Ivy Bigbee:  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington area photographer Ivy Bigbee‘s image of Cirque du Soleil's "La Nouba" Pierrot appears on the front cover of Silvershotz. Cover attached. Cirque du Soleil granted Ivy unprecedented access to all aspects of several Cirque productions to photograph and write about its shows. Despite the strict copyright rules imposed by Cirque du Soleil, the international entity granted Silvershotz permission for the use of a selection of images for the cover and article. Ivy Bigbee has an impeccable pedigree and is known for her commission by the U.S. Postal Department, which resulted in the POW/MIA commemorative postage stamp unveiled at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC, on Memorial Day, 1995. The Silvershotz feature of 11 selected photographers across the USA from the members of (WIPI ) Women in Photography International marks an historic point in the fifteen-year publishing reign of the journal. Silvershotz is a well-known and successful brand easily found in Borders book stores and other chains across the USA and Europe from 2002 until the closure of Borders in 2012. (A total of 470,000 journals were distributed in this time frame). The articles and images consist of 45 pages featuring selected works of 11 Women in International Photography members in the final printed Silvershotz journal, Volume 8, Edition 5. April is the transition month from print to an online interactive journal. . WIPI is a not-for-profit association promoting the works of women photographers. The Los Angeles-based organization’s history began in the 1980s with a series of exhibitions and lectures in southern California. The year 2000 marked the start of the twenty-first century's unprecedented growth for WIPI. Jean Ferro and Nancy Clendaniel joined photography historian Peter Palmquist to reorganize WIPI and advance its growth to the online resource center and archive it is today. In tapping the rich and diverse source of photography within WIPI members’ work, Silvershotz, with its signature layouts—lavish color, tack-sharp, pristine reproductions and advertizing-free content—is devoting 45 pages to eye-popping work from eleven WIPI photographers: cityscapes by Lilyan Aloma, the fine art equine photography of Merrie Asimow, mixed media still lifes by Jean Ferro Cirque du Soleil portraits by Ivy Bigbee, documentary photography of Cathy Greenblat, Amie Vanderford, Betty Press and Kathryn Jacobi; nature photographs of Joyce P. Lopez and Wendi Schneider; and digitally-derived color compositions by Joann Scherf. Complete feature is available at women in photography dot org Regards Clive Waring Editor Silvershotz _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Life Following the 1969 helicopter crash and death in Viet Nam of my husband, Lt. Jim Spencer, our son, Tony and I joined my parents in Washington, DC., where my stepfather was attending the National War College, and where Jim's remains were interred at Arlington National Cemetery. Returning to college in 1970, with an aim to study medicine, I discovered photography & writing as vehicles for grieving, then met my present husband, John Bigbee, MD, who was on duty at the Ft Belvoir Emergency Room on a night where I sought medical care for Tony. A year and a half later, John and I married, traveling ...Expand for more