Fraction Magazine

Know Your Rights

2011-09-09T08:17:00.002-06:00

Photographers: Know Your Rights - great info from the @ACLU

www.aclu.org/free-speech/know-your-rights-photographers

On my way home

2011-09-04T22:50:00.000-06:00

Moscow and Portfolio Review Russia have been a fantastic experience.

Details about my time here will be posted in a few days

Fraction Show reviewed in the Huffington Post

2011-08-31T22:28:00.001-06:00

‎"Fraction Magazine: Three Years in the Making" at Rayko in San Francisco makes Huffington Post @HuffPostArts !!! http://t.co/lHagDyM

Fraction show reviewed in Huffington Post

2011-08-31T22:24:00.001-06:00

Incredible!!!!

‎"Fraction Magazine: Three Years in the Making" at Rayko in San Francisco makes Huffington Post @HuffPostArts !!! http://t.co/lHagDyM

Where I am right now

2011-08-31T06:32:00.001-06:00

Moscow zoo

2011-08-28T02:43:00.000-06:00

It is a zoo at the Moscow zoo. Crazy crowded.

On my way

2011-08-26T08:00:00.001-06:00

On my way to Moscow.
Follow me on twitter (@FractionMag) to get updates from Portfolio Review Russia

ThinkTank Photo Camera Bag Giveaway

2011-08-25T16:49:00.001-06:00

The simplest contest ever!
All you need to do is follow Fraction on Twitter.
On Thursday September 15, ONE winner will be randomly selected to win a Think Tank Photo Speed Racer v2 camera bag.
The retail price is $179.75

Read the specs here.

So, go on over to twitter and follow Fraction.
http://www.twitter.com/fractionmag

The fine print: Fraction will pay shipping to all US addresses. If the winner lives outside the US, the winner will be required to pay all shipping costs

Archaeology and the Shape of Time

2011-08-19T10:13:00.005-06:00

If you live in New Mexico, you will want to see this show

ARCHAEOLOGY and the Shape of Time
Photographs by Richard Benson and Edward Ranney
An exhibition and limited edition book

Where: The Fisher Press
Address: 307 Camino Alire, Santa Fe, NM, 87501
When: Opening reception Friday, August 26th from 5 to 8pm

The exhibition runs from August 26th to September 27th

Gallery hours 11am to 5pm Wednesday through Saturday for the first two weeks of the show's run and by appointment only thereafter

Opening Reception: August 26, 5 to 8pm

http://www.thefisherpress.com

Video of the Rayko show

2011-08-16T23:44:00.001-06:00

A (poorly done) video I did of the Rayko show. (iphone 4)

Help Ken Rosenthal produce a catalog

2011-08-15T20:24:00.000-06:00

Ken Rosenthal, who was featured in Issue 8, has a Kickstarter project that is worthy of your time, consideration and donation.

Straight Outta Suburbia

2011-08-15T12:15:00.000-06:00

Who are you taking pictures for?
Myself.
You can't be taking pictures on the property.
Are you working security for the mall?
I'm chief of security.
Well, then I'm gone.
Appreciate it.

Thus went my recent conversation with a suburban police officer at a local mall.

I had been driving the access road that rings an upscale outdoor mall, camera on the passenger seat and left elbow (aka camera sandbag) on my windowsill. The mall buildings sit at the property’s periphery and face toward its center, so my vista was loading docks and steel entry doors. The photographic pickings were slim even for someone like myself, strangely obsessed with banal suburbia. At this tony mall, even the dumpster areas are tidily free of consumerism’s interesting detritus.

As I paused to chimp my meager photographic haul, I sensed movement in my left peripheral vision. I looked up as a police car moved smartly toward me from somewhere between my six- and my nine-o’clock. It pulled alongside and then angled into my lane as if to block my “escape”. It was a controlled but aggressive move, designed to intimidate. It got my attention.

The trim, immaculately-uniformed and -mustachioed officer walked briskly around the rear of the car towards my opened window, and we had our polite exchange of words. Given that he was armed, and I was technically trespassing on private property, I had no standing on which to refuse cooperation. I have no doubt that, had I chosen to be obstreperous, he would have arrested me on the spot. And there were no witnesses in sight to back me, had he also chosen to embellish the story to my disadvantage en route to jail.

Only as I drove away replaying the encounter did the oddness of several things strike me. This was the first time I’ve been accosted by a uniformed police officer while photographing on public-space private property. One wonders, is it the policy of his department to allow its officers to wear their uniforms and sidearms, and drive taxpayer-provided patrol cars, on moonlighting jobs? And was he actually off-duty from his day job? Yeah, I'm cynical.

But most strange was his question. Who are you taking pictures for? Not the usual question, what are you taking pictures of? or, why are you taking pictures? His working assumption seemed to be that I was photographing at someone else's behest, for nefarious purposes.

I freely admit that photographing mall loading docks from a car window must seem pretty odd to the average non-photographer. Why would anyone do this for amusement or other innocent reason? Terrorist plotting mayhem? Maybe, but Google Earth and the mall website have better information for terrorist-planning purposes than I could gather with my camera. Thief plotting a burglary? The cop surely knows that the vast majority of business theft is perpetrated by employees, and shoplifting is relatively risk-free. Business owners mostly fear embarrassment and litigation, so I suspect that was his main concern.

Anyone who photographs publicly has similar stories of the suspicion or even hostility our innocent, perfectly-legal activity sometimes arouses. Child-kidnapping mass hysteria is impervious to comprehension of its actual minute rarity; but stoking this fear sure fills airtime. And people out in public increasingly believe they're entitled to some zone of privacy that the law doesn't grant them --- often the same people whose kids run wild in complete disregard of the space of others.

Some of this public wariness is no doubt post-9/11 "security" paranoia. That's at least understandable, if vastly overblown. But there also seems to have been some kind of shift in public perception over the years since I started photographing. Public photography with "professional" cameras seems to raise people's hackles in a way I don't recall in years past. I'm not sure what to make of this.

On my way

2011-08-09T10:30:00.000-06:00

At the airport headed to San Francisco for the Fraction show at Rayko Photo.

It opens Thursday night from 6-8pm

Hope to see you there

http://fractionmagazine.com/collaboration/rayko/

Spiderman uses a rangefinder

2011-07-31T19:01:00.001-06:00

Just noticed that Netflix added the animated Spiderman series from 1967 to it's line up. I grew up with this and I'm quite excited.

In the intro, Spidey uses a camera. Apparently it is a rangefinder, possibly a Leica.

Support Fraction!

2011-07-17T10:59:00.001-06:00

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The SNF-fles

2011-07-15T12:30:00.000-06:00

Social networking is a sterile digital shooting gallery, where the product is free, every byte is lipid-soluble, and the molecules mate with your limbic receptors like chocolate-covered heroin in hot melted butter. But its inevitable downside is social-networking fatigue. Every fashionable affliction needs a support group and an onomatopoeic acronym; ergo, SNF--- like the sniffles. So hand me a tissue, and take one for yourself.

As you flit like a dragonfly from post to hyperlink to feed to page to stream to group, looking for the next particle of information you can’t afford to miss --- or important connection you have to make for your career’s sake --- social-networking becomes the deep-brain electrode whose stim-switch needs relentless hammering just to keep withdrawal at bay.

When I started photographing seriously again a few years back, Someone told me that Everyone Needs To Have a [Insert Social Network name] Presence In Order To Succeed. Well, I took Someone at her word, and pretty soon I was using regularly. I can’t recall whether Facebook was the gateway, or Twitter; but soon they were joined by a blog or two, a portfolio website, a Flickr stream, a Tumblr [?site --- is Tumblr a noun or an adjective, and can it ever be a verb?], and probably a few others I’ve left out. The means have became the end. But at least I’m part of...something. Aren’t I? Yes; the Legion of the Tired and Stressed, that's what.

So I was already weary when I caught wind of Google Plus. This --- in case you’ve been trapped on queue without wi-fi down at the DMV --- is the latest cyborg sent to aspirate our brains through hollow proboscides, mine our data, and leave behind our lifeless humanoid pelts like the molted shells of cicadas. Contemplating yet another Social Network, I felt even more like the junkie trying to stay clean while running a needle-strewn gantlet cordoned by dealers trying to entice him back into the life.

Obviously one can overdo the social-networking-as-narcotic metaphor; I spend less time than many banging away at it, trying to enjoy its undoubted benefits while minimizing its harms. But lately, as I find my available time pressed upon from all sides, I’ve had to choose more carefully how to spend the little I have. Social-networking's attractions have begun to pale compared to its real-world cognates: being with friends and family, and getting out and making decent photographic work --- as opposed to talking about making it.

Where does that leave me and Google Plus? After a bit of tinkering with it, I pronounce it Promising. I can see it consolidating or even replacing many of the other social-networking tools I use. I’ll keep trying it, and checking in with the others. But I really do want to take a step back and think about how much virtual connecting is too much; and whether the real, messy, person-to-person kind wouldn’t be far more congenial to a meaningful existence in the physical world.

Fraction Show at Rayko

2011-07-13T10:15:00.002-06:00

Dirt Road by Antone Dolezal

Fraction is very proud to announce it's first photography show,

Fraction Magazine : Three Years in the Making at the Rayko Gallery in San Francisco CA.

This RayKo exhibition is curated by David Bram, the founder and editor of Fraction, and features images from the past 28 issues of the magazine.

The following photographers are featured in the show:
Karen Kuehn, Polly Chandler, Samuel Portera, Norman Mauskopf, Allison V Smith, Kirk Gittings, Michael Sebastian, Michael Itkoff, Ken Rosenthal, David Ondrik, David Maisel, Phil Toledano, Liz Kuball, Susan Hayre Thelwell, Emily Shur, Hollis Bennett, Geoffrey Ellis, David Taylor, Tabitha Soren, David Rochkind, Eliot Dudik, Kerry Mansfield, Kathleen Robbins, Meg Griffiths, Susan Burnstine, Antone Dolezal, Jesse Burke, Clay Lipsky, Tricia Lawless Murray, Josef Jacques

Reception: Thursday, August 11th from 6-8p

Exhibition: August 11th – September 18th

Address: 428 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107

Thank you to Ann Jastrab and everyone at Rayko for the fantastic opportunity!

Connect with Fraction

2011-07-13T07:20:00.000-06:00

Working in the photographic arts?

Connect with Fraction Magazine

http://www.fractionmagazine.com
http://www.twitter.com/fractionmag
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The Next Six Months

2011-07-12T09:40:00.001-06:00

The next six months are a crazed time of family, photography and travel. I am really excited about all of the opportunities both personally and professionally.

Between now and January 2012, I will be in

Nantucket, MA

Boston, MA

Keene Valley, NY

San Francisco, CA

Moscow, Russia

Atlanta, GA

Fort Collins, CO

Chicago, IL

Lishui, China

Miami, FL

New Orleans, LA

Almost all of this travel is photo-related where I will be connecting with photographers in person, with the goal of finding more great photo projects to promote on Fraction.

As Fraction moves fully into its third year, I have plans to expand and broaden the audience by introducing Fraction V (for video content) and Fraction E (for high school and college level projects). The website will also receive a minor facelift to integrate content and conversation to make Fraction a singular destination for great photography and limit the need for redirection to other social media sites.

Although Fraction will be growing, the primary mission of showing strong, cohesive bodies of work remains the same. Giving photographers who are creating powerful collections exposure will always be the core focus of Fraction.

I appreciate your patience over the next few months if I am slow to respond to emails. In the meantime, I am preparing Issue 29 for release. I think you will be pleased with my selection of work.

As always, please feel free to connect Fraction via email, twitter, facebook or Google+ .

Making of Leica Lenses

2011-07-11T23:15:00.002-06:00

Leica Lenses (English) from leica camera on Vimeo.

Return on Investment

2011-07-10T10:56:00.000-06:00

You spend X number of hours on social media. What is your Return on Investment ?

Seriously ask yourself and please answer honestly

Fraction on Tumblr

2011-07-01T12:36:00.002-06:00

Check out the new Fraction Magazine Tumblr page.

Follow and Reblog!

http://fractionmagazine.tumblr.com

Issue 28

2011-07-01T01:50:00.000-06:00

Issue 28 is now online and features Chloe Borkett, Josef Jacques, Magdalena Sole, Michael Kirchoff, and Rachel Barrett

www.fractionmagazine.com

Roundtable Review in San Francisco

2011-06-22T10:47:00.001-06:00

Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Fraction Magazine and RayKo Photo Center are pleased to announce the Roundtable Review, to be held at the RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco, California on August 12, 2011.

The Roundtable Review is an opportunity for fine art photographers to present their portfolio to a panel of three reviewers at one time. This format allows for more dialog and problem solving about the work, as each reviewer brings a different perspective and different ideas.

The Roundtable Review is a juried review, and ten photographers will be chosen to participate. Each participant will have a 30-minute session with the three panelists and receive feedback on their work.

At the end of the one-day event, participants will socialize and network with the panelists and fellow reviewees at an evening cocktail party at the Rayko Photo Center. The wrap-up party gives participants an opportunity to continue conversations from their review, as well as show and share their portfolios with the other reviewees.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 8, 2011.

Details at http://www.roundtablereview.net/

Stuck by Larry Chen and Joe Ayala

2011-06-18T00:43:00.001-06:00

STUCK from Joe Ayala on Vimeo.

