Behind Photographs Exhibit Comes to Brooks Institute's Gallery 27
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (June 22, 2009) – Photographer and Brooks Institute alumnus Tim Mantoani brings images from his exhibit Behind Photographs: Archiving Photographic Legends to Brooks Institute’s Gallery 27. Behind Photographs is a testament to the talented men and women who have captured some of the most recognized photographic images of our time. Click to read more.
Brooks Institute alumnus David Zimmerman wins 2009 Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year
1981 Brooks Institute alumnus David Zimmerman is named Photographer of the Year during the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards in Cannes, France. He entered his landscape series entitled, “Desert” which depicts desert images of the American southwest. Click to read more.
Brooks Institute Alumnus Receives Industry Acclaim for Visual Effects Work
1991 Brooks Institute alumnus Edson Williams receives the British Film Academy Award for visual effects and the Visual Effects Society award for best visual effects in a movie. Click to read more.
Alumnus Jacob Foko receives Career College Association GREAT Award
Brooks Institute Alumnus Jacob Foko travelled to Washington D.C. to receive the Career College Association’s GREAT Award. GREAT stands for Graduate Recognition for Excellence, Achievement and Talent. He was nominated by Brooks Institute and selected as one of four career college graduates across the nation to receive this award. Click to read more.
Brooks Institute student wins grand prize in magazine image contest
Professional Photography student Courtney Miller took grand prize in the Professional Photographers of California (PPC) ProPhoto West Magazine's First Annual College Cover Challenge Print Competition. Her winning image entitled, “Purple Butterfly” will appear on the July 2009 cover of ProPhoto West Magazine. Click to read more.
Brooks Institute Alum Tim Mantoani to exhibit during MOPLA
In addition to being featured in the March/April 2009 issue of Communication Arts magazine, Brooks Institute alumnus, Tim Mantoani has been invited by the Lucie Foundation to exhibit images from his collection, “Behind Photographs,” at the Pacific Design Center as part of MOPLA (Month of Photography - Los Angeles). Click here for more details about the exhibit: Click here to check it out!
Brooks Institute faculty member, Marcia Rubenstein is president-elect of the Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA)
On March 17, 2009 the PIEA announced their newly elected board members. Brooks Institute faculty member, Marcia Rubenstein is among them. Click on the link for more details. Click here to check it out!
Photos by Brooks Institute alumnus to appear in UberDrive Magazine
Brooks Institute alumnus, Brad Jarvis, has a photo spread in the upcoming issue of UberDrive Magazine. Click here to check it out!
Brooks Institute faculty member profiled on CNN
Photography graduate and Brooks Institute film faculty member, Roger Homrich, was recently profiled on CNN for his journey through Death Valley. Visit http://www.rogerhomrich.com/deathvalley for more information.
Brooks Institute graduate’s works featured on USA Today
Brooks Institute Visual Journalism graduate Garrett Hubbard has the centerpiece on the cover of the USA Today in Monday's (12-08-08) edition. Footage from this long-term project also made it on the Today Show. To see his video visit:
http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/interactive/7
Brooks Institute Achievers Get Top Awards in College Photographer of the Year Contest
Four students and a graduate from Brooks Institute's Visual Journalism program are the recipients of eight top awards from the 2008 College Photographer of the Year (CPoY) competition. The CPoY event is held annually at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia.
The competitive contest was comprised of over 13,313 still images and 169 multimedia projects entered by 566 student photographers from 121 colleges and universities in 13 different countries. It is sponsored by the University of Missouri, Nikon, National Geographic, The Poynter, the National Press Photographers Association and the Missouri Photo Workshop. Judges for this year's competition were Melissa Farlow, freelancer for National Geographic; Travis Fox, multimedia producer at Washingtonpost.com; Tammy Lechner, freelancer/co-owner of Still Productions; and Steve Rice, photographer/videographer at the Star Tribune.
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Brooks Institute Congratulates Emmy-Winning Faculty & Alumnus
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (October 27, 2008) – Brooks Institute is pleased to announce and congratulate film faculty member, Tracy Trotter of Trotter Productions, and alumnus, Stephen McGee, who both earned Emmy awards for the third time.
Tracy Trotter, Brooks alumnus and current film faculty member, won his Emmy as the Director of Photography for his Public Service Announcement (PSA), "Voter," The PSA was to encourage people to get out and vote no matter their background or ethnicity. Trotter worked with Director, Robert Manciero, and two rival membership clubs, called the "Low Riders" in creating this spot. The PSA is currently being aired on numerous channels in the Los Angeles area. This is Trotter and Manciero's third Emmy win together.
Stephen McGee, an alumnus of Brooks Institute, won his third Emmy for his project, "40 Years of Respect." It takes a look back at 1967 where two things hit Detroit that would forever change the city's history: Aretha Franklin recording her famous song, "Respect" and the riots that took place after the harassment of African Americans by the local police. McGee explains, "When Franklin came out with "Respect" it literally spelled out the one thing she wanted as an African American woman in the 60's. The song revolutionized the music industry and helped women break through barriers." That year the Detroit Free Press, where McGee recently worked, won the Pulitzer for its reporting of the riots. This series entitled "40 Years of Respect" takes a look at 1967 in Detroit where those events took place and relates them to today.
