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Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story

WORLD PREMIERE Using his camera as a “weapon against injustice,” Chinese-American photographer Corky Lee brought art and politics together through his decades-long documentation of the Asian American experience. The Queens, NY native captured all aspects of the AAPI experience, from Lunar New Year to street protests, from Pakistani Independence Day to Diwali and more, uplifting his audience with striking images and empowering generations cultural pride. Armed with 19 years of footage of Corky in action, director Jennifer Takaki honors this unsung hometown hero in this beautiful tribute. – Karen McMullen

More info and how to watch online: https://www.docnyc.net/film/photographic-justice-the-corky-lee-story/

Boston Asian American Film Festival to feature a documentary short on Corky Lee

Dear Corky

Directed by Curtis Chin, Produced by Kenneth Eng
15 minutes | Documentary Short
Documentary short on famed street photographer Corky Lee, who recently passed away from COVID. Over the course of fifty years, he covered the most important events in Asian American history, including issues of hate crimes.

Tickets can be purchased for on-demand viewing via the Boston Asian American Film Festival website.

More information about the featured films here.

Register now for AAJA20 National Convention

Visit the AAJA 2020 National Convention website to register for this first ever virtual convention. Photo schedule coming soon. Visit https://www.aaja20.org/

Winners of the 2018 Dith Pran Photo Shootout Contest in Houston

We had 21 entries in this year’s Dith Pran Photo Shootout contest in Houston. This year’s theme was “Everything is bigger in Texas.” Congratulations to Young Kim who won first place. He receives registration fee for next year’s convention in Atlanta as well as a Mindshift Gear backpack. 2nd place went to Crystal Wong and Alex Wong took 3rd. each of them also receives a Mindshift Gear bag. Thank you, E Samantha Cheng and Laura Elizabeth Pohl, for judging and THINK TANK PHOTO for the wonderful prizes.
thank you to everyone who entered this year!

2018 AAJA Convention Photojournalists Affinity Group Schedule

2018 AAJA Convention August 8-11, 2018
Marriott Marquis Hotel
1777 Walker Street
Houston, TX 77001

Photojournalists Affinity Group (PAG) Schedule

Wednesday, August 8, 2018
12:01 a.m. Beginning of Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition
Rules: https://www.aaja18.org/photo-shootout/

6 p.m. AAJA18 Opening Reception, check schedule for room location

8 p.m. PAG Networking Mixer
Biggio’s Sports Bar at the Marriott Marquis

Thursday, August 9, 2018
9–10:30 a.m. [Montgomery]
Freelancing: The Business of Going Solo
Moderator: E. Samantha Chang
Speakers: Emily Tan/freelance journalist, Justin Ching/Freelance filmmaker, Darrell Miho/freelance photographer

11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
PAG Photo Hangout with Lisa Krantz, staff photographer, San Antonio Express-News. She will show us her work and talk about the inspiration behind her photo stories.

Lunch TBA

2–3:30 p.m. [Fort Bend]
Multimedia Journalism
Moderator: Elise Hu
Speakers: Stephen Jiwanmall/WTXL, Tiffany Liou/WFAA, Madeline Rivera/Fox News

4–5:30 p.m.
PAG Photo Hangout with Richard Tsong-Taatarii, staff photographer, Minneapolis Star Tribune. He’ll be sharing stories and images from The Rohingya Refugee Crisis.

6:30 p.m. PAG dinner $35/person (free for photo students)
Huynh Restaurant – Vietnamese. (limit 30 people)
please RSVP to James Yee: fotoguyf16@mac.com
shrimp appetizer, duck salad, baby bok choy w/garlic sauce, crispy flat noodles w/ chicken and more!
912 Saint Emanuel (0.4 mile walk or $6.93 uber)
Houston, TX 77003 713.224.8964

Friday, August 10, 2018
9–10:30 a.m.
Photo Hangout with Karen Warren, staff photographer, Houston Chronicle. She’ll talk about her life working as staff photographer for the Houston Chronicle.

11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Photo Hangout with freelance photographer Robert Seale. A master of lighting, he will show us images and talk about how to use lighting to add impact to your photos.

Lunch TBA

2–3:30 p.m.
Photo Hangout with freelance photographer, Laura Pohl, She will be sharing stories and photos from her project “A Long Separation” about families separated by the Korean War.

