Comments on: Review Santa Fe 2009

By: david

david — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:12:14 +0000

I was there as a reviewer representing my little magazine (http://www.fractionmag.com/) and found the work and the people to be amazing. I had a wonderful time meeting the people behind the work that I like. I met Elizabeth Fleming, Brad Moore, Dave Jordano, Kevin Miyazaki, and Melissa Kaseman.
I posted a list of the artists I reviewed on the Fraction blog. Have a look and you will see just how great the work was.

By: Elizabeth Fleming

Elizabeth Fleming — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:30:36 +0000

I posted a comment last night but I don’t think it went through so I’ll try again–wanted to let you know that I’ve now posted my first entry on my experience at Review Santa Fe, and will be doing a series of write-ups in the days to come. See http://tinyurl.com/nlxqws for part one.

Thanks!

By: Davin Ellicson

Davin Ellicson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:52:40 +0000

It seems Review Santa Fe has upped the ante with people like Ben Lowy and Jeff Hutchens attending. I was there in both 2004 and 2008 and I don’t remember there being such high level photojournalist talent. I am impressed. I somehow thought that photographers of Lowy or Hutchens’ level didn’t really need to attend review events as in they already personally knew the right people in the industry.

By: stephen gelb

stephen gelb — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:22:28 +0000

hey rob, was good to see you on monday,

the review was a fantastic experience.. very well run and a very educational experience for me.

I spent some time writing about my favorite works on my site: stephengelbphotographer.blogspot.com

By: Reader

Reader — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:12:17 +0000

To Emily Shur:

Your blog notes about Santa Fe are very interesting, especially Thought #1/3, which seems to address walking the line between commercial work and personal/fineart work. I’d like to see that topic explored more. You don’t hear that much about it, and the dance seems delicate. Maybe you could let things fall back to earth, and write more about it in a few weeks.

Separate from Emily’s notes, the Elizabeth Avedon blog that Rob updated to is also a very good read.

Makes me almost wish there were grandstands at the Santa Fe event, where you just could go and attend, and look at all the beautiful work.

By: Emily Shur

Emily Shur — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:59:46 +0000

Thanks for the link, Rob. You inspired me to sit down and write!

By: A Photo Editor

A Photo Editor — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:15:17 +0000

@Deborah Hamon,
Sweet, thanks for writing about it and dropping a link.

By: Dan Brouillette

Dan Brouillette — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:49:47 +0000

I wish it would have been free for bloggers! Then I would not have had to turn down my invite due to lack of funds! Looks like some great work and I must say, I am a little jealous I didn’t get to come out there!

By: Deborah Hamon

Deborah Hamon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:05:33 +0000

I had a wonderful experience and this was my first Portfolio event I have attended. You can read about my experience on my blog if you are interested: http://deborahhamon.blogspot.com/

By: Elizabeth Fleming

Elizabeth Fleming — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:29:10 +0000

@JFern, I do have to agree that that was the weakest part of the Review experience for me as a reviewee.

By: JFern

JFern — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:17:36 +0000

Was up for the viewing on Friday night. Honestly, it was overly crowded and difficult to look at work. Lots of bumping and shoving, not a lot of chance to think and stare, and extremely noisy in the big shed that housed the show.
I’m also not convinced it’s possible to clearly see and think about 100 photos (the rough average) from 100 photographers in two hours.
But, all bitching aside, there was some amazing work, in a concentration I’ve never previously imagined.
Plus, it was free! Whoo-hoo!

By: Elizabeth Fleming

Elizabeth Fleming — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:00:37 +0000

Will do!

By: A Photo Editor

A Photo Editor — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:39:02 +0000

Please let us know when you post so we can read about it.

By: Jonathan Blaustein

Jonathan Blaustein — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:29:14 +0000

As a participating photographer, I can’t say enough about how well the event was run. The opportunity to meet with peers and experts from across the Globe at such a critical time… it was beyond cool. Kudos to Laura and the crew at Center for such great work.

By: Elizabeth Fleming

Elizabeth Fleming — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:31:32 +0000

It was an amazing event. (Free for bloggers would have been fantastic, to say the least…) I’ll be writing about it soon (I didn’t blog from the road because I’m a Luddite and don’t have an iPhone or a laptop–strange I know!) I’ll be updating my blog Tethered asap with posts about my experience. It really was a great place to be these last four days.