From now until May 31 you can come and learn about Vietnam History and Culture through the photographs, paintings, and artifacts on display, courtesy of the Boat People Museum and the Artistic Photography Association of Northern California.

The two exhibits, From Vietnam War to Refugee Boat People and Memory of Vietnam, are located at the Cultural Heritage Center (5th Floor) of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 150 E. San Fernando St., San Jose, CA 95112.

Press conference: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 11:30 am - Cultural Heritage Center.

Visitors to the exhibits can park at the Fourth Street Garage across from the library or at other downtown parking facilities.  Alternative transportations: Light Rail, and Bus Routes 63, 64, 72, 73, 81, Highway 17 Express.

Congratulations to the winners of the Night Image Photography Contest at the Edenvale Branch Library.   It was a difficult decision, because all of the photographs are beautiful.

Adult Winner: Kathryn Lam
Teen Winner: Allison Pham

The winners will receive prizes provided by the generous Friends of the Edenvale Branch Library.

All of the entries are currently on display in front of Meeting Room B.

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Love taking photographs?

Submit your original photo, with a theme of night time, and you could win a prize!

There are two contests at Edenvale Branch Library: one for Teens (ages 12-17), and one for Adults.

Both contests have the same rules and prize for the winner: $50 dollar gift certificate to San José Camera and Video.

The contest deadline has been extended to Thursday July 19th, 2012 at 4:00 PM.

You must come in to the library to get an entry form.

This program is part of the Summer Reading Celebration 2012.

Other night photo examples:

Currently, at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, there is an exciting exhibit about the extraordinary designer, Jean Paul Gaultier.  The exhibit, entitled "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier : From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk", covers his beginning career from the 1970s all the way up to 2010. 

While Gaultier is dubbed as fashion's enfant terrible, there is no doubt that he has influenced the fashion world.  He has created iconic looks from the catwalk to the red carpet. 

Interested in more about the fashion world in general?  Check out the library's collection!  We have a wide array of information; from amazing fashion/art coffee table books, fashion photography, how to create your own fashion looks and many more! 

Here are just a few that I find amazing:

It’s not infrequently that the cover of a well-marketed library book grabs my attention and compels me to look a little closer at it. One such recent book, Yoga, by Linda Sparrowe, not only drew my attention, but compelled me to check it out. As someone with a long-term interest in yoga, though one who finds many yoga manuals reader unfriendly and hard to follow, I found this book to be nothing short of inspirational. This book is not a manual, however; rather, Yoga is a visual photo exploration (photos by David Martinez) of extremely advanced yoga postures. The photos are artistic and the yoga postures are simply awesome. Now, I must confess that I cannot personally perform any of the advanced postures presented in this work. Instead, the book served as motivation, and inspired me to re-commit myself to a regular yoga practice. If yoga is of any interest to you, the reader of this blog post, I highly recommend checking out Yoga, by Linda Sparrowe. I guarantee the flexibility of the practitioners pictured within it will impress. If nothing less, it’s wonderful to know there are those who can contort their bodies and maintain the suppleness of the very young. Okay, I’m off to practice now…ciao!

Love taking photographs?

Submit your original photo, with a theme of nighttime, and you could win a prize!

There are two contests at Edenvale Branch Library: one for Teens (12-17), and one for Adults.

Both contests have the same rules and prize for the winner: $50 dollar gift certificate to San José Camera and Video.

The contest ends on July 16th, 2012 and winners announced on July 18th, 2012.

You must come in to the library to get an entry form.

This program is part of the Summer Reading Celebration 2012.

Other night photo examples: