Summertime is normally a good time in our business to reflect and set up for the fall. 
Update the books, put new pages in, make sure the website is up to date, get in touch with old clients and seek new ones (hello breakfast meetings…nothing gets your foot in the door like the promise of bringing […]

We get a fair amount of emails at work.  I also get a good number from this blog.
A large number of these emails are from people looking to introduce themselves, say hello, maybe I’ll look at their website, maybe I’m interested in their personal projects, and the list goes on.
Most of these emails are definitely interesting and […]

Maybe the most inspirational job posting I have ever seen for this business…
Photographers’ Agent (via PJ’s)
International boutique agency representing commercial photographers seeks an individual with extensive industry experience.  Unique attributes are inclusive of a clear and fast intelligence, a deeply rooted love for art and photography, one who enjoys working with unbroken concentration, focus and […]

The top 10 online fashion magazines from The Business of Fashion…
and a great post on the cross-breed of magazines and advertising services from the same…
and now we have Magcloud…true DIY magazine publishing from the good folks of Hewlett Packard.  Pretty soon everyone will be starting their own Interview/Self-Service/i-D on their Macs.
Hey, maybe there’ll be an […]

Cathy Horyn’s article on the upcoming Vogue Italia featuring all black models…
and the follow up on her blog (which I found more interesting than the actual article)
Over at Starworks…1,2 great posts on Self-Service
The Guardian’s photography section always excels:

Slideshow and quotes from Elliott Erwitt
The evolution of photographers, from art to photojournalism to art…and New York street shooters […]

I actually haven’t picked any of these up yet, but if you happen to have received that government rebate cheque here are some fantastic new fashion tomes…

Karl Lagerfeld, Metamorphoses of an American 

Purple Anthology, Olivier Zahm and Elein Fleiss

Ezra Petronio Suzanne Koller Selected Works, Subjective Inventory
 
Rock Diary, Hedi Slimane
 
And something I did pick up….Tim Walker Pictures.  […]

Lots of great interviews of late…in case you missed any.
You might have seen this by now, but the new power team at Interview on Charlie Rose, with Marc Jacobs. (Via NY Mag)
An interview with David Strettell, owner of Dashwood Books (Via Nutopia).
Over at the Women Management blog…an interview with Jennifer Starr, Casting Director extraordinaire…
and with […]

Next in the series…Sally Gall.

And in case you missed it a great interview over at Popphoto.

 
And from photographer Julia Baum, a growing portraiture series featuring only natural redheads. I don’t think Vanessa Beecroft ever covered this one!
In her words:
Hello
I’d like to present you with a new photo endeavor I’ve been working on. The project is called “A Rare Breed,” and it is a growing portrait series featuring only natural redheads. […]

 
Continuing in the vein of new projects is the recently launched Dossier.  Spearheading the project is Creative Director and photographer Skye Parrott and Editorial Director Katherine Krause.
Their list of contributors is already impressive, with the likes of David Armstrong, Melodie McDaniel, Marie Chaix, Mario Batali, Christopher Bollen…
All you young budding photographers may want to drop a […]

Huge photographer.  Big agency.  New agent.

For all my New York readers hopefully you’re managing in the sweltering heat.  Where are those air conditioned pants of the future they promised us?
Occasionally I get emails (hello@avisualsociety.com) from keen readers and fans and it’s always pleasant, or at least interesting.  I also seem to have made my way onto a variety of lists…
Anyways, […]