On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Mark Roberts<m...@robertstech.com> wrote: > > The release of next year's PDML Photo Annual will coincide with an > exhibition of photos from the book at the Dank Haus gallery in > Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 7th through June 12th, 2010. > > After much planning and discussion, the PDML's own Christine Aguila > succeeded in facilitating an agreement between Dank Haus Gallery in > Chicago and the editors of the PDML Photo Annual (and considering that > the "editorial staff" includes myself, Bill Robb, Doug Brewer and > Scott Loveless, that's quite an achievement!) for an actual exhibit of > physical prints to celebrate the publication of the next book. As > you'll see, this wasn't as simple as one might think. Read on… > > First, the book itself. > > The last book was quite a rush project, and having the image > submission period extending through the Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday > season didn't make it any easier. So we've decided to push it back > this time around, which will also get the book release closer to the > time-frame of the gallery exhibit (which was slotted in the only > workable dates the gallery had open). Image submissions will be > accepted (via a web site as before) from January 1st through February > 28th. > > Any PDML member in good standing of January 1st will be allotted one > photograph in the book. Members will be permitted to submit up to > three photographs for the book, to give the editors more latitude for > creating a cohesive presentation. Those who want to be the sole > determinant of what image they get into the book can do so by > submitting just one image. Those who make the editors' jobs easier by > submitting two or three images will receive our undying gratitude, at > the very least :) > > The book is slated to be edited and completed electronically by the > middle of March and the editors should have proofs in hand about two > weeks later. If the proofs look good, the book will be available to > PDML members immediately. (If revision is necessary there will be a > delay of another two weeks or so.) "Official" publication will be on > May 7 when the exhibit opens. > > The Exhibit > > The exhibit curator will be Sue Barton, curator of Dank Haus Gallery > and chair of the Dank Haus Fine Arts Committee, who will select > approximately 40 images from the book for display. Obviously, we > expect to have more than 40 photos in the book so, equally obviously, > not everyone will have their photograph represented in the exhibit. > Much as we'd like to show everyone's photo, it just isn't physically > possible. The final arbiter of photos chosen for the exhibit will be > Sue Barton of Dank Haus. > > To insure consistency and quality of prints, I will be making all the > prints here. We can't be shipping prints all over the planet and, more > importantly, Sue Barton isn't willing to put on an exhibition of > prints based on web images unless she knows the prints will be > consistent and is familiar with work of the printer. (The only > alternative would be for people to ship prints to her for > evaluation/selection and that's clearly a non-starter.) > > I'll print on either Hahnemuehl Fine Art Pearl or Ilford Gold Fibre > Silk paper. Sizes will be approximately 8 x 12 or 12 x 18, as decided > upon by the curator based on technical quality and artistic > considerations. > > Framing will be done in Chicago. Christine Aguila has been doing a lot > of leg-work on this and has succeeded in getting several framing shops > to bid on the honor of doing the job. No kidding. This will assure us > of getting very good pricing. > > Yes, you're going to have to pay for the printing and framing if you > want to be in the exhibit. But the good news is that what you pay will > be less than you could possibly get the same quality work done for > yourself. A lot less. (I'm paying over $200.00 per 12x18 print for > good framing these days. I expect the PDML price will be about half > that, possibly less.) Prices will be definite by the time the image > submission period begins. > > Sales of prints at the exhibition: Yes, you might even make a profit > from this deal. Those whose photos are selected for the exhibition > will have the option of offering the print for sale at the gallery. > This will be subject to the gallery's standard terms (most > importantly, their commission!), which Sue Barton will describe in > detail before this whole thing goes on line. > > In lieu of signing the prints that are offered for sale (not possible > with this centralized printing scheme), artists will be able to > provide a "Certificate of Authenticity" for their print. This will be > emailed out as a PDF or JPEG, to be printed out and signed by the > photographer and mailed back. > > The price PDML members pay for printing & framing will not include > return shipping after the exhibit (for obvious reasons: Varying size, > weight and destinations, as well as the possibility that the print > might sell at the exhibit). You will be able to pick up your print in > person when the exhibit ends or make arrangements with the gallery to > have it shipped to you. > > If any of this seems unacceptable to you, for cost or some other > reason, fear not: There's no requirement that you participate in the > exhibition part of the project. When you upload your photos for the > book, you will have the option of making them eligible for the gallery > exhibition (or not). Either way, you'll be represented in the PDML > Photo Annual. > > > (Oh yes, the 2008/9 book is still available: > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/573542)
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