At tonight's SNAP! Photography auction to benefit the AIDS Committee of Toronto, I'm happy to say that my photo brought in $2100. All told the event raised well over $200,000.
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Made it into a little book, too.
http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/3151515
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For the better part of three hundred years steel has contributed to the development of the western world and formed a significant foundation for the wealth of nations. Towns, cities and regions have been built by the steel industry on several levels. The extraction of resources, its processing, the manufacturing of product and the recycling of the material has forged the fabric and social consciousness of many cultures.
With the significance of the steel industry in the forefront, the DK Photo Group's Russell Brohier, Sean Galbraith, Steve Jacobs, and Mathew Merrett pay homage to this engine of social development. The usual subject matter of the group is of abandoned spaces, lying derelict and as social artefacts is carried through in this exhibition. In these images are testimonials to the lives of individuals who work in the myriad of companies shaped by the steel industry. From the mining and processing of the natural resources which produce the steel, to manufacturing of automobiles and other goods which rely on steel, to the recycling of the material. These images are steeped with the meaning which the steel industry has, particularly for the North American culture and economy.
Collecting Photography, Collecting The World Curator: Terry Graff
April 22, 2012 - June 10, 2012
In her seminal essay On Photography, the literary theorist, feminist, activist, and author, Susan Sontag wrote: “To collect photographs is to collect the world.”
The permanent collection of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery contains over 160 works that may be categorized as contemporary photography. Although not a large collection, it is representative of the diversity of regional, national, and international contemporary photographic practice, and includes work by Genevieve Cadieux, Jennifer Dickson, Diana Thorneycroft, Lois Connor, Robin Collyer, Edward Burtynsky, and many others. New Brunswick artists whose work is represented include Thaddeus Holownia, JamesWilson, Freeman Patterson, Greg Klassen, Kyle Cunjak, and Jaret Belliveau.
The Gallery is committed to building a significant collection of contemporary photographic works and is pleased to include in this exhibition a selection of photographs recently acquired through a gift from art collectors Glenn and Barbara McInnes. This generous donation features work by Eamon Mac Mahon, Eszter Burghardt, Lorraine Field, Becky Comber, Mark Kasumovic, Jinyoung Kim, Robyn McCallum, Nikki Middlemiss, Marshall Byrd Sterling, Darren Rigo, Amy Stevens, Lizzie Vickery, Angus Rowe MacPherson, Adam Kuehl, Pete Doherty, Sean Galbraith, and others.
Organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of New Brunswick, and the City of Fredericton.
I'll be in attendance during the the gala reception and (most likely randomly) during the second weekend.
I provided this to the organizer of the building tour I was hoping to go on, copied to the member of the restoration corporation I was previously dealing with. Original posting here.
"On account of the absurd requirement by the Richardson Center Corporation to sign away the copyright on any photographs that might be taken on the Richardson tour, I will not be attending the tour. Please make my spots available to someone else.
I cannot put it more bluntly: This photographic waiver requirement is absolutely ludicrous. The terms of the contract are those commonly found where photographers are HIRED and compensated to produce photographs. These are absolutely not conditions that are common or appropriate for consideration to simply visit a publicly owned historical venue for a tour. The signing away of copyrights without compensation is insulting to photographers. This is particularly insulting given that this event was promoted as an event for "shutterbugs", amateurs and professionals alike. I appreciate that you have no choice in agreeing to implement this draconian requirement.
I wish you all the best on the event. I presume that the pent up demand to see this building will result in many photographers willingly signing over what is rightfully theirs. But not me. As an artist, doing so is unacceptable... and as an artist, my copyright is all I have. "
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