10 BEST 10: Photography Competition

View 2010 Winners "10 BEST 10"
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Call for Entries until Feb 22nd!

iPhones to Pinholes, Polaroids to Droids, Holgas to Hasselblads
Any Camera, Any Subject, Any Country

ROB HANN: The Child Is Gone

Photograph (c) Rob Hann /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Rob Hann /All Rights Reserved

Artwork by Seta Morton

Photograph (c) Rob Hann /All Rights Reserved

Over the past 4 years I've made numerous visits to my girlfriend Nora's (artist Nora Chavooshian) home in the affluent and liberal town of Montclair, New Jersey, about 30 minutes from New York City. I thought about shooting a photographic portrait project with Nora's daughter, Seta, as she passed from childhood to adulthood. I wanted it to be a collaboration and suggested Seta contribute her poetry and artwork to the project.

I spent a year photographing 16 year old Seta and her friends. The result is an extended portrait of Seta, part portrait, part self-portrait. The title of the book, "The Child Gone", is taken from one of Seta's poems. –Rob Hann

view: the child gone

SHERI LYNN BEHR: Rock and Roll Archive

Bono, NYC, 2005
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr /All Rights Reserved

The Ramones, CBGB's, 1977
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr /All Rights Reserved

Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar, The Bottom Line, 1979
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr /All Rights Reserved

Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Madison Square Garden, 1977
Photograph (c) Sheri Lynn Behr /All Rights Reserved

Sheri Lynn Behr grew up in the Bronx, and studied photography and digital imaging in New York City at the New School, ICP, and Pratt Manhattan. Her photographs of musicians in the 1970s appeared in most music publications of the time, including Rolling Stone, Creem, and Billboard, and she often shot on assignment for major recording companies such as RCA and Arista and Atlantic Records. These images are now considered fine art photographs and have been included in several photography exhibitions.

Sheri Lynn Behr

Rock and Roll Photography Archive

Sheri's Blog includes a look back on shooting Iggy Pop, The Clash, Ian Dury, David Johansen, Meat Loaf, Hot Tuna, U2, Lou Reed, Garland Jeffries - I'm looking forward to more posts!

BLURB POP-UP STORE: NYC Events

Blurb's New Pop-Up Store in Soho, NYC!

Yikes! I'm giving a Workshop with Photographer Brad Bunyea

Blurb's New Pop-Up Store in Soho!
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October 21 to October 31st
60 Mercer St. (between Broome and Grand), SoHo

Great Workshops, Speaker Sessions, and Events

Aaron Kenedl, Editor-in-Chief for Print Magazine; Jen Bekman, founder of Jen Bekman Gallery, 20x200, and Hey, Hot Shot!; editor Alan Rapp; Mommy Poppins Blogger Ana Fader; Fashion Photographer Michael Creagh; Marcy Ray from WireMedia Communications and Ferentz Lafargue from the virtual-placemaking organization Nostrand Park; Liz Danzico from School of Visual Arts; myself and Photographer Brad Bunyea; Blurb advisor Dan Milnor; Portfolio Workshops; and Etsy creatives! RSVP to these events!

PUBLISHING IN YOUR HANDS: Join the PhotoBook Discussion

Publishing in Your Hands
A roundtable discussion with
Andy Adams, David Bram, Darius Himes, and Melanie McWhorter

Join the Discussion!

Posted on FRACTION BLOG: "At the end of last year (2009) Miki Johnson and Andy Adams coordinated a "cross-blog" discussion about the future of photography books. Over forty bloggers participated with a range of amateur and professional voices piping in and adding their thoughts to the mix. The interest in the subject of photobooks* has continued unabated and various fairs devoted to the Photobook are popping up around the world.

With the 3rd annual Photography Book Now and featuring a contest deadline fast approaching (sponsored by Blurb with a whopping $25,000 grand prize), a few of us that love photobooks thought we would initiate another online discussion about self-publishing—where we've come in the last few years in terms of perception, creativity and technology." –Darius Himes, Santa Fe, June 20, 2010

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When I posted my 2 cents on the "Future of Photography Books" back in December, I was just considering using Blurb.com for the first time for a photobook project. Half a year and several Blurb books later...I am a total convert! I think it's the greatest invention since the internet! It's opened up a world of possibilities for everyone, where it had been open to only a few. Your self-published book can be as great as you (or your book designer!) are able to create.

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"What do we mean by "self-publishing"?
ADD your thoughts to THE round-table discussion"
—Andy Adams, Flak Photo

CAIO FERNANDES: Aterces Adiv

reductive a new Blurb book
Self Portrait of Artist Caio Fernandes

Paintings (c) Caio Fernandes /All Rights Reserved

1995 while writing a poem named Vida Secreta (Secret Life) in my notebook, on the opposite page the ink left the opposite written–Aterces Adiv. This was just perfect for all I was trying to say...Aterces Adiv, nothing can be hidden in life and as consequence in art.–Caio Fernandes

Brazilian artist Caio Fernandes explains the history of the four phases of his work while showing us his "best painting among the best". Support the Arts, only $14.00 U.S. BLURB Books "Staff Pick"

reductive
paintings by Caio Fernandes