tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44073881073762904352024-03-13T14:18:42.427-06:00melanie photo blogMelanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-30289264639313895772012-11-12T20:09:00.005-07:002012-11-23T17:06:35.194-07:00Interview with Pierre Bessard, Part 2
Xu Yong, This Face
Melanie McWhorter: Smaller publishers in
Paris are starting to come to the forefront in recognition internationally. Do
you think there is a renaissance in French publishing with events like Publish
It Yourself and the Offprint Paris held there and smaller French publishers
attempting to break out of an older model?
Pierre Bessard: I do not know, I think a
sociologist melanie mcwhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419070317751751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-90995051271389033312012-11-06T08:18:00.005-07:002012-11-06T10:04:08.985-07:00Interview with publisher Pierre Bessard, Part 1
Tipped in print from Zine Collection No. 1by Claire Martin
Pierre Bessard has a quiet but ubiquitous Facebook presence. For weeks, I would log on, see the name Editions Bessard had liked most of the posts that caught my attention. I began to wonder, "who is this Editions Bessard?" It seem that he was sincere and extremely interested in each push of the button display of his approval. He Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-27135574110575645202012-01-04T20:51:00.000-07:002012-01-04T20:52:42.105-07:00My Best Books of 2011
My list of Best Books of 2011 as posted on photoeye.com.
Mexico Roma.
GRACIELA ITURBIDE
Last year, Graciela Iturbide was
able to actualize a long-awaited project with work she produced in
Mexico City between 1974 and 2009 and Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-57568298421636057092011-12-15T11:09:00.003-07:002011-12-15T11:10:50.533-07:00photo-eye 2011 Staff Show
Cropped
images shown above by Allison Ramirez, Anne Kelly, Antone Dolezal,
Cliff Shapiro, Melanie McWhorter and Sarah Bradley, respectively
The 3rd Annual Staff Show
Photographs and other works by Allison Ramirez, Anne Kelly, Antone Dolezal, Cliff Shapiro, Melanie McWhorter and Sarah Bradley.
Opening Friday, December 16th, 4:30-7:00 pm
On Display through February 4th, 2012
At Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-50453377302241163542011-12-12T10:01:00.001-07:002011-12-12T10:01:14.554-07:00Adventures in China: Lishui Photo Festival
Read a brief post on some of my experience for Lishui 14th International Photography Festival in China on photo-eye's Blog.
For more reading from some of my humorous travel companions, visit Jennifer Schwartz's entries Taking China by Storm, Day... I have no idea what day it is in China, Holgas, hikes and holes, Back to Shanghai or And the China Adventure Comes to an End or MichaelMelanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-71392481728351082282011-12-07T09:07:00.001-07:002011-12-22T09:13:47.648-07:00Access2Editors
I am one of the editors to be selected for the new portfolio review website Access2Editors. Access2Editors will help people prepare for a more successful review
experience...finalize sequencing, get feedback on a statement, etc. Access2Editors is partnering with CENTER's annual competitions leading up to Review Santa Fe. The prizes are listed on the respective pages for CENTER's The Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-46898790435771076702011-12-07T08:39:00.001-07:002011-12-07T10:11:48.097-07:00Postcards By My Desk: McNair Evans
McNair Evans is from my world-- both the American South and, of course, photography. He is a southern gentleman and being the small photo world as it is, we have some friends in common who still live and practice the art in South Carolina and surrounding states. His photos bring to mind the slow living in this area of the United States. He captures quite moments that could be almost anywhere, Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-22090943554146063632011-11-29T11:00:00.000-07:002011-12-07T10:10:28.914-07:00Postcards By My Desk: An Artist Feature
I have been trying to think of a creative way to promote the artist I like. Like is such a good, simple word even if Facebook has usurped its meaning. I feel a connection and a warm feeling when looking at the work whatever the subject matter-- comforting or disturbing. I finally just started looking around my desk. At work, I hang up family pictures, phone lists, drawings but also postcards Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-21758965259256647272011-11-28T13:30:00.000-07:002011-11-28T13:30:02.098-07:00Fraction Magazine Holiday Print (and Book) Sale 2011