4–5:30 p.m. [Fort Bend]
Panel: North Korea/South Korea: From the Olympics to Separated Families
Moderator: Indira Lakshmanan
Speakers: Chang W. Lee/NY Times, Laura Pohl/Freelance Photographer

5 p.m. Deadline for Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition
Rules: https://www.aaja18.org/photo-shootout/

Time and location TBA: Live judging of Photo Shootout

6:30–9 p.m. Silent Auction
Auction site: https://www.501auctions.com/aaja18

9 p.m. PAG Dinner $25/person (free for college photography major students)
Pappasito’s Cantina Mexican Food http://www.pappasitos.com
1600 Lamar Street (0.3 mile walk or $5.83 uber)
Houston, TX 77010

Saturday, August 11, 2017
7:30 a.m.–12 noon
AAJA service project at the Houston Food Bank. https://www.aaja18.org/service-project/
Shuttle leaves the hotel lobby at 7:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m. PAG luncheon
Phoenicia Specialty Food Court
1001 Austin Street (0.3 mile walk or $5.83 uber)
Houston, TX 77010

3–4:30 p.m.
PAG Photo Hangout with Chang W. Lee, staff photographer, New York Times. He’ll show us more photos and share more stories from his Winter Olympic and Paralympic coverage in Pyeoncheang.

4–6:00 p.m.
Portfolio Reviews/Photo Critique – Bring 3 or 4 photos or a short clip on a jump drive for a critique or open discussion about a project you are working on. This will be a time to promote ideas and feedback to inspire and motivate visual storytellers. We especially want to encourage students to bring their work.

7 p.m. Gala Scholarship & Awards Banquet
Dith Pran Photo Shootout winners announced

Sunday, July 30, 2017
11 a.m. PAG lunch (free for college photography major students)
meet in lobby at 10:30 and start arranging rides uber/lyft
Pinkerton’s Barbecue (4.5 miles away $10.23 uber)
1504 Airline Drive
Houston, TX 77009

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For more information:

Programs and Photo Hangouts: Darrell Miho (626) 975-6349
Lunch and Dinner information: James Yee (317) 640-1873
aajaphoto@gmail.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook
Instagram: #AAJAPhoto

Houston here we come! AAJA18 registration deadlines are upon us

Hello AAJAers!

The countdown has begun. AAJA18 is just over 2 weeks away…are you ready? (I’m not) who’s coming? Monday (July 23) is the last day to make your reservations at the Marriott Marquis for the discounted rate of $159/night + taxes/fees. so don’t delay! I just checked rates, and if you tried to book this room on Orbitz, you’d be looking at $284/night. Here’s the link to the AAJA discounted rate. Hurry hurry!
https://www.aaja18.org/hotel/

If you are still on the fence about attending AAJA18 maybe we can give you a little nudge. In addition to Chang W. Lee [NY Times] and Laura Pohl [www.alongseparation.com] speaking on the North Korea/South Korea: From the Olympics to Families Separated panel, they will also give an extended talk at our newly created Photo Hangouts. Photo Hangouts are extra photo sessions that the Photojournalist Affinity Group (PAG) has organized to provide additional photo related discussions. We are excited to bring you these programs to help educate, inspire and motivate our visually talented AAJA members.

We are also honored to have Richard Tsong-Taatarii from the Minneapolis Star Tribune joins us to share his images and stories covering the Rohingya Crisis as well as Lisa Krantz, from the San Antonio Express-News, who will share her passion for telling stories through pictures.

The Photo Hangouts are made possible thanks to our friends at the Pulitzer Center. The Pulitzer Center promotes in-depth engagement with global affairs through its support of quality international journalism across all media platforms and an innovative program of outreach and education.
https://pulitzercenter.org

And don’t forget that the last day to register online for the convention is August 1st. After that, the rate goes up! So? What are you waiting for? Here’s the registration link… =)
https://www.aaja18.org/register/

If you are attending AAJA18, please send me a message so that I can put you on the special email list about PAG events, including our famous dinners. This special email will only go out to AAJA18 attendees.

Didn’t attend last year? Well, this is what you missed out on!

Pics or it didn’t happen. It happened! Photos from AAJA17

That’s it for now. Hope to see you in Houston!

