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Early registration for 2010 Convention ends Friday (April 16)

Dear AAJA photographers, photo students, photo editors,

1. Early registration for the national convention ends on Friday, April 16. After that date, registration will go up between $10 to $75. See chart below.

2. We’re hoping to get a big photo group together for a free dinner cruise on Thursday during the convention. See details below.

3. Please let me know if you are planning to come to the AAJA convention. There are several plans catered just for the AAJA photo community during the convention.

  • Multimedia Workshop
  • PhotoShootOut
  • Photo Silent Auction
  • Japanese American Museum tour with Stan Honda
  • Japanese lunch – off site
  • Dim Sum lunch – off site
  • Vancouver Olympics photography
  • Haiti Earthquake

More info on convention:
www.aajaphoto.org
www.aaja.org
Facebook: AAJA Photo

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 | STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS

Going to the Los Angeles convention? The Port of Long Beach, one of the busiest and most scenic seaports in the world, would like to welcome AAJA Convention attendees with a complimentary cruise of the Long Beach Harbor and dinner. The two-hour tour will offer a unique glimpse into global trade and the port that handles nearly a quarter of all containers moving through West Coast ports. Enjoy the beautiful Long Beach skyline, see the historic Queen Mary and soak in the Southern California summer. Transportation will be provided from and to the convention hotel. The Port of Long Beach is generously donating this cruise but we hope that you will consider a suggested donation of $20 per person which will go towards AAJA-Los Angeles scholarships and programs. The cruise is only available to the first 100 people who RSVP by July 16. All others will be put on a waiting list and will be notified if there are cancellations.

  • RSVP: yi@polb.com with subject line: “AAJA/Long Beach Cruise”
  • Make checks payable to: “AAJA” with memo: “Long Beach Cruise”
  • Mail to: Daniel Yi, Port of Long Beach, 925 Harbor Plaza,Long Beach, CA 90802
  • Donations will be returned in the event of a cancellation.

AAJA 2010 Los Angeles Convention Photo Schedule

For the latest AAJA convention programing for photography events only, you can check the AAJA National Web site:

http://www.aaja.org/programs/convention2010losangeles/photography/

Here’s what’s officially planned so far. More to come:

PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS
ANNUAL DITH PRAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND MULTIMEDIA SHOOTOUT
The Dith Pran Photo ShootOut is a photo competition held at AAJA’s annual national convention to encourage promising young people who are studying and practicing photojournalism. This year’s theme will be “Hollyweird.” The Photo ShootOut was started in 2000 to honor Dith, who risked his life in Cambodia during the holocaust by the Khmer Rouge to help journalists tell the story of the atrocities in his home country. The name of the winner of the Photo ShootOut is engraved on a perpetual trophy, which will be presented at the Gala Banquet on Saturday, August 7, 2010, and permanently housed at AAJA’s National Office. $200 in cash awards. Over $1,000 in other photography prizes. AAJA invites additional contributions to a new fund developed in memory of Dith, who passed away in 2008. For more information about this fund contact AAJA’s National Office at 415.346.2051 or national@aaja.org

PHOTOGRAPHIC TOUR/TALK/EXHIBIT WITH STAN HONDA ON WWII JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS
Agence France Presse photojournalist Stan Honda will lead a photographic tour of his project, “Moving Walls”, of the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, internment camp at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles. Honda will also talk and show pictures in a program at the museum about the 1994 recovery of barracks near the site of the camp where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. He will speak about his documentation of the project and his perspective as a Sansei whose parents were interned in Arizona. Museum volunteers, several who were also interned during the war, will also speak about their experience in Wyoming and at the reconstruction of the barracks at the museum. Saturday, August 7, 2 pm. Japanese American National Museum: www.janm.org

SPECIAL EVENTS
OPENING RECEPTION
Kick off the convention at AAJA’s opening ceremony and reception emceed by renowned music journalist Ben Fong- Torres. Wednesday, August 4, 7-9 pm

SILENT AUCTION & RECEPTION
Come out for a fun and unique evening where hundreds of items will be up for bid. Proceeds help fund AAJA scholarships, internships and other national programs. Friday, August 6, 5:30-8 pm

GALA SCHOLARSHIP & AWARDS BANQUET
This evening features the recognition of AAJA scholarship and internship recipients, the 2010 awards winners, and the convention’s keynote speaker. Saturday, August 7, 7-9 pm

KARAOKE NIGHT
Tune your pipes for the ever-so-popular closing event at convention! Saturday, August 7, 9 pm-1 am

Paul's making a list and checking it twice for next year

Dear AAJA photojournalists,

AAJA photo conventioneers had a great convention in Boston. About 45 photojournalists attended the-four day event/party. Not bad for a convention with only 650 total attendees.

Next year’s convention in Los Angeles on August 4-7. Let me know if you have any more ideas for the LA convention. This is my wish list of panels and parties:

-Two-day hands-on workshop on multimedia (one day hands-on multimedia shooting & one day hands-on FCP) – August 4 and 5
-Multimedia & Photography ShootOut with theme: HollyWierd” – August 4 to 6
-AP photographers Nick Ut and Jae C. Hong. New and old guard AP photographers – August 6
-Freelancing – the next step after laid off/leaving your staff job – – August 6
-Sportsshooter – August 6
-Live Photography Auction – August 6
-Live student critiques with photo editors/photographers from LA Times, Orange County Register, Riverside Press Enterprise, Associated Press – August 7
-Dim sum lunch in Chinatown, Monterey Park or San Gabriel Valley (off site) – August 8
-Ramen in Little Tokyo (off site) – August 7
-Tour of Japanese American Museum in Little Tokyo with AFP’s Stan Honda as tour guide for his display of Japanese internment camps (off site) – August 7
-Korean BBQ (off site) – August 5
-Student Project – August 2-7
-Disneyland trip – August 2-4
-Author showcase – photographer/authors who have published a book in the past year – August 6
-Beach party – August 7

If you are already planning on coming to the LA convention and would like to get involved, please let me know.

Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook Group: AAJAphoto
Twitter: @aajaphoto