For a few years now, Fraction Magazine has been hosting a Holiday Print Sale to benefit the artists whose work has been show on Fraction. Many artists also choose to donate back to Fraction to keep this online magazine up and running as a valuable contribution to the online photography community. This year there are also a few book/book and print choices including the ones by Susan Burnstine andMelanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-34552044675014689062011-11-23T08:48:00.001-07:002011-11-27T14:23:45.503-07:00Jennifer Schwartz Gallery and Crusade for Collecting
Atlanta-based gallerist and photographer Jennifer Schwartz is leaving on a crusade, a Crusade for Collecting. Much lighter in mission and less dangerous than the crusades of long ago, Schwartz is on a mission to encourage people of broad income levels to collect art, art that makes your life richer, and she is so dedicated to this mission that she is taking the message on the road. With the Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-18524200286093571602011-06-20T08:53:00.000-06:002011-06-20T08:53:17.199-06:00Review Santa Fe Recovery
Although I love to travel to other cities for portfolio reviews and art festivals, I feel privileged to live in a city that hosts Review Santa Fe, one of the most prestigious reviews in the world. When Review takes place in Santa Fe in June, the air is cool in the evenings and the days are often pleasant even with the unusually small amount of humidity in the air. This year's portfolios and Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-88641964758004140292011-05-27T09:56:00.001-06:002011-05-27T10:11:10.632-06:00Ahorn Magazine and Photo Radio
Liz Cohen, Bodywork. Michael Schmelling, Atlanta, James Mollison with Rainbow Nelson, The Memory of Pablo Escobar
My essay The Punctuation of Photobooks in Ahorn Magazine was published upon the release of Ahorn's newest issue. Check out the article along with interviews with Cuny Janssen and Jocelyn Lee, a conversation with Ron Jude and Ed Panar, and book reviews by Nicholas Gottlund and Adam Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-55203670205904327192011-05-05T08:49:00.000-06:002011-05-05T08:49:51.321-06:00Photolucida Reviews: 50 PhotographersFollowing in the spirit of my friend David Bram of Fraction, I have decided to list all photographers whose work I had the pleasure of reviewing at Photolucida. Here is a list of all photographers who happened to "get me" for 20 minutes. More features on these photographers' work and other work I saw at the open portfolio viewing or additional reviews will be posted at a later date. Take some Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-8467628905011680272011-04-11T14:00:00.000-06:002011-04-11T14:00:02.964-06:00Photolucida is This Week in Portland, ORIf you are in Portland, Oregon this week, there are some fantastic lunch time talks and events around Photolucida's portfolio reviews and Portland Photo Month. Below is the schedule of lunch time chats. There is also a lecture by Todd Hido at the Portland Art Museum and the Portfolio Walk among many other events. More info can be found on Photolucida's site or Portland Photo Month site.
Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-45279029336152571552011-04-11T08:41:00.005-06:002011-04-11T09:05:40.095-06:00Finite Foto's Issue Fourteen: EnvironmentThe new issue of Finite Foto just released last week. View the entire issue on finitefoto.com IN ISSUE FOURTEEN:If the complete lack of antihistamines at Walgreens didn’t make it clear, a quick look out the window will confirm it: New Mexico is in the midst of spring. The trees are budding, flowers blooming, and the winds are raging. The temperature is just about perfectMelanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-40540522121562362632011-03-28T14:30:00.002-06:002011-03-28T14:30:00.319-06:00Finite Foto's Issue Thirteen: Cultural LandscapeThe next issue of Finite Foto will be out next week. Make sure to check out the Cultural Landscape issue before the Environmental Issue is live. All the back issues, can be read on the archive page. Sign up for our mailing list on the home page.