And the interview of the photographers here.

ThinkTank Camera Bags

2011-06-16T21:25:00.000-06:00

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Film And Digital: The Dead Horse Whinnies

2011-06-15T11:40:00.010-06:00

Coming of age as a photographer during the 1970’s and ‘80’s, I shot 35mm film --- like most enthusiasts of limited means --- and developed it in my makeshift bathroom darkroom. But when I resumed “serious” photography around 2004, after a several-year hiatus, I first did so with a family hand-me-down Kowa Super 66. As stolid and no-frills as that camera was, one look at those medium-format negatives told me I’d found my format. Medium format seemed to best fit the way I see, think, and shoot. And a gorgeous, sharp, tone-rich negative shot on 120 color film became my archetype of a beautiful image.

Several years, and tens of thousands of photographs later, I find that I’ve produced probably two thirds of my archive with medium-format cameras of several different brands and formats. The remainder I’ve shot mostly with the handful of digital cameras I’ve also owned --- all of which I’ve since sold or put aside. In fact, until last fall, I had all but stopped shooting digital. I found a more welcoming home for a D300 that had languished in its bag untouched for a year, during which I shot some 150-plus rolls of 120 film.

There was nothing at all wrong with the Nikon’s images --- other than the 1:1.5 image ratio that I always seemed to want to crop at least to 4:3. In retrospect, I think my dissatisfaction with digital photography simply boiled down to a few non-rational objections that logical argument couldn’t overcome.

First, the pictures, while good-looking in their own right, didn’t match my film-centric mental template of a “good” photograph --- my jaw didn’t drop, Mamiya-7-on-Portra style, on viewing the output of my DSLR. I’m not talking about “native” vs. “scanned” pixels, linear resolution, or any other pocket-protector stuff. I’m simply talking “wow” factor. Digital, it seemed, promised “new” and “better”, but delivered only “good” and “different”. It felt like opening a damaged toy on Christmas morning.

Second, after almost four decades of shooting film, some part of my reptilian lower brain felt that “real” photographers use only manual cameras, and set apertures and shutter speeds on rings and dials which click satisfyingly into place. We do not whirl girly wheels with our thumbs; we disdain the siren song of matrix metering as fit only for Digi-Chimping Shutter Monkeys. Our exposure numbers are obtained from handheld meters, wielded by a Skilled Craftsman who must interpret the meter’s advice against lighting conditions at the scene. Compared to this intricate mechanical kabuki, shooting with a DSLR felt at times like operating a microwave oven or TV remote control.

And, finally, there is the matter of the cameras themselves. Compared to the unapologetically-utilitarian squareness of a Mamiya 7, the haughty chrome elegance of a Hasselblad, or the ergonomic flair of a Contax 645, modern DSLR’s can seem downright homely. As I touched on in last month’s column (here or here), one must give due deference to his inner Collector, and modern DSLR’s move him not at all.

All that said, I started shooting digital again last fall. The event that precipitated this reconsideration was returning from a family vacation with 20 rolls of 120 color neg film to deal with. Doesn’t sound like such a big deal, right? Processing it in my Jobo took only a few hours, but getting it scanned, corrected, and spotted took me several weeks, working in small chunks of time here and there around my other obligations. It breaks my heart to say it, but that’s increasingly time I find I can’t spare from the other stuff, and tedium I don’t wish to endure.

Furthermore, despite the fact that color films are better today than they’ve ever been, the only sure prediction one can make about them is that they are history --- in 3-5 years if you’re pessimistic, 10 if not. Besides, I have no idea how much longer I’ll be able to affordably source the C-41 chemistry required to feed the Jobo. I can make my own B&W developer from cheap, plentiful chemicals, but C-41 is another story. When that goes, or the Jobo dies, and I have to start sending 120 color-neg off to the west coast at $8 a roll and two weeks’ turnaround, I’m probably done. The wait alone would kill me!

The other thing that’s changed is that I have cleaned out my gear closet, consolidated things a bit, and settled on a workable digital solution whose images, so far, I have found as satisfying in their way as my beloved MF film pictures. They are not the same, of course, but they are beautiful. I may have more to say about this in some future slow-news month when I feel like a gear review. I really don’t want this column to be about gear --- except as it relates to the overall culture of image-making. So stay tuned.

I plan to keep on shooting film until something breaks irretrievably. I’m addicted, and just because I’ve added another drug to the pharmacopoeia doesn’t mean that I can’t stay high on the old standbys. Some days, you just gotta have a mechanical shutter ca-chunk to get through the day.

New Japanese Ad for the Fuji Finepix X100

2011-06-09T01:26:00.003-06:00

Order the camera here

The tradition continues

2011-06-06T15:01:00.000-06:00

Since Fotofest 2010 (April), I've been opening a bottle of Jack Daniels at the end of the reviews. And yes, lots of people come over to enjoy a shot.

Issue 27 is Not Safe For Work

2011-06-01T01:17:00.000-06:00

Issue 27 is now live and features the work of April-lea Hutchinson, Muema, Nicolo Sertorio, Tricia Lawless Murray and Victor Cobo

It also features a review of the Fujifilm X100 digital camera by Camden Hardy.

Check it out and tell your friends

http://www.fractionmagazine.com/

A new Eggleston interview

2011-05-31T09:06:00.003-06:00

Fraction Demographics

2011-05-28T01:57:00.001-06:00

In an attempt to see who is looking at the Fraction website as well as following Fraction on Facebook and Twitter, I've set up a quick three question survey.
http://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/fraction

If you have a few seconds, please have a look.

Thanks.

Photo Center North West

2011-05-26T21:21:00.000-06:00

CALL FOR ENTRIES

16^TH Annual Photo Competition Exhibition

JUROR: Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography

THEME: Anything related to Land or Water

EXTENDED DEADLINE: June 11, 2011

CASH AWARDS: $1000, $500, $250

http://pcnw.org/gallery/call-for-entries/16th-annual-photo-competition-exhibition/

Michael Sebastian: Collector vs. Photographer

2011-05-15T10:37:00.002-06:00

I am a camera collector. I've always been a camera collector. But sometimes I'm also a photographer, and it's so confusing....the B&H, KEH, and Adorama boxes just keep coming, but the pictures still suck....

If there were a 12-step program for camera addicts, thus would I introduce myself to the group. Imagine the scene: a tremulous circle of clammy camera-tweakers in a dingy VFW hall; screw-mount Leicas, Rolleiflexes, and 500-series Hasselblads draped around our necks like oversize St. Ansel medallions; film-advance levers worn as smooth as rosaries as we bare our souls to anonymous, similarly-afflicted strangers.

Each of us in his turn---women are not excepted---would tell woeful tales of bank accounts emptied, and dreams of artistic renown waylaid, by the all-powerful Camera Jones. Commiserating all around, we'd end with cookies and punch, giving thanks to our Higher Power (AKA Spouse With Checkbook.) We'd part company, momentarily unburdened, rejuvenated with fresh artistic resolve---until the next new camera came along to distract us with opiate vapors from the real work of Doing Something Worthwhile with the things. Binge, Regret, Binge again.

Probably no other form of artistic expression is as bound up as photography in the technology used to produce it. The Photographer sees the image, and the Technician masters the device that produces it. This mastery is frequently mated to a keen love of finely-wrought machines, so the Technician abides with his cousin, the camera Collector. All these personae exist to some extent in each of us. The problem, though, is that, while the Technician lives only to serve, the objectives of Collector and Photographer are seriously at odds.

Collector exalts the camera as a functional bit of industrial sculpture. Photographer, on the other hand, regards the camera as but a means of art-making. For her, a certain disdain for one's tools, but a steadfast monogamous fidelity to the chosen few, is essential if she is to make serious art. The Collector makes an occasional dainty exposure, then tucks the object of his love gently back into the Billingham or display case, lest dust or smudge sully its pristine leatherette. The Photographer, by contrast, sees her D3 smashed by a third-world riot cop, files the insurance claim, and replaces the camera with all the emotional investment of a plumber deploying a new drain auger. This utilitarian mindset gives the Collector hives.

I have been aware of this Collector / Photographer duality almost since the day I picked up my first camera, a family hand-me-down Bakelite Brownie, four decades ago. I'm quite sure that, in my eight-year-old mind, the camera---with its smooth Art-Deco-ish lines and beguiling clicks and buzzes--- was initially more fascinating as a device than as an image-making tool. Soon, though, Photographer appeared, and he and Collector learned to get along about as well as siblings confined on a long car trip. Lately, though, this coexistence has been downright turbulent, as I strive to make work at a higher level, and to find the tools best suited to that undertaking, while throwing the occasional shiny chrome bone to the Collector.

This week I received a ship notice for a long-backordered, scarce camera I'd ordered months ago, while Collector was momentarily in the driver's seat. Luckily, between the ordering and the shipping, reason had schooled Photographer that I neither needed, nor could afford, this camera. Too bad; the shiny new toy shipped before I could cancel it. Heartened, Collector sensed another default victory, but Photographer thwarted him yet again, through the agency of my saintly-patient wife. She refused delivery on Photographer's behalf, and the package returned whence it came, unopened, temptation forestalled. Score one for Photographer, who lately could really use the leg up.

Since the Brownie I have owned cameras TNTC---Too Numerous To Count, as we describe our microscopic censuses of deranged blood cells and urinary bacteria---and I've loved something about each one. In the actual use of them, I've discovered their limitations and best uses. Some of Collector's favorite cameras have been Photographer's least favorite tools; conversely, some of the better tools were the cameras that least excited Collector's passion. I'm so sorry, RZ67. The Hasselblad was just so...slim...so...shiny and angular. I respect your work, but the heart wants what it wants.... Er, you wouldn't maybe consider taking me back, would you?

This is a different issue than the thoroughly discredited notion, "if only I had a Canikosonytaxblad zillion-megapixel digital back I'd be the next William Eggleston." We've all internalized the shibboleth that it's the vision, not the camera, etc, etc, and we all profess to believe it. I'm well past the point of investing my next camera with super-powers. More problematical is that studying, acquiring, and becoming acquainted with a series of beautiful cameras, however fulfilling in its own right, takes mind-space and energy that could be devoted instead to furthering one's actual image-making skills and visual sensibility.

Camera collecting, per se harmless, is the ultimate expression of genteel photographic procrastination. Swiping the MasterCard is far easier than the slow and sometimes tedious job of making better photographs.

FRESH 2011

2011-05-13T13:32:00.000-06:00

"FRESH" CALL FOR ENTRIES!

Klompching Gallery's first annual open exhibition.

A collaboration between Klompching Gallery, W.M. Hunt and Fraction Magazine;

FRESH will showcase new talent in contemporary photography.

Deadline: June 6th, 2011

http://www.klompching.com/FRESH2011.htm

Issue 26 - Third Anniversary Issue

2011-05-01T00:22:00.007-06:00

I am really proud to announce Issue 26 - Third Anniversary issue.

This issue features the work of Clay Lipsky, Daniel George, Meredith Miller, Michelle Bates, Rylan Steele, Simon Roberts as well as book reviews by Ellen Rennard and Colin Edgington.

Check it out here : http://www.fractionmagazine.com

An Introduction

2011-04-14T22:40:00.000-06:00

When David Bram invited me to write a monthly column for Fraction, I naturally asked---after verifying his sanity---about his mandate for the work. It seems my brief is promiscuously broad: to write about photography as the muse impels me, from an outsider's perspective---as someone whose primary residence is not in the Fine Art Photography neighborhood, but who drives, agog, the mean, beautiful streets of that gated community every chance he gets. I'm grateful for this opportunity to inflict my meanderings upon a wider audience under the Fraction masthead.

You're surely wondering, "just how far "outside" is this guy?" (or more likely, "how do I unsubscribe?") I've been making pictures since grade school---that's a long time. But in my youth, a career in art didn't seem feasible; it was just not done. Instead, my path went through med school, two residencies, and private anesthesiology practice. I've been doing that for about sixteen years, the latter half in a small community hospital in central Kentucky, my wife's home state.

The nature of my specialty is that we don't have practices full of permanently-attached patients. We do our thing, the patient does well and goes home, and I move on to the next operation. As a result, my work schedule can be made amenable to the pursuit of happiness outside of medicine. It took me a while to figure this out, though. So, not quite eight years ago, I downshifted to create just such a family- and photography-friendly situation for myself. As a result, I've been able to earn a living and still try to be a husband, father, and photographer.

I had assumed in my ignorance that part-timers like myself were the exception in the fine-art photography ecosystem. But when I began putting my work out into the world in online venues, in contests, and at portfolio reviews, I realized that many---if not most---fine-art photographers make their living around the genre's edges, or even entirely outside photography. I shouldn't have been surprised---this reality is certainly in keeping with art photography's spartan economic traditions. But evidently there are quite a few of us dilettantes out here photographing assiduously, even as we work at some other job. Hopelessly infected, we simply can't not make pictures. All of us carve out time for photographic work around the stuff that keeps the lights on.

Meeting others of similar situation has made me ponder what might lead a person both to photography and to a certain, seemingly unrelated, vocational field. Among my medical colleagues there seem to be two kinds of doctor-artists: those whose art is inspired by medical practice, and those whose art coexists with it. I'm among the latter; in my experience, neither type is plentiful. How, then, does one find his way both to medicine and to the arts?

