Jun 15, 2008, 04:18
I am leaving China in a week, except for some three t-shirts to wear my apartment is basically empty, things have been given away to people, sent to Germany or packed, I have to give my students exams and make their grades and I am always travelling. In the middle of this I have finally finally got down to making my new photo book!
I have been putting this off muuuuch to long.
Alltogether, this will be my 6th book on China.
I put together my first photo book on general life in this country after two months in China, the second one within five months of being in China, the third one after nine months. During my winter stay in Germany (how can it be it seems like that was just last week?!?!) I put together two volumes on special topics, one on my chicken series, and one on the village school and the construction site I visited in October last year.
So basically it has been a year that I haven't been using and organising my every day pictures.
Now I have spend two solid days on it, and it gives me tremendous satisfaction.
Digging through some 10,000 shots, though tiring, brings to light some gems that would have been lost in the abyss of my HD. Doing this is also good for my Mac and LR and me, we are bonding
This time I will try blurb, as recommended by Kombi (thank you!),
for the printing and maybe you can all see it when it is done. From Kombi as well as others who have tried I heard the printing is ok if not fantastic, and the software is a bit bulky and not customisable, but their prices are very attractive, so at least I can try.
I am very happy with my progress these couple of days.
On another note, by going through last year's work I realise how my style changes.
In retrospect I am almost thinking these 20 some months in isolation have done my photography no
harm, to say the least.
Although I am always upset that there is no cultural life, no art events and no one to discuss with here,
there might be some benefit after all to not being constantly exposed to other's work (as in New York),
so you are forced-free to develop your own style instead of (subconciously even) trying to imitate someone else's.
You notice, I am not someone who looks at photo art on the internet. you might say I don't need to be in
New York to be up to date, but I am usually overwhelmed by the flood of stuff on the net. Also, I hate looking at pictures on the screen for a long time, when I want to really see a picture, I need the haptics too. So I am happy enough for a galerist to make a pre-selection for me of what to look at
Greetings from China!
Uli
I have been putting this off muuuuch to long.
Alltogether, this will be my 6th book on China.
I put together my first photo book on general life in this country after two months in China, the second one within five months of being in China, the third one after nine months. During my winter stay in Germany (how can it be it seems like that was just last week?!?!) I put together two volumes on special topics, one on my chicken series, and one on the village school and the construction site I visited in October last year.
So basically it has been a year that I haven't been using and organising my every day pictures.
Now I have spend two solid days on it, and it gives me tremendous satisfaction.
Digging through some 10,000 shots, though tiring, brings to light some gems that would have been lost in the abyss of my HD. Doing this is also good for my Mac and LR and me, we are bonding
This time I will try blurb, as recommended by Kombi (thank you!),
for the printing and maybe you can all see it when it is done. From Kombi as well as others who have tried I heard the printing is ok if not fantastic, and the software is a bit bulky and not customisable, but their prices are very attractive, so at least I can try.
I am very happy with my progress these couple of days.
On another note, by going through last year's work I realise how my style changes.
In retrospect I am almost thinking these 20 some months in isolation have done my photography no
harm, to say the least.
Although I am always upset that there is no cultural life, no art events and no one to discuss with here,
there might be some benefit after all to not being constantly exposed to other's work (as in New York),
so you are forced-free to develop your own style instead of (subconciously even) trying to imitate someone else's.
You notice, I am not someone who looks at photo art on the internet. you might say I don't need to be in
New York to be up to date, but I am usually overwhelmed by the flood of stuff on the net. Also, I hate looking at pictures on the screen for a long time, when I want to really see a picture, I need the haptics too. So I am happy enough for a galerist to make a pre-selection for me of what to look at
Greetings from China!
Uli