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Brooks Institute student, Shiloh Strong, inspires hope
Brooks Institute student, Shiloh Strong, collaborated with his brother and friend to produce the commercial, "It could happen to you." The group entered this video in MoveOn.org's "Obama in 30 Seconds" competition. This ad was voted, "Funniest Ad," and was aired on Comedy Central.
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Local Organizations Team with Professional Photographers to Raise Adoption Awareness
SANTA MARIA, California – September 18, 2008 – Professional photographs of foster and adoptive children and their families will be featured at the Heart Gallery. The project, sponsored by Brooks Institute and Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services, is designed to raise awareness about foster and adoptive children. The traveling show is a lively, upbeat presentation of photographs designed to help lift the stigma surrounding foster and adoptive kids, along with the families that care for them. Viewers will see the individuality and the unique beauty of each child and of the people who care for them. This is the second exhibit showing extended from the first one that originated at the Brooks Institute's Gallery 27 in downtown Santa Barbara last year. The public is invited to the exhibit's opening in Santa Maria on November 7 from 5 – 8:30 pm at the Santa Maria Juvenile Court located at 4285 California Boulevard.
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Alum Jacob Foko brings focus to issues in the Republic of Congo
Brooks Alumnus Jacob Foko uses his visual journalism education and his organization, "Global Humanitarian Photojournalists, Inc." to bring awareness to humanitarian causes throughout the world. He spoke to the citizens of Ventura, CA about his current focus in the Republic of Congo. To view the video, please click the link below:
http://www.twcsocalnews.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=26&task=videodirectlink&id=961
Alum Garrett Hubbard records Ethiopia's famine
Alumnus Garrett Hubbard, of USA Today, exposes Ethiopia's continued famine and the attempt for relief in his photos and video. To view the photos and video, please click the link below:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-17-ethiopia_N.htm?loc=interstitia
Brooks Alumni Matt Alonso and Rev are featured on VIMBY
It's a tough industry, especially if you're in your 20's. Go behind the scenes of The Game and Travis Barker's video shoot of Dope Boys with the Modern Artists.
http://vimby.com/video/life/us/all/detail/7329
Intern's Storm-Chasing Video Captures Whirlwind of Attention
Brooks Institute alumna Robin Lorenson is experiencing a whirlwind of activity during her internship with internationally renowned severe-weather photographer Jim Reed.
Lorenson's passion for storm chasing, combined with her photographic and video expertise, has catapulted Lorenson into the media's eye as quickly as a tornado sweeps across the plains.
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Nissan Unveils Cube-ism on Web
Nissan brought the work of students from the Brooks Institute School of Film and Video Production to life on the web. In a collaborative project with Nissan entitled, Cube-ism: Automobile Meets Art, the students created a short film that highlights the essence of the Nissan Cube; while the fashion and industrial design students from Pratt Institute enhanced the Cube with changes in exterior colors, graphics, seat materials and wheel treatments.
Brooks Institute Faculty Member Explores New Outlets for Video Journalism
Visual Journalism faculty member Brent E. Huffman and Brooks Institute are featured in a story on page 19 in the August issue of Quill Magazine. The story discusses new outlets for video journalism. Huffman was interviewed about incorporating Current TV and the upload process into his MPV classes here at the Brooks Institute.
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/spj/quill0808/
Eric Thayer Headlines Brooks Speakers Program for July & August 2008
By Paul Myers, Brooks Institute Faculty
http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/2023
Brooks NPPA Top 20 Print Auction
By Rick Rickman, Brooks Institute Faculty
http://www.sportsshooter.com/news_story.html?id=2024
Brooks Alum works with Disney
Josef Nalevansky '99 graduate was the Director of Photography on a Feature Film for Disney, "Morning Light". Disney recently released the first trailer, available for viewing on the Apple site at the link below.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/morninglight/
'Thou shall not over-tone!'
By Brooks Visual Journalism Greg Cooper
Preaching to the Choir: Sound Memory
By Brooks Visual Journalism faculty member, Paul Myers
Congo documentary topic of photo essay:
A recent Brooks Institute Visual Journalism graduate, Jacob Foko is founder and chief executive officer of Global Humanitarian Photojournalists Inc. (http://www.globalhp.org), formed to raise awareness of social injustices by photo documentation.
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Brooks Institute's Mariah Tauger Is Taking Her Camera to Beijing
Three pairs of words that never figured to be in the same sentence were: Mariah Tauger, Olympic Games, and professional photographer.
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From boxes to hard drives: the importance of archiving your work
Greg Cooper discusses his emotional journey.
