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“How to Prepare for Online Portfolio Review Events” [PDF] January 2021
"How to Prepare for In-Person Portfolio Review Events” [PDF] Updated September 2019
Digital Photo Pro, “Mary Virginia Swanson Shares Her Passion For Fine-Art Photographs“
By Jill Waterman. Published April 19, 2019.Feature Shoot’s Fab Five Friday Newsletter: “5 Marketing Tips” [PDF]
Published in Feature Shoot’s March 8, 2019 newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter on their website here.
PDN, “Self-Publishing Resources” [PDF]
Published in Photo District News, May 2018 issue. PDF updated August 2019.
PDNedu, “Working with Passion: On Assignment for NGOs”
Published October 18, 2016.PDNedu, “ASK MVS: Mary Virginia Swanson Advises on Licensing Existing Work” [PDF]
Spring 2016 issue, pp 22.
PDNedu, “Seeking Support for Your Creative Projects” [PDF]
Fall 2015 issue, pp 54-57.
“The Perfect Portfolio: Tips From Editors & Buyers”
By Jim Colton, National Press Photographers Association.
Shutterbug Magazine, “The Real Deal On Fine Art Photography: Where Creativity Meets Sales And Marketing: An Interview With Mary Virginia Swanson”
April 2013 issue. Interview by Maria Piscopo.
MVS in the Media
PDNedu, “Advocating With Inspiration: The Empowering Wisdom of Mary Virginia Swanson” [PDF]
By Amy Touchette, published in the Spring 2015 issue.
LENSCRATCH, “The Mary Virginia Swanson Mixtape & 2013 FOCUS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Photography”
Interview by Aline Smithson, published October 18, 2013.
Jeff Curto’s Camera Position, May/June 2012, four part interview series by Jeff Curto.
Camera Position 106 : Mary Virginia Swanson – Part 1
Camera Position 107 : Mary Virginia Swanson – Part 2: Books, Blogs & Salons
Camera Position 108 : Mary Virginia Swanson – Part 3: Craft, Publishing & FoliosCamera Position 109 : Mary Virginia Swanson – Part 4: Public Art, Galleries & Image Size
Camera Position 110 : Mary Virginia Swanson – Part 5: Story & Narrative
Amateur Photographer Magazine, “Doing It By the Book” [PDF]
Interview with Mary Virginia Swanson and Darius D. Himes about Publish Your Photography Book, by Gemma Padley, November 2011.
Photograph Magazine, “In Profile”
By Sara Schmerler, July/August 2011 issue.
The New York Public Library, Artist Career Development Series Event, Publish Your Photography Book
Presentation by coauthors Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson, May 7, 2014.
UPCOMING PORTFOLIO REVIEW EVENTS
Registration yet to begin for FORMAT and SDN Reviews; most Festivals also have exhibitions, lectures, and other events open to all:
MARCH 2021:
Medium Photo Festival and Portfolio Reviews
Portfolio Reviews March 4 & 5 LINK HERE
Festival events / lectures open to all: March 3-13 HERE
MVS Seminar at Medium Photo Festival
“Social Media Strategies” with Special Guests:
Barbara Tannenbaum, Chair of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and Curator of Photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio and Geoffrey Koslov, Co-founder and owner, Foto Revelance, Houston, Texas
Wednesday, March 3, 12:00 noon – 2:30 pm PST
FotoFest’s ‘The Meeting Place International Portfolio Review”
March 8-20
Open only to those registered for the cancelled Sessions 2 & 3 from March, 2020
FORMAT21 International Festival (March/April, Darby, UK)
Portfolio Reviews: March 19 & 20, REGISTRATION OPENS SOON
LINK HERE (International Review)
Festival exhibitions and other events open to all: HERE
Denver Month of Photography (March)
Portfolio Reviews: March 20 & 21 LINK HERE
MOP events open to all: HERE
APRIL 2021:
Social Documentary Network’s SDN Review
Saturday, April 3, REGISTRATION OPENS FEBRUARY 15
LINK HERE; scholarships available.
