» She Took Her Own Picture
It is finally here! She Took Her Own Picture is a selection of self portraits by 44 female self portrait artists on Flickr. The contributors, which include myself, hail from North and Latin America, Australia, the Caribbean, Oceania, and all over Europe including the UK and Ireland.
The idea for the collaboration came about about a year ago in a discussion in the Female Self Portrait Artists’ Support Group, and since then, through trials and tribulations, team work, tweaking and engineering, the divine collection has finally been produced through a self-publisher online, and at the end of this week, will be available to the public!
The final result is impressive. Each artist has a double page spread, with a short piece of text. There are also ‘feature pages’ of certain pictures as voted by each of the other women (just one stage of the long and extensive process of producing this publication.) The book’s design is of a remarkably high standard and encourages us to believe our mission of pursuing a commercial art publisher will be fruitful. At the moment it is not-for-profit, but when we do produce the book on a wider scale, we aim to donate a percentage of the profits to women’s causes.
I’ve found that viewing these other women’s self portraits in print offers a sensual pleasure that you seldom get when viewing pictures onscreen. Both images and text have inspired me - I have found that I can relate to something in every woman’s text. The best thing is that there’s nothing quite like this out there in the art book market. We truly have something special and you can get your hands on a copy - for a limited time only! Click on the image to view and buy the book on Blurb. You can view a preview of the first fifteen pages here…
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September 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
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September 24th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
This is my first ever posting on this blog so I’m a bit nervous about this.
I’m happy to report that I did order this book and I’m glad that it is going to a good cause (the women on Flickr who have over the years created some incredible and memorable masterpieces).
This is special for me because I’m actually getting a nice treat (the book) and to give my money to them is wonderful because it feels like a very kind hearted and benevolent thing to do. So, I’m honoured to be doing this and i do very much look forward to seeing this publication.
October 1st, 2008 at 5:38 pm
The book is non profit, so only Blurb are gaining from it.
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:55 am
Natalie,
Thanks for telling me this. Bogna told me that the book was non-for-profit about a week ago and the next one will have funds going to women’s charities. That meant a lot me. I did like your selections in the book and i thought the overall effort (considering the limited funds) was really good.
I was very ignorant on a lot of things about this book and I am ashamed to say that what I said upset Bogna and someone else. I’m just happy that I made peace with Bogna and that “other” person on this.
I just wish I could stop being childish and immature at times.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 am
That’s ok Brad!
October 9th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Wonderful idea. Very cool.