"End of Summer" Book Giveaway Winner!

We've spent the last few weeks sifting through all of the "End of Summer" book giveaway entries. There were so many good images that perfectly encapsulated the essence of summer that it was ultimately quite difficult to select a winner. We did, however, and our favorite summer photograph came courtesy of Mathew Scott. His photograph, from an ongoing project entitled American Vacations, can be seen below along with the 5 runner-up images. Thanks to everyone who submitted work.

Winner


From "American Vacations"
© Mathew Scott

Exposure Project: When did you relationship with photography begin? Were photographs an integral part of your childhood? And if so, in what context - the family photo album, the museum, the magazine or newspaper, etc.?

Mathew Scott: My relationship with photography started when I was young. both my parents have artistic backgrounds, and always encouraged us to explore out creative sides. My father was really into photography and he had a small studio set up in the house. He never did it professionally, but he does have a great fashion portfolio that I would love to get my hands on now! I remember a specific time that really peaked my interest- This hair metal band came over, and I got to watch my dad shoot there promo pictures. I remember they where all decked out in leopard print clothes, and had tons of make-up on (again... 80's hair metal). I was pretty young at this point, but that memory is very vivid, and I would have to credit that to playing a part in what I am doing today. High School was when I really figured things out. It was my first experience with the darkroom, learning how to develop my own film, print my own images, and be in complete control of what I was doing. This was huge for me, I became obsessed, and I haven't looked back since.

Exposure Project: Tell us a little about the impetus behind your project The Book of Mathew?

Mathew Scott: The Book of Mathew has taken many turns and "ideas" since I first started working on it. Originally, It was just a way to keep my personal work organized, it acted like a home for the images that where not part of any particular project, but still held importance to me. In the past, I have tried to turn it into something, but that never really worked for me. All I ended up with was a vague "project", accompanied but an over inflated artist statement, full of pretentious art talk... I quickly got off that ride, thank god. Where it stands now, There really is no beginning or end, and I never set out to shoot specifically for that portfolio. The images are outakes of memorable commissioned shoots, random drives, and personal travels. If I die tomorrow, this would most likely best represent me, both professionally, and personally.

Exposure Project: What are you working on now? Any exciting projects on the horizon?

Mathew Scott: My main focus now is to concentrate on the commercial side of my work. I am putting more effort into marketing myself, showing my book, and building on the client relationships I have been lucky enough to make in the short time I have spent here in Los Angeles. Other than that, I will always keep adding to the "Book of Mathew" Series, and I plan on expanding on my "Last Call... Portrait of a Dive Bar" series (I love "working" on that project). Basically, I am happy whenever I am shooting/ making something, so staying productive, and focused is my overall long term goal.

Runners-Up


© Christopher Gianunzio


© Michael George


© Stephen Sakulsky


© Natalie Chan


© Joshua Deaner

Flak Photo Feature

We have teamed up with the always supportive Andy Adams over at Flak Photo for a feature highlighting 7 photographers from Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book. It runs weekdays from September 23 - October 1, 2009 and includes photographs by:

Daniel Farnum, Inka Lindergård and Niclas Holmström, Jens Windolf, Bradley Peters, Lee Gainer, Matthew Genitempo and Rona Chang.




To view the feature, visit the Flak Photo website or Facebook page.

For more information on Issue 4, visit the "Books" section of our website. Anyone interested in purchasing a copy of the special edition should act fast, as book and print sales have picked up in recent weeks.

Special Edition Prints Going Fast!

Sales for the "Special Edition" of Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book have picked up in recent weeks. Anyone interested in purchasing their own copy should act fast, as certain editions are close to selling out (For instance, there is only one more Bradley Peters print left Bradley Peters' edition has sold out). To view the available print editions for the "Special Edition", click the link above.

We would like to thank everyone who has showed support by purchasing a copy of Issue 4. Your support and encouragement are truly invaluable. Also, all of you out there interested in receiving a complimentary copy of the regular edition of the book should send over their most representative summer-inspired image for our "End of Summer" book giveaway.

Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book - Special Edition Images

Below are a few images of the components and packaging of the Special Edition of Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book.




