It's always nice to be asked to speak, and a couple of weeks ago I recorded a podcast for B&H Photo Video's Explora series. Torontonian photographer Rick McGinnis and I nattered on mainly about blogging and archives. Click to hear about how I curate aCurator, how we use the Karsh website, and some of my thoughts on photographers and the web. Photo by John Harris, Podcast producer. [read more]
A good piece in Photo District News this month about what photo editors want. Hear from the hiring eds. at Rolling Stone, Politico, and more. [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]
I was happy to curate the ASMP's New York Chapter Photo Annual again this year. I get free rein to select around 100 images from member submissions, one photo per person, a fave shot of theirs, either recent or from their archives. This year Deborah Feingold got a nice wraparound cover. [read more]
For the second year the American Society of Media Photographers, New York Chapter , held an exhibition at Brooklyn's one and only Photoville , which hosts dozens of exhibitions inside and outside of shipping containers. Now in its sixth year, Photoville saw more than 90,000 visitors pass through across two weekends! Most of them seemed to stop by the ASMP container. Their latest members' Photo … [read more]
Photo of Armando Rosario and Merri Cyr wheatpasting by Eva Mallis /. "Faces of Coney" was a week-long photography course held by Janette Beckman and Merri Cyr . They spent a few days photographing around Coney Island, I stepped in for a day back at the school at ICP (International Center of Photography, in midtown NYC) to help the students think about editing for their exhibition, which took … [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]
I am regularly invited to present to and chat with students at the School of Visual Arts. Here's a shot by Katrin Eismann who heads up the MPS digital program there, from a conversation about preparing oneself for the fine art world. [read more]
On April 8, 2017, photographer Janette Beckman and I held a print sale, calling on a bunch of our photographer friends to donate. We raised funds for the Southern Poverty Law Center , selling upwards of 60 photographs and some merchandise during the day-long festivities, held at Bond Street Print Shop . Several of the participating photographers came along and talked about their work. Some people … [read more]
After two hugely enjoyable years in consultation with our partners, I am thrilled to announce the launch of our new website for Yousuf Karsh . From 1933 to 1993, Karsh held 15,312 sittings and produced more than 250,000 negatives. Each sitting has been transcribed to a searchable database, along with more than 300 select photographs from across the six decades of his career. Discover Karsh’s … [read more]