PB Photographic Centre Announces INFOCUS Juried Show 6/19 - 8/17

June 14, 2013 - PRLog -- Palm Beach Photographic Centre Announces

INFOCUS Juried Show & PICTURE MY WORLD

June 19 – August 17, 2013



(West Palm Beach, FL – June 12, 2013)  Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), today announced the upcoming opening of its next exhibition:



INFOCUS Juried Show & Picture My World

June 19 – August 17, 2017



Opening Reception:

Wednesday, June 19 – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.






INFOCUS:

The Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s 17th annual INFOCUS Juried Show will showcase the work of its student members, both inside the Photo Centre and on its Web site, www.workshop.org.  A Best of Show cash prize of $950 will be awarded, as will two Merit Awards for free tuition for a FOTOfusion Passport or a Master Workshop. This year’s winners will be announced at the exhibition’s opening reception on June 19.



The INFOCUS Juror is Raymond Gehman, who has worked for the National Geographic Society since 1986. With three cover photographs and numerous books and articles, he has been on assignment in Yellowstone, Wyoming’s Bighorn Country, Florida’s Sanibel Island Gulf Coast, the Canadian Rockies, the rain forests of Belize, Icelandic glaciers and icebergs, dark Polish forests, and rural China during the People’s Republic 50th anniversary celebration. He has documented grizzly bears, the vanishing prairie dog and wetlands, the ecology of fire, the aftermath of hurricanes, hot pools and nocturnal Apache ceremonial dancers.  






PICTURE MY WORLD:

Denise Felice, Mentor

Since 1997 PBPC, through Picture My World, serves disadvantaged and delicate children in our community, ages 8-17. Strategic curriculums of photography exploration combined with introspective journal writing teach an appreciation of family and community, while simultaneously promoting the development of non-violent means of expression, self-esteem, personal responsibility and problem solving skills. The lessons create awareness for each student that they are valued and that their voice can make a positive difference in their lives and the lives of others.




Community groups benefiting this year are Boca Raton’s Promise ‘Breaking the Silence for Mental Wellness’, Canstruction Inaugural Project, Lake Worth Community Middle School, and the Place of Hope Child Protection Center. This is the third year that Place of Hope foster children have participated in Picture My World, and this year, their photographic assignment theme was “Hope for the Future,” in which 35-40 youth photographed images that depicted renewal, survival and hopefulness.




“A heartfelt thank you is given to all our generous members, private donors, and PNC Foundation, for enabling Picture My World to continue to provide a caring and healthy path for our next generation of community adults,” says Ms. Felice.



About the Palm Beach Photographic Centre:

The Photo Centre is located at the downtown City Center municipal complex at 415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday – Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, please call 561.253.2600 or visit www.workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.



AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW:

Fatima NeJame

Palm Beach Photographic Centre

561.253.2600

fatima@fotofusion.org


Attached Photos:  INFOCUS

Heron Portrait – by Don Durfee


MEDIA CONTACT:

Gary Schweikhart

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561.756.4298

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