Peter Fraterdeus
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:20:04 -0700
Dear Friends of Parlortricks I'm very happy to pass along the enclosed letter from my dear friend and collaborator Mary Beck about her book project "Areas of Preservation: A Geological Journey".
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/727694084/areas-of-preservation-a-geological-journey Mary is launching a Kickstarter.com project to raise funds from supporters far and near, in amounts larger and smaller! Kickstarter.com is a 'crowd-funding' portal which allows artists and other creative types to present a prospectus for consideration to the larger world. As she notes below, she has engaged my design services for this work, and I very much hope to see the book published by early next year. Please support the publication of "Areas of Preservation: A Geological Journey", Mary's photographs and recollections of some of our most remote and beautiful natural places. See http://marybeck.com for more images! Please visit the project page and pledge an amount of any size (bigger the better, of course!)! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/727694084/areas-of-preservation-a-geological-journey Please forward this note to your networks of people who might support this project with a donation of $5-to-$500, . The success of a crowdfunded project depends entirely on the strength of the network!! Mary will have a Facebook page for the project soon, please post to your profile when you can! Many thanks!! peter Begin forwarded message: > From: Mary Beck <lostnat...@hotmail.com> > Date: 26 August 2010 10:34:01 AM CDT > To: peter fraterdeus <pet...@mac.com> > Subject: book project > > Hello Family & Friends, > > Hope everyone has had a nice summer! > > For close to 25 years, I have been on a journey to document some of our > nation's most pristine areas of preservation. Armed with minimal photo > equipment and traveling mostly alone, I have had the opportunity to walk out > into the desert, swim in crystal-clear mountain lakes, paddle through swamps, > and camp under starry nights. Some of these experiences were made possible > with volunteer assignments through the National Park & Forest Services. > Samples of this body of work can be viewed on my website: > > www.MaryBeck.com > > Although this work has been shown in numerous galleries over the years, I > feel that a book is the best form in which to present the images as a > collection. The proposed title Areas of Preservation: A Geological Journey > will explore the diversity of landscapes in the United States. Short text > will accompany each image telling the history of how that landscape came to > be formed. > > I have currently launched this project on Amazon's Kickstarter Program in an > effort to raise funds to help push the project into it's next phase; the > actual printing and binding of the book of which I hope to use a local > printer. I have already engaged the services of Peter Fraterdeus of > SlowPrint Letterpress (Dubuque, IA) to complete the first phase of designing > the layout of the book. > > Years ago when I ran the LostNation Gallery out of Chicago, I thoroughly > enjoyed the interaction I had with folks who would share with me their own > widerness experiences. If you feel as passionate about the outdoors as I do > and feel that the work and the project has merit, please tap into the > following web address and read in more detail about the proposal, make note > of the rewards being offered, and consider pledging: > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/727694084/areas-of-preservation-a-geological-journey > > I pride myself on being an old fashion photographer who still shoots b/w film > and prints in a darkroom. I hope to carry this type of quality over into > producing a book of real distinction. > > Thank you so much for your time and consideration of my project. And if you > could forward this e-mail to anyone who you think might be interested in this > project, I would much appreciate it! > > Respectfully, > Mary Beck > Peter Fraterdeus Exquisite letterpress takes time™ http://slowprint.com/ IdeasWords : Idea Swords Communication Strategy Semiotx.com @ideaswords _______________________________________________ ParlorTricks mailing list ParlorTricks@eiotx.net http://www.eiotx.net/mailman/listinfo/parlortricks