New York Request of greater NYC area RFF members

[Phil_F_NM]

Are there any RFF'ers out there in the greater NYC (between Boston and
Delaware) who might help kick my ass with a very critical portfolio review?

I went to the opening for Michael Kamber's gallery presentation for
Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq at 25CPW last
week and have been motivated to get back into more serious photography.
I kind of gave up after the burglary in March and haven't floated a
portfolio around in years. I feel like I'm going nowhere in photography
right now but that is my own doing, I admit.

I did the Iraq book with my journal entries and all that but I think it
needs a tighter edit and an appendix to clarify the terminology in the
journal. Regardless of that, I want to "close the book" so to speak, on
the book, create a good combat photography portfolio and a good
portfolio of work I've done since then. I'm hoping I can ask the advice
of some local RFF members for a sit-down.

I'd love to hear from RFF'ers who are farther away as well but of
course, we could only correspond via this crude medium of electrons, at
least at first.

Thank you all very much for the consideration and for the encouragement.

Sincerest regards,
Phil Forrest

(cross posted from the LUG listserv)

 

[sanmich]

Hey Phil
could you please send a link to the materials you intend to publish as a book?
I'm thinking of something....

 

[dshfoto]

Phil,

You might want to join the National Press Photographers Association.
In addition to providing a national network of like-minded photojournalists, they also have regional chapters so you can connect with visual journalists near you.
They had had a New York "meet-up" about a year ago. As a group they don't meet that often, but I am sure that some of the NYC area members would be willing to talk with you. Also, they do run courses on a regular basis. And, there is a National convention which is helps to set up contacts in the industry.
Check out the website to get an idea of they types of resources available.
The membership fee is very reasonable, and you can get a NPPA badge. Of course, NYC police have their own application process for a press credential, but I have found the NPPA badge helpful when travelling overseas.

NPPA also may help if a photojournalist gets targeted by the authorities.

https://nppa.org/

Feel free to PM me if you want to ask anything that you don't want to post online.

Best

Steve Harris

 

[helen.HH]

if you send me a link / helenhill21@gmail.com
I will be Happy to View and make suggestions....