Friday, March 27th, 2009
All of the judges have been chosen, confirmed and posted on the Photography.Book.Now 2009 contest website. It’s an amazing line up of critics, curators, gallerists, photo editors and photographers. If you have ever thought of producing a book and have wanted to show it some of the best names in the business, this is your chance!
Dana Faconti, Anthony Bannon, Vince Aletti, Kira Pollack, W.M. Hunt, Platon, Jodi Peckman, Karen Hangsen, (and Todd Hido—coming soon!)
Tags: Anthony Bannon, Blurb, Dana Faconti, Jodi Peckman, Karen Hangsen, Kira Pollack, Photography.Book.Now, Platon, Todd Hido, Vince Aletti, W.M. Hunt
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
The annual photography show of the Association for International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) is taking place this weekend at the Park Ave. Armory (at 67th Street). As with any art fair, this one fills the space with a maze of dealers booths, each more or less filled with wares—in this photographs—for sale. It’s a chance to see work from around the world, ostensibly, and if you’re in the collecting mood, to purchase a few for your collection (without having to travel the world to visit each dealer on their own turf).
For myself, it’s a chance to see work, but primarily it’s a chance to reconnect with other people in the industry and to explore ways of working together.
This year, it’s also a chance to launch a couple new Radius Books titles!
Scheinbaum & Russek (booth 206) will have copies of Beaumont’s Kitchen. David Scheinbaum, who wrote the introductory essay, will be signing the book at the booth from 2-4 on Saturday.
Gitterman Gallery will have copies of Debbie Fleming Caffery’s new book, The Spirit & The Flesh, on hand, along with copies of her limited edition version of the book.
Lastly, Julie Blackmon will be on hand to sign copies of her monograph, Domestic Vacations, at Catherine Edelman’s booth.
Please come by and say hi!
Tags: Beaumont Newhall, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Gitterman Gallery, Julie Blackmon, Radius Books, Scheinbaum & Russek
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
A shimmer of possiblity, which is the title of Paul Graham’s newest book project—it’s actually a set of 12 thin volumes boxed together—is now on view as an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, until May 18th. I’ve just arrived in town for the 2009 AIPAD show and I’m looking forward to seeing the work at MoMA in the next week.
PDN magazine recently published an interview with the photographer which you can read here, and in which he discusses, among other things, the influence of literature and literary theory on his photography. When I was editor of the photo-eye Booklist, I commissioned an interview between Graham and esteemed critic Richard Woodward, when the book first came out, and it ran in the Fall 2007 issue, which you can view here.
Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Paul Graham, Steidl
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Last year I was privileged to play a major role in the first occasion for what turned out to be an inspiring and surprisingly well-attended contest. Photography.Book.Now 2008, which was hosted by Blurb and included a range of photography industry sponsors (like American Photography, JPG magazine, Flickr, etc), is now set to begin again, for a second time, with the same Grand Prize ($25,000!).
And, I’m privileged to be part of this whole thing again, acting as the chair of the judging committee. Honestly, I can’t tell you how much fun it was to look at over 2000 entries from around the world. We’re all excited and confident that the entries this time around will only increase, the question is, by what magnitude.
This year, there will be 3 categories (as opposed to just the 2 from last year): Fine Art, Editorial, Commercial. The wording for these 3 categories can be found here, on the Photography.Book.Now website.
The judges, who will be announced in the coming weeks, will be drawn from the international pool of photography professionals with backgrounds in the arts and editorial work, and will include magazine picture editors, gallerists, photographers and museum curators. We had an amazing line-up of judges last year, and this year will be no different.
In case anyone had forgotten, Beth Dow won the Grand Prize last year with her beautifully seen project, In the Garden. The rest of the winners and runners-up can be found here, on Blurb’s bookstore site.
One of things that is most exciting to me—and was to many of the judges—is the chance to see photographers, of all types and backgrounds, engaged in envisioning their own work in book form. For many of us, as publishers, curators, picture editors and gallerists, we are actively involved in looking at photographic work on a daily basis and the book is a central form of expression within the medium. To see so many fresh voices engaged in this process was truly inspiring, and we’re looking forward to that same level of intensity again this year.
So get cracking on either a new project or finish up an existing one, get it worked up as the best book you can muster, and submit it to the contest, which runs through July (see the contest website for more details). Regardless of whether or not you win, the chance for such an illustrious panel of judges to see your work is worth it alone.
Tags: Blurb, Photography.Book.Now
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