Do you like honesty? Robert Wright has your dose from the Photo Fest (here). Always a good read.
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Photo Blogs
The Curious Economics of Contemporary ArtA new book published in the UK and out here in September:
"The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art" (Palgrave Macmillan, 272 pages, $24.95)
"Willem de Kooning once said of the famed art dealer Leo Castelli: "You could give him two beer cans and he could sell them."Read more (here). Via, Gallery Hopper.
MagCloud TestedJonathan Saunders got after it and has a magazine available on MagCloud for anyone that wants to see how the printing looks (here).
The Prix Pictet AwardThe short list for the new $100,000 (!) Prix Pictet Award has been announced (here).
The Prix Pictet is a major new global prize in photography that focuses on perhaps the greatest single issue of the twenty-first century: sustainability.
Intern for Chris BuckIf you want to see how someone perfectly balances the editorial and commercial worlds of photography and you're majoring in a photo program in the final or next to final year then send Chris a resume and cover letter (chris(at)chrisbuck.com) because this is an incredible opportunity for aspiring photographers and photo editors to get their feet wet in this business.
The rest of the details are in the comments.
A Tool For Finding Out Where A Photographer Really LivesTelephone Prefix Locater (here).
Update: This one is even better (here).
I'm honestly stunned at how often I have to use this website to figure out where somebody lives.
Barnes and Noble Selling Digital MagazinesBarnes and Noble has subscriptions to 500 titles listed (here) in partnership with the Zineo reader, which somewhat crappily reproduces the magazine reading experience on your screen. Well, at least they're digital. The more interesting thing is the single copies for sale (here) kinda like a virtual newsstand sans creepy dude thumbing through all the skin mags in the corner.
Finally some progress.
Want To Become A Photo Critic?"When a photographer records an image, there is a message he or she wishes to convey. Since the photographer cannot verbally express that message to the viewer, it is the photo critic's job to ascertain whether or not the photographer succeeded at visually expressing that message to the viewer."
Maybe the photo criticism school is right for you (here). Only $299.Via, That's A Negative.
Nothing But Blue Sky For New PhotographersVincent Laforet wrote a good piece about all the problems facing photographers today (here) but concludes that the possibilities are endless for photographers just getting started.
Garage Magazine Gallery ExhibitDan Stoner of Garage Magazine (here) has an exhibit of photography from the magazine at the 111 Mina Gallery in San Francisco (here). Running July 3 - August 1. Stop by and buy Stoner a drink for me, will ya'.
City Magazine Cover ContestPhotographers can submit photos to appear on their Fall travel cover (here) and the winner will receive a week-long all-expenses-paid trip for two to Austria. That seems quite a bit better then the usual space rates for cover photography. Deadline is July 31st.
