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photoNOLA, New Orleans, 2012
by Jonathan Blaustein They say time heals all wounds. I’m sure that’s not true. To heal implies making things better. The parents of those poor Connecticut children will never be better again. With...
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Reviewing Work At The New York Portfolio Review
by Jonathan Blaustein I sat in the back row for orientation, flanked by two friends. The large conference room at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism was buzzing. To my left sat David Emitt Adams,...
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Portfolio Reviews – Review Santa Fe
I believe, when done right with a little luck/good timing thrown in, portfolio reviews can be very beneficial to photographers. I joined the Board of Directors at the non-profit Center in Santa Fe...
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New York Portfolio Review – Part 1
The fire alarm chirped voraciously, like a cricket in a bad mood. Immediately, every eye in the room was focused on me, the idiot that opened the fire door. I saw them staring. Rather than hide, which...
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New York Portfolio Review – Part 2
I’ve got a joke for you. You might have heard it before. A black guy and a white guy walk into a bar in Alabama in 1955. The bartender looks at the black guy and says, “If you don’t walk right out of...
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The Best Work I Saw at Review Santa Fe ’14
My father reads my column every week. Without fail. Recently, he took exception to the fact that I labeled my writing “nonsense.” Thank goodness for encouraging parents. I try to keep these articles...
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Work From Review Santa Fe 2015 – Part 1
It’s the first Wednesday in August, and I’m sitting at my white kitchen table. (As usual.) The late Summer sun filters through the window coverings behind me, suffusing the room with warm light....
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Work From Review Santa Fe 2015 – Part 2
I never get drunk anymore. It’s true. I can’t even remember the last time I was woozy and boozy, swaying like bamboo in a disorienting world. I know, I know. Just last week I was bragging about...
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Work from Review Santa Fe 2015, Part 3
I’ve got my hands full at the moment. In the last two weeks, I’ve begun a new job as the Chair of the Fine Arts Department at UNM-Taos, had a articles published online by APE, the NYT and The New...
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I received the following question from a reader: I’m going to my first portfolio review at the PhotoPlus Expo next month in New York. I didn’t think I’d be able to make it, so the trip is coming...
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Chicago’s Filter Photo Festival – Part 1
by Jonathan Blaustein Sometimes I write funny columns, and sometimes I don’t. It all depends on my mood, and the subject matter. (Not to mention what’s going in in the world at the moment.) In the last...
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Chicago’s Filter Photo Festival – Part 2
by Jonathan Blaustein Portfolio reviews are great events for a number of reasons. Primarily, they’re a place where photographers can go to build community, and get feedback on their work. Do not...
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Chicago’s Filter Photo Festival – Part 3
by Jonathan Blaustein I get confused sometimes. I lose sight of what’s important, facing the never-ending onslaught of the 21st Century Hustle. It happens. Lately, I find myself in a Twilight-zone-ish...
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Filter Photo Festival 2016- Part 1
I’m still recovering from my trip to Chicago, yet I’m off to New York in a few days. (Then LA later this month.) While I hadn’t planned it, I guess it’s become AMERICA’S BIG 3 SMACKDOWN, and let’s see...
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Filter Photo Festival 2016 – Part 3
by Jonathan Blaustein Allow me to gather my thoughts. In the last month, as your emissary, I’ve been in Albuquerque, Chicago, Denver, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Albuquerque again, Los Angeles, and now San...
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Medium Festival of Photography – Part 1
by Jonathan Blaustein In the 90’s, Michael Jordan was a god. He could fly, like Superman, and his ubiquitous Gatorade commercials implored us to “Be Like Mike.” Back then, we had a kid on our soccer...
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Medium Festival of Photography – Part 2
by Jonathan Blaustein There’s a bar at the Lafayette Hotel called the Red Fox Room. The name alone evokes the 70’s. I can practically hear Fred Sanford yelling at Lamont, “Hey Dummy!” I can see George...
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This Week in Photography Books: Matthew O’Brien
This column is nearly 6 years old, and over time, I’ve told you guys a lot about my family horse farm here in Taos. It’s a very special place, as the 60 acre property has 1/4 mile of streamfront,...
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The Best Work I Saw at the LACP Portfolio Review Part 1
Hollywood is hip these days. It’s always been popular as an idea, of course. As “Hollywood.” But I’m talking about the actual part of Los Angeles; one section of the many that stitch together the...
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This Week in Photography Books: Sara J. Winston
I just flew in from Chicago, and boy, are my arms… Tired. Sorry. Couldn’t resist. It might be the worst joke in the 6 year history of this column, but you’ll have to forgive me. I pulled 18 hour days...
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