The Exposure Project Book - Issue 4 (Special Edition)
70 pages, Hardcover
Edition of 25
8 x 10 in.
2 Signed and Numbered Prints
$100 + S & H

Includes photographs by Chris Bentley, Rona Chang, Daniel Farnum, Elizabeth Fleming, Lee Gainer, Matthew Genitempo, Inka Lindergård & Niclas Holmström, Natascha Libbert, Bradley Peters, Carlo Van de Roer, Daniel Shea, Manuel Vazquez, Jens Windolf, Susan Worsham and Bahar Yurukoglu

Brian Ulrich's essay "Myths and Realities, Photography Moves Into the 21st Century"

Each Special Edition comes with your choice of two editioned prints, signed and numbered by the artists. It is also packaged in an archival portfolio case made from 100% post consumer recycled materials. You can view the available prints here.

If you purchase a Special Edition, please e-mail you print selections to:

ben@theexposureproject.com

Each edition is limited to 10 prints, so buy one now to ensure you receive the images of your choice!

Special Edition Prints: Chris Bentley

Today's image comes courtesy of Issue 4 photographer and Special Edition print offerer Chris Bentley. The image (posted below) is part of Bentley's series Desert States. In the statement for the work, he explains:

"This work from New Mexico is part of a larger project on the West—The Desert States. The Desert States project focuses on those states whose identity is significantly based on the presence of the desert: New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California.

The land—in its vastness and aridity—defines the entire area. This geography has determined how the area developed and the type of person that lives here.

Historically, these states were not well populated. The rangeland and farming were generally poor. Now, of course, they have significant population growth. And, this is where nuclear weapons development and testing began."


From "Desert States"
© Chris Bentley

For general information on both editions of the book click here. To view all the available print choices for the Special Edition click here.

Special Edition Prints: Susan Worsham

Today's image comes courtesy of Issue 4 photographer and Special Edition print offerer Susan Worsham. The image (posted below) is part of Worsham's ongoing series Some Fox Trails In Virginia. In the statement for the work, she explains:

"This series of photographs is taken in and around Virginia, the place in which I grew up. The title comes from a book written by my father's ancestor, to show the lineage of the Fox family in Virginia. For my own purpose, it acts as a metaphorical map, of the rediscovered paths of my childhood home.

At the age of 34, I came back to Virginia to care for my mother, who died shortly after my return. As the last of my family passed, I turned my lens to old friends, and their new families. I photographed the house in which I grew up. The man that lives there now houses snakes in my father's old office, and rests them in my old bedroom, while he changes their cages. My mother always promised that there were no snakes in my room, and now that she is gone, there are. A hearse sits in my childhood driveway, representing the passing of my father, and suicide of my brother.

These photographs are not meant to be purely autobiographical, but rather representations of how I view things, based on my own experiences, and those of the people that I have met along the way. My boyfriend Michael, stands on the street I grew up on, bridging the gap between past and present. Lynn, the first stranger that ever sat for me, continues to pose for me, along with her son Max. I have been photographing her for sixteen years now."


"The Beekeeper's Other Daughter" (From Some Fox Trails In Virginia)
© Susan Worsham

For general information on both editions of the book click here. To view all the available print choices for the Special Edition click here.

Special Edition Prints: Daniel Shea

Today's image comes courtesy of Issue 4 photographer and Special Edition print offerer Daniel Shea. The image (posted below) is part of Shea's ongoing series Untitled (Baltimore). In the statement for the work, he explains:

"Demystifying a place is easier than implied. Despite what one might have heard, Baltimore is like many other places.

I left Baltimore recently. As my time shortened, I felt a decisive urge to make new images of my home. I decided to default in my photographic process. That is, walk around, interact, and make pictures."


"Shot, 2008"
© Daniel Shea

For general information on both editions of the book click here. To view all the available print choices for the Special Edition click here.

Special Edition Prints: Bahar Yurukoglu

Today's image comes courtesy of Issue 4 photographer and Special Edition print offerer Bahar Yurukoglu. The image (posted below) is part of Yurukoglu's series Museification. In the statement for the work, she explains:

"These images focus on the intimate narrative that unfolds in the preserved house museums of historical and cultural icons. I am interested in the transformation of the ordinary object, like a bar of soap or a pillow, to a priceless museum piece and the heavy history it is meant to symbolize. The preservation of a private residence into a public museum creates a space unlike any other, a space that can only exist at that moment in those four walls. By using documents, fragile memories, and a contemporary perspective historians and curators reimagine and memorilize a person and their private space. The personal relics and collected memorabilia anthropomorphize to create a haunting, transcendent and beautiful portrait. By photographing these houses I am exploring a temporal space between past and present, fiction and reality. My photographs look at the role of myth, absence, nostalgia, and memory as it relates to the retelling of history and the human experience."


