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The 5th Annual powerHouse Portfolio Review Sunday, February 8, 2009
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The premier conceptual publisher of art photography books and innovative illustrated books hosts its fourth annual Portfolio Review. The powerHouse Portfolio Review is a platform for all levels of aspiring and professional photographers to present their body of work to be reviewed and critiqued by leading experts in the fields of photography, art, media, and advertising and to receive guidance and mentorship for future artistic and commercial career development. The previous Portfolio Reviews in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 were an astounding success, with over 100 attendees and a 37-member panel of experts including a broad range of publishers, photo editors, commercial photography agents, gallery directors, photography critics, art book packagers, and designers. The Fifth Annual powerHouse Portfolio Review is a one-day event to be held February 2009 at the powerHouse Arena, located at 37 Main Street in the center of Brooklyn’s vibrant DUMBO neighborhood. Each attendee will be assigned five one-on-one reviews with members of our panel of renowned photography professionals. We will do our best to select your reviewers in accordance with your interests, as indicated on the registration form. Each review will last up to 20 minutes. Please visit the below address to download the registration form:
Registration is limited; please contact us soon. For more information or if you have problems downloading the registration form, please contact us at : review@powerhousebooks.com. Reviewers and photographers love our reviews. Here is what they have to say: Nancy Eklund Later, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Princeton Architectural Press: “I met Stan Gaz at the 2005 powerHouse review. He was the first photographer whose work I viewed at the first portfolio review I had ever attended. He put this huge portfolio down in front of me, opened it up, and without saying a word started flipping the images. I was completely dumbfounded, as I had feared, only in a good way. The book project was an easy sell to the editorial board at Princeton Architectural Press. The book will publish in March 2009, to coincide with a show at ClampArt. Stan has been a pleasure to work with, and I am really grateful for your having put us together. I’ll always remember my ‘first’ with incredible fondness, and look forward to seeing more great work at this year’s review.” Kent Rogowski, author of Bears (powerHouse Books, 2007): “My first solo show in New York was a direct result of the powerHouse Portfolio Review. Don't miss this rare opportunity to personally meet with and show your work to a wide variety of industry professionals. You will get feedback and make connections that you can't get anywhere else.” Barry Batinkoff: “My experience was invaluable! Thought-provoking insight for both creative and marketing processes.” Santiago Studio: “The powerHouse Portfolio Review is most beneficial to photographers who want to create momentum for their work and work in progress. The critics are passionate about photography; it’s a great environment to be in.” Leigh Van Duzer: “powerHouse did a great job of organizing the event to make sure it ran very smoothly. They even matched me up with reviewers that were more perfect for me than I even think that they knew.” See Leigh Van Duzer Photography blog for more. Ron Diorio: "I don't think my time at the powerHouse Portfolio Review in 2006 could have gone any better. It introduced me to two reviewers who changed the direction of my fledgling career: Paula Gillen and Peter Hay Halpert. Paula's advice to "stop shooting and start editing" led me to a better understanding of my body of work. Peter was interested enough in my work to stay in touch after the review and this year gave me my first solo show at his gallery in Chelsea."
