If you missed out on the ACP 2011 Photobook Fair, here’s a look back, featuring interviews with exhibitors Kate Jordahl, Gerald Straw, Bryan Meltz, and Larissa Leclair of the Indie Photobook Library.

As ACP 2011 draws to a close, we wanted to take a second and thank each and every one who volunteered for ACP this year, including members of our executive board, friends, family, members of Atlanta Photography Group, our friends from Turner Image Management, and those of you who assisted in our Photography Auction Gala, plus these members of our volunteer list, who stepped-up and volunteered their time for specific events this year. We could not have done it without you. Thank you!

A special hat-tip to Ron Nuse, who volunteered at more events than I can count on one hand. Thank you, Ron!

Thank you, Adrian Shelby, Amie Nisler, Amy Sinclair, Aysha Siddique, Barbara Shepard, Brian Steel, Chinelo Arinze, Christopher Gonzalez, David Foster, Deborah Auerbach, Debra Gray, Dusty Haverty, Garrin Hirschhorn, Gerald Rehert, Greta Holness, Jacob Stickann, Janet English, Kathryn Harper, Kelly Embry Wixson, Krista Dills, Leon P. Sealey Jr., Linda Adhu, Lyn Hillman, Mandy Freeman, Maria Lundin, Mary Anne Mitchell, Minh Van, Molly Parman, Nadia Lancy, Olivia Gluck Gossieaux, Patty McHugh, Patty Wessels, Paul Miller, Raynetta Johnson, Richard Watson, Ronald Nuse, Ruth Gogel, Shellt-Anne Scott, Tabitha Amos, Tamyka Farrar, Teresa Hewitt, Treskall “Tressy” Monk, Valerie Selby, and Yvonne Oliver!

And if you’d like to find out about volunteer opportunities for ACP 2012, please sign-up for our Volunteer list, and thanks!

Video: ACP 2011 Lecture Series Presents Zoe Strauss at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

A quick look back at some of the programs, events, and exhibitions from the last few weeks!

My Atlanta Critic’s Choice Award in Creative Loafing

ACP Public Art Screening at Atlantic Station

ACP Collaboration Presents: The Impossible Project

Lucinda Bunnen at Hudgens Center for the Arts

Corinne Adams’ "Fly Away", at Pace Academy

Perry Julien’s Opening Reception at Aurora Coffee

Art of iPhoneography at Matre Gallery

ACP Portfolio Review

ACP Portfolio Review

ACP Special Exhibition

Photo credit: Zoe Strauss

Zoe Strauss. Tim Archibald. YouTube Play finalists. It’s the last week in October, and ACP has planned two great lectures this week, plus a screening of our ACP Public Art project in Grant Park, alongside finalists in the Guggenheim’s “YouTube Play” biennial of creative video.

Philadelphia-based photographer Zoe Strauss will be speaking at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center on Thursday night at 7pm. Strauss is a photo-based installation artist who uses Philadelphia as a primary setting and subject for her work. Strauss’s photographic work has included a yearly “Under I-95″ show, which took place (for ten years) beneath the Interstate highway in South Philadelphia, where she displayed her photographs on concrete pillars under the highway. In 2006, her work was included in the Whitney Biennial. Zoe Strauss was named a 2007 USA Gund Fellow and granted $50,000 by United States Artists. Zoe Strauss is the author of America, published in November 2008 by AMMO Books.

San Francisco-based photographer Tim Archibald will be speaking on Friday night at Emory University School of Medicine. Archibald’s work includes ECHOLILIA, a collaboration with his son, Eli. Together, father and son orchestrate a portrait series that depicts dreamy, intimate images not only of Eli, but of childhood itself, riddled as it is with mystery and fantasy. In doing so, Archibald documents the burgeoning of a newly charted relationship with his son. Through their creative collaboration, empowerment came to both Timothy and Eli. Timothy found a way to dial-in to Eli’s different channel, thereby breaching the previously challenging obstacle posed by his son’s autistic proclivities. And Eli found a powerful mirror both of his robust, imaginative childhood and his renewed bond with his dad.

Saturday night in Grant Park, ACP is collaborating with i45 in a public screening of the finalists from the Guggenheim’s “YouTube Play” biennial. Plus, ACP’s Public Art project “Volley”, from Monica Cook, will make its final screening of the Festival.

