{"product_id":"both-sides-of-the-table-photography-portfolio-reviews-dos-donts-paperback","title":"Both Sides of the Table: Photography Portfolio Reviews Do's \u0026 Don'ts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebe Arlook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric T. Kunsman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoth Sides of the Table: Photography Portfolio Reviews Do's and Don'ts\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book of its kind to focus solely on the fine points of photography portfolio reviews. This comprehensive guide was created by seasoned professionals for other seasoned professionals and those new to the portfolio-review process. Debe Arlook and Eric T. Kunsman interviewed forty-four contributors representing a diverse selection of reviewers, reviewees, and organizers, offering readers a full range of experiences from and for those on both sides of the table. Through a question-and-answer format, each contributor shares their advice and personal stories about online and in-person portfolio-review events. \u003ci\u003eBoth Sides of the Table\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorough resource for photographers, universities, photo institutions, portfolio-review organizations, and photography professionals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebe Arlook\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1962) is an award-winning Los Angeles-based artist crossing the boundaries of conceptual and documentary photography. Originally from New Jersey, she attended American University in Washington, DC, and graduated with degrees in film and media arts and psychology, which inform her photographic practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Inspired by her dedication to personal growth and spiritual practices, Arlook's projects express the porous boundaries between human and mystical experiences. She blends multiple photographic styles using landscape, conceptual, and documentary photography to communicate these observations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Arlook is the recipient of the 2024 Working Assumptions Grant and the Klompching 2024 People's Choice Award. She is a FRESH 2024 Finalist, Critical Mass TOP 200 Finalist 2024, 2021; FOCUS Photo L.A. Finalist 2023, 2019; Critical Mass Top 50 Finalist 2022; CENTER Social Award Honorable Mention, 2022; and LensCulture Summer Open Finalist 2022. Her work is widely published and exhibited in museums and galleries in solo and group exhibitions in the US and Europe and in numerous private collections. Features include those in \u003ci\u003eLensCulture, Feature Shoot, All About Photo, Lenscratch, Fraction Magazine, Strange Fire, L'Oeil de la Photographie\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFrames Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Arlook is best known for her project \u003ci\u003eone, one thousand \u003c\/i\u003e. . ., an unconventional documentary revealing the impact lifelong dependency has on a mother and son, as well as Witness and foreseeable cache, both focusing on the experience of meditation seen through a study of America's sublime landscape. Books and catalogs include \u003ci\u003eMemory Orchards: Photographers and Their Families \u003c\/i\u003e(Candela Books), \u003ci\u003ecalifornia love--a visual mixtape \u003c\/i\u003e(Cali Editions), \u003ci\u003ePerceive Me \u003c\/i\u003e(Edition One Books), \u003ci\u003eHUQ: I Seek No Favor \u003c\/i\u003e(for the fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, fifty artists and thinkers respond to the decision overturn). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 2016, she founded Arlook Printing Services, providing boutique assistance for fine-art photographers, including project development, portfolio preparation, and exhibition planning. Arlook is a mentor and consultant for emerging and established artists. In addition to leading lectures and presentations, she teaches teenagers and adults and conducts multigenerational workshops based on creating a personal visual language and trusting one's artistic journey. She has been on faculty at the Los Angeles Center of Photography since 2021. Arlook is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003ePhotoBook Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(an international virtual magazine) and an advisor with Pasadena Photography Arts (PPA educates and promotes established and emerging photographers worldwide) and Open Show Pasadena (a global platform that offers photographers at all levels an opportunity to present their work online and in person in thirty-one cities and fifteen countries). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To learn more about her, visit www.debearlookphotography.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric T. Kunsman\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1975) was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While in high school, he was heavily influenced by the death of the steel industry and its place in American history. Exposure to the work of Walker Evans during this time hooked Eric into photography. Eric had the privilege of studying under Lou Draper, who became Eric's most formative mentor. He credits Lou with influencing his approach as an educator, photographer, and contributing human being. \u003cp\u003e Eric holds his MFA in book arts\/printmaking from University of the Arts in Philadelphia and holds an MS in electronic publishing\/graphic arts media, a BS in biomedical photography, and a BFA in fine art photography, all from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He is a photographer and book artist now based out of Rochester. Eric works at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as an assistant professor in the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and is an adjunct professor for RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In addition to lectures, he provides workshops on topics including his artistic practice, digital printing, and digital workflow processes. He provided industry seminars for the highly regarded Printing Applications Lab at RIT. His photographs and books are exhibited internationally and are in several collections. He currently owns Booksmart Studio, which is a fine-art digital printing studio specializing in numerous techniques and services for photographers and book artists on a collaborative basis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eric's work has been exhibited in more than thirty-five solo exhibitions at such venues as Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming; Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, Pennsylvania; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; and numerous university galleries. His work has also been a part of more than 150 group exhibitions over the past four years, including exhibitions at the Center for Photography, A. Smith Gallery, SPIVA, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Atlanta Photography Group, CEPA Gallery, Site: Brooklyn, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, and many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eric was named one of ten B \u0026amp; W photographers to watch of 2018 by BWGallerist; was a winner of \u003ci\u003eDodho Magazine's \u003c\/i\u003eB \u0026amp; W Best Photographers of the Year in 2019 and a finalist in 2022; won the Association of Photography (UK) Gold Award for Open Series in 2019; was a finalist in Top 200 Critical Mass 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; was a finalist in Top 50 Critical Mass 2022; was a Top 15 Photographer for the Rust Belt Biennial; and was a \u003ci\u003eLensculture \u003c\/i\u003eB \u0026amp; W Jurors' Pick 2021. His project Felicific Calculus was also awarded a Warhol Foundations Grant through CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, New York. Eric's work has also been published in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek, LensWork, Dodho, B\u0026amp;W Photography, Analog Explorations, All About Photo, Black+White Photography \u003c\/i\u003e(UK), and \u003ci\u003eDek Unu, \u003c\/i\u003ealong with online articles by \u003ci\u003eAnalog Forever Magazine, Catalyst: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Texas Photo Society, and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There's no \"given formula\" for what demands Eric's focus as a photographer. Eric is as drawn to the landscapes and neglected towns of the American Southwest as he is to the tensions of struggling rustbelt cities in the US Northeast. Eric is attracted to objects left behind, especially those that hint at a unique human narrative, a story waiting to be told. Eric's current work explores one of those relics: working payphones hidden in plain sight throughout the neighborhood near his studio in Rochester, New York. Associates suggested they signified a high-crime area. This project has shown Eric something very different. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To learn more about Eric, visit www.erickunsman.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 393\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47579075641565,"sku":"9781956313208","price":38.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/yvai-LKji09781956313208.webp?v=1773519035","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/both-sides-of-the-table-photography-portfolio-reviews-dos-donts-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}