Medical practice, like other highly-technical fields, requires a sturdy ego, independence of thought and action, perseverance, discipline, and the ability to quickly organize masses of information into coherent mental wholes. Sound familiar? Photography calls upon those same traits; both a photographic series, and a complex medical history, are stories that must be condensed painstakingly from background noise.

But while photography may make use of procedure, consistency, and rote, medicine is understandably dominated by them, but without the creative payoff photography provides. I like the comforting rituals of doing, the mechanical tasks that comprise the operation of a camera or the administration of an anesthetic. But I especially crave the sublime sense of discovery that accompanies fixing an image in my head in tangible form, or seeing this done by the many others more gifted than myself.

I think about photography and photographs constantly; in my field of dreams I'm a full-timer, and I've often bridled at the frustration of this fantasy. But I have also gazed upon the lurid neon greenness of the grass Over There; on this side of the paddock, I've learned to appreciate the freedom accorded me by the day job to photograph on my own terms. In my own modest artistic life, I take nothing for granted, and acknowledge my good fortune.

Pardon this long introduction. And fear not, for such tedious me-centricity will not be a fixture in future columns. In those, I hope to provoke thought, and to stimulate discussion, across a wide range of topics relating to contemporary photography. To that end, these columns will appear here on the Fraction blog, but will also be archived with each month's edition of Fraction itself. David and I both feel the blog is better suited than the magazine itself to accommodating the reader to-and-fro we hope ensues. So let fly here---we want to hear from you. (You can also email me at mike at michaelsebastian dot com.)

My thanks to David for publishing this column---I only hope it goes live before his ether wears off---and to all of you for your continued support of Fraction.

The Annual Daylight/CDS Photo Awards

2011-04-11T19:16:00.004-06:00

The Fraction Store on Amazon

2011-04-05T18:18:00.001-06:00

I've recently set up a store on Amazon to help support Fraction.

All you have to do is bookmark this link http://amzn.to/hG43S4 and click on it whenever you want to buy something from Amazon. From this link you can buy anything on the Amazon site and a small percentage of your purchase will be sent to Fraction.

Thanks!

April in Santa Fe

2011-03-30T12:49:00.018-06:00

There is so much going on during the first two weeks of April in Santa Fe.
Here is a brief list:

April 1 - Friday - Michael Light book signing at the new Radius Books offices
5-7pm http://ow.ly/4pMti

April 6 - Wednesday - Phil Underdown and Dornith Doherty will be speaking at the Photoeye Salon
6:30-8pm - photo-eye Gallery, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe

April 8 - Friday - Earth Now opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art
http://earthnow.nmartmuseum.org

April 8 - Friday - Jamey Stillings — The Bridge at Hoover Dam Opening
4-7pm photo-eye Gallery, 376-A Garcia Street, Santa Fe

April 9 - Saturday - Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson "Publish Your Photography Book" seminar
9:30-5pm Inn at The Alameda hotel - http://ow.ly/4pOVo

April 9 - Saturday - Lecture and book signing with Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson "Publish Your Photography Book"
5:30-7pm at photo-eye Gallery, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe

April 10 - Sunday - Michael P Berman - Keynote lecture for Earth Now - 10am at St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art - http://ow.ly/4nXay

April 15 - Friday - VERVE Gallery of Photography Presents STANKO ABADŽIC, MANUEL CARRILLO, JACKO VASSILEV
Opening Reception: Friday, April 15, 2011, 5-7pm
www.vervegalleryofphotography.com

Links:
http://www.photoeye.com
http://www.radiusbooks.org
http://earthnow.nmartmuseum.org
http://www.vervegalleryofphotography.com

Going to be a great time in Santa Fe.

Issue 24

2011-03-01T09:39:00.001-07:00

Café & Truck Stop, Oklahoma by Antone Dolezal

Issue 24 is now live and available for viewing. This issue includes the work of Antone Dolezal, Bootsy Holler, Kristen Fecker Peroni, Leon Alesi and Steven Beckly as well as a book review by Ellen Rennard http://www.fractionmagazine.com/

Lecture and Booksigning with Norman Mauskopf

2011-02-23T13:10:00.002-07:00

Lecture and Booksigning with Norman Mauskopf
When:  Saturday, February 26, 2011, 2-4pm
Where:  New Mexico History Museum
Auditorium 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe
Co-sponsors: VERVE Gallery of Photography
Photo Archives/Palace of the Governors
photo-eye Books

On Saturday, February 26th from 2-4pm, photographer Norman Mauskopf will present images from his recent book project, Descendants, photographs of the Hispanic people and culture of Northern New Mexico. Mauskopf is a thorough, patient and persistent photographer who has spent the last 10 years photographing this region of striking environmental and ethnic diversity. The book, Descendants, published in December 2010 by Twin Palms, is Mauskopf's fourth book.

"Mauskopf cuts to the heart of what makes this community like few others in the United States".
- Casey Sanchez, The New Mexican

Norman's website
Norman's work on Fraction

Buy Norman's new book Descendants via the Fraction Book Store on Amazon.

Call for Entries: Ten Years After Nine Eleven: Searching for a 21st Century Landscape

2011-02-21T14:43:00.001-07:00

"The 21st century arguably began on September 11, 2001 when terrorists attacked and brought down the World Trade Center in New York. As the world approaches the tenth anniversary of that cataclysmic event, SDN invites photographers from around the world to submit photographic essays offering us glimpses of the visual landscape of the 21st century.

We encourage photographers to think broadly about the term "visual landscape". We are interested in how the world looks different today than it did on September 10, 2001, particularly as a result of the political, cultural, economic, and interpersonal changes brought about in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001. "

Judges are: Nina Berman, Lori Grinker, Ed Kashi, Fred Ritchin, Glenn Ruga, Tomasz Tomaszewski, and Amy Yenkin

The Grand Prize is $1,000 plus work in a group show at the PowerHouse Arena.

SDN will accept entries from March 1 to May 31.

All of the details are here.

Thank You Kevin Longino

2011-02-21T11:57:00.001-07:00

Thank you to Kevin Longino for his long time support of Fraction. Kevin has been buying ad space since 2008. Please check out the artists he represents at www.kevinlongino.com

ACP Public Arts Program

2011-02-15T11:05:00.001-07:00

ACP Public Art Project 2011

Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) announces a Request for Artist’s Proposals for its 2011 Contemporary Public Art Project.

Overview
ACP produces a Public Art Project as a central component of our month-long, city-wide celebration of photography each October. ACP’s acclaimed program of public art has featured temporary projects in a variety of diverse locations throughout Atlanta. The program’s significance is in its ability to reach beyond the audience of traditional art venues and expand the way the audience considers and perceives photography and “lensbased” media. We are looking for proposals that take advantage of public art’s ability to reach new audiences, and to create an experience that is a dynamic hybrid of art in the public sphere.

Eligibility
Any individual artist or collaboration of artists may enter, provided that the person(s) or firm who will be responsible for the actual fabrication and/or construction of the piece(s) have had previous experience in the medium(s) proposed, which must be disclosed in detail in the application form.

Entry Fee
None

Media & Materials
No restrictions in terms of materials or media have been established in order to ensure maximum creativity for participating artists. However, since ACP is an organization that promotes all things photographic, it is a requirement that your project involve lens-based media as an integral part of the piece (this includes images and/or video captured by a lens, or media in which light sensitivity is a primary element of the material). We encourage you to think widely and to explore this concept without restraint. Please keep in mind that durability, safety and minimal maintenance needs are absolutely required. Also, it may be helpful to know that ACP owns a 10,000 lumens projector which may be used as a part of a project (proposal would need to consider logistics, power, safety and weatherproofing). However, we are not specifically seeking or favoring projection projects.

Budget
The $10,000 budget is all-inclusive, covering design, construction and/or fabrication, transportation, delivery, site preparation, lighting (if applicable), insurance, consultant fees, installation and de-installation at the conclusion of the project. Artist’s travel (if applicable) and all other costs associated with the project (including Artist’s fee) are included in this amount. If the proposed budget exceeds $10,000, artist must detail how the overage will be funded.

Site & Duration
Applicants may propose sites, but should be aware that it is the applicant’s responsibility to obtain permission and access from the proper authorities. Note that Artist should initiate the obtaining of permission during the application process. ACP can assist the artist in securing a site(s) for the project if assistance is needed. If the project is site specific, consideration should also be given to security, projection/viewability, and ambient light issues of a proposed site(s). ACP would like the project to begin in late September/early October 2011 and occur throughout the month of October, but will consider other time durations as they relate to specific projects. Artist should plan to remove the project during the first week of November, 2011.

Submission procedure & Contact Information

All proposed materials must be postmarked by February 28, 2011.
Late proposals will not be accepted – no exceptions.
Submissions should be e-mailed to: info@acpinfo.org, or mailed/delivered to:
ACP, 1135 Sheridan Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30324.
Applications that are faxed, incomplete, or late will not be accepted.

Artists will be notified of panel recommendations by email.

For the complete details, please visit the ACP website

The Roundtable Review

2011-02-15T09:48:00.001-07:00

The Roundtable Review is an opportunity for fine art photographers to present their portfolio to a panel of three reviewers, representing three areas of the photographic community — the gallery, the publisher, and the online presence. The Roundtable Review is a juried review, and twenty photographers will be chosen to participate. Each participant will have a 30-minute session with the three panelists and receive feedback on their work.

At the end of the two-day event, participants will socialize and network with the panelists and fellow reviewees at an evening cocktail party at the Jennifer Schwartz Gallery. Additionally, the panelists will vote on a first place review prize, and the winner will receive an exhibition opportunity at the Jennifer Schwartz Gallery.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 18, 2011.

Guidelines for submission:
• An artist bio and a short description of the work
• 5-10 jpegs (100dpi and 6 inches at the longest dimension) sent in a zip folder (preferred) or as email attachments

Email submissions to submissions@jenniferschwartzgallery.com. There is a $25 non-refundable submission fee. You may mail a check to the gallery at 75 Bennett Street, suite K2, 30309, or request a PayPal invoice to pay by credit card. Payment must be received by the deadline of February 25 for your submission to be considered.

Accepted participants will be notified by Wednesday, March 23. The cost of the review is $250.

Roundtable Reviewers for the April 2011 session:

Jennifer Schwartz is the owner of Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, located in Atlanta, Georgia. Jennifer Schwartz Gallery is a fine art photography gallery promoting talented, original and emerging photographers as well as established contemporary photographers. Through regular rotating exhibitions, educational artist talks and the representation of gifted and unique up-and-coming photographers, the gallery aims to enhance awareness of the rich variety of photographic talent.

Jennifer Schwartz is originally from Richmond, Virginia, and has her BA from Colgate University and her MA from Georgia State University. The owner of a successful commercial photography business for ten years, she opened her gallery in 2009 to give Atlanta’s thriving photography community a venue to showcase the work of emerging photographers. Focused on taking a fresh, enthusiastic approach to the traditional photography gallery, the Jennifer Schwartz Gallery is committed to working collaboratively with other photographic entities and to building community both locally and through online venues.

David Bram is a fine art photographer and the editor, founder, and curator of Fraction Magazine, an online venue dedicated to fine art photography, showcasing the work of both emerging and very established fine art photographers. Fraction Magazine was founded in 2008 and is currently on its 23rd issue.

David Bram has been reviewing portfolios at various events including Review LA, Review Santa Fe, PhotoNOLA, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, and FotoFest. He was also a juror for Review Santa Fe in 2010 as well as a juror for Critical Mass in 2009 and 2010.

Alexa Dilworth is the Publishing Director/Editor at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. She has a B.A. and an M.A., both in English, from the University of Florida, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. In 1995, she was hired by the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University to work for DoubleTake magazine, where she held the position of proofreader, managing editor, and then executive editor. She was also hired as the managing editor of the CDS books program at that time and has coordinated the editorial, design, and production work for every CDS book since 1996. She is the publishing director at CDS, and also runs the Awards program, which includes the Daylight/CDS Photo Awards, the CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography, and 25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers, among others.

CDS Books at the Center for Documentary Studies are works of creative exploration by writers and photographers who convey new ways of seeing and understanding human experience in all its diversity — books that tell stories, challenge our assumptions, awaken our social conscience, and connect life, learning, and art.

SPE National Conference in Atlanta

2011-02-09T17:17:00.002-07:00

Contact: Sheryl Banks, National Conference Planner
sbanks@spenational.org
p 216/256-6521 f 216/622-2712
www.spenational.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Society for Photographic Education’s 48th Annual National Conference, “Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image,” in Atlanta, March 10-13, 2011

(CLEVELAND, OHIO) - The Society for Photographic Education’s (SPE) 48th annual National Conference will convene March 10 – 13, 2011, in Atlanta, GA, at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, with the theme of “Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image.” The conference will examine the union of the ideologies of scientists and poets in the context of photography with more than sixty presentations, discussions, and workshops by photographers, writers, educators, curators, historians, and professionals.
"The vernacular of science and poetry are infused in the methods and work of nearly every photographer," says Michael Marshall, SPE 2011 conference chair and associate professor of photography at the University of Georgia, in Athens. "This year's programming will take us into the very foundations of our process, investigating how we engage our experiences, and the visual languages we use to express them."

