What I got for Christmas
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
The catalogue to the Steidl exhibition at the Monnaie de Paris. [Thanks MVS!]
And a wicked fun book from 20×200 celebrating last year. [Thanks 20x200 team!]
Tag: jen Bekman
Photography.Book.Now online updates!
Thursday, July 9th, 2009Over the past 2 weeks, there has been an outpouring of excitement about the Photography.Book.Now 2009 contest and the impending DEADLINE at noon on July 16th! Here’s a quick round-up of all the press:
There are several interviews with me as the Lead Judge of the contest:
Photographer Cara Phillips, one of last year’s Photography.Book.Now runner-ups, maintains a wonderful blog. She’s just posted an interview with me about the contest. Photo-eye Director Rixon Reed interviewed me for their online magazine. Photographer and blogger Douglas Stockdale also ran a few questions past me. And the Live Books folks posted a short interview with me on their blog.
Other online shout outs about the contest:
Amy Stein, a photographer who recently published her first book (via the Critical Mass Book prize), made mention of the contest on her blog. Hey, Hot Shot! (a fabulous Jen Bekman project, who was one of last years’ judges) posted a nice little piece, as did Lesley A. Martin (Publisher at Aperture) on the Aperture blog. Lesley was also one of last years’ Photography.Book.Now judges.
That’s it. Now go make a book!
Photo-Op! PCNW contest, w/ Jen Bekman
Thursday, May 14th, 2009This is your last chance to submit to the Photographic Center Northwest contest, with the photography world’s most Web-savvy misstress, Jen Bekman! Fancy-amazing gallery director Ann Pallesen is the organizer and is sure to treat your entries right. I say, “Do it now!”
So, just do it, now.
Interview on Hey, Hot Shot!
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009My friend Sara Distin over at Hey, Hot Shot (a Jen Bekman project) just posted a little interview with yours truly:
From the interview with Sara Distin:
“I had the pleasure of first meeting Darius a couple years ago at the Winter 2007 panel review, held in Jen’s cozy and art-filled apartment. In spite of the casual atmosphere, it was an intimidating room to be in: some of the smartest and most insightful individuals working in the fine art photography world were hunkered down, ready to look at hundreds of Hot Shot entries and determine the fortunes of the top ten (now it’s five, but then it was ten Hot Shots). Darius was one of the first to crack a joke and seemed to be having a good time during what can be a really grueling process.
His enthusiasm for contemporary photography was evident. I’m guessing that kind of energy also spills into his other projects, which most recently include Radius Books. Radius, a non-profit, publishes gorgeous books (I am a delighted owner of Michael Lundgren’s Transfigurations) and as part of their mission, donates at least 300 copies of every title to libraries and schools, because as they put it, “the arts–all arts–are vital to our nation and our culture’s future.” To learn more about Radius and to be notified about new editions, sign up for their mailing list. It’s good to be in the know as limited editions sell quickly, like the signed and slipcased Lee Friedlander: New Mexico, which is almost gone.
Here to stay, thankfully, is Hey, Hot Shot! panelist Darius Himes, former editor of photo-eye Booklist, current independent curator, writer, consultant, and co-founder of Radius Books.
SD: How did you come to be a panelist for Hey, Hot Shot!?
DH: Jen and I met at Review Santa Fe a few years ago. There was a really great group of reviewers and photographers that year, and we’ve all stayed in touch. It was right around then that Jen launched 20×200. I like to think that she and I have similar eccentric tastes in photography and share a similar enthusiasm for the field. She asked me shortly thereafter to be a panelist. (At least that’s my version of how it all happened! Jen’s may be different…)
SD: What’s most interesting/engaging for you in seeing so much work from emerging photographers?”
READ MORE ….
Hey, Hot Shot! Winners announced
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Hey, Hot Shot! is the brainchild of Jen Bekman, who runs her eponymous gallery in the Bowery district in New York City. The contest is becoming increasingly international in scope and it’s always a joy serving on the panel of judges with other photo-world friends (Christine Collins, Dana Faconti, Caterina Fake, Stephen Frailey, Raul Gutierrez, Jenni Holder, Julia Leach, Nion McEvoy, Lesley A. Martin and Kent Rogowski).
The 2008 First Edition winners have just been announced, and they are:
Juliane Eirich
Derek Henderson
Roc Herms Pont
Kate Orne
Colleen Plumb
(below, Fairgoose, by Colleen Plumb)
Photography: A Very Short Introduction
Words Without Pictures (Aperture, 2010)
Short Track, by Jake Mendel
Bird Watching, by Paula McCartney