Brooks Institute & Pratt Institute Collaborate With Nissan to Think "Outside of the Cube"
Brooks Institute has partnered with Nissan North America (NNA) to introduce the new Nissan Cube, a 5-door, mini multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) built on a B-platform. The project, Cube-ism: Automobile Meets Art, puts this vehicle, currently sold only in Japan, in the hands of U.S. film and design students. Students from Brooks Institute's School of Film and Television, in Ventura, Calif., and Pratt Institute, in New York City, were selected to participate in the Cube project, which tasks with creating provocative films and designs that communicate the Nissan Cube's unique personality and style. The final creative will be shown at 2008 New York International Auto Show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center from March 21st-30th, 2008.
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Dreamworks picks up Brooks Alumni Script
Dreamworks is making some friends... of the imaginary kind. According to Variety, the studio has signed a deal with newcomer scribes Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz for their spec script Imaginary Friends.
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Students Get Into Filmmaking
Lights, Camera, Brooks Students Say, "Action!"
Brooks Institute uses fifth-in-a-row Kodak 35mm Project grant to shoot a film.
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Faces of Ireland - Brooks Institute Presents the Student Documentary, "Ireland"
Brooks Institute, the Santa Barbara, California-based photography college that has produced some of the best talents in photography and film, recently announced the grand opening of "Ireland." The student documentary and exhibition based on student travels to Ireland will open March 14, 2008, just in time for celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Only the most talented students were selected to be a part of the project, currently in post production. Click here to read more.
Instructors Win Career Education Corporation Educator of the Year Awards
Four outstanding educators received Career Education Corporation's (NASDAQ:CECO) "Educator of the Year" award, Gary E. McCullough, president and CEO of Career Education, said today. Faculty from across the nation were selected and submitted for consideration to CEC. Out of 5196 instructors employed by schools, colleges and universities owned by CEC, 105 were recommended for consideration at the campus level in 2007. Click here to read more.
The Brooks Institute's Documentary Film Festival focuses its lens on issues both local and national.
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Third-year Brooks Student Beau Roulette Shares Book With Artists Warhol and Hirst
Publishing a photography book with your pictures next to those of Andy Warhol and contemporary artist Damien Hirst before graduating from college might seem impossible, unless you are photographer Beau Roulette, a third year student from Brooks Institute. Click here to read more.
Brooks Student Achieves First Sacramento Bee Multimedia Internship
With an education focused on photojournalism and storytelling that includes industry-current video and multimedia tools Aaron Vogel carved out new territory as the Sacramento Bee's first multimedia intern.
Vogel did video projects for the paper. Some were short, requiring a fast turnaround. He shot a quick video interview with local DJs involved in a controversy. Another involved coverage of the funeral for a CHP officer in which three Bee videographers combined their efforts for the final piece. Click here to read more.
Student Photographer Turns X-Games Fantasy Into Reality
While he makes pictures with a still camera, second year Brooks Institute Professional Photography student Ric Tapia is learning a lot about the value of networks.
In his case, the networks are connected to the other photographers and instructors he meets in person and on-line. Making use of these networks has paved the way for Tapia to cover this third X-Games in Los Angeles this summer. In addition one of his pictures will become a poster used to promote the summer games... Click here to read more.
Brooks Student Hristo Shindov, Subject of Feature Article in the September 2006 Issue of Rangefinder Magazine
"Hristo Shindov's love of music led him to a career in photography. He grew up in Bulgaria and many of his friends were musicians. Aware that his talent was not in music, he began, instead, to take photos of his friends. Before long the photos were good enough that…" The full article is available in the September 2006 issue of Rangefinder, and in their online magazine... Click here to read more.
The Book Den to host silent auction to benefit Brooks Photography students' China trip.
On Sunday, September 24, from 4 to 7:30 PM, the Book Den will host a silent auction of Brooks Institute faculty member work. All proceeds support Brooks Institute's Visual Journalism Documentary Class trip to China this fall. This fundraiser provides a great opportunity for the community to purchase exceptional photography while supporting young photographers... Click here to read more.
Brooks Institute Students Participate in Adobe's Photoshop and Lightroom Workshop with Award-winning Photographer, Colin Finlay.
The program which took place on September 15th and 16th was part of a nationwide tour sponsored by Adobe to nurture photography education and the use of new technologies. Over the course of the two day workshop, students, educators and the public attended the seminar which Finlay discussed his career as a photographer, including… Click here to read the full story and to view photos from the workshop.
HP Pro Photography Helps CARE Share "I am Powerful" Campaign
HP Project pairs professional photographers with aspiring students to document CARE's humanitarian work in new and powerful ways
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Free Reception and Awards Ceremony at Brooks Cota Street Campus
Brooks Institute invites the public to a free reception and awards ceremony on Thursday, September 14, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Brooks Cota Street campus and gallery on the corner of Cota and Anacapa (in the historic Lyons building). Refreshments will be served and reservations are not required.
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Award-Winning Photographers Michael Lewis and Jim Sugar Of National Geographic Share Tips and Techniques with Brooks Institute Students
A Two-Day Meet the Pro Program Includes Presentation of Photographers' Work and Student Portfolio Reviews
Start-off the new school year this September with the opportunity to learn from two award-winning photographers... click here to read more
