.  “We can truly have a personal bond and relationship with inkjet papers the same way we had with traditional darkroom papers.”

Eric Joseph is a photographer and Senior Vice President of New Business and Product Development at Freestyle Photographic Supplies. Eric graduated from California State University, North-ridge in 1985 with a B.A. in Art, Specializing in Photography. He began his career at Freestyle Photographic Supplies in 1986, where he worked his way up to his current Sr. V.P. position. Eric travels across the United States leading a seminar entitled, “The World of Inkjet Paper...The Print Matters!”  Speaking at colleges, universities, commercial labs, photo clubs, art centers and professional photographic organizations, Eric teaches digital printmaking with an emphasis on empirical knowledge allowing folks to make informed decisions about their digital output and how to obtain consistent, reliable, repeatable and controllable results.

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

OPEN SHOW LA #57 @ PHOTO LA

FOCUS photo l.a. is please to collaborate with OPEN SHOW Los Angeles in hosting a special event with artist talks that feature curated presenters from the winners of the FOCUS photo l.a. competition exhibiting at photo l.a. 2020. 

FEATURED PRESENTERS
Jamie Johnson, Grand Prize Winner, Winter 2019

OPEN SHOW is a global organization with local chapters around the world. OPEN SHOW LA provides a forum for our community of visual storytellers to share their projects. About each month, photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers gather at different venues around town for an evening of live presentations and lively conversations. At OPEN SHOW LA, we like to "get your work seen".

4-6 curated presenters have 15 minutes each to introduce one project/portfolio. Approximately 20-25 images will be shown via projection while the presenter provides insightful narratives. Both ongoing and completed work is accepted. We welcome dialog on diverse topics in any genre ranging from documentary to fine art.

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Social Media Giants: Thoughts and Advice on Instagram

Presented by New York Film Academy

Maddie Smith (NYFA Student and Featured Artist), Baz Here (NYFA MFA student), Alejandro Ibarra (MFA Alumni and NYFA Instructor), all have strong Instagram followings, will discuss their use of Instagram as a platform, how they got their following, and what they see the future of Instagram to be for photography. Silvi Naci will moderate this discussion.

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Photo Reps: The Inside Scoop  

Presented by New York Film Academy

Maren Levinson (RedEye), Jigisha Bouverat (BOUVERAT COLLECTIVE), Mara Serdans (Photo Producer), and Jen Lamping (Photo Producer) will be in dialogue about the current trends in photography and the role reps are taking as things change within the industry. Looking at diversity inclusion in leadership in advertising and creating content. Amanda Rowan (Photography Faculty at Photo Arts) will moderate this discussion.

Sunday, February 2nd

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Photobook Roundtable: From Gallery Walls to Printed Pages

Are you interested in the world of photobooks, a collector, or an artist working on or contemplating a photobook project? This insightful panel discussion focuses on how best to approach and execute a photobook project. Attendees will gain insights from panelists who are experts in the photographic arts industry offering real life perspectives on a range of practical considerations including:

•         The idea of the photobook as art objects and collection

•         The organic process and design of the book,

•         The difference between print-on-demand self-publishing versus employing a publishing house,

•         Success strategies for crowd funding,

•         Marketing, lessons learned, pitfalls and success factors

Interactive dialogue is encouraged with a Q&A at the end of the panel. Sample photobooks will be available for viewing. Book signing at this event is not currently planned.

PANELISTS

Sarah Hadley - Photographer; artist and festival producer

Mark Edward Harris - Photographer; award winning author with multiple editions

Bootsy Holler - Photographer; designer; published author

Khodr Cherri - Master printer; Director of Operations, A&I Publishing 

MODERATOR Richard S. Chow - photographer, producer, curator OPEN SHOW LA

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
The World of Inkjet Papers - The Print Matters!

Presented by Freestyle

Showing over 200 individual photographs from Eric Joseph’s personal collection, he will discuss the technical points and aesthetic differences of every inkjet paper available from the following brands: Arista-II, Awagami, Canson-Infinity, Epson, Hahnemühle, Ilford, Innova, Moab and Museo. Participants will gain keen insight into the technical aspects, myths and mysteries of digital printing through both lecture and interactive participation.  Any and all questions are welcome.  Learn how to turn “ordinary images in to extraordinary prints.”

The focus of seminar is to empower participants with knowledge of the wide variety of inkjet media that is available and how important The Print really is.  “We can truly have a personal bond and relationship with inkjet papers the same way we had with traditional darkroom papers.”

Eric Joseph is a photographer and Senior Vice President of New Business and Product Development at Freestyle Photographic Supplies. Eric graduated from California State University, North-ridge in 1985 with a B.A. in Art, Specializing in Photography. He began his career at Freestyle Photographic Supplies in 1986, where he worked his way up to his current Sr. V.P. position. Eric travels across the United States leading a seminar entitled, “The World of Inkjet Paper...The Print Matters!”  Speaking at colleges, universities, commercial labs, photo clubs, art centers and professional photographic organizations, Eric teaches digital printmaking with an emphasis on empirical knowledge allowing folks to make informed decisions about their digital output and how to obtain consistent, reliable, repeatable and controllable results.