This year’s keynote speaker will be Abelardo Morell. Morell will take the audience through his photography career from early picture-making in New York City after his exile from Cuba, to his days at home as a new father photographing his children and finding beauty in everyday objects. It will be an overarching presentation of some of the more recognizable pictures, as well as some lesser-known images from his time photographing in museums, libraries, and landscapes around the world. His work has been collected and shown in many galleries, institutions, and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York, among many others.

Other major presenters will include Catherine Wagner, presenting "Art & Science: Investigating Matter,” and Carolyn Guertin, presenting "Freeze Frame: Image, Space-Time, Text" Wagner is a keen observer of the built environment, examining institutions of learning and knowledge, such as art museums and science labs, as well as the ways we construct our cultural identity. Guertin is a cyberfeminist, photographer, and digital media scholar who specializes in digital narrative. She is currently working on a book called Digital Prohibition: The Death of the Author, The Rise of the Multitude.

SPE, which will celebrate it’s 50th anniversary in 2013 and just launched a new, state-of-the-art website, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a broader understanding of photography in all its forms. The national conference is the centerpiece of SPE’s yearly programming and features a Curator Portfolio Walkthrough, one-on-one portfolio critiques and sessions, informal portfolio sharing, Adobe demonstrations, a print raffle, silent auction, film festival, reception, dance party and an exhibits fair, featuring over sixty corporate exhibitors showing the latest equipment and processes, hot- off-the-press books, and other resources for lens-based artists. The exhibits fair is free and open to the public.

For more information and to register, please visit the SPE website, www.spenational.org.
The Society for Photographic Education is a nonprofit membership organization that provides a forum for the discussion of photography and related media as a means of creative expression and cultural insight. Through its interdisciplinary programs, services and publications, the society seeks to promote a broader understanding of the medium in all its forms, and to foster the development of its practice, teaching, scholarship and criticism.

Someone took more than a photograph

2011-02-09T12:42:00.007-07:00

Last Friday night, February 4th, there was a kick ass art show in Los Angeles, called These Friends. Hundreds of people showed up to see great work and to socialize with their friends. Everyone had a great time until one person did something really stupid. This show was hosted by the collective known as ThisLosAngeles.

As the gallery was closing and was being cleaned up, someone came in and asked to use the restroom. Being the nice folks that they, they let this young man use the facilities.

On his way out, he grabbed this one of a kind Polaroid photograph of Dennis Hopper, that was made by the artist/actor Jason Lee.

As of this writing, this photograph has yet to be recovered. Jason Lee has even put up a $25,000 reward for it. Still no word.

If the photograph is not recovered, there is a very real chance that this amazing gallery space will have to close, permanently. So not only did someone steal the photograph, but they will have stolen great public art space from the people of LA.

If you know anything about who might have the photograph or where it might be, please contact Jeremy Weiss at 323-747-5301 or this@thislosangeles.com

There's also more info at http://thislosangeles.com/blog/

Please pass this info along to everyone you know.

Fujifilm X100 digital rangefinder

2011-02-08T13:49:00.001-07:00

Thinking about pre-ordering the Fujifilm X100 through Amazon?

Use this link or the one on the right and support Fraction.

Fraction is now an Amazon affiliate and will receive a small percentage of each purchase.

Ferit Kuyas at Gallery 291

2011-02-07T18:21:00.003-07:00

Ferit Kuyas

Artist Reception Thursday Feb 10, 6-9pm

Feb 3 - April 23, 2011

Photographic works of Ferit Kuyas from his book "Chongqing: The City of Ambition"

Show Runs: February 10 - April 23, 2011

**Opening Reception: February 10, 6-8**

Artist Talk: February 12, 1:00 pm (free event)

Photographer Ferit Kuyas became fascinated by the "megalomaniacal" construction fervour he witnessed in this body of work named the "City of Ambition" from Chongqing, China. The constant haze of pollution and large scale population of 32 million inhabitants translate in his images as being "huge, unstoppable, terrifying, incomprehensible, fascinating, beautiful...." as writers Diana Edkins and Bill Kouwenhoven state. Kuyas' focus is on the periphery of the city where "the enormity of it cannot be directly seen, but rather felt."

These are images that depict a city that sits just downstream from the renowned "Three Gorges" on the Yangtze River and the now infamous dam. The "city of fog" which Chongquing is known, has 3 noted dimensions: rivers, bridges and mist. The past 25 years have brought incredible economic booms from the dam yet have transformed the society and the environment into a unrecognizable new reality, with a 4th dimension of heavy industrial pollution.

Diana opens her introductory from Kuyas’ book "Chongqing: City of Ambition" with the following quote:

"Were do we come from?
What are we?
Where are we going?
-Paul Gauguin

Kuyas used a large format camera during a three year period on the outskirts of the city to attempt to capture the absence of history, an urban reality of disconnect in China's current economic explosion. Showing the vast construction and deconstruction of the landscape, Kuyas creates a visual and emotional experience of what Edkins calls "today's China in all of its grandeur and grandeur’s contradictions....these pictures are more about what cannot be explained. They serve as a stage for enigmatic dramas.."

Bill Kowenhoven comments that "The ever-present haze, the smog of the factories and the mist of the river, subtly rendered through Kuyas's lens, situate the constantly moving interface of this "city on the edge of forever' at a point that has always already been lost by the time the pictures are developed."

The "Chongqing: City of Ambition" book includes texts written by Diana Edkins and Bill Kouwenhoven in hardcover will be available for purchase and signed by the artist.

Gallery 291

291 Geary Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

415-291-9001

www.Gallery291.net

Photo Alliance Portfolio Reviews

2011-02-02T12:01:00.002-07:00

I was invited to be a reviewer at the PhotoAlliance's 2011 Our World Portfolio Reviews. But due to a scheduling conflict, I cannot be there.
This is a great organization that I want to align Fraction with and I think you should too.

This is a juried portfolio review.
Prescreening SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE is Friday FEBRUARY 11th, 2011 at 5pm.

The actual event takes place March 11-13 in San Francisco.

All of the details are HERE and be sure to check out the impressive list of reviewers.

Issue 23

2011-02-01T00:02:00.001-07:00

Issue 23 is now available for viewing and includes the work of Jennifer Schlesinger, Jennifer Shaw, Nan Brown, S Gayle Stevens, Susan Burnstine.

Check it out at www.fractionmagazine.com

Thank You Verve

2011-01-24T17:19:00.001-07:00

Descendants by Norman Mauskopf

Thank you to everyone at Verve for their support of Fraction.

Check out their site and some of the publications they have for sale.

The Numbers Are In

2011-01-07T10:52:00.000-07:00

The numbers from the Holiday Print Sale are in and I want to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who bought a print (or two) and supported the artists who have been on Fraction.

In the 41 days that the HPS page was on the Fraction site, 81 photographs were sold with a total dollar amount of $5930.00 !!!

100% of the sale went to the artist.

Also, one artist was offered a spot in a group show in a gallery in Atlanta.

I am really proud of this and extremely grateful.

It was a terrific way to end an amazing year.

Thank you!

Thank You Light Work

2011-01-07T09:32:00.002-07:00

Thank you Light Work, for your support of Fraction.

I would encourage everyone to check out Light Work and their free preview of Contact Sheet.

Please visit their website at http://www.lightwork.org and follow them on twitter at http://twitter.com/LightWork_photo

photo-eye Best Books of 2010

2011-01-06T18:03:00.002-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

photo-eye Best Books of 2010

photo-eye is pleased to announce the arrival of our highly anticipated yearly-feature – Best Books of 2010. You’ll find the feature and a complete list of books on photo-eye Best Books feature page located in photo-eye Magazine

For nearly two decades photo-eye has been selecting the best photography books of the year. In the past we sat around the table at Director Rixon Reed's home or in our Santa Fe bookstore debating for hours on topics such as each book's historical importance, how a particular title contributes to the expansion of our understanding of an important photographer's oeuvre or the nature and relevance of the book as object. The features or factors making a book the best for one person are not always the same for another. As the years progressed, the list of nominees and the stack of books to review in one evening made the task of narrowing down the list to a few titles almost impossible. In 2008, photo-eye decided to invite some of our favorite contemporary publishers, writers, photographers and photo professionals to assist us in this process. Their opinions reflect the diversity of the medium. This year's list of contributors offers up the aesthetic tastes of 27 contributors from Europe, the US, Japan and Mexico.

This year’s contributors are Alan Rapp, Alec Soth, Anne Kelly, Antone Dolezal, Bruno Ceschel, Alexa Becker, Colin Pantall, Elizabeth Avedon, Fabrice Wagner, George Slade, Hester Keijser, Joerg Colberg, John Gossage, Larissa Leclair, Laurence Vecten, Loring Knoblauch, Marco Delogu, Martin Parr, Melanie McWhorter, Michael Schmelling, Morten Andersen, Peter Sutherland, Ramón Reverté, Rinko Kawauchi, Timothy Prus & Ed Jones, Todd Hido and Willem van Zoetendaal.

Please feel free to forward this announcement or link to the photo-eye Best Books of 2010 webpage on your blog, website, or social media network.

For more information on the photo-eye Best Books of 2010, please contact:

Melanie McWhorter, melanie@photoeye.com, Book Division Manager, 505.988.5152 x 112

Antone Dolezal, tony@photoeye.com, Managing Editor, photo-eye Magazine, 505.988.5152 x 114

The Fraction Magazine Show at Rayko

2011-01-06T16:34:00.000-07:00

I've been asked to put together a show of work that has been featured on Fraction, to put on display at the Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco.

The show runs from August 10 to September 20 and the opening is Thursday August 11.

Once I have the rest of the details I will post them.

Joseph O Holmes at Jen Bekman

2011-01-03T12:39:00.003-07:00

Joseph O Holmes, who is featured in Fraction Issue 22, currently has work on display at the Jen Bekman Gallery in New York City

Joseph O Holmes : The Urban Wilderness
Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street (betw Elizabeth and Bowery)
New York, NY
Weds through Sun, noon to 6:00, through January 23

http://www.jenbekman.com/

Happy New Year and Thank You

2010-12-31T10:38:00.005-07:00

It's about 15 hours before 2011 arrives and I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year and I wanted to take a few minutes to say thank you to a few people.

First, I have to say thank you to my wife Amelia and daughter Elizabeth for helping make Fraction happen and for all of their love and support. It's been an amazing year and they are a huge part of it all.

Second, a big thanks to the people listed here for their friendship and collaboration.

(In no specific order)

Crista Dix at Wallspace
Paula Griffin at The Griffin Museum
Laura Pressley and Jessica Taylor Fleigle at Center
Aline Smithson of Lenscratch
Amy Miller and Michael David Murphy at Atlanta Celebrates Photography
The Photo Department at SCAD and Rebecca Nolan
Jim Stone and Michele Evans of the UNM Photo Department
Michael Sebastian
Ellen Rennard
Isa Leshko
Sam Portera
Everyone at Photoeye
Stella Kramer and Jason Houston for making Fraction J happen
Everyone at PhotoNOLA
Kate Ware at the New Mexico Museum of Art
Ellen Wallenstein
Mary Virginia Swanson

Darius Himes and Radius Books

To the Fraction contributors

My pals at FiniteFoto (David Ondrik, Melanie McWhorter and Jonathan Blaustein)

A BIG THANK YOU to the 72 photographers who were featured in 2010. Thank you for letting me show your amazing work.

And a BIGGER THANK YOU to all of the people who visit Fraction on a regular basis. Traffic to the site has grown substantially every month and has led to some great opportunities.

I have some big plans for 2011 and I hope you will continue to follow Fraction and enjoy it as much as I do.

Happy New Year!

http://www.facebook.com/fractionmagazine

Lightwork Subscription Program

2010-12-30T15:12:00.001-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse 13244

Contact: Jessica Reed

315.443.1300, www.lightwork.org

2011 Subscription Program

Light Work Announces 2011 Subscription Program

2011 Subscription Program

Great Art. Great Price. Great Cause. New Benefits.

Light Work is pleased to announce the 2011 Subscription Program, which is full of stunning prints, new and exciting subscription offers, and the award-winning publication, Contact Sheet. For decades, Contact Sheet has been the place where lovers of photography, from museum professionals to avid amateurs to collectors, have turned to see the latest work by important emerging and mid-career artists from around the world. The 2011 Subscription Program introduces expanded benefits and subscription levels.

This year, as part of the 2011 Subscription Program, Light Work celebrates the launch of the online digital archive of Contact Sheet. All subscribers have access to the archive, which can be viewed from computers and web-activated phones alike, and features over 150 issues of Contact Sheet and hundreds of artists. For the first time Light Work is offering a Digital Only subscription, giving subscribers access to the full digital archive of Contact Sheet without receiving printed copies of the publication. Light Work will also offer a limited free trial subscription that will include digital only access to the most recent issues of Contact Sheet.

In addition, all paid subscribers receive the Patron’s Card, which provides discounts at dozens of photography institutions and publications, including free or reduced admission to organizations such as the International Center of Photography in New York City; the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, CA; or the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY.

The 2011 Print Collectors offer features signed, limited edition original photographs by a group of wonderful photographers, including a stunning Master Print Edition by renowned photographer Carrie Mae Weems, as well as Fine Print Program prints by Scott Conarroe, Yolanda del Amo, and Deana Lawson. These prints may be purchased individually (ranging in price from $300-$1000), or at the Benefactor Level ($1500) which gives the purchaser all four prints, plus a signed copy of the book Carrie Mae Weems: Social Studies, and a complimentary subscription to Contact Sheet (including all subscriber benefits, as well as the special gift of receiving signed copies of each issue of Contact Sheet).

