Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Lecture TONIGHT 5pm SCAD Museum Auditorium

Photography lecture with Darius Himes and Daniel Milnor


SCAD Museum of Art theater
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 5 to 7 p.m.

In "How to Make a Book that Works," Darius Himes, lead judge of creative publishing platform Blurb's annual Photography Book Now competition, will discuss how Blurb can affect the way books are made. Documentary photographer and Blurb photographer-at-large Daniel Milnor will discuss the self-publishing platform in further detail. Free and open to the public.

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Daniel Milnor is currently “Photographer at Large” for Blurb, Inc. the world’s premiere print-ondemand publisher. He splits his time between the smog-choked arteries of Southern California and the spiritual landscape of New Mexico. Milnor is a former newspaper, magazine and commercial photographer who now works primarily on long-term projects. His work has taken him from the rural corners of the United States to Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has taught at Art Center College of Design, Academy of Art University, The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, The Julia Dean Workshops and the Photo Experience Workshops. An early adopter of select technologies such as print-on-demand books and magazines, Milnor has created and published over one hundred unique titles, including the recently released “Manifesto Magazine,” which showcases the world’s best documentary photography. Milnor’s writing and photography has been featured in Camera Arts Magazine, Black and White Magazine, Life Magazine, Zone Zero, Flash Flood, Finite Photo, Resolve, Hasselblad Gallery as well as many others.

He recently began a long-term mentoring program for photographers wishing to learn more about producing in-depth documentary projects. Additionally, Milnor is the author the blog Smogranch which allows him to speak his mind, post his mother’s poetry and bring together like-minded people around the globe. His work is in the collections of both The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The George Eastman House. 

Darius Himes is Assistant Director of Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. He is a co-founder of Radius Books, a non-profit publisher of books on photography and the visual arts, where he serves on the Board and consults on project acquisitions. He was founding editor of photo-eye Booklist, a quarterly magazine devoted to photography books, which ran from 2002–2007. A lecturer, educator, and writer, he has contributed to Aperture, Blind Spot, Bookforum, BOMB, PDN, and American Photo. In 2008, he was named by PDN as one of the fifteen most influential people in photography book publishing. His most recent title, Publish Your Photography Book, co-authored with Mary Virginia Swanson, was released by Princeton Architectural Press in the Spring of 2011.
Lectures about publishing that are available to view online:
The New York Public Library, December, 2010 (with co-author Mary Virginia Swanson).
The Forward Thinking Museum, December, 2010
Visit the Publish Your Photography Book website to join the mailing list about upcoming lectures and seminars.


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