i usually enjoy "burying the lead" to my stories here…putting the "key" to the story somewhere towards the end….to make you read the whole thing!!! or simply to pique your sense of "discovery"…
not this time….
i announce now, to the readers of this forum, the offering of a $5,000. (u.s. dollars) stipend/grant for one exceptional photographer to help support their personal work…..this will be based on the photographs being sent to me now….
the deadline for sending work will now be extended to november 15, 2007….this will be based entirely on work produced between july 15, 2007 and the closing date…..the stipend will be awarded by december 15, 2007…Merry Christmas!!
i have already been flooded with material….good material….but, i have decided to totally max out the influence of our new found collaboration…for my "original bloggers" (and i know who you are) who have already sent in their 20 picture limit, you will be allowed another 20 and this extra time ….but, the limit on essays or singles from any "newcomers" to our forum will still be 20 photographs presented as an essay ( or combo of essays) or 20 single images…
so, for my steadfast loyal readers with whom i have had the most amazing dialogue for the last 6 months, you will be faced suddenly and surely with more competition….but, for you also i will go in, take a look at the work already submitted, and provide you as much personal feedback and guidance as i possibly can….
as you know, i am in the process of creating a non-profit fund so that i can provide funding for some of you to go out and do the work you love….so, this symbolic stipend is coming backwards from the way i eventually want to work…this stipend is coming at the end for many of your projects, rather than at the beginning…but, i just wanted to do something now…it just feels right, that’s all…
many of you have in such good faith submitted work, that i just felt i wanted to do something in good faith back..besides, this extra time and maybe little incentive will make some of you do the best work of your life…if that happened to just a few of you, the "reward" to me would be immeasurable….
this grant is, at best, a token stipend….not enough funding to really go do something of major significance…so it is only a gesture…my gesture alone….before the non-profit is actually up and running…while committees are meeting, i will just step out….to the limited extent that i can..
i hope this will be an incentive for future funders to see what can be done with this online collaboration and community which has been growing daily…for them to see what an amazing creative community we now have..this is a bold step for me personally…but, if i am asking for others to take a bold step, i must take one myself…no, i am not a wealthy man with money to give away…my rent is late (among other things)….but, i am some sort of "risk taker"…i will take this risk alone…
please know that i am not "buying" your photographs or "using" your photographs or "selling" your photographs..as a member of the most powerful photographers rights agency in the world, Magnum, i will only try to set as much of an example as an online "publisher" as i do as a contemporary working photographer…i will treat all of you exactly as i expect to be treated…viva photographer copyrights!! period….
in our helter skelter world of diminishing financial returns for our work, and often Kmart style selling of photographs, and almost zero production monies available to many, i just want to go on record as providing just a little bit of light and morality and significance to the journalistic and artistic merits of so many of you out there hungry to do serious photographic work…this is just a tiny "brick in the wall", but this is what i stand for anyway..
ELIGIBILITY
there will be no age,sex,cultural,racial, or religious discrimination of any kind for this stipend….i will be only "discriminate" with the work chosen based on its over all integrity, visual acuity, and authorship components…..lifelong personal friends are not eligible, nor are Magnum photographers or other established agency or magazine iconic photographers…i want to discover someone…by "discovering" one, i will expose many…
WHERE TO UPLOAD WORK
ftp.digitalrailroad.net
login: davidalanharvey-blog
password: upload
OUTCOME
quiene sabe…who knows?? it would be nice to think that some generous funders and/or corporate sponsors would become a part of our overall initiative here….as you know, my thought was to do at least one good annual magazine/book and traveling exhibition both from work presented here and from my workshop students production from around the world…at the very least, we will have a powerful online presentation and exhibition..
also , as most of you know, this has been an online work in progress from day one….our collaboration…and things may shift a bit from time to time just by the nature of this effort…please remember, only one person will receive this hopefully growing stipend this time around, but many of you will be exposed positively to a group of your peers and established editors, publishers, etc etc….
so,if all of us are having fun and all of us our learning, then we should let everything evolve in a natural positive way…if not, we "cash in our chips" and go home…certainly there is nothing lost…. and the experience so far has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career..i want you to feel the same…
your thoughts and questions please….i am sure i forgot to mention something!!!
p.s.
from now on, any purely tech questions i think would be better dealt with by michael courvoisier and off of this site…just to avoid clogging up our more esoteric chat….so please go to: blogquestions@gmail.com….mike is there to help
“…i guess logic vs emotion argument is unimportant as long as you collect your gifts..”
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bob…
my apologies for being so “out of it” with your current family problems…i do hope you do not only feel strong support from this community , but from me personally as well…i think you know how i feel about family matters and the incumbent priorities…please let us know soonest when your life returns to it’s normal happy self..
hugs, david
two different approaches to taking a picture depending upon the person. However most of us are a little bit of both//right brain//left brain>thinkers..the final result is the print which is a biproduct of either logic or emotion; no ?
David :)
thank you so much for your kind and generous and tender words. Let me assure you that no one, LEAST of all you should apologize. I appreciate and take your words inside me like a gulp of cool and white air. I have turned to this blog, to you and its members, in a time a crisis and it has been comforting. When i was unable to talk to them or talk immediately to my friends here in TO and in NY and my family in the states, this blog served as a reminder, a comfort, a counter to all the shit that we’ve been dealing with. For that I am grateful and really appreciate.
