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Monday, May 5th, 2008
it was a success!
do yourself some good and buy a print~
*remember, i take requests for images not in the store but are on the main website.
thanks everyone for all the support!!!
Play nice
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Over the past week, I’ve received gigantic amount of traffic from a couple of blogs (Conscientious and NYMPhoto) linking my gallerina post. While I hope many people can understand the problems, I also wished there was a discussion formed from the post. But being completely unaware I had a buggy problem with comments, no comments were posted. Anyways, it’s all fixed now. So, if you have any thoughts, please leave me a note.
I do find it interesting how some prominent female photo bloggers are not initiating into the conversation.
Let me get back to some head-scratching decisions. Edit thumbnails down to 15 images for my thesis show.
Prints for Sale!
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I’ve had the idea of selling some of my prints online for awhile. Now is the time to launch such a project, especially since finances are rough right now. I’m limiting the selection to 3 images because this is only the beginning. Hopefully, those of you who enjoy my work would be kind enough to purchase a print. Go to the store~
There is also an option to donate. Why donate?
I am currently a senior at Syracuse University, preparing for my BFA Solo Thesis Show on May 3rd. Like many college students, I am immensely in debt from the costs of film, processing, developing, and printing. Frames cost money. Mounting costs money. The space I rented cost money. This is all for a solo show featuring my photographic series on my family. I do not ask my family for money as they are a working class family who struggle enough to put me through a private university. So, any little bit will help me. Thank you! For those who donate $15 or more will receive a 5″x7″ print in the mail.
**International buyers: I set up Paypal to only accept US addresses but if you’re interested, please just drop me an email at store@janetam.com for shipping prices.
**update: I added two more images up for sale. There are also now 5×7 prints available for photo-illustrations.
**Super thanks to Herman, Nina, Jen Snow (for Jen Bekman), Noel, Kelly, and Timothy for linking my store.
**update: Added three more images for sale. Had to change prices a little bit due to the realization of the budget needed to produce my show. If my department would help a little, just a little, that would ease it up a bit but the Art Photo department in Syracuse never really did get much funding.. -_-
The Tourist
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Kathryn’s Bed at Home, Brooklyn, NY ©Jane Tam
The next following weeks will culminate into full preparation for SPE National in Denver. I am still contemplating whether to include some work from Hong Kong into my portfolio and how it actually fits in conceptually with my Family series. When showing my work, it is all in how I explain the images.
You can tell when images don’t fit into a series of work and my portfolio is not exactly immune to that problem. My perfectionalist personality makes it hard for me to create new work as I constantly reshoot images over and over again. I am not the best technician when it comes to using a camera so reshooting is a must. So, I realize some images in my portfolio do seem to stick out like sore thumbs. Though with the whole series, you can certainly see the growth of how the project started.
Preparing my portfolio comes with a lot of finishing. Most photographers buy an archival portfolio box for prints, which usually comes in the grand old color of *drumroll* Black! When you’re in a conference with hundreds of other photographers all vying for attention, a black portfolio is not exactly what’s going to make you memorable. Seeing this problem from college reviews, I decided to make my own portfolio box. Notice the plaid. (please disregard the crappy digital photo)
A 16″x20″ plaid portfolio box; homemade by your’s truly. This certainly grabbed a lot of attention and I have some requests to make other’s. I have yet decided on a fabric for my next box but I plan to make it open in a “portrait” orientation rather than a “landscape” orientation. I also have to make a box to safe-guard my book.
If anybody wants to request a homemade portfolio box, just email me and I will give you a quote. (I’m trying to up money for my Senior Thesis show, coming this April, so any help is appreciated.)
Something old
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Aunt and Uncle in front of Grandma’s © Tam Family
Among the drawer full of random displaced negatives, I found this 8mm negative.
Mind Games
Monday, January 21st, 2008
Grandfather’s TV Setup © Jane Tam
I will probably be the millionth person to mention The Photographs Not Taken but it definitely worth the look. There have been many many moments I decided not to take the shot. It makes me feel a bit guilty because it can contribute to my family series but then I think, “This moment is mine and for me to enjoy only.” Professors will tell you to push your boundaries and shoot everything and anything. Instead of “photographer-mode,” I like the “daughter/granddaughter/sister/cousin-mode” more sometimes. Then I realize how the photographs I do take contribute to my ever growing relationship with my family.
well well well
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
It’s true. http://janetam.com is mine and currently up and running. So please support me and check out my work. More will be updated.
SPE Regional was absolutely fantastic, especially being my first photo-conference. There were some great constructive criticism that I very much needed. Lots of awesome people to meet. Thanks to everyone for all their support and congratulations.
by the time it gets dark
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
SPE Northeast-Midatlantic, this weekend.