Darrell =)

2018 Dith Pran Instagram Photo Shootout Competition

Cambodian photojournalist Dith Pran talks to a reporter after a press conference at the Foreign Correspondent Club of Thailand in Bangkok, Aug. 25, 1989, after getting back from Cambodia. (AP Photo)

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is proud to announce the 2018 Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition to take place at the AAJA National Convention in Houston, Texas, August 8-11. Texans say that “Everything is bigger in Texas,” so we are looking for the photograph that best depicts this slogan. This contest is open to ALL attendees at the AAJA 2018 convention in Houston. The winner will receive a convention registration for next year’s convention.

Instagram Photo Shootout Rules:

Submit photo entries using the Instagram hashtag #AAJAPhoto. Upload your photo submission(s) with caption information using any Instagram App with that hashtag and it should appear at aajaphoto.org/ig
Deadline: Photo submission(s) must be uploaded on Instagram by 5 p.m. CT on Friday, August 10, 2018.
Contestants can start shooting anytime beginning 12:01 a.m. CT Wednesday, August 8 and must be uploaded by the contest deadline stated above.
A professional grade camera is not required. Images submitted from mobile devices (cellphone or tablet) are acceptable.
Each entrant can submit up to three (3) images. Judging will be based on a single image and not a series of images.
Entries should be based on the theme. Photos will be judged on theme interpretation, artistic style, composition and technical execution. This year’s theme is a suggestion and photographs unrelated to the theme are acceptable.
Entrants also need to email aajaphoto@gmail.com with their entrant’s name, Instagram account name, cell phone number, email address and caption information of 100 words or less. Failure to email this information may disqualify an entry.
You must be a current registered AAJA 2018 National Convention attendee.
Only minor burning, dodging and slight color adjustment, sharpening and cropping are acceptable. NO INSTAGRAM FILTERS ALLOWED! Any significantly digitally modified or altered photograph will be disqualified. No special artistic app filters allowed. The only exception is the black and white filter.

There is no cost to enter the competition.

Winners will be posted on www.AAJAPhoto.org. The First Place winner will have their name engraved on the Annual Dith Pran Photo Shootout perpetual award. First, second and third place winners will be announced Saturday, August 11 at the AAJA Gala Scholarship & Awards Banquet. First place prize is the convention fee for next year’s convention, a $250 value.

Questions? Please contact AAJA photographer James Yee (317-640-1873) or Alex Wong (202-438-7050) or email questions to aajaphoto@gmail.com.

See the winners of the 2017 shootout here

The AAJA Photo Shootout was started in 2000 during the annual AAJA National Convention. The competition name was changed in 2008 to honor New York Times photographer Dith Pran, who risked his life in Cambodia during the genocide by the Khmer Rouge to help journalists tell the story of atrocities in his home country. His story inspired the film, “The Killing Fields.” Pran passed away in 2008.

Winners of the 2017 Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition

1st Place Salgu Wissmath for the 2017 Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition

2nd Place Natalie Hee for the 2017 Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition.

3rd Place Alex Wong for the 2017 Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition

Philadelphia is known as the “City of Brotherly Love,” so judges were looking for the photograph that best depicts this slogan. The contest was open to all attendees at the AAJA 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Top prize was convention registration for the 2018 convention and an insta360 VR camera.

Photojournalists Group Schedule for 2017 Philadelphia Convention

The Friendship Gate, produced by artisans in Chinatown’s “sister city” of Tianijn, China in 1983, was installed at the intersection of Tenth and Arch Street in 1984. Photo by James Yee taken Monday, July 24, 2017.

2017 AAJA Convention
July 26 – 29, 2017

Loews Philadelphia Hotel
1200 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19107

Photojournalists Affinity Group Schedule

WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2017
12:01 a.m. Beginning of Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition
Rules: https://www.aaja17.org/dith-pran-photo-shootout/

11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Commonwealth Hall C
Workshop: Explore 360/VR Journalism – A New Frontier of Storytelling
Speakers: Michael Quan/Interactive Tactical Group, Gene Cao/Insta360, Chang Lee/The New York Times, Alex Wong/Getty Images

6 p.m. Regency Ballroom
Opening Reception

8:30 p.m. Bank & Bourbon Bar in the hotel lobby
Photo Group Networking Mixer
Meet w/ Susan Choi, James Yee, Alex Wong after Opening Reception

THURSDAY, July 27, 2017
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Commonwealth Hall A2
Panel: Supercharge Your Photo/Video for Social Media
Moderator: Darrell Miho
Speakers: Michael Yamashita, National Geographic, Dion Lim, former news anchor/reporter at WTSP, St. Petersburg, (KGO-TV in San Francisco this fall)

