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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Doug Peterson on August 11, 2018, 10:06:32 pm
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With more than a decade of work, I'm glad to announce the Kickstarter for my wife and I's book Terra Nudum is live.
Terra Nudum on Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1408631565/terra-nudum-the-book)
This is what I do when I'm not helping people with medium format camera questions, dreaming up new systems for museums and libraries, or arguing on forums. All shot on Phase One cameras, of course :).
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Your project looks very interesting! I wish you well with it.
My Latin is a bit rusty these days, but shouldn't your title be 'Terra Nuda'?
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Congratulations Doug!
I love the concept and the images seem very sweet.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Congratulations Doug!
I love the concept and the images seem very sweet.
Cheers,
Bernard
Let us celebrate and encourage Doug the photographer, while we continue to tease Doug the rep :)
Edmund
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Congrats Doug. Beautiful images.
Steven
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Congratulations Doug!
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Congrats, Doug. Quite beautiful!
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Congrats, Doug. Quite beautiful!
Thanks Eric. That's very kind!
Congratulations Doug!
Thanks! I'm very glad to have this project meet some milestone. Even if the project doesn't get funded the process alone in trying was worth.
Congrats Doug. Beautiful images.
I so appreciate the kind words. Especially from such an accomplished landscape shooter!
Let us celebrate and encourage Doug the photographer, while we continue to tease Doug the rep :)
That's what I'm here for :).
I love the concept and the images seem very sweet.
That means to me coming from you! Thanks!
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Your project looks very interesting! I wish you well with it.
My Latin is a bit rusty these days, but shouldn't your title be 'Terra Nuda'?
Well, you know what they say, "Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes". ;)
Or am I getting that confused with "Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis"?
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Well, you know what they say, "Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes". ;)
Or am I getting that confused with "Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis"?
Definitely the latter. I can offer pistachio or melon at the moment, both nice.
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Gratulationes nostras accipe ob artis opus
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Hi Doug,
Excellent work, wish you best of luck and may even make a contribution.
Best regards
Erik
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Your project looks very interesting! I wish you well with it.
My Latin is a bit rusty these days, but shouldn't your title be 'Terra Nuda'?
I found this in wiki "In poetry, -um may be substituted for -ōrum as the genitive plural ending."
So maybe Terra Nudorum got compacted into Terra Nudum. Or maybe it's just something we don't get ;)
Edmund
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"Arma virumque cano...."
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I found this in wiki "In poetry, -um may be substituted for -ōrum as the genitive plural ending."
So maybe Terra Nudorum got compacted into Terra Nudum. Or maybe it's just something we don't get ;)
Edmund
Here we go: Nitpickers' Corner is now open for business (may I be president?).
It will have to be a feminine genitive plural, -arum. Terra nudarum. Or does Doug have some photos of blokes as well? In which case, everything is fine. It's poetry.
Nitpickers' Corner is now closed.
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Or does Doug have some photos of blokes as well? In which case, everything is fine.
A few.
(http://terranudum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/doug-peterson-terra-nudum-bodyscape-2013-8-24-0731-1-1195x700-1024x600.jpg)
When I started this series it was an entirely aesthetic endeavor: the body is a thing of beauty. Accordingly the shoots often included male models, especially ones with athletic or body-builder physiques. I'm straight, but find something inherently visually interesting about the sharp edges and curves of a body-builder (of either gender).
Then my wife started working with me on the series and her eye for poses and for working with the models and engaging more of a two-way dialogue and collaborative-with-the-models process. That really changed the nature of the work. Models started reacting emotionally to seeing the resulting images, and sharing their struggles with maintaining a positive self-image and finding some very small improvement or at least inspiration to revise that self-image by participating in the series. That reaction was nearly exclusive to the female participants and really resonated with my wife and I. As a result we've used fewer and fewer men, but a wider swath of women.
We may return to male models at some point, but for now the gender of the models is tied up in the message of the art.
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Doug,
Have P1 fund this endeavour and send me a signed print showing some females.
I understand that you want validation as a photographer, but I believe that a larger offset print run will probably provide decent quality at such a low price that P1 will be able to give the things away - just as Hassy did with its magazine.
Of course you'll have to shoot at least one more image, such as an advertorial showing a young lady creative sinuously cradling a well endowed camera, but I think you can take one for the team :)
Edmund
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Yeah,
Certainly Phase can at least put $1 for every one of your Phase Body Image Positivity posts!!!! :D
Great work Doug!
