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An Industry Celebration and Tribute
DVD Captures Poignant Macworld 2007 Tribute to Charismatic Digital Imaging Pioneer, Bruce Fraser

Press Release: January 30, 2008, San Francisco

The stars of imaging came out en masse during Macworld 2007 to honor one of their own: digital imaging pioneer Bruce Fraser. Much like the way Bruce’s inspired and generous work moved many thousands to create superior imaging; so were the industry’s giants, both corporate and individual, moved to come together to share their unique perspective, anecdotes, and most of all - appreciation for Bruce’s enormous contributions to the arts.

Now, a year later, the Bruce Fraser Tribute organizing committee, with the support of Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple, Inc., Epson America, Inc., Hewlett Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Peachpit Press, and X-Rite, Incorporated; is offering a faithful record of last year’s remarkable event, captured on DVD and available at no charge (shipping and handling fees apply) via www.brucefrasertribute.com .

The Tribute committee, comprised of Larry Baca, R. Mac Holbert, Chris Murphy, Andrew Rodney and Jeff Schewe, are asking the graphic arts community to consider making a voluntary donation to help retire medical expenses left behind by the rare lung cancer that took Bruce away from us. The donations can be made directly on the Tribute website.

“If you were fortunate to attend the Tribute itself, you will find the DVD to be a treasured keepsake; if not, you will experience a program that will touch your heart, make you laugh and most of all demonstrate how one thoughtful individual can hold a unique place in an industry and in the lives of all whom he touched,” says Baca.

The DVD culminates with an extraordinarily moving gesture of gratitude expressed by Bruce’s wife, Angela; recited over a specially-composed and synchronized version of “Scotland the Brave”, created and produced by famed musician Ronan Hardiman, specifically for the DVD.

The “Industry Celebration and Tribute to Bruce Fraser” DVD

An Industry Celebration and Tribute to Bruce Fraser was a lively and engaging recollection of how digital imaging and desktop color has evolved over more than 20 years to become the everyday phenomenon it is. Hosted with grace and unrehearsed humor by Bruce’s friend and fellow musician and artist, Graham Nash, the Tribute was filled with striking still visuals, video clips and told by the geeks and non-geeks who knew Bruce along the way, (including famed landscape photographer and digital pioneer Stephen Johnson; Bill Atkinson, an Apple Fellow and now a photographer himself; and Adobe Photoshop engineers and friends, Thomas Knoll and Mark Hamburg, to name but a few),

An Industry Celebration and Tribute to Bruce Fraser gave attendees a vivid, inside look at how one dedicated and focused person of extraordinary humility could shape an industry, from billion dollar manufacturers to home-based photo enthusiasts.

A maximum of six DVDs may be requested per order. A shipping charge of $7.50 USD applies for the first DVD, plus $1.50 USD for each additional DVD when all are shipped to the same address.

If you would like to make a voluntary donation to help retire Bruce’s unmet medical expenses, please check the “Voluntary Donation” box and indicate the amount (in USD) to be added to your DVD order.

The first 100 donors who make gifts of $100.00 or more will be acknowledged by receiving a choice of a Commemorative Set (shown above) or Limited Edition Portrait. The print is a limited edition (not to exceed 200 copies) of a portrait of Bruce Fraser in Chicago on March 5th, 2006. The image is 9.5″x14.5″ on A3 (11.7″x16.5″) with piezo pigment inks The prints are signed and dated on the back by Jeff Schewe. This portrait of Bruce became the official Tribute Image on the DVD and banner above. We regret that supplies are strictly limited. Note, roses not included.

To learn more about Bruce’s life and contributions, go to http://www.brucefrasertribute.com/press.php

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I’ll be hitting the road to attend PMA in Las Vegas starting Wed (PMA starts Thurs.). But, I won’t be back to Chicago till Tues. of next week because Michael Reichmann and I are going to do a quick trip to Zion National Park on Sun. & Mon.

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Source: USA Today
Written by Brian Bergstein, Associated Press

Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn’t seem to care. So Gunderson brought it home and showed it to her fiance, Brian Ascher. They decided that the only right thing to do was to find the owner.

But how? The only clues were the pictures on the camera: typical tourist snapshots, complete with a visit to the Statue of Liberty. How could they find a stranger among the huddled masses?

Gunderson is busy in finance for Bear Stearns Cos., so the detective quest fell to Ascher, a 26-year-old law student at New York University. He was on winter break and eager to put off writing a paper about climate change treaties.

He checked whether anyone had reported a matching missing camera to the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission. No dice. He placed ads in lost-and-found sections of Craigslist but got just one response — from a couple in Brazil who had lost a camera in a cab on Oct. 12, not Dec. 31.

“I guess they thought their camera had been riding around in a taxi for two months,” Ascher recalls now, chuckling at the notion that such a thing would be possible in New York.

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Source: The New York Times
Written by Randy Kennedy

T0 the small group of photography experts aware of its existence, it was known simply as “the Mexican suitcase.” And in the pantheon of lost modern cultural treasures, it was surrounded by the same mythical aura as Hemingway’s early manuscripts, which vanished from a train station in 1922.

The suitcase — actually three flimsy cardboard valises — contained thousands of negatives of pictures that Robert Capa, one of the pioneers of modern war photography, took during the Spanish Civil War before he fled Europe for America in 1939, leaving behind the contents of his Paris darkroom.

Capa assumed that the work had been lost during the Nazi invasion, and he died in 1954 on assignment in Vietnam still thinking so. But in 1995 word began to spread that the negatives had somehow survived, after taking a journey worthy of a John le Carré novel: Paris to Marseille and then, in the hands of a Mexican general and diplomat who had served under Pancho Villa, to Mexico City.

And that is where they remained hidden for more than half a century until last month, when they made what will most likely be their final trip, to the International Center of Photography in Midtown Manhattan, founded by Robert Capa’s brother, Cornell.

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Press Release: The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is proud to announce that its annual east coast Photoshop® World Conference & Expo – held at the Orange County Convention Center from April 2-4 – will feature more than 100 class sessions that will enhance the knowledge and capabilities of Photoshop users and creative professionals of all skill levels. Classes focus on graphic design, digital photography, Adobe® web applications, motion and video graphics, scripting, and much more.

A Photoshop World advance registration discount ($100 off) is available until February 29, during which time registration is only $599US for the general public and includes a one-year NAPP membership. NAPP member advance registration is only $499US. Special pricing is available for students, educators, and alumni of Photoshop World. Visit http://www.photoshopworld.com/pricing.html or call 1-800-738-8513 to register.

Photoshop World also features a three-day Tech Expo, an opening ceremony by NAPP president Scott Kelby with a special keynote by a senior Adobe executive, professional portfolio reviews by Photoshop World instructors, a live filming of PhotoshopUser TV , exciting after-hours social events, 12 pre-conference sessions, and bonus workshops by Kelby Training, Adobe, and Microsoft®.

Photoshop World is best known as being the place where Photoshop users and creative professionals can learn the latest techniques, technologies, and tricks-of-the-trade from top experts in their given fields. This year is no exception, featuring such instructors as Scott Kelby, Bert Monroy, Moose Peterson, Dan Margulis, Dave Cross, Jim DiVitale, Helene Glassman, Rod Harlan, Terry White, Matt Kloskowski, Jeff Schewe, Joe McNally, Jay Maisel, Taz Tally, Fay Sirkis, Eddie Tapp, Vincent Versace, Ben Willmore, and David Ziser. A complete listing of classes and instructors is available at http://www.photoshopworld.com/instructors.html.