It's very much a dream right now and I'll be starting to look around for the right place in September. My time in the Gulf is ending in July and I'm really looking forward to getting out of here.
I would be setting up a backpackers hostel but not one that looks like a cross between a hotel and a prison as so many do.
It would be more homely and closer to a B&B. Actually I intend to live there myself so it would be very home-like.
Possibly Santa Fe or Albuqurqurque.... but slightly out of town on a good piece of land maybe with a barn that could be converted ...
There will be shared rooms with the usual bunk beds etc and a couple of private rooms. I would ideally like a space the size of a big double garage as a finishing room/print facility and some private booths with computers where you could just concentrate on your work. I'd have a lounge with lots of books and couches, where people could sit and chat etc and I'd aim at photographers...especially young photo-artists that could not afford to stay at a hotel or B&B ... maybe students that want to spend a summer curating a year's work and need an un-interrupted space.
I am SO open to suggestions!
You'd cook your own food in the kitchen and be responsible for your own laundry etc.It would not be a "hotel" experience and I don't want toget involved with hiring lots of staff etc.
I want to keep it reasonably priced and simple.
Herschel
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:19:16 -0500, Lara Ashby wrote:
I would be interested. What kind of qualifications do you need & how much would it cost?
> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:32:54 +0400
> From: herschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Art retreat for photographers
> To: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> I have an idea. I want to set up a small hostel in New Mexico. I'm
> considering making it available as a photo retreat with a state of the
> art calibrated, color-manged system for gallery quality printing. The
> idea is you come with your hard drive and have a quiet place
> inbeautiful surroundings to curate/edit and print your work. On hand
> is an Adobe qualified Photoshop and digital expert to assist you if
> necessary. You live in a house with other photographers and choose to
> mingle or be on your own... What do y'all think? Would you do a
> retreat like that?
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 11 Apr 2010, at 17:59, Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Seems to be more to talk about with this image. The posture and
> > _expression_ seems to add a little integrity and emotion. Although, I
> > feel sorry for the fella having to squat like that, I wonder how
> > long or repeatedly he had to manage that pose.
> >
> > John Palcewski wrote:
> >> OK, here's a test of what you perceive to be appropriate "limits."
> >> Â Â It's an image I made of my girlfriend and me twelve years ago
> >> , which I entitled Pygmalion and Galetea. Gratuitious, exploitiv
> >> e, full frontal nudity. You say, "I'm sure everyone agrees that
> >> there must be some limits." So how about it? Should I be all
> >> owed to post it on Photofourm, or not?Â
> >> http://pics.livejournal.com/forioscribe/pic/004xgq0b
> >> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:51 AM, YGelmanPhoto
> >> <ygelmanphoto@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ygelmanphoto@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >> "Censors"? Â "Thought police are fired up"? Â No need for gett
> >> ing
> >> angry; this is a forum and agreements can be put forward as to
> >> what should be excluded. Â Based on the agreements, people can
> >> choose to join or not. Â I'm sure everyone agrees that there m
> >> ust
> >> be some limits; if some want no limits then they can choose to not
> >> join.
> >> Â Â Â -yoram
> >>
> >
> >
>
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