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<\/a>Frank Van Riper is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer, journalist and author whose work has been published internationally.\nHis photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) as well as in the Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine.) His 1998 book of photography and essays, Down East Maine\/A World Apart, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and won the silver award for photography from the Art Director\u2019s Club of Metropolitan Washington.<\/p>\n
His latest book, done in collaboration with his wife and professional partner, Judith Goodman, is Serenissima: Venice in Winter, a coffee table collection of black and white photographs and essays, published in 2008 both in the US and Italy. (www.veniceinwinter.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n Van Riper, a native New Yorker (b.1946), was a member of the New York Daily News Washington Bureau for 20 years, serving as White House correspondent, national political correspondent and Washington Bureau news editor. A 1979 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, Van Riper left daily journalism in 1987 to begin a new career, partnering with his wife in commercial and documentary photography.<\/p>\n In 1992, Van Riper became photography columnist of the Washington Post, where his column, \u201cTalking Photography,\u201d appeared in the Camera Works section of Washingtonpost.com and is now available worldwide at www.TalkingPhotography.com<\/a>. Talking Photography, a ten-year collection of his columns and other photography writing, was published in 2002.<\/p>\n A popular teacher and lecturer, Van Riper is on the faculty of PhotoWorks at Glen Echo Park, Md., and has lectured and\/or taught in the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, the Maine Photographic Workshops, the University of Maine at Machias and at other colleges and universities in the mid-Atlantic. In 2009 he and his wife inaugurated the Lubec Photo Workshops at SummerKeys, a series of small, week-long, user-friendly summer classes in Lubec, Maine, administered by the SummerKeys Music Workshops. www.summerkeys.com<\/a><\/p>\n In October, 2010, they also inaugurated The Umbria Photo Workshops, their first international photography workshop in Umbria, Italy (www.experienceumbria.com<\/a>), and in January, 2013 began \u201cUnseen Serenissima: The Venice in Winter Photography Workshops.\u201d<\/p>\n In May, 2011, Van Riper was inducted into the City College of New York Communications Alumni Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n You are invited to join judge Frank Van Riper for dinner at Chili\u2019s in Tyson\u2019s Corner at 5:30 PM on Tuesday March 19, 2013. If you would like to join us please RSVP to Mike Kane (michaelaustinkanephoto@gmail.com<\/a>) by 5:30 PM on Monday, March 18th.<\/p>\n There is no theme for the March competition.<\/p>\n Some Competition Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n Please upload your digital images by the deadline of 6:00 PM on Sunday March 17, 2013, as per the current instructions on the club website: NVPS Competition Upload<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you are new to NVPS or new to entering photo competitions with NVPS and you are not sure of which class (Novice or Advanced) to enter please contact the Co \u2013 Vice Presidents of Competition Mike Kane or Mike Whalen to assist in selecting the correct class for competition. (Contact Info: Here<\/a>)<\/p>\n All images (prints or digital) must have been captured within two years of the monthly competition date.<\/p>\n Only club members are permitted to enter monthly competitions.<\/p>\n Prints must be signed in by 7:15 PM on Tuesday, March 19th so our judge has time to adequately preview each print.<\/p>\n For prints entries please be sure include the name of the maker, the title of the print and the Class\/Category in which it is being entered on the back of the print or mount entered. Also, you must include an arrow indicating \u201cthis edge up\u201d. Neither the name of the maker nor the title of the print may appear on the face of the print or mount.<\/p>\n Please be sure to secure each print’s overmat to the backing board so that the image will not fall out of its mount.<\/p>\n