Subscribers who choose the Basic Plus subscription level receive a signed copy of the book Carrie Mae Weems: Social Studies as well as five printed copies of Contact Sheet, full access to the digital archive, and the Patron’s Card. Light Work also offers the traditional Basic Subscription level, which includes five printed copies of Contact Sheet, full access to the digital archive, and the Patron’s Card.

Light Work announces the 2011 subscription program at the same time as the launch of the organization’s redesigned website, as well as the revamping of the Light Work Blog to include new features and giveaways. Make sure to visit www.lightwork.org for the most up-to-date information about what’s happening at Light Work and in the world of photography, and to buy your 2011 prints, books, and subscriptions in the online store. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates and special offers.

Contact Sheet is designed and printed in the tradition of fine art photography monographs with beautifully reproduced color and duotone photographs. It is completely commercial free. Light Work publishes five issues of Contact Sheet per year. Four of the issues are single-artist catalogues featuring work that is exhibited in our main gallery. The fifth issue is The Light Work Annual, which showcases imagery by artists in Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program. Light Work is a non-profit, artist-run organization dedicated to the support of artists working in photography and electronic media. Light Work is a member of CMAC, the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers at Syracuse University.

For more information, please contact Jessica Reed at Light Work, 315-443-1300 or jhreed01@syr.edu.

David Taylor at PhotoLA

2010-12-30T14:03:00.001-07:00

David Taylor (Fraction issue 16) will talking about his book "Working the Line" at the PhotoLA fair on Sunday, January 16 at 3pm at Doubletree Hotel in Santa Monica CA

David's work is fantastic and his talks are entertaining and informative. I highly recommend it.

http://www.photola.com/

Fraction on Facebook

2010-12-24T10:33:00.000-07:00

A couple of years ago, when I set up Fraction on Facebook, I did not set it up as a fan page. This was a mistake, which I have now corrected.

The current Fraction page has over 4600 friends which I now need to try to turn into fans.

So if you have a moment, please visit the new Fraction fan page on Facebook and please invite your friends as well.

http://www.facebook.com/fractionmagazine

Thanks and Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

2010-12-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

On the eve of the eve of Christmas, I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.

This has been an amazing year for Fraction. Thank you for making Fraction a success.

2011 is going to be even better.

MIAD-FA382

2010-12-17T16:03:00.001-07:00

I met Kevin Miyazaki in June 2009 at Review Santa Fe. He's a really nice guy whose work I featured in Fraction issue 8. I'm a big fan of his generous efforts with the awesome Collect.Give

So when Kevin asked me if I would judge a contest for one of his classes, MIAD-FA382, I said yes immediately (be sure to check out their blog too).

I have to say that I think there is a lot of good work coming from the class. And like all undergrad classes, there is still work to be done and things to be learned. They are all well on their way to good things.

But the three projects that really stood out for me are:

Julia Kozerki's Truth

Megan Ramminger's In My Eyes

Joshua Ballew's Up For Grabs

Congrats to the three winners. Please take a bit of time and check out all of the work in the class.
It's well worth the time

In good company

2010-12-17T11:12:00.000-07:00

A couple of days ago, Bryan Formhals of the blog La Pura Vida announced his Top 15 Photography Websites of 2010 and Fraction was included.

Bryan commented "...Fraction has an adaptability that’s admirable. They launched in March of 2008 and since then have evolved from a flash based presentation to a more minimal and appealing design that’s run on Indexhibit. Over the course of the year they’ve also jumped into the Flickr mix and introduced Fraction J, a venue dedicated to photojournalism and documentary photography. I suspect we’ll continue to see interesting programs and features develop in 2011."

The other sites include Jen Bekman's Hey Hot Shot, Wired Magazine's RAW blog, Luceo Images, The New York Times Lens Blog, Blake Andrews' blog, Heidi Romano's Unless You Will, Daylight Magazine, The New Yorker's PhotoBooth, Ahorn Magazine, 1000 Words Magazine, Pictory, Flickr, Tumblr, and Urbanautica.

I've always respected Bryan's work as a writer and a photographer. He honestly speaks his mind and often pushes the envelope of thought.

Thank you Bryan for including Fraction in such good company.

Moments of Being

2010-12-13T22:33:00.007-07:00

First, let me say thank you to Crista Dix for the opportunity and to her staff for their hard work and patience.
Second, thank you to all of the photographers who entered. The task of selecting the best work that fit my vision was incredibly difficult. There was so much great work.

Please join me at the show in Santa Barbara. If you can't, the show will be on the Fraction site shortly.

I am proud of this show. I think you will enjoy it.

Happy Holidays,
david bram

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From the Wallspace Gallery blog:

We are thrilled to announce New Directions 2011, Moments of Being at wall space. Curated by the creative and talented David Bram, creator and publisher of Fraction Magazine Moments of Being is the visual connection, the emotional relationship between photographer and subject.

David's job was extremely difficult, paring down to 38 images from over 1400. All the images submitted presented a challenge, defining that moment, looking for that emotional bond captured through the lens.
We can't wait for you to see the show. Join us in Santa Barbara in January, or Seattle in February. We are looking at additional venues as the year progresses, so stay tuned.

ND11 | Moments of Being

January 4th - 29th, 2011 | wall space gallery Santa Barbara, California

Reception with David Bram January 12th, 6 to 8pm.

February 3rd - 26th, 2011 | wall space gallery @ Angle Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building Seattle, Washington

First Thursday ArtWalk Opening February 3rd, 6 to 8pm.

Introducing this year's artists featured in Moments of Being (in alphabetical order)

Leon Alesi
Steven Alverez
Steven Beckly
Jonathan Blaustein
Nan Brown
Liz Clayman
Daniel Coburn
Andy Cook
Kristen Fecker
Jon Feinstein
Elizabeth Fleming
Martha Fleming Ives
Alan Gastelum
Flavie Guerrand
Max Hirshfeld
Ann Conway Jennings
Eddie Lanieri
Ash LaRose
Winky Lewis
Elizabeth Clark Libert
Holly Lynton
Coco Martin
Meridith Miller
Heather Musto
Russ Osterweil
Kate Pollard
Shawn Robinson
Haley Jane Samuelson
Michael Sebastian
Larysa Sendich
Katie Shapiro
Meera Margaret Singh
Tabitha Soren
Agnieszka Sosnowska
Amber Terranova
Chikara Umihara
Vikky Wilkes
Antonio Ysursa

we look forward to seeing you at the gallery in January.

Lori Vrba at PhotoNOLA

2010-12-12T17:52:00.004-07:00

I had the pleasure of meeting Lori back in March at Fotofest in Houston and I've been a fan of the work and the person ever since, so I was very happy to see her again at PhotoNOLA last week.

Lori was at PhotoNOLA showing off some new work from a project called "Piano Farm" and getting her new work reviewed. Somehow she arranged for and produced a show of beautifully toned black&white silver gelatin prints in someone's house in the Treme section of New Orleans.

Upon arriving at the house with a truck load of reviewers (you know who you are), driven by Sam Portera, none of us were positive about where we were at, nor should we be there.

Once inside, we found one of the best shows going on in New Orleans. I'm not sure I've ever been to a photography show before where the surroundings were so perfect. The house that, well, housed the show was in the middle of restoration with loads of exposed walls and ceilings and a slightly creepy feeling. Had I been in the house alone, with the dim lighting, creaky floors and somewhat haunting photographs, I'd probably be a bit on edge. It was kind of like a haunted New Orleans house. In the space, the photographs really fit the environment. I loved it.

If I heard her correctly, Lori set the show up in a day or so. With the help of one of her gallerists, Jennifer Schwartz, and a friend whose name I do not recall, they built frames and set up all the lighting, which had to be brought in just for the show. Also, I believe, the show was only up for one night. I should add, the show was very well attended and at times felt down right crowded.

Lori's work is beautiful and well crafted. Some of her influences are apparent but her voice is clearly heard (or seen) in the work. She is an excellent silver gelatin printer as these are some of the best I've seen in a long time. Also, seeing beautifully handcrafted prints is refreshing at an event (PhotoNOLA) where digital is king.

Take a few minutes to check out her on her website. I think you will really enjoy it.

Pics by Sam Portera (more to come as soon as Sam sends them)

Last Minute Gift Guide

2010-12-12T12:08:00.003-07:00

As time ticks away on this holiday season, I thought I would put some ideas in your head for a few really great photo-related gifts.

- Subscribe to the Fraction Magazine email newsletter - it comes out twice a month and it's free !
http://www.fractionmagazine.com/contact/

- Subscribe to Orion Magazine - "America's Best Environmental Magazine" - for only $19.00 - http://www.orionmagazine.org/

- Become a member of Center and support an organization that supports contemporary photography - memberships start at $35.00 - http://visitcenter.org/ There are also prints available on the Fraction Holiday Print Sale page (go to the bottom)

- Buy a print from the Fraction Holiday Print Sale - 60 photographs to choose from and prices range from $35.00 to $100.00 - http://www.fractionmagazine.com/holiday-print-sale/

- Think Tank Photo makes a terrific line of camera bags and storage products - I recommend the Retrospective 10 - http://www.thinktankphoto.com/affiliates.aspx?code=AP-423 (use this link and get free stuff)

- Get the new David Taylor book "Working The Line" by Radius Books. David was featured in Fraction Issue #16 A gorgeous book that you need to have.

- Aperture has just released two books that I think you really should buy. William Christenberry's "Kodachromes" is gorgeous as is the oversized "Destroy This Memory" by Richard Misrach. Both should be a part of your photo book library.

I'll add a few more things later on.

The 16th Annual CENTER Awards

2010-12-11T10:07:00.005-07:00

The countdown has begun.

The 16th annual CENTER Awards provide contestants with a prestigious and worthwhile photographic awards program. The prize packages are designed to bring exposure to worthy photographers via exhibitions, publication, and career advancement.

Often judges will show interest in work that is not selected for the awards but that may be relevant for other purposes. To facilitate a relationship, CENTER provides contact information of all photographers who have advanced to the final rounds of judging. No work is eliminated by pre-screening. All contestants stand to benefit from the submission process by having their work seen by the judges.

Enter Center Awards & Review Santa Fe 2011.

DEADLINE // JANUARY 27, 2011

http://www.centeryourcareer.org/2011/center/awards/faq-general.html

Photo LA

2010-12-09T18:32:00.001-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Jeannine Schechter Jacobi 310.857.6994 jeannine@freshpr.net

photo l.a. XX | artLA projects
the 20th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL LOS ANGELES
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART EXPOSITION & ARTLA PROJECTS
LA’s Longest Running Art Fair Joins artLA projects
Thursday, January 13, 2011 through Monday, January 17, 2011

Opening Reception benefits the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography at LACMA

In recent years, Los Angeles has experienced a rapid growth of contemporary art galleries along with an expansion of local museum programs highlighting emerging art making it a required destination for curators and collectors. As a marketplace for the Arts, it now rivals New York City. Glenn Lowry, Director of MoMA, recently said in the WSJ, “The art world is a very fluid place, but there is no question that L.A. is very hot at the moment.”

photo l.a.XX, celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary, is the longest running art fair west of New York and is the largest photo-based art fair in the country with over 10,000 attendees. It brings together photography dealers from around the globe, displaying the finest contemporary photography, video and multi-media installations along with masterworks from the 19th century. This is the 48th art fair produced by Stephen Cohen, Director of photo l.a. XX including artLA, photo san francisco, photo MIAMI, photo santa fe, photo NY and the first vernacular photography fair in NYC.

artLA was created in 2004 as a public event bringing together a mix of national and international galleries, artists, collectors and curators for a visual dialogue on the current art scene. Its ongoing commitment to presenting the most challenging art being produced today, has led to the creation of artLA projects, an ongoing citywide program of dynamic and innovative installations, exhibitions, seminars and conversations with established and cutting-edge artists in all media.

photo l.a. XX + artLA projects, returns to the historic Santa Monica Civic with an added 7,000 square foot tented canopy entry. This grand entrance provides space for sculpture, installations, book signings and seating. Attendees will enjoy an expansive lobby that includes a Phaidon bookstore, seating area, café, coffee bar and cupcake corner. There is new VIP balcony lounge and video viewing area.

The launch of artLA projects is a prelude to a much larger artLA 2011 that will align with the Los Angeles Contemporary Art Forum, a new art fair in the fall of 2011 created by the team that produces the Armory Show, Art Chicago, Next, Art Toronto and Volta. As the City heads into the Pacific Standard Time era this fall, Los Angeles is the place to be and artLA 2011 will be the satellite fair of new and emerging art that will parallel the energy and excitement of the newest art fair coming to Los Angeles

photo l.a. XX is proud to host the benefit preview reception for the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography at LACMA on the evening of January 13th from 6 - 9pm. Programming includes off site events, collecting seminars, a panel discussion, Troubled Waters, on photography’s impact on environmental issues and The La Brea Matrix Project, in addition to lectures by Uta Barth, Lyle Ashton Harris, Michael Light, Andrew Moore, and David Taylor among others.

photo l.a. XX and artLA projects is pleased to announce that The New York Times and Angeleno are our media sponsors and our media partners include: artnow-online, ArtFacts.Net, Arte al Limite, Art Log, Latin Art, ArtNexus, Spraygraphic, Unique & Rare, Fraction Magazine, TASJ, Blindspot, Aperture, .it'sliquid, LA Canvas, White Hot, Art Ltd., Art Nexus, Dear Dave, Flak Photo and Gawker Artists. Special projects include: The Family, Reform School and Machine Projects. Our event production partners include Create:Fixate and The Equation. Street art and out door projections by Dawn of Man.