This Week With ACP: Oct. 24th

Thur: ACP Lecture Series Presents: Zoe Strauss at ACAC
Thur: Ilia Varcev Artist’s Talk at Arnold Art Gallery
Fri: ACP Collaboration: Timothy Archibald at Emory University
Fri: Reception for Jill Greenberg at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery
Fri: Reception for Terry Check at Ferst Center
Fri: Reception for Jim Divitale at Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur
Sat: ACP Public Art in Grant Park & YouTube Play
Sat: Last day for My Atlanta in Piedmont Park
Sat: Jill Greenberg Artist’s Talk at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery
Sat: Jerry Siegel Artist’s Talk at Barbara Archer Gallery

Tonight’s (Fri.) ACP Film Series event at The Goat Farm will feature these ten finalists, chosen from an open call for submissions of videos made with still cameras from around the world:

Isidore Bethel, Paris, France
Stefani Byrd, Atlanta, GA
Ruth Dusseault, Atlanta, GA
Adam Forrester, Athens, GA
Corey George, Lutz, FL
Noah Kalina, Brooklyn, NY
Sara Keith, Atlanta, GA
Robbie Land, Atlanta, GA
Rebecca Shanahan, Darlington, Australia
Kristin Skees, Hampton, VA

See you there!

Mason Murer is having an artist’s talk on Sunday, Oct. 23rd at 1:30pm. Panel includes Lucinda Bunnen, Kathryn Kolb, Corinne Adams, Gittel Price, Val Gruner, Margaret Hiden, Marcia Vaitsman, Rachel Speed, and Liesa Cole.

Dave Bias Talk from Jennifer Schwartz on Vimeo.

“Join the Director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Glenn Lowry, and world-renowned photographer, Thomas Struth, for a rare public dialogue. Contemporaries and longtime friends, Lowry and Struth will discuss the role of museums in Struth’s work and in our changing globalized world.

Save your ticket stub for a special opportunity to view works by Thomas Struth following this program. This program is $10 for Members; $15 for non-members; and $5 for students with valid ID, seating is limited. Tickets are available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000. This program is made possible by Presenting Sponsor, The Coca-Cola Company, with additional support provided by the Wish Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Jane and Clayton Jackson, and Art Partners, the dynamic volunteer and social organization of the Museum.”

SCAD-Atlanta professor and photographer Forest McMullin will be speaking about his series of photographs in the “Sex Drive” show at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center this Saturday, Oct. 22nd, at 11am. Forest will be accompanied by Domina Dea, a professional dominatrix.

i45 Acp Press Release

ACP is partnering with i45 for a screening of the Guggenheim’s “YouTube Play” finalists, in tandem with a screening of Monica Cook’s Volley, on October 29th, in Grant Park.

Photo credit: Chip Simone

We’ve been waiting all year for this week of the Festival! On Thursday night, Chip Simone will be in conversation with Brett Abbott (Curator of Photography at the High Museum) at our “Spotlight on Local Talent” event. Friday night brings an exciting “two-fer” to The Goat Farm; a screening of our ACP Public Art project; Monica Cook’s Volley, which will be playing a short walk away from the ACP Film Series.

Named “Still Motion”, the ACP Film Series is a selection of ten videos, curated from an open call for submissions for excellent videos made with still cameras. From iPhones to HD-SLRs, the judges (Blake Williams of Proper Medium, Andy Ditzler of Frequent Small Meals, and ACP) selected a diverse group of videos from around-the-world for Friday’s screening, and one lucky winner will receive a grand prize of $250!

Saturday morning brings the ACP Photobook Fair, now in its third year! Participating photographers and artists will have tables where you may browse their photobooks, plus Larissa Leclair from Indie Photobook Library will be in attendance, along with Fall Line Press and Shock Design. We hope you can swing by Piedmont Park (starts early, at 9am!) and see some of the fantastic, limited-edition publications that are being made today, plus, you get to see this year’s My Atlanta exhibition!

Please find more detailed information in the ACP 2011 Festival Guide, the downloadable PDF, and in the printed guide available at participating venues and locations around the city.

This Week With ACP: Oct. 17th

Tue: Artist’s lecture from Hazel Berger at REI

Wed: Artist’s lecture from Terry Check at Atlanta-Fulton Public Library

Thurs: ACP Spotlight on Local Talent Presents: Chip Simone
Thurs: Reception for Marina Abramović at SCAD-Atlanta
Thurs: Open House and Reception for Corinne Adams
Thurs: Studio Reception for Meg Dreyer

Fri: ACP Film Fest: Still Motion at the Goat Farm
Fri: ACP Public Art at The Goat Farm
Fri: Reception for SHOTS 11 at Showcase School
Fri: Studio Open House at Estudio
Fri: Artist’s talk & booksigning at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery
Fri: Reception for David Knox at J. Tribble
Fri: Opening reception for Jody Fausett at Whitespace
Fri: Reception for artists at HomeGrown Decatur
Fri: Opening reception for Lucinda Bunnen at Sandler Hudson

Sat: ACP Photobook Fair at Piedmont Park Community Center
Sat: ACP My Atlanta Exhibition
Sat: Reception for Off the Cuff, On the Fly at The Seen Gallery
Sat: Juror’s talk from Anna Skillman at APG
Sat: K9-Capture, a Dog Photography Workshop at Serenbe

This year’s ACP Portfolio Review was at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, and the Portfolio Walk had a special spirit of photographers, reviewers and the public connecting in new and exciting ways. Here’s a brief look at the Walk & Reception, featuring interviews with Judy Lampert, Valerie Oliveiro, Alan Chimacoff, and a reviewer, Darren Ching of Klompching Gallery.

