We were flopped on couches after the cocktail evening for jurors and IPA winners at head judge Susan Baraz’s NY apartment. It was November. (How long ago that seems.) We were discussing the extraordinary exhibition Hossein Farmani and Susan curated for the Paris UN Climate Change conference in 2015. Renowned photographers from around the world
I have to admit, this whole lockdown thing (and my rest and assess week) has made me a bit of a morning sloth. So on Sunday, when I discovered that I’d managed to get myself out of bed an hour earlier I was delighted and more than a little self-satisfied. Here I was at 7am,
In New Zealand today is already the first day of 2020 (whoop whoop!) – a new decade. I have so much to celebrate from the last decade. The sale of The Collective Force, my photo agency, and OPTNZ, my production company- which have continued to thrive under new ownership. Multiple interviews in multiple magazines and
I haven’t been a rep for 8 years now but I’m immersed in the photography and review world so much that I am still asked to recommend photographers. Even some of my old clients contact me now and again for guidance when they’re stuck. Here is my criteria which you might find useful as I’m
I see a lot of photography. LOTS. Through judging, reviewing, blitzing, and editing folios & websites there are many recurring themes that come up and understandably one of them is travel. Even when I ask photographers the billionaire question (what would you do if you had limitless money?) a regular answer is ‘Travel and shoot’ Let’s face
If you’re an advertising photographer you’d know that agencies sometimes hire fashion photographers to shoot car ads, and sports photographers to shoot global bank campaigns, and animal photographers to promote high tech products. The list goes on. But did you know that online app Pinterest has hired photographers who’ve shot analogue on their campaigns?
If you’ve been shooting for a while, you may have vast archives of work which have yet to be filed and edited. You might even have boxes of film and transparencies that you’ve never scanned. Possibly shots you haven’t even looked at. It’s challenging enough to stay on top of all the assigned images and
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