Isolation continued

I've been shooting my recent project in colour but when I go to a subject's home, I always bring a roll or two of B+W film just in case. Somehow a certain look, or background or lighting will compel me to use the latter. Not sure how these portraits will be incorporated into the final edit, if they'll be part of the project at all, but it doesn't matter right now.

New photo from Isolation/identity project

I've been continuing my project on isolation/identity. I've been thinking about the nature of isolation and how we can be considered separate or "other" based on so many random factors, such as culture, or language, or our appearance, or sexual orientation or mental illness. Is this "otherness" something tangible or obvious? Does this immediately put someone into an "us vs. them" mentality? How does the idea of separateness express itself?

Commercial Portfolio Review with ASMP

The New York chapter of the ASMP is hosting a Commercial Portfolio review on Wednesday April 30th. It's $300 for non-members but free for members and costs less to register as a one year emerging artist member at $125.

I spoke with the organizer Stephen Mallon and there are a few spots left.

Update on APE's free promo

Rob Haggart has been making some improvements to his free promo, which includes the new name foliobrowser.com, the name of the photographer and links that go directly to the photographer's site.

ASMP call for entry

Image 08 is a nationwide photo contest run by the New York chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers and open to all professional and student photographers residing in the United States. Submit one or more of your favorite images that were created on or after January 1, 2007. The deadline for entry submissions is May 14, 2008.

Promotion: Advice from an Art Buyer

Heather Morton, an Art Buyer in Toronto, has good advice about how photographers should promote themselves. She talks about emails, mailed promos, websites, meetings and what to show in your book.

Introduction to collecting photography books

Lesley Martin, publisher of Aperture’s book program, will speak tonight with Harper’s Books art book dealer Harper Levine, and Daile Kaplan, V.P., Director of Photographs, Swann Galleries Inc., and others in an Introduction to collecting photography books, a panel discussion. They will talk about what makes specific books valuable, and thoughts to consider in building a book collection. It should be a great night for photographers and collectors alike.

Introduction to Collecting Photography Books
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 | 6:30 p.m.

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York
(212) 505-5555

Zhang Peng

I found out about Zhang Peng through Zoum Zoum, a French photography blog that's part of the newspaper Liberation. In my fantasy art collection, I'd love to add the above image. I looked like that when I was about 5 years old, except without the knife.