kitchen life # 34 ~ Doubting Thomas
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 06:08PM ;)
Tray with stuff ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggenA while back, John Linn asked if I was making any progress on the magazine project. The short answer is, "Yes".
The biggest issue was making a workflow which allowed the making of an ebook and a print book from the same files. That task is pretty much in the bag although there are still a few items to work out - nothing tricky, just time intensive. That written, it's time to line up some pictures for the project.
To that end, I am requesting submissions. IMO, there are quite a few Landscapist follower picture makers out there who have work which meets the criteria I am interested in. Pictures which could be edited down to small bodies of work comprised of 8-12 pictures. Pictures which are unified by referent or continuity of visual style or ways of seeing and presentation.
Some of you may be under the impression your work isn't "good enough" but, in fact, I'd like to be the judge of that. However, if I don't see it - a body of 8-12 pictures - I can't make an informed opinion on the matter. So ....
... don't be a Doubting Thomas, re: your pictures. Email me a few samples from a small body of work or a link to same.
Reader Comments (1)
Hi Mark: The first thing I thought when I read your post was, "Oh, I'd like to be a part of this!", but then as other thoughts come forward my enthusiasm has been confused.
The images I post on my own blog represent EVERYTHING I want to make public. In fact, for most of the last few weeks I've pruned and reworked a lot of what was on my blog, simply because I want it to be a portfolio of what I think is true to my current vision (I like neatness) - the fact that it doesn't have much of an audience is irrelevant. I've just enjoyed spending a lot of time trying (in your words, if I recall correctly) to, "present a consistent body of work."
Here's the problem that I have with your generous invitation: many of us have already seen each other's images as we regularly visit one others blogs. I don't have anything else to offer beyond what's already seen. I would also feel somewhat embarrassed at regurgitating what everyone has already seen (provided of course that you thought it was good enough!), and concerned that it was seen as indulging in self gratification. Perhaps you could explain/outline what value we might gain from any successful submissions, that allows us to develop as photographers going forward.