Frederick Sommer, Untitled (Painted Desert), ca. 1940, 7 9/16 x 9 7/16 inches. © Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation, Prescott, Arizona.

Listen up, all you photographers! This is a seriously good deal. The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is holding a two-day photography symposium, with an interesting lineup of events . . . and a very good price.

On Friday, May 8, 2009, you can hear guest keynote speaker Emmet Gowin. He is a photographer and professor at Princeton University–as well as a former student of Harry Callahan & Frederick Sommer.

The event on Saturday, May 9, 2009 runs all day and includes expert photographers such as:

Joseph Sterling (photographer & student of Callahan, Siskind & Sommer)

Claire C. Carter (co-curator of SMoCA’s exhibition)

Leland Rice (photographer, curator & writer)

Keith F. Davis (Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City)

Harold Jones (photographer, curator , educator and former director of LIGHT Gallery, New York)

You get ALL of this for . . . $15 unless you are a student. Then it’s FREE.

You can get more event details by clicking right here.

Where: The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 7374 East Second Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 480-874-4666.

When:

• Friday, May 8, 2009 at 7:00 PM. (Talk by Emmet Gowin)
• Saturday, May 9, 2009 8:30 AM -4:00 PM (guest speakers, Q & A & other events).

How much: The entire photography symposium costs $15 (well, $10, if you are a SMoCA member). And it is FREE for students (must provide student ID at box office.)

Photo courtesy of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.

–Posted by Baroness Beulah Lackdough.