Brand New . . . Photographic Arts Editions announces the newly revised edition—Edition 4.0, Revised December, 2007—of Bruce's outstanding photography textbook, The Art of Photography, an Approach to Personal Expression. The newest edition features new information about internal thought processes for artistic purposes, new technical information, plus even clearer explanations of a wide range of technical, expressive, and practical aspects of photography. Called the "best book on photography ever written" it contains more than 200 pages of comprehensive text and comes complete with diagrams, graphs, charts and illustrations.

Also New...For those living within proximity to Bruce (i.e., in the general area of the Puget Sound in Washington) Bruce has a large overabundance of 4-ply photographic mount board in the following sizes: 16x20 and 11x14, which he can sell to you at his cost. Here's the catch: you have to pick it up yourself, at his home. The cost is $2.00 for each 16x20 and $1.50 for each 11x14. These are the finest, all-cotton fiber, archival, museum white mount board. Phone Bruce at (360) 691-4105 if you want to pick some up.

The Piante Gallery in Eureka, California, presents an exhibit of Bruce's photography beginning March 1, 2008. Displaying about 30 photographs of Bruce's "Stone" portfolio in its two exhibit rooms, the show is an exciting cross-section of Bruce's artistry. All photographs are hand-printed silver-gelatin images that show the range of Bruce's vision, from the natural to the man-made realms, from realism to abstraction. The gallery is located at 620 Second Street. The exhibit will be up through the month of March. For more information, phone the gallery at (707) 441-1322.

The Richter Gallery of Photography in Nashville, Tennessee will open a major exhibit of Bruce Barnbaum's photographic art on March 29, 2008. The exhibit will run through all of April and well into May. This large exhibit features a variety of Bruce's work made over a period of 35 years, while also concentrating on his latest ongoing project: the sand dunes of Death Valley. Please attend the afternoon opening reception on March 29 (come any time) or visit during its period of exhibition over the next month and a half. The gallery is located at 4003 Hillsborough Rd., and you can call owner/director Samantha Richter for further information at (615) 463-2744.

April 13 - 19, 2008. Noted photographer and platinum printer, Tillman Crane, joins Bruce Barnbaum for a photographic exploration of the area within and surrounding Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Tennessee/North Carolina border. With fabulous early springtime field sessions, enlightening and fun-filled discussion/critique sessions of student work, and informative, vision-expanding presentations of instructors work (with all student questions answered). This will be a marvelous week amidst a variety of photographic oportunities. See Photographic Workshops on this webiste for complete details.

May 18 - 23 and October 5 - 10, 2008. Bruce presents two sessions of his very popular and remarkable Complete Photographic Process workshops at his home/studio in Washington's North Cascade Mountains. From field sessions and indoor lectures stressing ideas on photographic seeing, understanding light, and creating effective compositions, to negative development and printing—including printing demonstrations of the fine silver-gelatin print by Bruce followed by hands-on printing in Bruce's amazing darkroom by students—this workshop has it all. There are no comparable workshops anywhere. Surprisingly, it can also be extremely valuable to those doing digital work. See Photographic Workshops on this website for complete details.

July 13 - 17, 2008. The "Art of Seeing" workshop will be a whole new approach to photographic creativity. Rather than concentrating on outdoor shooting, we'll concentrate on indoor seeing, thinking, discussing, and preparing for the making of fine photographs. What do you consider to be a great photograph? Do you feel you are capable of making one? What do you look for when you have a camera in hand? Do you shoot b&w or color, and what determines your choice? Do you edge toward realism or abstraction? Why? This will be the focus of this unusual and very penetrating workshop. See the detailed workshop description in this website for details. It will be a very insightful workshop.

July 27 - August 1, 2008. Bruce's famous Master Printing Class will again be offered for those (like Bruce) who recognize the unmatched richness and brilliance of a traditional silver-gelatin photographic print, as displayed by Bruce's major exhibits early this year in Seattle, Eureka, and Nashville. Those who wish to bring their printing skills to a higher level have the opportunity to watch Bruce print his own negatives in the darkroom, explaining the thinking and analyzing that precedes his printing, adn the tools and techniques he employs for his unmatched printing quality. Then, you'll have the opportunity to print your own negatives, armed with the new infomation you have learned. Photographs and negatives brought to the workshop by all students will be thoroughly reviewed and discussed, with an eye toward improving them during your printing sessions. This is both a popular and a remarkable workshop.