Contact
Telephone: 323.937.5525 | Fax: 323.937.5523
General Information: info@artla.net | info@photola.com
Stephen Cohen, Director & Owner: sc@artla.net | sc@photola.com
Simmy Swinder, Fair Manager: simmy@artla.net | simmy@photola.com
Emily Sills, Administrator: emily@artla.net | Emily@photola.com
Angie Smith, Advertising & Media Partnerships: media@artla.net | media@photola.com
Wayne Fernandez, Sponsorship: wayne@artla.net | wayne@photola.com
Liz Cvitan, Web Marketing: liz@artla.net | liz@photola.com
Jeannine Schechter Jacobi, Press: jeannine@freshpr.net

SPACE design+production
Eric Romano: eric@space-productions.com

advertising on Fraction

2010-12-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

If you are interested in advertising in the December 15 or January 1 email blast, please get in touch with me by December 13.

Issue 21

2010-12-01T09:36:00.002-07:00

Issue 21 is now available for viewing.

This issue features:
Beth Yarnelle Edwards
Jeff Rich
Kathleen Robbins
Susan Worsham
Tom M Johnson
Warren Harold

and has book reviews by Daniel W Coburn and Ellen Wallenstein.

Check it out

http://fractionmagazine.com

Call for Entries: Beyond the Assignment

2010-11-30T20:08:00.001-07:00

Beyond the Assignment

Every now and then you have an assignment that sticks with you and you can't get it out of your head - so much so that you go back, over and over again, on your own dime, becoming more involved and personally committed, exploring the subjects more deeply each time. Or maybe there's that story you never could find a home for in the mainstream media, but you knew it was important and did it anyways.

For the January issue of FractionJ we're looking for these types of long-term, well developed and 'personal' journalistic / documentary explorations of the world around us. Work that goes beyond the assignment. Please note: Photographer can be concerned and involved, but stories still must abide by generally accepted journalistic conventions and standards.

This issue will be curated by Jason Houston of Orion Magazine.

Details:

- the deadline is January 2, 2011

-Please send 5 photographs (no bigger than 1000 pixels wide) and a short statement about the work to fractionj@gmail.com with the subject line "beyond the assignment"

Fraction partners with The New Mexico Museum of Art

2010-11-29T13:40:00.001-07:00

New Mexico Museum of Art

Fraction Magazine partners in presenting Earth Now,

Museum’s on-line exhibition of contemporary American photographers

Brook Reynolds, Ultimate, 2007

Santa Fe, NM (November 29, 2010) - Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art April 8, 2011 and its online component can now be found on the web at http://earthnow.nmartmuseum.org.

Fraction Magazine, the on-line magazine of contemporary photography, will partner with the museum in presenting and expanding the exhibition’s web site.

Katherine Ware, exhibition curator and the museum’s Curator of Photography, selected works for Earth Now showing how a range of contemporary landscape photographers are responding to some of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, such as energy consumption, changing agricultural practices, toxic waste, and the human relationship to animals and the land. Twelve photographers will be highlighted in the Earth Now on-line exhibition.

The museum’s first socially optimized exhibition will showcase some 104 images - from Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter who place the exhibition in historical context to Subhankar Banerjee, Daniel Handal, Brad Temkin, Dornith Doherty and Sharon Stewart. There will also be a blog, a wide range of videos, podcasts of lectures, and links to other sites. The Earth Now site itself will be its own ecosystem remaining an active forum through the run of the gallery exhibition ending August 29, 2011 with frequent additions of fresh content.

One prominent link on the site will take the viewer from Earth Now to Fraction Magazine. The magazine’s participation greatly enlarges the exhibition’s scope - presenting expanded portfolios of the artists in Earth Now; a related exhibition of photographic work selected by Fraction Magazine founder and editor, David Bram; and, an additional selection of works Ware discovered after curating Earth Now, with an emphasis on New Mexico photographers.

This partnership recognizes the evolution toward an on-line presence taking place in traditional media and museum exhibitions. Speaking for the museum, Ware comments that; “We are exploring new territory with this on-line exhibition preceding the gallery opening in April. One of our goals is to give viewers a chance to engage with the photographs over time and to encourage them to comment and respond. We want the museum’s resources to be available to everyone and the site, along with the opportunity to collaborate with David Bram and Fraction Magazine, open up the conversation to a broader audience."

Bram said of his partnering with the museum on this exhibition; “I am thrilled to be working with the Museum and with Katherine Ware, as I believe this is a monumental show that will once again put New Mexico on the global map for contemporary landscape photography. I am also excited about the ability to extend the physical show to the on-line world, and to bring more museum quality photography to the growing Fraction audience." Fraction Magazine can be accessed at www.fractionmagazine.com.

Media Contacts:
Steve Cantrell, PR Manager
DCA / Museum of New Mexico
505-476-1144
505-310-3539 - cell
steve.cantrell@state.nm.us

David Bram, Publisher and Editor
Fraction Magazine
fractionmag@gmail.com

Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography
New Mexico Museum of Art
kate.ware@state.nm.us

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The New Mexico Museum of Art was founded in 1917 as the Art Gallery of the Museum of New Mexico . Housed in a spectacular Pueblo Revival building designed by I. H. and William M. Rapp, it was based on their New Mexico building at the Panama-California Exposition (1915). The museum's architecture inaugurated what has come to be known as " Santa Fe Style." For nearly 100 years, the Museum has celebrated the diversity of the visual arts and the legacy of New Mexico as a cultural crossroads by collecting and exhibiting work by leading artists from New Mexico and elsewhere. This tradition continues today with a wide-array of exhibitions with work from the world’s leading artists. The New Mexico Museum of Art brings the art of New Mexico to the world and the art of the world to New Mexico. The New Mexico Museum of Art is a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.

Fraction Magazine (www.fractionmagazine.com) features the best of contemporary photography, bringing together diverse bodies of work by established and emerging artists from around the globe. Each monthly on-line issue focuses on a central theme, creating an implicit dialogue between differing photographic perspectives. Fraction also offers in-depth photography book reviews. For his outstanding work, David Bram, Fraction's editor and publisher, was selected as the 2010 recipient of the Griffin Museum's Rising Star Award. Bram is also a fine art photographer and juries many competitions. Fraction Magazine is based in Albuquerque, NM

Fraction Holiday Print Sale

2010-11-21T22:19:00.003-07:00

Season's Greetings !

I am proud to announce the Third Annual Fraction Magazine Holiday Print Sale!
(click here to see the page)

In an effort to help support the photographers who have been featured on Fraction Magazine,
we are offering you this chance to buy their specially selected prints.
Each photographer has selected the image, the edition, the price, and the size.

100% of the sale goes directly to the photographer !

So before you run to the mall to spend your money at big box corporate stores,
have a look at these photographs, and please consider the lasting gift of great artwork!

As always, thanks for your support of Fraction and its featured artists.

Happy Holidays!
Sincerely,
David Bram
Editor and Founder

Here's the List:
Hollis Bennett, Ellen Rennard, Isa Leshko, David Ondrik, Jonathan Blaustein, Aline Smithson, Tom Griscom, Todd Walker, Tom Leininger, Dalton Rooney, Lydia Panas, Isabelle Pateer, Greg Friedler, Ken Rosenthal, Daniel Shea, Blake Andrews, William Greiner, Kerry Mansfield, Samuel Portera, Suzanne Revy, Jason Houston, Tabitha Soren, Jane Alden Stevens , Jim Stone, Nadia Sablin, Francesca Yorke, Eliot Dudik, Noelle Swan Gilbert, Tom Richardson, Michael Sebastian, Kevin Miyazaki, Susan Hayre Thelwell, Daniel W Coburn, Kathleen Robbins, Beth Yarnelle Edwards, Jeff Rich, Nate Larson, Holly Lynton, Gordon Stettinius, Ian Whitmore, Susan Lynn Smith, Jennifer Ray, Bryan Formhals, Victoria Crayhon, Melanie McWhorter, Matt Slaby, Daryl Peveto, David Walter Banks, Kendrick Brinson, Kevin German, Matt Eich, Noah Beil, Taylor Glenn, Allison V Smith, Norman Mauskopf, Christy Karpinski, Warren Harold, Brad Temkin, Susan Worsham, David J Eisenlord, David Bram

Moments of Being

2010-11-18T11:07:00.001-07:00

There is roughly 48 hours left to enter the Wallspace Gallery portrait competition - Moments of Being.

The deadline is November 20 at 11:59pm PST

The Details

General Information
The submission period for our fifth annual juried show - New Directions 2011 will be open until 20 November 2010.
New Directions seeks to discover new talent in the world of photography. Past shows have included the works of Joseph O. Holmes, Priya Kambli and Joelle Jensen. Each year emerging artists have an opportunity to have their work seen by a nationally recognized figure in the field of photography. From these entries a cohesive show emerges for display at Wall Space in January, and this year we are excited to the opportunity to show ND11 in our gallery in Santa Barbara and Seattle.
All submissions for this exhibition are considered for gallery representation. wall space directors and associates will review the work, however the galleries review will not affect the outcome of the selection process.

Juror
David Bram is a fine art photographer and the editor, founder, and curator of Fraction Magazine, an online venue dedicated to fine art photography, showcasing the work of both emerging and very established fine art photographers. Fraction Magazine is now published on a monthly basis. Fraction Magazine was founded in 2008 and is currently on it's nineteenth issue and has shown portfolios from more than 120 photographers.
David has been reviewing portfolios at various events including Review LA, Review Santa Fe, PhotoNOLA, Atlanta Celebrates Photography and Fotofest. He was also a juror for Review Santa Fe in 2010 as well as a juror for Critical Mass in 2009 and 2010. In September 2010, David was the recipient of the Griffin Museum of Photography's Rising Star Award.

Prospectus for New Directions 2011
The Portrait: "Moments of Being"
As photographers, we look for faces and expressions that tell stories. We look for character. We look for emotion.
We look for the hook, that moment of being that creates a compelling portrait. Like a modern physiognomy, a portrait tells a story equal parts subject and photographer in a single moment.
As the curator of this show, I will be looking for portraits that are edgy and daring. I want more than the traditional head shot. I want to see work that pushes the boundaries of what is normally called a portrait. (Please note: For this show, my interests are not in photo-journalistic photographs of the homeless, the needy, or third world subjects)
Photographs by Emmet Gowin and Sally Mann (for example) show a trust and a relationship between the photographer and the subject. There is a connection that is clear to the viewer; this is what I am looking for. I will also be looking for unique styles and interesting compositions. The images might be quiet, honest, sexually charged, or pure. These portraits, color or black and white, should convey a unique and powerful moment of life.
For more information please contact the gallery.

Important Dates
Open Submission period - 1 October 2010 - 20 November 2010
Artists notified - 13 December 2010
Prints due to wall space gallery - 2 January 2011
wall space | Santa Barbara exhibition - 4 January - 30 January 2011
wall space | Seattle exhibition - 1 February - 26 February 2011

Think Tank Photo camera bag giveaway

2010-11-16T12:15:00.007-07:00

Fraction Magazine is giving away a ThinkTank Photo Urban Disguise 40 v2 bag.

This bag is brand new, still in the plastic and box, and has a retail value of $155.00

Here's how to enter:
Send an email to fractionmag@gmail.com with the
subject : ThinkTank Giveaway
content: your name / city / state

You will then be signed up for the Fraction Magazine email blast, which happens twice a month. You must confirm this.

On December 16, I will announce the winner who will be randomly selected.

The bag will ship to the winner on December 17 via UPS, free of charge.

This contest is open to US residents only.

This contest is open from November 15 to December 15.

To see all of the specs on this amazing bag, click here.

A HUGE thank you to ThinkTank Photo.

Use the link to the right ---> to get free stuff too when buying Think Tank products!

Upcoming events

2010-11-12T20:11:00.000-07:00

I am curating a show for the 2011 New Directions show at Wallspace in Santa Barbara. The deadline for the Call for Entries is November 20. All the details are here. The opening for this show is Wednesday January 12 and I will be there for it.

Issue 2 of Fraction J will be out on November 15. This issue is curated by Stella Kramer and is about the Gulf Oil Disaster.

On November 22, I will be sending out the link to the Fraction Holiday Print sale page. The photographers who have been featured on Fraction have been invited to offer prints at special sizes, edition and prices to the Fraction audience. There is a great selection of work. I think you will really like what is offered. Please note: 100% of the sale goes to the photographer.

I will be doing portfolio reviews at PhotoNOLA on December 4th and 5th. If you will be there for the event, be sure to say hello. I plan to be in New Orleans a few extra days, so if you are interested in a private portfolio consultation, please contact me for details.

Speaking of reviews, I will also be doing reviews at Review LA on January 14th and 15th. If you are interested in a private portfolio consultation after the Review LA event, please contact me.

