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Blurberati Interviews Brian Smith

by Brian Smith on June 22, 2010

in Interviews

With the Deadline quickly approaches for Blurb’s Photography Book Now Competition, Suzanne Caballero Knowlton of Blurb interviewed me for the Blurberati Blog about what makes a great photo book with shout outs to Elliott Erwitt, Irving Penn, Albert Watson, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Sebastião Salgado and publishers Steidl, Tashcen, teNeues and Assouline.

I’m happy to join an all-star panel of Photography Book Now 2010 judges Darius Himes, Monica Allende, David Fahey, Michael Mack, Lesley Martin, Susan Meiselas, Erin O’Toole, Martin Parr and Judith Puckett-Rinella as Brian Smith Juror Number Ten.

Get your entries in NOW to Blurb’s Photography Book Now 2010 Competition! The deadline is July 15th…ENTER NOW!

Tagged as: Blurb, Brian Smith, Darius Himes, David Fahey, Erin O’Toole, Judith Puckett-Rinella, Lesley Martin, Martin Parr, Michael Mack, Monica Allende, photo book, Photography Book Now, Photography Book Now 2010, Susan Meiselas, Suzanne Caballero Knowlton

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$25k Photography Book Now 2010 Competition Announced

by Brian Smith on April 5, 2010

in Photo Books

$25k Photography Book Now 2010 Competition Announced

The call for entries for Blurb’s third annual Photography Book Now self-published book competition has been announced.

Darius Himes, a writer, consultant and acquiring editor at Radius Books, will again serve as lead judge in the competition. This year’s jury also includes:

Monica Allende, Photo Editor, London Sunday Times
David Fahey, Gallery Director, Fahey Klein
Michael Mack, Publisher, SteidlMack
Lesley Martin, Publisher, Aperture
Erin O’Toole, Assistant Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Judith Puckett-Rinella, Senior Photography Editor, T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Susan Meiselas, Photographer
Martin Parr, Photographer
Brian Smith, Photographer

The grand prize carries a cash award of $25,000. In addition to other prizes, the grand prize book, and books by the finalists in three categories—fine art, editorial and photography portfolio—will become part of the permanent collections at ICP, the Annenberg Space for Photography, and the George Eastman House.

Submissions will be taken through July 15, 2010. Entry details can be found at: http://photographybooknow.blurb.com/

Tagged as: Aperture, Blurb, book, Brian Smith, competition, David Fahey, Erin O’Toole, Judith Puckett-Rinella, Lesley Martin, Martin Parr, Michael Mack, Monica Allende, Photography Book Now 2010, self-published, Steidl/Mack, Susan Meiselas

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