New opportunities to submitt and showcase you work

May 4, 2008

Noel Rodo, editor of the great blog "We can't Paint" is expanding his efforts and will create soon two additional online ventures related with contemporary photography: an online magazine and an online gallery. He is now requesting work from contributors and it is my great pleasure to pass his message to you.It is very interesting to see how the internet and the efforts from a number of great bloggers [you can find many of them at the links on the side bar] is creating new ways for emerging artists to share both their work and express their opinions. More exciting, it is refreshing to see many people, with diverse backgrounds, sharing their intense appreciation for photography.

This is just the beginning, the best is in front of us. I foresee many more bloggers expanding their efforts, perhaps alone, perhaps in collaborative ways, so the internet becomes the main source of information about contemporary photography and photography in general. What is even more interesting is to see how the blogosphere is now starting to blend with other media. We see expanded efforts using web-based approaches like the one initiated by Rob Haggart, at A Photo Editor, with Photo Rank a showcase of photographers where anyone can contribute. We see now Noel Rodo expanding into online galleries and a online magazine. We also see the blend between printed material and the blogosphere with Shane Lavalette and his new project, Remain in Light. With Joerg Colberg from Conscientious expanding the reach of his prolific interviews to printed magazines. And of course I need to mention the effort of Any Adams, editor and creator of the best website to see new interesting contemporary photography in the web, Flak Photo, that serves as a network to link to galleries, exhibits, new books and new projects.

Things are evolving, and it is exciting. Many of these efforts, and new ones that are coming, will provide additional ways for photographers to showcase their work, receive the recognition they deserve, and more importantly, engage a broader community of viewers to appreciate the art of photography. In a way, we need to democratize photography, make it more accessible to the people in general, to a broader audience, and be as inclusive as we can.

Here, at Exposure Compensation, I will not stay put. It is just to much fun to share with you and to learn from you. It is exciting to see the field moving forward. I hope we don't lose the sense of community and collaboration moving forward. We are in this all together, to enjoy and grow.

Miguel Garcia-Guzman

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