Palm Beach Photographic Centre to Open Two New Exhibitions on August 24
OLYMPIX 2012 Photographs from the London Olympics By Adam Stoltman & FOTOcamp Memories 2012
Public is Invited to Opening Night Reception; Exhibitions Will Run Through November 10
(West Palm Beach, FL – August 3, 2012) Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world-renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), today revealed two very timely exhibitions which are opening on August 24 at the nonprofit museum located within City Center in downtown West Palm Beach.
OLYMPIX 2012 Photographs from the London Olympics By Adam Stoltman
Just days after the flag-waving, pride-filled closing ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games, the Palm Beach Photographic Centre is presenting an incredible exhibition of images captured in London by renowned sports photographer and PBPC instructor Adam Stoltman. An incredible photographer whose work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times and its Sunday Magazine, TIME, Newsweek, and a host of other publications, Stoltman has covered 11 Olympic Games.
“I photographed my first Olympics in Lake Placid in 1980,” says Stoltman. “I was 20 years old, had $50 to my name. I slept on floors and, as I was not accredited, I scrounged tickets to be able to photograph; but by the end of the Games, I had secured a few significant assignments. In 1984, I covered both the Winter Games in Sarajevo and the Summer Games in Los Angeles working for Newsweek magazine, and have covered eight other Olympics since then.”
“Each Olympics is a little different in terms of news, personality, and experience yet the passion of the athletes, and the scope and grandeur of the spectacle is a constant. It is impossible to attend an Olympics without being affected by the spirit of the event, heart of the competitors, the obvious pride of the host city and the diversity of competitors and media from all corners of the globe,” he adds. “The new images from London reflect my own small participation in this grand tradition, and my belief in some of the ideals the Games aspire to represent.”
FOTOcamp Memories 2012
Impressive works from budding photographers between the ages of 6 and 17 that attended FOTOcamp 2012 at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. The three FOTOcamp sessions in June and July attracted nearly 50 young participants who were given hands-on experience in all areas of photography, beginning with the basics of picture-taking using SLR digital cameras and progressing to state-of the-art digital imaging.
Opening Night Reception
August 24 – 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The Palm Beach Photographic Centre will host an Opening Night Reception in the Museum at which one talented FOTOcamper will be named Student of the Year and receive a free SLR Digital camera. The public is invited to attend this FREE event.
About the Palm Beach Photographic Centre:
The Photo Centre is located at the City Center municipal complex at 415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday – Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, please call 561.253.2600 or visit www.workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.
©Adam Stoltman, Michael Phelps, Gold Medalist, 200 meter individual medley (and 20 time Olympic medalist)