5th Annual powerHouse Portfolio Review CONFIRMED REVIEWERS as of November 26, 2008 Reviewers will be posted as invitations are accepted. Please check back regularly for an updated list of professionals who will be reviewing this year. Leana Alagia Photo Editor, New York magazine Before joining New York magazine three years ago, Alagia was a photo editor for Maxim Magazine. Anthony Bannon Director, George Eastman House Kiki Bauer Senior Book Designer, powerHouse Books Bauer has designed or art directed over 40 books for powerHouse, including Grim Street by Mark Cohen and A Time Before Crack by Jamel Shabazz, both selected for Best Photo Books by Photo District News in 2005. She won and Art Director’s Club merit award in 2003 for John Coplans’ A Body. She is currently teaching a book design course in the Photography MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Ron Beinner Contributing Photography Producer, Vanity Fair Kim Bourus Owner and Managing Partner, Higher Pictures Formerly the Associate Director of Cultural Projects at Magnum Photos, Bourus has worked with some of today's most renowned photographers and estates. She has edited and produced over 20 art books and catalogues, most recently BOOGIE São Paulo, André Kertész: The Polaroids, and Wayne F. Miller: Photographs 1942–1958. Todd Bradway Director of Title Acquisitions, Distributed Art Publishers Honore Brown Assistant Picture Editor, The New Yorker Brown regularly produces shoots for the “Goings On About Town” section of the magazine, and also produces shoots and conducts image research for the magazine’s cultural and fiction pieces. Previously, Brown managed the studio of photographer Max Vadukul. Clinton Cargill Associate Picture Editor, The New York Times Magazine Lollion Chong Editor, MTV Books Chong has worked on a wide variety of pop-culture and music-related titles, including the New York Times bestseller The Heroin Diaries and VICE Books’ cult hit Dear Diary, as well as such illustrated and photography titles as Edie Factory Girl, TOYS: New Designs from the Art Toy Revolution, Misshapes, The World According to Pretty Toney, The Vice Photo Book, and the award-winning travel series MTV Travel Guides. Craig Cohen Publisher, powerHouse Books Sean Corcoran Curator of Prints and Photographs, Museum of the City of New York Corcoran is developing an exhibition program that strives to celebrate New York City’s heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. He previously served as Assistant Curator of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. Over the years he has organized a wide range of historical and contemporary photographic exhibitions, including Site Seeing: Photographic Excursions in Tourism, Broken Glass: Photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson and Manhattan Noon: Photographs by Gus Powell. He has also served as a juror for several internationally renowned exhibitions, including Critical Mass (Photolucida, Portland, Oregon), and has reviewed portfolios for various organizations including the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY and Atlanta Celebrates Photography. Yolanda Cuomo Art Director, Designer, and Educator Cuomo has collaborated for over two decades with visual and performing artists including Richard Avedon, Paul Simon, Twyla Tharp, Laurie Anderson, Gilles Peress, and Sylvia Plachy. Her studio designed and produced the worldwide exhibition and book Diane Arbus Revelations, the first major retrospective of Diane Arbus’ photography since 1974. Other notable book projects include Pre-Pop Warhol, September 11 by Magnum Photographers, Farewell to Bosnia: Gilles Peress, Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs, Malaparte: A House Like Me, and Kenneth Cole: Footnotes. Katrina Doerner Private dealer Doerner specializes in early to mid-twentieth century photographic prints with an emphasis on documentary and humanist photography. As a former photographer by trade and with twelve years of combined experience in galleries and private dealership, Doerner has a keen understanding of the needs of both artist and gallery. Doerner is based in Brooklyn and represents artists such as Dimitri Baltermants, Horace Bristol, Larry Fink, and Erika Stone, among others. Nancy Eklund-Later Senior Acquisitions Editor, Princeton Architectural Press During her seven-year tenure, Eklund-Later has acquired, edited, and overseen design and production on books covering a wide spectrum of topics, including architecture, urbanism, landscape, fine art and vernacular photography, ephemera, graphic design, and book arts. Michael Foley Director, Foley Gallery Foley has previously worked with the Fraenkel Gallery, the Howard Greenberg Gallery, and the Yancey Richardson Gallery. He has been a consultant for The Gap on several of their sponsored photography exhibits and has exhibited his own work in San Francisco, New York, and Italy. Stephen Frailey Chair, BFA Photography Department, School of Visual Arts In addition to his work at BFA, Frailey is also a co-founder of the Art+Commerce Festival. Peter Hay Halpert Director, Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art Halpert is a collector, curator, author, and a contributing editor to American Photo magazine.Leah Hamilton Creative Art Producer, Spike