Thanks again to ArtRelish for video production on this and all of this year’s ACP Preview Videos!

Without further ado, here are the winners of My Atlanta 2011, chosen by our faithfull judges, Jerry Cullum, and Chris Mihal & Joeff Davis from Creative Loafing. There were seven hundred and thirty-six entries this year, representing three hundred and twenty-four photographers! Come see the winners, and all of the entries this Saturday – we’ll be open at 9am.

Youth, 12 & Under
1st Place: Royce Mann
2nd Place: Kennedy Lollis – Woodward Middle School
3rd Place: Gabrielle Salazar – Red Wall Studio

Teens, 13-18 Years Old
1st Place: Colin Shaw – Paideia School
2nd Place: Lindsey Barch – Woodward
3rd Place: Ike Oedel – Paideia

Best School: Paideia School

Adults, 19 & Over
1st Place: Angela Georges
2nd Place: Krik Lalor
3rd Place: David McKenzie

Seniors
1st Place: Steven Waldschmidt
2nd Place: Bill Grimm – West Cobb Senior Center
3rd Place: Marie Louise Williams – Lou Walker Senior Center

Best Use of Color: Michael Shaefer
Best Use of Black and White: Rebecca Dickerson – Druid Hills High School
Viewer’s Choice: Gilly Levy – Holy Innocent’s
Critic’s Choice: Kelsey Sasser – Holy Innocent’s

We keep bumping into photographer John E. Ramspott, who has been photographing lots of ACP events this year for our friends at Burnaway. Keep up with John’s latest coverage on Burnaway’s flickrstream! (And while you’re at it, here’s ACP’s flickrstream.)

Thanks, John, and thanks, Burnaway!

(photo of Sally Mann by John E. Ramspott!)

Photo credit: Albrecht Tubke

This Week With ACP: Oct. 10th

Mon: Mohamed Bourouissa on view at SCAD-Atlanta

Tues: Lucas Gilman workshop at Atlanta Marriott

Wed: Chinese Photographers Association reception at Georgia Perimeter
Web: At the End of the Street reception at Portfolio Center

Thur: ACP Collaboration Presents: Christopher Phillips
Thur: Reception for Lucinda Bunnen at Hudgens Center

Fri: ACP Collaboration Presents: The Impossible Project
Fri: The World Around: New Photography at Thomas Deans Fine Art
Fri: Sex Drive reception at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Fri: Black & White and Color reception at Arnika Dawkins
Fri: Robin Davis “Haunted Savannah” workshop
Fri: Reception for Barry Blackwell at Automated Darkroom
Fri: Reception for Photomix at Kudzu Art Zone

Sat: ACP My Atlanta at Piedmont Park
Sat: Charlie McCullers on view at Atlanta Ballet
Sat: Reception for Holly White at [Poem88]
Sat: Reception for Instant Gratification at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery
Sat: Reception for Wet Plate and Mirrors at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery
Sat: Reception for Atlanta Photographic Society Salon

Photo by Brant Sanderlin

From Howard Pousner’s article about Corinne Adams and ACP:

“”That’s the good thing about getting older,” said Adams, 60. “Completely planning something keeps the creativity out. It limits what can happen. I’ve learned to trust that letting go part and just let it be whatever it needs to be.”

In truth, that’s not much unlike the positive vibe she and photography curator Susan Todd-Raque brought to the founding of ACP, which has blossomed from modest beginnings involving 40 galleries in 1999 to a heady slate of exhibits, lectures, public art, programs for professional artists and participation opportunities for amateurs that reaches more than 100,000 people annually.

My Atlanta entry from a student at Paideia School
 

Judging My Atlanta 2011
 

ACP Public Art from Monica Cook at FLUX 2011
 

APA Auction Show at Calvin Lockwood Studio
 

APA Auction Show at Calvin Lockwood Studio
Photo by John E. Ramspott
 

ACP 2011 Portfolio Walk and Reception
 

ACP Special Exhibition at Alliance Francais
Photo by John E. Ramspott
 

Photograph by Andri Pol at ACP Special Exhibition at Alliance Francais
 

Mary Virginia Swanson at Portfolio Center
Photo by John E. Ramspott
 

Mary Virginia Swanson signs book for a fan at Portfolio Center
Photo by John E. Ramspott
 

Swanson discusses classic photo book "The Americans"
 

Southeastern Photographic Society’s “Really Big Show” at Sammiches N’ Stuff
Photo by John E. Ramspott
 

Southeastern Photographic Society’s “Really Big Show” at Sammiches N’ Stuff
Photo by John E. Ramspott
 

Our latest ACP Video Preview presents Festival Event #85, Atlanta, Past and Present: A collection of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s great photographers, which opens at Jill Celeste Gallery tomorrow night (Thurs.) with a reception at 7pm.