I am off to host my first workshop at the beautiful SAGA , in Inderøy, Norway, where I will be helping a small group of photographers think about marketing their photographs, and cover a variety of topics from editing to licensing. © Elisabeth Aanes / Nord Photography [read more]
© John Stewart via Photolucida I noticed this photo online of me in full swing with Donna Pinckley , talking about her series "Sticks and Stones," which highlights verbal abuse that mixed race couples have faced. Donna was one of a handful of photographers whose work I published in the months following the Photolucida portfolio review - it was truly an enjoyable few days in Portland. See Donna's … [read more]
It's always a pleasure to volunteer time for the ASMP , and the board is particularly hot right now. They pulled in a good variety of reviewers for the annual fine art review and I reviewed more than one exciting and unique project. I believe it has to be worth the annual membership fee if you are prepared to take advantage of things like these free portfolio reviews so consider joining your … [read more]
NORD Photography Workshops take place at the Old Saw Mill aka Saga, in Inderøy, Norway. They cover book binding, alternative processes, visual storytelling, and for the last two years, a marketing and branding workshop hosted by me. This year we added a few hours as we ran out of time in 2016, and I was thrilled that one of the students came back for a second helping. What a compliment! It was an … [read more]
" The Business End of Things: Marketing, Promoting, and Licensing Your Photography with Julie Grahame " was my first (of many, I hope) workshops with SXSE in Molena, Georgia. 25 people came from across the state to Molena to listen and share. A handful of photographers also booked one-on-one time with me. It was an enriching experience to hear their stories, their tales of local history, and … [read more]
My third marketing workshop took place in Oslo this year, instead of the countryside of Inderøy. We held the workshop in association with an exhibition and portfolio reviews hosted by Cyan Studio . My students were very diverse in their styles and practices, but their needs were similar, and we covered a ton of ground from naming your jpgs through to pricing your work via website crits and … [read more]
What a treat to curate the American Society of Media Photographer's 75th anniversary exhibition at Photoville, 2019. Reid Callanan of Sante Fe Workshops, archivist Grayson Dantzic and I put together an exhibition of current and past members, from Dorothea Lange and Arthur Rothstein, to Stephen Wilkes and Jill Freedman. I also got to do some portfolio reviews in the Photoville Smorgasburg Beer … [read more]
The member-based organization APA, American Photographic Artists, hosted three professionals reviewing three photographers, in front of a small audience. I joined freelance art producer Raquel Duarte and Getty Images' Sarah Foster, each of us reviewing three very different photographers, and then we and the audience reviewed how the review had gone! It was really fun, and I learned something from … [read more]