my heart is hurting

i  remember, i feel it, i look at other people's pain, i see it, i didn't shoot any photos because of my feelings about not making money on people's suffering.  I remember it,  I lost a member of my family line that I never met ten years ago, i hurt from this tragedy, i remember it, I am sorry and saddened for everyone who has been hurt by this act of hatred.  Almost 3000 people were killed ten years ago and thousands more since due to people's inability to accept a different faith.  It is a religious war, oil fueled religion in some of the invasions, but a religion non the less.  My uncle was killed in a religious war more then a decade ago, he was killed for working for what was considered the enemy. I am asking everyone who reads this to think about not judging people but working on how to understand them.  you don't have to agree, but think about how to understand so we can all learn how to live with each other.
sept 11th, 2011

things to ask a publisher- pipe dreams at the beach on facebook

a pipe dream just came up about getting a book published of my recycling images.  Its not soo much that the images  or my career isn't ready , its just my delussions of grandure kind of play out in funny ways in my head about how things will unfold.  I have been working on a recycling project for almost 4 years, have gotten some amazing press and awards for the latest projects, so why not right?    Im back on dry sand for a few minutes and i would love to hear some feedback / ideas/ research notes from people!




reading/ research material


Mary swanson's  how to publish your photo book (DUH!  ordering right now)
art works-  ( already reading this)
ask elizabeth avedon all of these questions!
ask all your friends who have had a book published already


questions you should ask  the publisher

print run?
size of book?
paper/ cover stock?
schedule for book?
distribution?
who and where is going to be printed?
who is writing the introduction?
who is the designer?
who is the eidtor?
print on demand/ digital versions?
URL for the book?
Who is handling the PR for the book?

questions you need to ask yourself


i've got none
what's my budget?
this isn't going to make any money most likely, its just going to be an amazing promo piece if i do it right
what's the realistic schedule for a book?


what you need to know before walking into a meeting with a publisher


probably have answers for all of the above questions



what should be in the contract


look at all the questions above for the publisher!

what press requirements do I have

book tour- nyc of course, where else?  book fairs?

if you have content or comments  you would like me to add to this post please send it along!

Woodstock Film Festival

Please find screening times for A Bridge Delivered below
All shorts will screen at the Kleinert James Art Center in Woodstock except for Animation Show and Music Video Show, which will screen at Bearsville Theater & Upstate in Rhinebeck
9/23 @1:00pm
9/24 @8:00pm

A Bridge Delivered AT the Socrates Sculpture Garden

                                         


                                               

The lastest Screening of A Bridge Delivered is Wednesday, August 24th 8-10 pm  at the Socrates Sculpture Garden in Long Island City!  This has been an amazing summer being included in two different shows with Cindy Sherman and Wednesday nite there will also be a film by photographer Paul Strand! 
 Bring a pie and a blanket

FREE!

More information on the

  Socrates Sculpture Park &

 BACKYARD BAND/WITH

The Evening’s Program

1. Manhatta by Paul Strand 1921 A meditation on New York at the height of the industrial revolution. Music by David Crowell, Edward Rosenberg & Eli Asher


2. Seeing New York by Yacht by Frederick S. Armitage and A.E. Weed for American Mutoscope and Biograph Co. 1903 A tour through the New York harbor with early moving picture technology. The camera passes by this very site at around 1min 45 seconds into the footage. Music by David Crowell, Edward Rosenberg & Eli Asher


3. A Bridge Delivered by Stephen Mallon 2011 A time lapse video following the delivery of the Willis avenue bridge, created with over 30,000 still images. Directed and produced by Stephen Mallon. Edited by Princess Hairston.Music by David Crowell, Edward Rosenberg & Eli Asher


4. Nijuman No Borei (200,000 phantoms - Hiroshima 1926-2006) by Jean-Gabriel Periot 2007 A 60-year time lapse created from archival images reminds us that the past is ever-present. Music by Vito Ricci & Friends


5. History of War by Tiny Circus 2010 Tiny Circus collaborates with community partners large and small, old and young, to facilitate the creation of new stop-motion animation. The short films are alternate “histories” of objects, occurrences, and ideas – like popcorn, war, or adaptation. tinycircus.org



6. Safety Last (excerpt) Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor; Produced by Hal Roach; Starring Harold Lloyd 1923 Before there were Hollywood sets, you had to climb up real buildings yourself! Music by Nathan Koci & Karen Waltuch

7. History of Falling Tiny Circus 2010 Tiny Circus collaborates with community partners large and small, old and young, to facilitate the creation of new stop-motion animation. The short films are alternate “histories” of objects, occurrences, and ideas – like popcorn, war, or adaptation. tinycircus.org



8. From Radio Row to Twin Towers Port Authority of NY & NJ 1984 Footage from the late 60’s and early 70’s showing the clearing of the battery park area and construction of the twin towers. Music by Benjamin Backus & Friends. Ben’s grandfather was one of the master riggers on the construction crew.

Passage Gallery 60 Six in San Francisco

Gallery 60 Six of San Francisco Presents

Opening August 20th

Saturday, Aug 20th 2011 opening reception 6-830

Show runs thru Sept 16 2011

These photographs track the final passage of hundreds of decommissioned subway cars as they make their way their last stop: the Atlantic Ocean.  The photographs dramatically capture the moments before, during, and after these subway cars are dropped into the sea to spend their "retirement" as a  new home for undersea life.

Passage opens to the public August 20th

@ Gallery 60 Six

Other Artist include:

Anne Terpstra

David King

David Magnusson

Michael Jang

Steve Bird

Opening reception SATURDAY, Aug 20th from 6-8:30pm

Gallery 60 Six San Francisco

66 Elgin Park San Francisco CA, 94103

For Inquiries please contact:

Gwen Terpstra

Gwen@TerpstraDesign.com