If you all that are included (or not included) in the imminently published book
of member's photographs and personal info could give me an opinion as to a very
basic book layout question I'd appreciate it.
Should the authors/photographs be organized in alphabetical fashion or is random
listing OK? Maybe in order of arrival? A friend of mine opined that if random
those that normally come at the end of any queue would really appreciate it!
The group now includes over 40 members and I think there is one more straggling
in. The book is starting to look quite nice. Also, would something like this be
suitable as an intro spreading over three pages?
PhotoForum
The School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of
Technology has maintained a world presence through global communication exchange
opportunities afforded to it by the Internet. In late 1993 the school
established a worldwide message exchange facility (aka a “listserv”) designed to
serve photographic and imaging educators, professionals and students with a
medium for exchange of ideas and with an accessible databank of informational
files about a wide variety of photo/imaging subjects.
The PhotoForum was one of the first listservs on the Internet dedicated to
photographic topics. Over the course of the years this list has established
connections to over 1000 photographers worldwide. From Canada, to England, Egypt
to the Phillipines, South Africa to Sweden and more. The PhotoForum list has
served not only as a communications link but in1996 it also established a
photographic gallery for its members that is updated with 6-12 new images every
weekend.
A major goal of the PhotoForum is to serve as a communications link dedicated to
discussion of photography and imaging including aesthetics, processes, history,
digital imaging, instructional strategies, criticism, equipment and techniques,
especially, but not exclusively, as these apply in an educational setting.
The objective is be an open forum for the free exchange and sharing of
information for the benefit of its members. The list is not moderated and it
depends on the good will and civility of its members to maintain a friendly and
constructive atmosphere.
The list’s membership includes photography instructors and students, amateur and
professional photographers, as well as members of various photographic societies
and educational institutions worldwide. Several professional associations either
list WWW links to their organizations or files about them are provided by the
PhotoForum list.
This book is an experimental, community building, project designed to test the
possibility of sharing the work of PhotoForum members among each other and with
a wider community than simply the web. The general guidelines that were used to
put this project together can be summarized in the following sentences:
1. Participants in the PhotoForum book project will be registered members of the
PhotoForum list.
2. Participants may submit an image that - in their own judgement - best
represented the level of their photographic skills and interests at the time
this book project was conceived.
3. The purpose of the book is for list members to enjoy seeing their work and
that of others in a format less perishable than a computer screen.
4. All the photographs in the book are the property and carry the copyright of
their individual creators. They will be included in the final collective book by
permission of each author.
<... a short personal sentence from me included here>
Find PhotoForum on the web at: www.rit.edu/photoforum
Represented in this book are the following photographers:
a list of these follows
... and now on to the member photographers and their photographs!
You can write to me offline at andpph@xxxxxxx if you have comments to make.
Ultimately it will be done the best the PF gnome can do at this stage of mastery
of indesign!
thanks,
Andy