DDB For the past 12 years Hamilton has been an art producer/buyer for Spike Lee's ad agency Spike DDB (a division of DDB Needham), as well as a freelance art buyer for several specialty shops in New York. Hamilton has worked with photographers such as Guzman, Piotr Sikora, Marc Baptiste, Matthew Jordan Smith, Barron Claiborne, Kwaku Alston, Lauri Lyons, Philippe Salomon, Lyndon Wade, Sacha Waldman, and Jim Fiscus, and fine artists including Kadir Nelson and Patrick-Earl Barnes, among others. Hamilton¹s documentary short In the Frame was selected for the IFP/VC2 showcase in 2006; in 2007, she was listed by The Fader as one of the 50 emerging filmmakers. Hamilton is currently working on the finishing touches to a new documentary, keeping her lens on women.Whitney Johnson Associate Picture Editor, The New Yorker Johnson is responsible for producing shoots and researching photographs for political, social, and international stories. Prior to joining the magazine, Johnson worked at the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network for over five years, researching and commissioning photographs for publications and coordinating a documentary photography exhibition and international grant competition. She holds a BA from Barnard College, and is pursuing a MA in American Studies, with a focus on photography and social change, at Columbia University. Debra Klomp Ching Co-Owner/Co-Director of the Klompching Gallery Klomp Ching has both an academic and curatorial background. Prior to relocating to the US, she was the Director of Pavilion in the UK, through which she commissioned new photographic work and curated several exhibitions across the UK, Europe, and the US. She has been a juror for various photography awards, including the Flash Forward Emerging Photographers Award, American Photo’s 2008 “Emerging Talent” issue, Critical Mass 2008, and the Perkins Center for the Arts’ 2009 Annual Photography Exhibition. Tina Kukielski Senior curatorial assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art (WMAA) Kukielski has recently curated Corin Hewitt: Seed Stage (2008) and Beth Campbell: Following Room (2007). She has also curated the following exhibitions of photography: Resistance Is… (2007); Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar (2007); and The New City: Sub/urbia in Recent Photography (2005). Her publications include texts for the following exhibition catalogues: William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photography and Video 1958-2008 (WMAA, 2008), Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar with Elisabeth Sussman (Steidl, 2007); Gordon Matta-Clark: You Are the Measure (WMAA, 2007); and Remote Viewing: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing (WMAA, 2004). She has also written texts for the UCLA Hammer Museum, Art in General, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Dan Leers Beaumont and Nancy Newhall Curatorial Fellow, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Leers began at MoMA as a curatorial assistant and was recently promoted to Newhall Curatorial Fellow. While at MoMA he has worked on exhibitions including New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper & Mikhael Subotzky and the forthcoming Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West. Elodie Mailliet Director of Photography, Contour by Getty Images Prior to joining Getty Images, Mailliet was Director of Photography for portraiture and entertainment at Corbis Outline. In 2005, she was named one of the top 100 people in photography by American Photo. Michael Mazzeo Director, Michael Mazzeo Gallery Mazzeo’s gallery has provided exhibition opportunities for dozens of emerging and established photographers since opening its doors in Chelsea in October 2005. Michael has maintained a diverse teaching career, having served on the faculty of Parsons School for Design, New Jersey City University, and currently the School at ICP. He also leads workshops in wet-plate collodion photography and historic processes at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Peter’s Valley Craft Education Center, and at his Manhattan studio. Janene Outlaw Photo Editor for The New York Times’ Thursday Style Section, Photographer, Curator, and Producer Outlaw graduated with a BFA in Fine Art and Photography from Cornell University and has worked as a photo editor at an array of publications including New York magazine, The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, and Fortune, among others. She instructed senior photography majors at The School of Visual Arts in a class entitled “The Photographer and the Photo Editor,” and has also photo-edited and consulted on music and art photography books. Prior to the Thursday Style section, Outlaw photo-edited the Times’ Weekend Arts section. George Pitts Chair of Photography, Parsons The New School for Design Pitts is also the Consulting Photography Director of Latina magazine. Prior to that, he was for many years the Director of Photography for Life and Vibe magazines. In 2006 he received the Lucie Award for Picture Editor Of The Year. In August 1995 he was cited by American Photo as one of 19 “Movers and Shakers for the Future.” Daniel Power CEO, powerHouse Books Conor Risch Features Editor, PDN Conor Risch