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French PHOTO

David — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:27 +0000

Announcement of Uganda: A River Blue exhibition in the current issue of French PHOTO. Thanks Eve and French PHOTO for bringing this together.

Flak Photo and Winter

David — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:44:40 +0000

Flak Photo, founded by Andy Adams, celebrates the season with a selection of 20 WINTER PICTURES from the online photography community starting today.

I’m proud to have a photograph from my series “Old Orchard Beach, Maine, 2007″ included with Andy’s selection of remarkable photographers: Erika Larsen, Lisa Robinson, Eric Weeks, Michael Itkoff, Simon Roberts, Olaf Otto Becker, Ofer Wolberger, Andrew Phelps, Colin Blakely, Dede Johnston, Eamon Mac Mahon, Corey Arnold, Emily Shur, Finn O’Hara, James Pomerantz, Jason Reblando, Michael Hall, Scott Conarroe, and Shane Lavalette.

The photograph below is from my series “Old Orchard Beach, Maine, 2007″ but it’s not the one being featured. Surprises are good, right? Head on over to Flak Photo and check out Andy’s selection starting today.

Summer Homes, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, 2007

Epson 9880

David — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:16:21 +0000

Apologies for the blog running quiet lately. Crazy busy as we speed through Thanksgiving towards Christmas. I have been making all of my exhibition prints on the Epson 9880. Super beautiful. Incredibly rich color with smooth gradations. The prints look remarkable. More soon…

Enjoy your Turkey Day.

Big news: Anastasia Photo

David — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:31:02 +0000

I’m proud to announce my first solo exhibition with Anastasia Photo in New York February 5 – March 31, 2009. I will be exhibiting both my Alebtong, Uganda and Murchison Falls works. We’re in the editing process right now and so far the selection looks quite beautiful. More specifics will be announced soon.

Anastasia Photo is a remarkable gallery not only because Felicia, the curator, and Ryan, her assistant curator, are wonderful but also because each exhibition is coupled with a related philanthropic organization. It’s fitting to have the exhibition aligned with A River Blue as many of the works being exhibited were made during my time working with ARB.

Big news: REDUX Pictures

David — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:37:58 +0000

I’m proud to announce that I am now a contributing photographer with REDUX Pictures. It’s a solid, progressive career move and I’m thankful to be aligned with as strong of an agency as REDUX. Check out my online portfolio here.

Stay tuned for more big news later this week!

Photography and relationships

David — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:19:06 +0000

I went to New York last week to show my portrait/landscape and Alebtong, Uganda work for the first time. The portrait/landscape work were sleeveless prints in an 11″x14″ landscape portfolio and the Alebtong, Uganda work were 8.5″x11″ prints in a small portfolio box.

Before leaving I scheduled meetings with 4 magazines, 1 photo agency, and 1 gallery. I had two good friends helping to bring together 3 of the meetings and I couldn’t be more thankful for their help. I believe the meetings were successful not only because I began showing my work in New York to creatives I want to work with but more importantly because I began building relationships. Good work is great but relationships are so important. I hear all the time about photographers who have had the same clients for 10+ years. I want my relationship with my clients to be like this.

After returning from New York I immediately began printing thank yous. These consisted of a printed image / brand logo on the front and hand-written note on the back with my contact info. Turn around time is always essential in my opinion because I want my clients to know I value our relationship and that a thank you should not come two weeks after we’ve seen each other. These are busy individuals and departments who are taking time to meet with a photographer they probably know little about but will ideally want to know more about upon meeting, and vice versa.

One hopes it’s mutually beneficial. The client gets a new photographer to work with who’s endlessly passionate about making photographs and the photographer continues to work, progress, and build a relationship. The relationship starts young and is always becoming stronger based on product delivered, trust, compassion, and work ethic.

If any photographers or creatives want to chime in on their thoughts, I’d be curious to hear them as I’m sure would others.

Mailing thank yous, Syracuse, New York, 2009

Kelly Hailey

David — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:22:35 +0000

This is the first of many videos to come that I’ll use to promote my photography!

David Wright Photography – Kelly Hailey – Ducktrap River, Maine from djwright on Vimeo.

InkAid and Fabriano 640gsm

David — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:58:30 +0000

This afternoon I used InkAid to hand coat Fabriano 640gsm Hotpress. Promos here I come…!

YMCA Pine

David — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:52:57 +0000

There are always photographs that don’t make the cut, like this one. But I still like the way the colors in the sky shift from left to right and the way the tree seems to sway with them.

YMCA Pine Tree, Rockport, Maine, 2008

Website Update

David — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:14:10 +0000

I am elated to announce that my website has been updated with 4 new bodies of work: Close 2005-2008, Portraits 2005-2008, Land 2005-2008, and Cushing 2007. The work is very personal and displays work from the past 3 years of my life. An artist’s statement for the Cushing work is forthcoming.

Please click here to view the work.

All comments, thoughts, and criticisms are appreciated. Please email david@davidwrightphoto.com if you’re uncomfortable making a public comment here!