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.