"Martin Van Buren Had Red Hair"
© Bahar Yurukoglu

For general information on both editions of the book click here. To view all the available print choices for the Special Edition click here.

Special Edition Prints: Bradley Peters

In conjunction with the release of Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book, we have decided to post an image every couple of days from a different artist in the book. The first photograph is Bradley Peters' "Untitled (mother and son with shopping cart)", which is also available as an editioned print for anyone who purchases a Special Edition of the book.


"Untitled (mother and son with shopping cart)"
© Bradley Peters

For general information on both editions of the book click here. To view all the available print choices for the Special Edition click here.

Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book Now Available!

Hey Everyone,

We are proud to announce the release of Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book. Both regular and special edition copies are now available through the "Books" section of our website. You can view all the specific details pertaining to the release below:


Cover of Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book


Includes photographs by Chris Bentley, Rona Chang, Daniel Farnum, Elizabeth Fleming, Lee Gainer, Matthew Genitempo, Inka Lindergård & Niclas Holmström, Natascha Libbert, Bradley Peters, Carlo Van de Roer, Daniel Shea, Manuel Vazquez, Jens Windolf, Susan Worsham and Bahar Yurukoglu

Brian Ulrich's essay "Myths and Realities, Photography Moves Into the 21st Century"

Regular Edition
68 pages, Softcover
Edition of 100
8 x 10 in.
$45 + Shipping & Handling

Special Edition
68 pages, Hardcover
Edition of 25
8 x 10 in.
$100 + Shipping & Handling

Each special edition book also include two signed and numbered 8.5 x 11 prints of the customer's choice. To view the print editions click here.

Buy one now while supplies last!

Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book Available in July

Hey Everyone,

Well, it's been quite a while since the last update regarding Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book. We have spent the last couple of months working on the design of the book, raising funds and finalizing all the specifics of the book editions. We are pleased to announce that Issue 4 will be available for purchase in the middle of July. It will be offered in both regular and special editions. You can find the edition details below:

The Exposure Project Book - Issue 4
July 2009

Includes photographs by Chris Bentley, Rona Chang, Daniel Farnum, Elizabeth Fleming, Lee Gainer, Matthew Genitempo, Inka Lindergård & Niclas Holmström, Natascha Libbert, Bradley Peters, Carlo Van de Roer, Daniel Shea, Manuel Vazquez, Jens Windolf, Susan Worsham and Bahar Yurukoglu

With an essay by Brian Ulrich

Regular Edition
70 pages, Softcover
Edition of 100
8 x 10 in.
$45

Special Edition
70 pages, Hardcover
Edition of 25
8 x 10 in.
$100

The special edition will also include two signed and numbered 8.5 x 11 prints. Customers will be have the choice of the following prints:











Download the Abridged PDF of Issue 4

Download Press Release

From Top To Bottom:

Chris Bentley, Drive-in Screen

Bahar Yurukoglu, Martin Van Buren had red hair

Bradley Peters, Untitled (mother and son with shopping cart)

Daniel Shea, "Untitled," from the series Untitled (Baltimore)

Susan Worsham, The Beekeeper's Other Daughter

All Images © The Artists

Support The Exposure Project!

Hey Everyone,

Over the last few weeks, we at The Exposure Project have started the involved process of organizing our next publication. We received an inspiring amount of exceptional work during our latest call for entries period and couldn't be happier with the selected photographers. It has always been our goal to continually expand the breadth of this project and unite a diversity of vision, process and philosophy within contemporary photography. Issue 4 marks our largest and most ambitious collaboration to date. But we need your help!

As it stands right now, we are lacking the necessary funds for the production of issue 4. In light of that, we are asking you to take a moment to consider donating to The Exposure Project. There is no minimum donation and all the proceeds will benefit the publication and distribution of issue 4. I am fully aware that economic times are hard right now, however, any contribution, no matter how small, would greatly benefit this project. Your generous contributions will be noted and printed in the back of the publication.

In addition, anyone who donates $50 + will receive an editioned, 8.5 x 11 print of their choice. You can view the available editions here. So, if you're interested in offering your support, visit our Donations page!

Exposure Project Book - Issue 4 Artists Announced!