has been a features editor for Photo District News since June 2008. Previously he was a senior editor of Cool'eh Magazine, where he is still a contributing editor. He has also worked as an editor for becker&mayer!, an illustrated book publisher. Thomas Roma Director of Photography, Columbia University Roma has had two solo exhibitions at MoMA and ICP and is the author of eight books. Sara Rosen Associate Publisher and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Publicity of powerHouse Books Publisher of Miss Rosen Editions, Editor of powerHouse Magazine, and a curator at powerHouse Arena Miss Rosen Editions is a new imprint with powerHouse, focusing on contemporary urban culture and lifestyle with new books from Ricky Powell, Martha Cooper, Charlie Ahearn, DJ Disco Wiz, Danielle Levitt, Claw Money, Boogie, Hamburger Eyes, Lisa Kahane, Kent Rogowski, Brantly Martin, and Ellen Jong, among others. powerHouse Magazine is a twice-yearly publication that uses group exhibitions Miss Rosen curates at powerHouse Arena as the springboard to further cultural exploration. Michael Sand Executive Editor, Little, Brown and Company and Bulfinch Press Sand publishes books in the areas of photography, art, popular culture, and food and wine. Julie Saul Owner and Director, Julie Saul Gallery Julie Saul has owned and directed Julie Saul Gallery since 1986. She received a Masters Degree from the Institute of Fine Arts in 1982 and has worked as an independent curator, taught and lectured at a variety of museums and schools including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York University, Christies, Sotheby¹s, and the School of Visual Arts. Her thesis project on Moholy Nagy Photoplastics was published and exhibited at the Bronx Musuem of the Arts in 1983. She has participated in numerous portfolio reviews including Atlanta and Santa Fe. She has served on the board of AIPAD, Art Table (women in leadership positions in the visual arts) and In Motion which provides legal services for need women. She represents Jeff Liao, a recent graduate of SVA who currently is being exhibited in Arles. Markus Seewald Photo Editor, German Geo, New York office Seewald has produced exhibitions and edited several photo books. Geo is an award-winning monthly magazine that reports on scientific, socio-political, ethnological, and environmental subjects and is known for its in-depth coverage and outstanding photography. Michael Shulman Director of Publishing and Multimedia, Magnum Photos Shulman worked for the photo industry since 1993, originally at Archive Photos. Subsequently he has worked at Sygma, Liaison, and Getty Images. Deb Spokony Senior Art Buyer, BBH With a career spanning the creative halls of Deutsch, Publicis and BBH, some of New York's busiest ad agencies, Bed Spokony has produced shoots big and small for categories including skin care, electronics, pharmaceutical, kids, financial and luxury. Daily responsibilities include photography research, illustration negotiations, stock photo purchasing and the occasional fire fighting. During the past six years, she has worked with photographers ranging from the award - winning to the up-and-coming on campaigns for LG, Vaseline, Axe, Coca Cola, UBS, Citibank, Bank of America, Snapple, Monster, Tylenol, and Tommy Hilfiger. Amy Steigbigel Director of Photography , NY Stills Creative Imagery Division, Getty Images As Director of Photography for Getty Images in New York City, Amy Steigbigel leads a team of Art Directors, Photo Editors and freelance photographers in both sourcing and producing creative imagery to meet the creative strategy of the company. Steigbigel has held a number of key positions in both the commercial and fine art realms of photography most recently she was the Director of Photography of Details Magazine, Co-founder of the Wallspace Gallery in New York City in 2002. Brian Storm President of MediaStorm, a multimedia production MediaStorm’s principal aim is to usher in the next generation of multimedia storytelling by publishing social documentary projects incorporating photojournalism, interactivity, animation, audio, and video for distribution across multiple media. Prior to launching MediaStorm in 2005, Storm spent two years as vice president of News, Multimedia & Assignment Services for Corbis. From 1995 to 2002 he was director of multimedia at MSNBC.com. Caroline Wall Director, Robert Mann Gallery Wall joined the staff at the Robert Mann Gallery in July 2006 as the Associate Director and became the Director in December 2006. Prior to her current position, she was the Associate Director of the Jonathan O¹Hara Gallery and the Assistant Director of the O¹Hara Gallery for four years. Wall holds a BA in Art History from McGill University and studied Fine Art at Parsons School of Design in Paris. Catherine Wyatt Gallery Manager, ClampArt Registration & Fees
Before January 8, 2009 $400 After January 8, 2009 $450 Student Rate $300 (With valid student ID — you must provide a valid and current Spring 2009 semester photo ID or a copy of your Spring 2009 class registration.) Payment can be made by check, money order, or credit card. Please make all checks out to powerHouse Arena. Registration is limited; please contact us soon.
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