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Chris Buck to Receive 2007 ASMP Arnold Newman Prize
"We don't take pictures with our cameras, we take them with our hearts and our minds."
--Arnold Newman
On May 17, 2007, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) will present the first annual ASMP Arnold Newman Prize to photographer Chris Buck. The prize is awarded each year to recognize work that is grounded in the traditions and values of Arnold Newman's portrait photography.
The prize is being generously supported by Canon USA, Getty Images and Photo District News. This year's prize includes $2,500 cash donated by Getty Images and a Canon EOS 30D camera.
The recipient is selected from among the top-scoring portrait submissions in PDN's Photography Annual Competition. This year's jurors were photographer Barbara Bordnick, media consultant Aidan Sullivan, and ASMP executive director Eugene Mopsik.
Chris Buck is a longtime admirer of Newman's work. While based in Toronto, he attended a Newman lecture at Ryerson University, then asked the master if he could make a quick portrait. This image, and a subsequent phone interview between Newman and Buck, can be viewed on the ASMP Web site at http://asmp.org/go/buck.
Buck moved to New York in 1990 and quickly established himself in editorial and commercial circles for environmental portraits of leading personalities. His images are renown for an offbeat sense of humor and seeming ease of approach. Buck's clients include Microsoft, Citibank, Moviefone, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire and New York Magazine. He is represented by Julian Richards.
"Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world."
--Arnold Newman
Arnold Newman (1918-2006) was a unique and visionary master of the art of photography, who created and took to its highest form the genre of the environmental portrait -- that is, a portrait executed in the subject's usual environment, such as the home or workplace. Much of Newman's work is available for licensing through Getty Images.
Additional information about Newman is available: 60th Anniversary: Interview with Arnold Newman and In memoriam: Arnold Newman.
About ASMP
Founded in 1944, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) is the leading trade association for photographers who photograph primarily for publication. ASMP promotes photographers' rights, educates photographers in better business practices, produces business publications for photographers, and helps buyers find professional photographers. It has more than 5,500 members, including many of the world's greatest photographers, in 39 chapters nationwide.