8 p.m. Dinner
Banana Leaf Malaysian Cuisine
1009 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 592-8288
Group Dinner
(free for college photography major students)

FRIDAY, July 28, 2017
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Commonwealth Hall A2
Panel: Lessons From Photographing Standing Rock
Moderator: Ariel Zambelich, NPR
Speakers: Augus Mordant, Freelance, Josh Morgan, The Greenville News, Richard J. Tsong-Taatarii, Minneapolis Star Tribune

5 p.m. Deadline for Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition
Rules: https://www.aaja17.org/dith-pran-photo-shootout/

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Regency A & B
Silent Auction www.aaja17.auction-bid.org

8:45 p.m. Dinner
Vietnam Palace
222 N 11th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 592-9596
Group Dinner Honoring Nick Ut’s Retirement (Nick will be there)
(free for college photography major students)

SATURDAY, July 29, 2017
1 p.m. Lunch
Jim’s Steaks South St.
400 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 928-1911
www.jimssouthstreet.com
Philly-Style Cheesesteak Group Lunch
(free for college photography major students)

After Lunch
Tours to be discussed at lunch:

Liberty Bell
Independence Hall
Rocky Statue and Rocky Steps
Philadelphia Museum of Art
South Street Neighborhood
Museum of The American Revolution

7 p.m. Millennium Hall
Gala Scholarship & Awards Banquet
Dith Pran Photo Shootout winners announced

SUNDAY, July 30, 2017
UPDATED TIME
10:15 a.m. Lunch
Ocean Harbor (Opens at 10 a.m.)
1023 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 574-1398
Group Dim Sum
(free for college photography major students)

For more information: James Yee (317) 640-1873
aajaphoto@gmail.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: AAJAPhoto.org/fb/
Instagram Photo Shootout tag: #aajaphoto

2017 Dith Pran Instagram Photo Shootout Competition

AAJA is proud to announce the 2017 Dith Pran Photo Shootout Competition to take place at the AAJA National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26-29, 2017. Philadelphia is known as the “City of Brotherly Love”, so we are looking for the photograph that best depicts this slogan. This contest is open to ALL attendees at the AAJA 2017 convention in Philadelphia.

Top prize is convention registration for next year’s convention.

Instagram PhotoShootOut Rules:

Submit photo entries using the Instagram hashtag #AAJAPhoto. Upload your photo submission(s) with caption information using any Instagram App.
Deadline: Photo submission(s) must be uploaded on Instagram by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, July 28, 2017.
Contestants can start shooting anytime beginning 12:01am EST Wednesday, July 26 and must be uploaded by the contest deadline stated above.
A professional grade camera is not required. Images submitted from mobile devices (cellphone or tablet) are acceptable.
Each entrant can submit up to three (3) images. Judging will be based on a single image and not a series of images.
Entries should be based on the theme. Photos will be judged on theme interpretation, artistic style, composition & technical execution. This year’s theme is a suggestion and photographs unrelated to the theme are acceptable.
Entrants also need to email aajaphoto@gmail.com with their entrant’s name, Instagram account name, cell phone number, email address and caption information of 100 words or less. Failure to email this information may disqualify an entry.
You must be a current registered AAJA National Convention attendee.
Only minor burning, dodging and slight color adjustment, sharpening and cropping are acceptable. NO INSTAGRAM FILTERS ALLOWED! Any significantly digitally modified or altered photograph will be disqualified. No special artistic app filters allowed. Exception only is the black and white filter.
There is no cost to enter the competition.
Winners will be posted on www.AAJAPhoto.org The First Place winner will have their name engraved on the Annual Dith Pran Photo Shootout perpetual award. First, second, and third place winners will be announced on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the AAJA Gala Scholarship & Awards Banquet. First place prize is the convention fee for next year’s convention, a $250 value. Other prizes will be announced a later date.
For any questions, please contact AAJA photographer James Yee (317-640-1873) or Alex Wong (202-438-7050) or email questions to aajaphoto@gmail.com

History: The AAJA Photo Shootout was started in 2000 during the annual AAJA National Convention. The competition was changed in 2008 to honor New York Times photographer Dith Pran, who risked his life in Cambodia during the genocide by the Khmer Rouge to help journalists tell the story of atrocities in his home country. His story inspired the film, “The Killing Fields.” Pran passed away in 2008