Awesome! > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Roberts > Sent: 06 September 2009 13:59 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit > > > The release of next year's PDML Photo Annual will coincide > with an exhibition of photos from the book at the Dank Haus > gallery in Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 7th through June 12th, 2010. > > After much planning and discussion, the PDML's own Christine > Aguila succeeded in facilitating an agreement between Dank > Haus Gallery in Chicago and the editors of the PDML Photo > Annual (and considering that the "editorial staff" includes > myself, Bill Robb, Doug Brewer and Scott Loveless, that's > quite an achievement!) for an actual exhibit of physical > prints to celebrate the publication of the next book. As > you'll see, this wasn't as simple as one might think. Read on. > > First, the book itself. > > The last book was quite a rush project, and having the image > submission period extending through the > Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday season didn't make it any > easier. So we've decided to push it back this time around, > which will also get the book release closer to the time-frame > of the gallery exhibit (which was slotted in the only > workable dates the gallery had open). Image submissions will > be accepted (via a web site as before) from January 1st > through February 28th. > > Any PDML member in good standing of January 1st will be > allotted one photograph in the book. Members will be > permitted to submit up to three photographs for the book, to > give the editors more latitude for creating a cohesive > presentation. Those who want to be the sole determinant of > what image they get into the book can do so by submitting > just one image. Those who make the editors' jobs easier by > submitting two or three images will receive our undying > gratitude, at the very least :) > > The book is slated to be edited and completed electronically > by the middle of March and the editors should have proofs in > hand about two weeks later. If the proofs look good, the book > will be available to PDML members immediately. (If revision > is necessary there will be a delay of another two weeks or > so.) "Official" publication will be on May 7 when the exhibit opens. > > The Exhibit > > The exhibit curator will be Sue Barton, curator of Dank Haus > Gallery and chair of the Dank Haus Fine Arts Committee, who > will select approximately 40 images from the book for > display. Obviously, we expect to have more than 40 photos in > the book so, equally obviously, not everyone will have their > photograph represented in the exhibit. > Much as we'd like to show everyone's photo, it just isn't > physically possible. The final arbiter of photos chosen for > the exhibit will be Sue Barton of Dank Haus. > > To insure consistency and quality of prints, I will be making > all the prints here. We can't be shipping prints all over the > planet and, more importantly, Sue Barton isn't willing to put > on an exhibition of prints based on web images unless she > knows the prints will be consistent and is familiar with work > of the printer. (The only alternative would be for people to > ship prints to her for evaluation/selection and that's > clearly a non-starter.) > > I'll print on either Hahnemuehl Fine Art Pearl or Ilford Gold > Fibre Silk paper. Sizes will be approximately 8 x 12 or 12 x > 18, as decided upon by the curator based on technical quality > and artistic considerations. > > Framing will be done in Chicago. Christine Aguila has been > doing a lot of leg-work on this and has succeeded in getting > several framing shops to bid on the honor of doing the job. > No kidding. This will assure us of getting very good pricing. > > Yes, you're going to have to pay for the printing and framing > if you want to be in the exhibit. But the good news is that > what you pay will be less than you could possibly get the > same quality work done for yourself. A lot less. (I'm paying > over $200.00 per 12x18 print for good framing these days. I > expect the PDML price will be about half that, possibly > less.) Prices will be definite by the time the image > submission period begins. > > Sales of prints at the exhibition: Yes, you might even make a > profit from this deal. Those whose photos are selected for > the exhibition will have the option of offering the print for > sale at the gallery. > This will be subject to the gallery's standard terms (most > importantly, their commission!), which Sue Barton will > describe in detail before this whole thing goes on line. > > In lieu of signing the prints that are offered for sale (not > possible with this centralized printing scheme), artists will > be able to provide a "Certificate of Authenticity" for their > print. This will be emailed out as a PDF or JPEG, to be > printed out and signed by the photographer and mailed back. > > The price PDML members pay for printing & framing will not > include return shipping after the exhibit (for obvious > reasons: Varying size, weight and destinations, as well as > the possibility that the print might sell at the exhibit). > You will be able to pick up your print in person when the > exhibit ends or make arrangements with the gallery to have it > shipped to you. > > If any of this seems unacceptable to you, for cost or some > other reason, fear not: There's no requirement that you > participate in the exhibition part of the project. When you > upload your photos for the book, you will have the option of > making them eligible for the gallery exhibition (or not). > Either way, you'll be represented in the PDML Photo Annual. > > > (Oh yes, the 2008/9 book is still available: > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/573542) > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions.
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