A busy few weeks ahead.

New Directions 2011 deadline is November 20

2010-11-11T12:34:00.000-07:00

I will be selecting work for New Directions 2011. The deadline is November 20.
All the details are here
http://fractionmag.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-directions-2011.html

Ashley Craig at NeoxImage in Miami

2010-11-09T20:40:00.001-07:00

If you happen to live in South Florida, try to make this show.

If not, check out her website: http://www.ashleyecraig.com/

Holiday Giveaway coming up

2010-11-09T09:29:00.002-07:00

Fraction will be giving away really sweet camera bag. It is the Think Tank Photo Urban Disguise 40 v.2 and is worth $155.00

From the Think Tank Photo website
The briefcase size Urban Disguise 40 V2.0 fits more gear that it appears! A wide angle lens with hood in position, 24-70 f2.8 with hood in position and 70-200 f2.8 with hood reversed all fit vertically into this slim shoulder bag. Now it’s the photographer’s choice to attach a pro size or regular size DSLR to the short lenses. The new Expansion Zipper increases the depth of the Urban Disguise 40 V2.0 to fit a pro size DSLR with a lens attached, inside the main compartment!

The details will be announced here on the blog on November 15.

If you can't wait to see if you win, use this link to order your own bag and to get a freebie or two.

This giveaway item is courtesy of Think Tank Photo.

New Directions 2011

2010-11-04T10:52:00.002-06:00

I have been asked to be the Juror for the New Directions 2011 show at the Wallspace Gallery in Santa Barbara CA. Here's a bit of info:

General Information
The submission period for our fifth annual juried show - New Directions 2011 will be open until 20 November 2010.
New Directions seeks to discover new talent in the world of photography. Past shows have included the works of Joseph O. Holmes, Priya Kambli and Joelle Jensen. Each year emerging artists have an opportunity to have their work seen by a nationally recognized figure in the field of photography. From these entries a cohesive show emerges for display at Wall Space in January, and this year we are excited to the opportunity to show ND11 in our gallery in Santa Barbara and Seattle.
All submissions for this exhibition are considered for gallery representation. wall space directors and associates will review the work, however the galleries review will not affect the outcome of the selection process.

Juror
David Bram is a fine art photographer and the editor, founder, and curator of Fraction Magazine, an online venue dedicated to fine art photography, showcasing the work of both emerging and very established fine art photographers. Fraction Magazine is now published on a monthly basis. Fraction Magazine was founded in 2008 and is currently on it's nineteenth issue and has shown portfolios from more than 120 photographers.
David has been reviewing portfolios at various events including Review LA, Review Santa Fe, PhotoNOLA, Atlanta Celebrates Photography and Fotofest. He was also a juror for Review Santa Fe in 2010 as well as a juror for Critical Mass in 2009 and 2010. In September 2010, David was the recipient of the Griffin Museum of Photography's Rising Star Award.

Prospectus for New Directions 2011
The Portrait: "Moments of Being"
As photographers, we look for faces and expressions that tell stories. We look for character. We look for emotion.
We look for the hook, that moment of being that creates a compelling portrait. Like a modern physiognomy, a portrait tells a story equal parts subject and photographer in a single moment.
As the curator of this show, I will be looking for portraits that are edgy and daring. I want more than the traditional head shot. I want to see work that pushes the boundaries of what is normally called a portrait. (Please note: For this show, my interests are not in photo-journalistic photographs of the homeless, the needy, or third world subjects)
Photographs by Emmet Gowin and Sally Mann (for example) show a trust and a relationship between the photographer and the subject. There is a connection that is clear to the viewer; this is what I am looking for. I will also be looking for unique styles and interesting compositions. The images might be quiet, honest, sexually charged, or pure. These portraits, color or black and white, should convey a unique and powerful moment of life.
For more information please contact the gallery.

Important Dates
Open Submission period - 1 October 2010 - 20 November 2010
Artists notified - 13 December 2010
Prints due to wall space gallery - 2 January 2011
wall space | Santa Barbara exhibition - 4 January - 30 January 2011
wall space | Seattle exhibition - 1 February - 26 February 2011

For the rules and entry links, visit the Wallspace website

CCNY 2011 Darkroom Residency program

2010-11-04T10:49:00.000-06:00

OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES:
2011 Darkroom Residency program

CCNY invites emerging photographers living in New York City to apply for the 2011 Darkroom Residency Program.

The CCNY Darkroom Residency offers local photographers much-needed workspace in New York City as well as access to the CCNY community and programs.

Deadline extended to NOVEMBER 15

CCNY is celebrating over 125 years serving the photographic and art community through this and upcoming exhibitions, lectures, and special events. For more information, contact John Stanley at info@cameraclubny.org or by phone at 212-260-9927.

Please visit us at www.cameraclubny.org

David Leventi at Blue Sky Gallery

2010-11-02T11:31:00.004-06:00

DAVID LEVENTI: OPERA
Exhibition Dates: November 4 – November 28, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 4th, 6 – 9 pm
Location: Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
Contact Info: 503.225.0210; www.blueskygallery.org

The show is available to see online at the following...
http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/david-leventi/

David's other work, Romania Visited, was featured in Issue 16

http://www.fractionmagazine.com/artist/davidleventi/

Issue 20 is not safe for work

2010-11-01T10:13:00.000-06:00

For quite sometime, I've been wanting to do an issue that dealt with the issue of nudity and sexuality. You'd be surprised by the number of portfolios that get submitted to Fraction and how many deal with these issues. I suspect those numbers might rise now.

If you would like to make a comment about this issue, feel free to do so here.

Thank you to Daniel W. Coburn, Kerry Mansfield, Aaron Feaver, Haley Jane Samuelson, Greg Friedler, Michael Barolet and Traci Matlock for letting me show their work here.

Thank you to the ACP 13

2010-10-23T18:55:00.001-06:00

Sorry this has taken a week to do.

First, thanks to Amy Miller and Michael David Murphy for a wonderful time in Atlanta and a chance to do portfolio reviews as well as to give a talk about Fraction.

Second, a big thanks to the following photographers who wanted their work reviewed by me:
Camille Wright Felton
David Foster
Kathleen Robbins
Ellen Jantzen
Michael W Ellison
Alan Chimacoff
Charles Mintz
Jeff Rich
Max Shuster
Sam Dobrow
Harold Ross
Shawn Rocco
Billy Weeks

I really did enjoy myself and look forward to going back to Atlanta in March 2011 for SPE.

Interview on A Photo Editor

2010-10-21T16:24:00.000-06:00

My friend and fellow New Mexico resident Jonathan Blaustein asked me 5 questions, and the answers are now posted on Rob Haggarts' A Photo Editor blog.

The questions and the answers are straight forward and honest and I thank Jonathan and Rob for the opportunity.

Thank you ACP

2010-10-17T09:09:00.000-06:00

Before I head off the to the airport, I just want to say thanks to Michael David Murphy and Amy Miller as well as to everyone at Atlanta Celebrates Photography for a great weekend.

A detailed write will come tomorrow.

Earth Now: American Landscape Photographers and the Environment

2010-10-12T16:10:00.000-06:00

The New Mexico Museum of Art

Earth Now: American Landscape Photographers

and the Environment

Greg Mac Gregor, Fuel Tanks, 2006

(Santa Fe, NM - October 12, 2010)—Earth Now: American Landscape Photographers and the Environment offers both a survey and a contemporary view of how artists working in photography have addressed our relationship to the environment, one of the greatest challenges facing us since at least the mid-twentieth century. Using beauty, humor, and horror to engage attention, these photographers provoke questions about the legacy of industry, construction, consumption, and waste disposal while pointing toward new directions such as local farming, new energy source technologies, green roofs, and a renewed connection with the landscapes we inhabit.
Earth Now opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art on April 8, 2011 and will be on view through August 28, 2011. The exhibition opens with suites of images by landscape photographers Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter. As successful artists they also participated in the use of their photographs to promote the establishment and preservation of some of the country’s wilderness areas.
Preceding the April 8, 2011 opening of the Earth Now exhibition in the museum will be an online prologue in fall 2010. The Earth Now site will be designed to invite visitors to join a lively conversation with the twelve contemporary photographers featured in the online exhibition. Other artists, invited commentators, prominent environmental and conservation activists, and the curator will also be contributing, and video podcast interviews will be on the site. Artist interviews, music, reading lists, e-links, and more will also be found on the Earth Now site. The online exhibition - a living ecosystem itself - will remain active through August 28, 2011 (and beyond) as new material from ongoing Earth Now public programming is recorded and added.
The example set by Adams and Porter provoked a range of strong responses by younger landscape photographers, especially in the context of a growing environmental movement beginning in the 1970s. Some followed a similar path to Adams and Porter while others forged a new more activist direction, among them Robert Adams, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Mark Klett, and Richard Misrach. Having set the stage with these important masters, Earth Now continues with a large section of new work from the beginning of the twenty-first century. This selection of photographs by approximately twenty American artists shows how a range of contemporary landscape photographers are responding now to some of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, such as energy consumption, changing agricultural practices, toxic waste, and the human relationship to animals, and to the land. While many of these artists are working in New Mexico and the western United States - including Michael Berman, Joann Brennan, Dornith Doherty, Chris Enos, Greg Mac Gregor, Carlan Tapp, Victor Masayesva, and Sharon Stewart - others represent cities ranging from Seattle to New York and San Francisco to Atlanta. A highlight of the show will be images from brand-new bodies of work by Subhankar Banerjee, Daniel Handal, Brad Temkin, and Phil Underwood.
Commenting on the online preview and upcoming exhibition, New Mexico Museum of Art Curator of Photography Katherine Ware said, “I am interested in exploring how artists and their work function in relation to current events, in helping us make sense of the world around us, reinforcing humanistic values, and provoking questions rather than offering answers. These images require the participation of viewers who are engaged by them and continue the conversation.”
Visitors to the Earth Now online exhibition are invited to view the site www.explore.org, the website of Explore, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation led by Annenberg Foundation Vice President and Director, Charles Annenberg Weingarten. The Annenberg Foundation is pleased to note that the educational, tax-exempt purposes of Explore align closely with those of the Earth Now online exhibition.
A selection of high resolution images from both the online and gallery exhibition may be accessed here.
Artists included in the Earth Now online exhibition:
Ansel Adams - Images of Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Park in California; Alaska
Eliot Porter -- Landscapes made on the east coast and at Glen Canyon
Subhankar Banerjee - Where I Live, I Hope to Know, from a study of his neighborhood outside Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bremner Benedict - Selections from Gridlines, a series on the power towers that often dominate the American landscape
Joann Brennan - A trio of images from her extended series Imagining Eden about scientists who are working on how people and animals can better co-exist
Dornith Doherty - Two large-scale pieces from Archiving Eden, a series of work made with x-rays at master seed banks
Daniel Handal - Images from his new series From Forest to Field, about young farmers in New York’s Hudson Valley region
Beth Lilly - Monsters, a view of the resilience and adaptability of urban trees
Brook Reynolds - Her recent series Light, Sweet Crude examines the American appetite for oil
Sharon Stewart - Excerpts from the long-term series Agua es Vida: A Village Life Portrait on community life and acequia-based agriculture in El Cerrito, New Mexico
Carlan Tapp - Part of his body of work Question of Power, about the human costs of coal use in the United States, taken at the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region
Brad Temkin - Initial work from a new series on greenscaping, Rooftop, showing gardens thriving atop Chicago’s civic buildings
Artists included in the gallery exhibition
Ansel Adams
Robert Adams
Subhankar Banerjee
Bremner Benedict
Michael P. Berman
Joann Brennan
Suzette Bross
Sarah Charlesworth
Christine Chin
Dornith Doherty
Chris Enos
Terry Evans
Daniel Handal
Robert Glenn Ketchum
Mark Klett
Beth Lilly
Greg Mac Gregor
Victor Masayesva Jr.
Brad Moore
Matthew Moore
Richard Misrach
David Maisel
Patrick Nagatani
Bill Owens
Eliot Porter
Brook Reynolds
Laurel Schultz
Christina Seely
Sharon Stewart
Carlan Tapp
Brad Temkin
Robert Toedter
Sonja Thomsen
Phil Underwood

Media Contacts
Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography
505-476-5061
kate.ware@state.nm.us

Steve Cantrell, PR Manager
505-476-1144
505-310-3539 - cell
steve.cantrell@state.nm.us

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The New Mexico Museum of Art was founded in 1917 as the Art Gallery of the Museum of New Mexico. Housed in a spectacular Pueblo Revival building designed by I. H. and William M. Rapp, it was based on their New Mexico building at the Panama-California Exposition (1915). The museum's architecture inaugurated what has come to be known as "Santa Fe Style." For nearly 100 years, the Museum has celebrated the diversity of the visual arts and the legacy of New Mexico as a cultural crossroads by collecting and exhibiting work by leading artists from New Mexico and elsewhere. This tradition continues today with a wide-array of exhibitions with work from the world’s leading artists. The New Mexico Museum of Art brings the art of New Mexico to the world and the art of the world to New Mexico.