So, we here at The Exposure Project have spent a long couple of weeks reviewing submissions for Issue 4 of The Exposure Project Book. We received an overwhelming amount of truly wonderful submissions, which ultimately made the curatorial decisions all the harder to make. We would genuinely like to thank everyone who submitted work and assure you all that deciding on a roster of photographers was not easy. So, it is with great pleasure that we announce the final selection of photographers for Issue 4:

Chris Bentley
Rona Chang
Daniel Farnum
Elizabeth Fleming
Lee Gainer
Matthew Genitempo
Inka Lindergård & Niclas Holmström
Natascha Libbert
Bradley Peters
Carlo Van De Roer
Daniel Shea
Manuel Vazquez
Jens Windolf
Susan Worsham
Bahar Yurukoglu

Once again, thanks to everyone who showed support and submitted work to Issue 4. We will post further details pertaining to the release of the book as they materialize.

Image © Matthew Genitempo

Exposure Project Book Submissions Now Closed

Submissions for the 4th Issue of The Exposure Project Book are now officially closed. We just wanted to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who submitted work. We have a truly difficult task ahead of us in curating this book, as we received an impressive amount of really strong images. I will email everyone who submitted by Thursday, simply verifying that your submissions were received.

We will post the list of selected photographers and authors on the blog on February 1st.

Just A Reminder...

That the deadline for submissions for the 4th issue of The Exposure Book is quickly approaching. Interested photographers have until January 5th to complete and send their submitted work.

You can find the specifications for submission here.

Call For Submissions: 4th Issue of The Exposure Project Book

So, the time has come to start putting together the 4th issue of The Exposure Project Book. Unlike our selection process for the previous issues, the upcoming book will compile work culled from an open call for submissions. We are asking photographers working in any facet of the medium to send the following:

-5-7 Low Res JPEG's sized @ 72 dpi

-These images should reflect the vision of an ongoing, or recently completed body of work

-In addition, please send a brief artist statement which corresponds to the work submitted

We are also hoping to publish literary works in addition to the photographs chosen. If you have written an essay, article, review, or conducted an interview that is in some way related to photography we would love to review it. Proposals for unwritten works can also be submitted; simply send Microsoft Word formatted material in an e-mail.

Deadline for submissions is: Monday, January 5th, 2009

All submitted material should be sent to ben@theexposureproject.com.  Selected photographers and authors will be notified of acceptance no later than February 1st.  

Updates/Reminders

Sorry for the lack of posting on this blog lately, but I spent the last week traveling and had limited access to a computer. In any regard, the third issue of The Exposure Project Book is finally done and is now available for purchase online. We are incredibly proud of the outcome and are excited to finally be able to share it with the photography community. The book consists of 38 color photographs by 8 different artists, as well as a wonderful accompanying essay written by Jörg Colberg. The artists included in the book are:

Ben Alper, Anastasia Cazabon, Lauren Edwards, Kate Emerson, Adam Marcinek, Fran Osborn-Blaschke, Justin James Reed & Eric Watts.

To find out more information about the book, click here. To purchase a copy of the book, click here.

Also, The Exposure Project will be hosting an exhibition at:

Tillie's of Brooklyn
248 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
August 18 - September 20
Opening Reception: Monday, August 18 from 7 - 9 pm

We will be selling a limited number of both hardcover and softcover books at the opening for anyone who's interested.

So, if you're in the New York area Monday evening, you should stop by for fun and refreshments. Once again, we would like to thank everyone who has offered support, inspiration and participation to this project.

Flak Photo Promotion

In an effort to help us promote Issue 3 of The Exposure Project Book, Andy Adams over at Flak Photo has been kind enough to add a banner to the website that links directly ours. The book should be done shortly, at which point it will be available for purchase online. For more information on everyone included, click here.

Thanks for the support Andy!

New Website

It's with great pleasure that I announce the unveiling of the new Exposure Project website. It now possesses a current and updated archive of images from all the wonderful people that we've collaborated with over the years, as well as all of the photographers that are included in the third issue of the Exposure Project Book, slated for release at the end of August. The book will be available in both softcover and hardcover editions. We also have plans to release a limited edition run of Issue 3 which will be available for sale through the new website.

We are incredibly excited about this release, which contains photographs by Ben Alper, Anastasia Cazabon, Lauren Edwards, Kate Emerson, Adam Marcinek, Fran Osborn-Blaschke, Justin James Reed & Eric Watts. In addition, Jörg Colberg has written us a wonderfully insightful forward which will preface the photographs.

The book will be available for purchase online in a couple of weeks through the Blurb website. Check back with the blog or the website for further details regarding the book release and exhibition.