Viewbook Photostory 2012: Small Stories

I'm honored that my portfolio Avoid Naples! was selected for the Viewbook Photostory 2012: Small Stories Competition. The Viewbook Photostory is an international competition that focuses on the narrative aspects of the photography. This year’s edition focuses on work with a personal view and intimate perspectives, hence the theme Small Stories.  Links to all of the Small Story submissions may be found on Viewbook and additional information is on their Facebook page.
   

Dante Monument, Naples
   
The jurors for the competition include Ineke Smits, Thomas Dworzak of Magnum Photos, Roberto Lopardo, Director of Cuadro Gallery, Erik Vroons, chief editor of GUP Magazine, and Sam Barzilay, Independent curator and festival organizer.
    
I'm also pleased that my Small Stories entry was featured in the Blipfoto Blog.

LENSCRATCH Masks and Costumes 2012 Exhibition

I'm delighted that my image Sin Cabeza, taken in Oaxaca, Mexico, during Día de los Muertos celebrations in 2011, was featured in Aline Smithson's LENSCRATCH Masks and Costumes Exhibition.

Sin Cabeza, Oaxaca

Ernesto Bazan at PCNW

I'm looking forward to two extremely special events at PCNW in Seattle next week.

On Sunday, November 18, at 6:00 pm Ernesto Bazan will be giving a talk and slideshow of his Al Campo book from Cuba. This lush color work provides an interesting contrast and complement to his black and white photos in Bazan Cuba. Both of these books will be available for purchase and signing after the talk. These are two of my favorites in my large collection of photo books. More info on the Sunday talk may be found here.

On Monday and Tuesday, November 19 & 20, from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm each day, Ernesto will be teaching a workshop on building a strong portfolio through editing and sequencing. I have taken several workshops with Ernesto and he is an amazing teacher with an incisive eye for editing and sequencing a body of work. This two-day workshop may dramatically change the way you evaluate your photography and will bring your work to a higher level.

The entire workshop will be spent evaluating and sequencing images you have already made for a body of work you are creating. There will be no shooting of new images during the workshop. Instead, Ernesto wants participants to bring approximately 30 images (digital and/or prints) to be evaluated. It doesn't matter if you do street photography, documentary work, portraits or still-lifes, Ernesto will be able to provide you with new insights to improve your portfolio. More information about the workshop may be found here. The two-day workshop costs $400 and there is a 10% discount if you're a PCNW member.

There are interesting links to Ernesto's work in Time Lightbox, NYT Lens Blog and  an  ASX Interview.