Isa Leshko's Thrills and Chills at Houston Arts Alliance

2010-10-09T11:21:00.004-06:00

HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENT:

Isa Leshko Thrills & Chills
On view at Houston Arts Alliance Gallery from October 14 – December 31, 2010
Opening reception: October 14, 6 - 8 p.m. 3201 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX 77019

HOUSTON, TX - Houston Arts Alliance is proud to announce Isa Leshko's first solo exhibition in Houston, Thrills & Chills. The show consists of black and white images that “explore the fantastic and sinister place” amusement rides hold in Leshko’s imagination. The images were taken at boardwalks, parks, and county fairs throughout New England, the New Jersey shore, and Ohio.

Opening Reception for the exhibition at Houston Arts Alliance Gallery, 3201 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX on Thursday, October 14, 6 - 8 p.m. This exhibition is accompanied by a limited edition catalog (ISBN: 978-0-615- 35421-7) that will be available for purchase at the reception.

About her work, Leshko writes:
Amusement park rides terrify me, which is why I began photographing them. I am fascinated by what compels people to surrender themselves to these mechanical beasts. The rides seem to challenge the very limitations of being human. We can’t fly; yet these vertigo-inducing machines allow us to soar through the open air. The experience combines elation with fear; thrills with chills.... With some of these images, I suspend disbelief and embrace the underlying fantasies of these rides. With other images, I examine the tensions that exist between fantasy and reality. I am interested in exploring the range of emotions—from anger to shock to exultation—that people exhibit in pursuit of the amusement these rides are supposed to provide.

A smaller selection of these images was exhibited in April 2010 at the Griffin Museum of Photography near Boston, MA. In his review of the show, Boston Globe critic Mark Feeney wrote: “[Leshko’s images]...are very striking: sinister and funny and disorienting all at once.”

The Wave, 2010 Courtesy of the artist and John Cleary Gallery (Houston, TX)

Leshko created her images with an inexpensive plastic film camera called a Holga. This toy camera is stripped down to the bare essentials: it has one shutter speed for normal shooting and a “bulb” mode that allows the photographer to manually open and close the shutter. Its plastic lens has only one aperture. The camera is not light tight, so its back must be sealed with black tape to protect the film inside. The camera’s plastic lens distorts the scale of the rides, particularly when they are photographed against the open sky, lending the images a surreal feel. Leshko finds working with the Holga puts her in the mindset of being a passenger on these rides. “Working with such an imprecise and flawed camera is a frightening and liberating experience, akin to being on a roller coaster,” she states.

Leshko is a fine art photographer based in Houston, TX, represented by John Cleary Gallery (Houston, TX). She has exhibited her work extensively through the United States, including at the Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA), Gallery 339 (Philadelphia, PA), the Rayko Photo Center (San Francisco, CA), Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, OR), Photographic Resource Center (Boston, MA), and the Soho Photo Gallery (New York, NY). Earlier this year, the Boston Public Library recently purchased five prints from Thrills & Chills for their permanent collection. Leshko has received four Prix de la Photographie, Paris Awards and an honorable mention for Houston Center for Photography's 2010 Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship. Her work was also included in Portfolio Showcase Volume 4 that was published earlier this year by the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition, she was selected for the 2010 Review Santa Fe portfolio review and is a 2010 Finalist in the highly competitive Critical Mass competition. Her work is under consideration for acquisition by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and currently part of the Photo Forum exhibit at the museum. This series was also featured in Issue 12 of Fraction Magazine. For more info, please visit: http://www.isaleshko.com.

About HAA
The Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization. The mission is to support and promote artistic life in the Houston region through programs, initiatives and alliances. Advancing the nonprofit arts industry in Greater Houston improves the region's quality of life, ensures a competitive economy, and creates an appealing tourist destination. As one of the country's fastest growing cities and the world's energy capital, Houston is now a center for art of extraordinary caliber and diversity.
However, as a comparatively new city, Houston has not yet achieved national recognition as a cultural destination. Through alliances with business, education, tourism and arts leadership, HAA is charged with elevating the visibility of the arts in Houston, increasing audiences, and promoting regional cultural tourism. HAA is also charged with promoting Houston as an arts capital, thereby increasing tourism to Houston and affirming Houston's growing reputation for quality of life.

About the Houston Center for Photography
HCP's mission is to increase society's understanding and appreciation of photography and its evolving role in contemporary culture. HCP strives to encourage artists, build audiences, stimulate dialogue, and promote inquiry about photography and related media through education, exhibitions, publications, fellowship programs, and community collaboration. HCP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving as a resource to its members and the community with programs that have regional and national impact.

About John Cleary Gallery
John Cleary Gallery was established in 1996, in its current location on Gallery Row by long time photography and rare book collector, John Cleary. In the last 14 years, the gallery has evolved into the premier destination for fine art photography in Houston.

New Orleans Photo Alliance presents PhotoNOLA

2010-10-08T15:49:00.002-06:00

The New Orleans Photo Alliance presents:

PhotoNOLA 2010

The Fifth Annual Festival of Photography in New Orleans

December 2-11, 2010

(New Orleans, Louisiana) PhotoNOLA is an annual festival of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) in partnership with galleries, museums and other venues citywide. The fifth annual festival takes place December 2-11, 2010 with broad ranging photography exhibitions on display throughout the month.

PhotoNOLA festivities will kick off with French Quarter openings and a Slideluck Potshow on Thursday, December 2. An Education Day on December 3 will offer a Focus on Publishing symposium featuring Mary Virginia Swanson and other experts in the field of contemporary photography book publishing. Also that evening, The Historic New Orleans Collection will host a multi-artist book-signing event including Sylvia Plachy and Dave Anderson, immediately followed by our keynote presentation by Michael Kenna.

PhotoNOLA’s portfolio reviews, with a national cast of more than 20 curators, editors and gallerists, takes place Dec 4-5. Saturday evening’s PhotoWALK will feature the work of our review participants offering the public a peek at 65 rising photographers from across the country. More than 20 exhibition opening receptions will take place 6-9pm that night followed by the PhotoGALA Benefit Party & Auction at The Big Top, a fundraiser for the New Orleans Photo Alliance. The evening of Sunday, December 5 includes cocktail receptions, among them a one night only exhibit of Lori Vrba’s “Piano Farm.”

NOPA’s Six Shooters program on Monday, December 6 will feature six photographers in a panel discussion moderated by Dan Cameron. Other weeknight events feature Jonathan Traviesa, Kathleen Robbins and Priya Kambli. Although many exhibitions continue throughout the month, the festival wraps up on Saturday, December 11 with an afternoon presentation by Stephen Wilkes that is sponsored by Canon. Art openings in the St. Claude Arts District and Bywater will follow, including an open studio with internationally acclaimed photographer Josephine Sacabo.

During the Festival, exhibitions will feature work by Michael Kenna, Sebastiao Salgado, David Halliday, Priya Kambli, Jessica Ingram, Walker Evans, Letitia Huckaby, and many others. Workshops, gallery talks, and lectures are also included in the lineup. Most events are free and open to the public.

For more information please see www.photonola.org. High resolution images for use in publications are available by sending an email to info@photonola.org.

About the New Orleans Photo Alliance:

The New Orleans Photo Alliance (www.neworleansphotoalliance.org) is comprised of a diverse group of photographers who joined forces in 2006 to create unity and opportunity for photographers in the Gulf South. It is a volunteer run 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which currently includes more than 400 members from across Louisiana and the United States. Since its inception, the New Orleans Photo Alliance has sponsored numerous photographic exhibitions, workshops, and educational programs including PhotoNOLA, the annual photography festival in New Orleans. NOPA administers two $5000 annual awards; The Michael P. Smith Fund For Documentary Photography and the Clarence John Laughlin Award.

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New Orleans Photo Alliance
1111 St. Mary St.
NOLA 70130
Gallery Hours:
Sat & Sun 12-4
or by appointment

photoalliance@gmail.com
http://neworleansphotoalliance.org
http://neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot.com
http://photonola.org

Project Basho's Onward Competiton

2010-10-04T11:32:00.000-06:00

Fraction Magazine is a sponsor of Project Basho's Onward 2011 Competition. This years judge is Larry Fink.

From the Onward website:
Project Basho is pleased to announce ONWARD ‘11, an annual juried photography competition exclusively featuring the work of emerging photographers. ONWARD focuses on new work that continues to push the medium. With ONWARD, photographers have the opportunity to present their vision and talent to a broad audience. Through our partnerships with other photography organizations, photographers will have the chance to foster and grow a vibrant and rich photography community. There is no specific theme for ONWARD and submissions are open to any photographic medium from historical processes to new digital technologies.

Be sure to check out last years winners.

You can submit until November 19. All the details at http://onward.projectbasho.org/

Thank you Fraction supporters

2010-10-04T10:12:00.004-06:00

Thanks to Paul at Panopticon Imaging and Eric at Digital Silver Imaging for supporting Fraction Magazine, by purchasing ad space in the bi-monthly email blast.

Each of these companies is offering a discount to first time, Fraction readers. Click below to get the details.

The original email is here... http://mim.io/0d906

From the Griffin

2010-10-03T12:52:00.000-06:00

Very nice of Swannie to provide these

Swannie and Me

Holly Lynton, Ellen Rennard, Me, Suzanne Revy, Meg Birnbaum

With Sincere Gratitude

2010-10-01T00:25:00.002-06:00

Last weekend, I had the honor of receiving the Rising Star Award from the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester MA. The award was presented to me by my good friend and mentor, Mary Virginia Swanson. Everything, from the time I was told about this, was perfect, from the airline arrangements to the amazing hotel, to the fabulous ceremony and party. The Griffin is a first rate, first class institution.

With that being said, I would like to thank a few people:

Paula Tognarelli, thank you for your kindness and generosity for understanding my vision and place in the world.

Swannie, thank you for being the person who presented the award, thank you for all of the kind words and mostly, thank you for the challenge you presented to me.

Lou Jones, thank you for being the perfect MC, the new friendship and for a great night out in Boston.

Banafsheh Ehtemam, thanks for being my guide and taxi around Boston and thanks for spending time with me.

And thanks to the Griffin Museum's Board of Directors and to those who voted for Fraction.

I am sincerely grateful to all of you.

Thank you!

New Directions 2011

2010-09-30T22:09:00.001-06:00

The State of Ata - Mike Mandel and Chantal Zakari

2010-09-30T09:23:00.002-06:00

Lecture at UNM on Wednesday October 6 at 530pm

Photo Underwear

2010-09-30T00:27:00.002-06:00

The underpants you know you're gonna buy
http://ow.ly/2M52z

Thinner Air by John Mann

2010-09-28T11:17:00.000-06:00

John Mann, who was featured in Issue 3 has a new and very limited book available, called Thinner Air.

John was one of my teachers at UNM and is a great friend. I know how meticulous he is about his work and his printing so I am quite sure this is a terrific little book.

Get it before it's gone http://ow.ly/2LbXQ

Moments of Being - A portrait show at the Wallspace Gallery

2010-09-27T16:21:00.004-06:00

I am so very excited to be judging a portrait show for the Wallspace Gallery in Santa Barbara CA. When Crista Dix asked if I would do it, I think I said yes before she was even done speaking.

Some details:
You can submit from October 1 to November 20.

The rest are here or feel free to contact me directly (fractionmag@gmail.com)
http://wall-spacegallery.com/newDirections/

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Moscow zoo

On my way

ThinkTank Photo Camera Bag Giveaway

Archaeology and the Shape of Time

Video of the Rayko show

Help Ken Rosenthal produce a catalog

Straight Outta Suburbia

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Spiderman uses a rangefinder

Support Fraction!

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Roundtable Review in San Francisco

Stuck by Larry Chen and Joe Ayala

ThinkTank Camera Bags

Film And Digital: The Dead Horse Whinnies

New Japanese Ad for the Fuji Finepix X100

The tradition continues

Issue 27 is Not Safe For Work

A new Eggleston interview

Fraction Demographics

Photo Center North West

Michael Sebastian: Collector vs. Photographer

FRESH 2011

Issue 26 - Third Anniversary Issue

An Introduction

The Annual Daylight/CDS Photo Awards

The Fraction Store on Amazon

April in Santa Fe

Issue 24

Lecture and Booksigning with Norman Mauskopf

Call for Entries: Ten Years After Nine Eleven: Searching for a 21st Century Landscape

Thank You Kevin Longino

ACP Public Arts Program

The Roundtable Review

SPE National Conference in Atlanta

Someone took more than a photograph

Fujifilm X100 digital rangefinder

Ferit Kuyas at Gallery 291

Ferit Kuyas

Artist Reception Thursday Feb 10, 6-9pm

Feb 3 - April 23, 2011

Photo Alliance Portfolio Reviews

Issue 23

Thank You Verve

The Numbers Are In

Thank You Light Work

photo-eye Best Books of 2010

The Fraction Magazine Show at Rayko

Joseph O Holmes at Jen Bekman

Happy New Year and Thank You

Lightwork Subscription Program

David Taylor at PhotoLA

Fraction on Facebook

Happy Holidays

MIAD-FA382

In good company

Moments of Being

ND11 | Moments of Being

January 4th - 29th, 2011 | wall space gallery Santa Barbara, California

Reception with David Bram January 12th, 6 to 8pm.

February 3rd - 26th, 2011 | wall space gallery @ Angle Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building Seattle, Washington

First Thursday ArtWalk Opening February 3rd, 6 to 8pm.

Lori Vrba at PhotoNOLA

Last Minute Gift Guide

The 16th Annual CENTER Awards

Incredible!!!!

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