Notes From Nowhere

I’m working on a book that features a selection of my personal work from the past ten years, and this is an invitation to send me your input. This book will be more of a team effort than usual – there’ll be an essay in it from one of the most highly respected names in the photography scene, and I have received much valued advice on the structure and the edit of the book already. I’m now posting a current and rather advanced edit, along with two questions, over at jenshaas.com. Just click this link to go there directly. Two things: The sequence may not make immediate sense – in the actual layout, the reasoning behind it will be more apparent. And there are some images that do not work so well in a low resolution web format, but should come out strong in book format. Let’s see what you think.

The gallery includes an email link. If I don’t suffer from a sudden urge to do the book right away, I want to gather feedback on the edit and keep the gallery up until late January, and finalize the book then.

Thanks in advance to everybody who will look into this.

If only critics of contemporary art displayed the same fierceness and wit as some viewers of M.O.’s choice of couture for election night – comments here, and here. I’m jealous!

While (or maybe because) I do not participate in photo contests, I really like this post. A great glimpse into the mind of a professional editor. Reminds me of the days when I was, shortly after leaving school, working for a local newspaper, and everybody in the room was a lot smarter than the people (mostly politicians) they wrote about. I sometimes miss that kind of no-nonsense atmosphere.