Finite Foto - Issue Thirteen - Cultural LandscapeIn this issue, we feature works by Eric Cousineau and Alex Leme who photograph the Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-40639923638592461272011-03-28T10:32:00.000-06:002011-03-28T10:32:10.490-06:00SPE Open Portfolio ViewingThis year's SPE was held in Atlanta, GA. As part of every SPE, they host an open portfolio viewing on one of the evenings of the conference. Every year it seems that more and more photographers vie for a table to show work. I am not sure how many individuals were showing work at the open portfolio this year, but students and teachers filled one big exhibition room with tables running along the Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-80781860261940529192011-03-28T09:03:00.000-06:002011-03-28T09:03:02.446-06:00Long Haitus, Back to WorkI have been teaching and speaking about photobooks recently and writing for online magazines so I have put the blog on the back burner. I have to catch up on images from Critical Mass, PhotoNOLA and SPE. More images and other info to come. Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-45553513823877471502011-01-07T08:45:00.002-07:002011-01-07T08:50:39.160-07:00My Best Books of 2010In January of 2008, I started this blog because I wanted to share my favorite books of 2007. Since that time, I have been posting as part of my position at photo-eye on the magazine. This year I am please to have participated in the selections for photo-eye's Best Books of 2010. Below are my selections and links to all of the contributors on photo-eye Magazine.
Repose.Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-44367773132495989102010-12-29T10:00:00.004-07:002010-12-29T14:08:33.396-07:00Interview with Photobook Designer Elizabeth AvedonI first met Elizabeth Avedon when she was the Gallery Director at photo-eye. Since the time Elizabeth departed Santa Fe, she established her own blog which has become a recognized voice in the photography community featuring portfolios and interviews, including my first interview about my photography. I am delighted to turn the tables on Ms. Avedon and allow her to discuss her profession: Book, Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-6580891129383466602010-12-28T08:50:00.000-07:002010-12-28T08:50:52.641-07:00Photolucida Wow Picks: Elin HøylandOne of the larger issues associated with working on a personal project that an artist hopes to launch for a larger audience is creating a universal appeal for the work. Elin Høyland's Brother project, although an intimate portrait of two lifetime companions expands into broader themes of, literally, brotherly love, devotion and friendship with another human being and the feeling of loss and Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-41798094472389726672010-12-27T11:22:00.000-07:002010-12-27T11:22:55.617-07:00Fraction Holiday Print Sale Ends on January 2nd, 2011If you were thinking of purchasing a print from the Fraction Holiday Print Sale, shop now as the sale ends on January 2nd, 2011. The site includes some fantastic images by many great working photographers and photo professionals with work ranges from $35 to $100. Some of the prints have sold out so do not wait to purchase.
Norman Mauskopf
Lydia Panas
Susan Worsham
Matt Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-23082806287906894442010-12-27T09:21:00.002-07:002010-12-27T12:13:39.583-07:00Finite Foto: Alternatives
We launched Finite Foto's Alternatives issue last month. We have switched to a bimonthly magazine so the recent content is online. Visit finitefoto.com to see the entire issue or search the back issues.
"Alternative is a tricky description. To be meaningful, it relies on an accepted mainstream. And when something that was once an alternative becomes ubiquitous, is it still useful to call it Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-2440892024269609322010-12-27T08:58:00.000-07:002010-12-27T08:58:55.411-07:00Photolucida Wow Picks: Nate Larson & Marni ShindelmanAfter a trip to PhotoNOLA, a workshop at the New Orleans Photography Workshops and long holiday break, I am back at the blog. I have a few more Photolucida post to include and some highlights from PhotoNOLA and a great interview with photobook designer Elizabeth Avedon.
My selection of Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman as a Photolucida favorite might stem from my own since of paranoia about Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407388107376290435.post-27531824910437127152010-11-26T12:14:00.000-07:002010-11-26T12:14:42.384-07:00Photolucida Wow Picks: Pavel Maria Smejkal Pavel Maria Smejkal
Reading a recent issue of GUP Magazine featuring vernacular imagery, there is an article that references a piece that Dutch photobook publisher, designer and vernacular photography collector Erik Kessels exhibited. In this show, Kessels appropriates images shot by a motion detector camera set up in the woods of Texas which capture many unsuspecting deer. The images, which Melanie McWhorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585623969101107999noreply@blogger.com0