I have felt support for the community here and from you personally and that has meant alot to me and to my family. As i told you earlier, there will be a lovely bottle of Ice Wine coming your way after C. Anderson visits on the 16th for his talk here…(im looking forward to meeting him: and i’ll give him a hug too to send u)…
will know more tomorrow evening…
thank you David.
hugs,
bob
I would like to know if this stipend/grant is exclusive for US residents or as in my case (I am not US resident) I may apply also.
Regards
Ricardo Baez-Duarte
ricardo….
the grant being offered from this site is open to photographers everywhere..
david
David
I just found you. I had searched on google the following key words..photography..portfolio..review..canada…which led me to Lightstalkers…which led me your post called “Road Trip Timing” which led me here…
I am a humble newbie that has been bitten hard by the passionate bug of photography. I work full time..have three teenagers..a husband that works shifts. I decided to find my creative outlet and bought a camera in July 2006. I went out to play with it one day and BAM that was the beginning. I never owed and SLR before, no software and no formal training. Instead, I wake up at 5am and try to learn something new everyday before going to work. After work I often go shooting and then come home to try and learn some more. The kids have learned to cook and clean because I just can’t do it all! My weekends are now spent walking and meeting the people and places around me with my lens. Anyway….I keep searching for the path…the one that leads my camera and me to the rush of clicking the shutter and knowing immediately that the moment captured was “right”.
Your post on road trip timing was perfectly timed for me to find. I will learn from you. Thank you.
NANCY…
welcome!!! you sound like a full time hard working mom….most important job in the world!! do not leave your kids for your camera, but it does sound like you are experiencing a new “lease on life”….we are happy to have you here with us….
cheers, david
I know there are 334 comments here already…I’m late for this…and I’ve been too involved in my own effort to improve the world to have seen your blog grow multifolds…
But I want to say this nevertheless:
“Thank you for being such a wonderful human being and feeling so strongly”
Are you still accepting submissions? I’ve been having trouble login in. The server says that the login information is not correct. I’ve emailed blogquestions@gmail.com and not heard back yet. thanks
a little bit too much emotional overkill,isn’t it?
all that i love you, you’re the best, never heard such great, and praying for this and that and everything.
my guess: the most overemotionals bring in the worst pics.
don’t shout so loud, watch silently, shoot’n pffff away you are.
affection makes you blind for everything of real importance. don’t you know?
The password no longer works. I have emailed blogquestions@gmail.com with no response. It seems others are having the same issue. Please advise.
thanks.
HELLO ALL….
the deadline is not until November 15……
michael, my main man for the tech stuff, has been busy with the workshop and just now returning to his duties with the forum upload…
he will get to you soonest…be patient please…we will exclude no photographer who wants to submit…
IXANIA…
i feel your pain….and please send us a link to your work, so we will really know what you mean…
cheers, david
I just uploaded my work to the digitalrailroad’s submissions folder. It was my first time using a ftp program and it was easy, fast and, looks like I did it successfully because now I can see my folder there, but, if you or Michael see something wrong, just let me know and will repeat it, ok?
Thanks a lot for all your help and patience!!
Ana Yturralde
No problems uploading here – any feedback you might have time for is definitely appreciated. I find editing my work difficult and sequencing damn near impossible!
Hi David,
Thank so much for this opportunity. It’s really a dream to have you look at my work. This is very generous. There are so many photographers that inspire me and move me. The chance to take a bold step in this direction is priceless to me.
I look forward to seeing your discoveries from this project. This blog is fascinating!
Ufffff!!!!!!!! This is so refreshing guys:)) I admire human beings who are generous with their thoughts and their time. Thank you David!
(I am always grateful to Bob’s generosity and the sensorial quality of his poetry:))))))))))))))))), as well as the other LS members’, gracias gracias!)
You all know the feeling right? Where was I? Why was I missing out on this? hehehe.
Looking forward to mucho mas!
Abrazos
Tomas
Just uploaded mine as well.
Hope it went through all right.
Just amazing that you created this forum David. Big thumbs up!!
Wendy
Hi David, I’ve been a silent and what comes with it – also very shy reader of Your Blog for long time now.. Finally the time has come to make that bold step, with quivering legs, but I would regret if I wouldn’t post some of my photos and have this honour to get them judged by You. Thanks for a great opportunity for that.
I’ve just uploaded them using FTP, hope everything’s OK, if something is wrong please let me know and I’ll sent it again.
Maciej
I have joined as well.
Thanks for possibility
-r-
I just uploaded some work. Hope it’s okay to add the contact information in the exif?
Cheers,
Martin
submitted 8 photos hope they got to you.
ok, just uploaded my 20…at the laaaast second. I hope they made it to you. thanks for doing this david, cant wait for the results…
I’m looking forward to seeing what catches your eye. Thanks for the opportunity.
Thank you David. Incredibly kind and generous of you to offer this.
Is there any way to know for sure that everything went through alright? I’ve created a folder and uploaded 15 images to it but I wasn’t able to see them on the server.
Hello David,
My name is Denis Kopylenko and I am a photographer. I nearly accidentally came across this thread in your blog and has been really enlightened by this idea. I think my work can be of interest to you. Can you please tell me whether you continue this stipend tradition into the 2008 and whether the uploading rules are the same? What is the deadline?
Thanks
Denis Kopylenko
Nice David! I really appreciate what you’re doing. It’s really great that there are some people who are willing to help their countrymen. I hope you will receive more blessings and please continue your excellent doings. Keep up the good work!
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