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Yeah,
Certainly Phase can at least put $1 for every one of your Phase Body Image Positivity posts!!!! :D
Great work Doug!
Why are we talking so much about Phase here? This is supposed to be all about Doug!
Let's not hijack the thread about the Doug Photographer brand!
Edmund
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Hi,
I would suggest that we should look at Doug's images as a work of art.
I would suggest that Phase One sponsoring the project my be a great idea, as their equipment was used.
Just to say, the images Doug posted are great work of art.
Best regards
Erik
Why are we talking so much about Phase here? This is supposed to be all about Doug!
Let's not hijack the thread about the Doug Photographer brand!
Edmund
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Hi,
I would suggest that we should look at Doug's images as a work of art.
I would suggest that Phase One sponsoring the project my be a great idea, as their equipment was used.
Just to say, the images Doug posted are great work of art.
Best regards
Erik
I seriously think we should make it known to Phase that they should sponsor this product.
They have an advertising budget, spending some of that money on this project rather than on an agency will give them exposure with their key demo: Their own customers many of who have interacted with Doug on this forum, and in person.
Also, Canon or Epson could license the prints and hand out large formats at trade shows. They never have files for this.
Doug has done a really good job here, and rather than Kickstarter etc, his everyday environment should send some of their money towards supporting the launch of his photo work - it doesn't cost them anything extra, they already have a budget, and it will be viewed very positively by their customers.
Sponshorship would show that Phase cares about photographic art and that this enthusiasm starts at home.
Edmund
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Hi,
I would suggest that we should look at Doug's images as a work of art.
I would suggest that Phase One sponsoring the project my be a great idea, as their equipment was used.
Just to say, the images Doug posted are great work of art.
Best regards
Erik
Believe you me, every(male)one likes to look at nudes, but proportionately few people actually buy them, so Doug and his wife deserve all the help they can get. Come on Phase One!
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Hi,
I would agree on that. I was actually considering buying the book and I am still considering some kind of contribution.
My economy doesn't allow for a lot of excesses and significant spending on MFD is part of that. That said, working with MFD was a learning experience. I also need to say that I was skeptic jumping in and I am still skeptic bailing out (or ejecting).
Best regards
Erik
Believe you me, every(male)one likes to look at nudes, but proportionately few people actually buy them, so Doug and his wife deserve all the help they can get. Come on Phase One!
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Hi,
I would agree on that. I was actually considering buying the book and I am still considering some kind of contribution.
My economy doesn't allow for a lot of excesses and significant spending on MFD is part of that. That said, working with MFD was a learning experience. I also need to say that I was skeptic jumping in and I am still skeptic bailing out (or ejecting).
Best regards
Erik
I think that Doug would be able to suggest the best exit strategy.
Based on what I'm seeing in this forum, a used X1D is probably the best "MF style" camera one can buy these days, or simply the Sony or Nikon high end.
Phase have lost contact with the low end. Which is another reason they should subsidize Doug, to demonstrate their abilities at the high end.
Edmund
Edmund
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With the kickstarter ending tomorrow I wanted to take this chance to offer my sincere thanks for all those that supported the campaign!
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Is this your first book, Doug?
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I must say that I am very surprised and disappointed that your project didn't get more support.
The work appears to be beautiful.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Is this your first book, Doug?
Would have been yes.
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I must say that I am very surprised and disappointed that your project didn't get more support. The work appears to be beautiful.
Thanks Bernard! Still a satisfying experience to have tried. Maybe in another few years I'll make another go of it, but for now will continue it as a labor of love.
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That was my guess ;)
My standard pitch here is to do a couple of smaller projects first. Do a book on blurb even if you only print one copy, make a book by hand, get your hands dirty.
I thought your kickstarter concept was interesting, the "be an editor" and "be a model" options were potentially attractive, but I think they're at odds with doing a good book. You're pitching a book project that's barely begun, really, and to my (admittedly cynical and idiocyncratic) eye that makes it less appealing.
But mainly, don't quit now. Do some more digging on what makes a kickstarter successful, and start that spade work now. I don't know what the current rules of thumb are, but google does. Obviously there are people that like your work.
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Doug,
In artistic endeavours multiple attempts are the norm before success.
I do wonder whether the classical way wouldn't work as well: Get some galleries interested, have some works shown and at some point people who have already assembled "tabletop books" will take over for you. Or pay someone who will do the work for you. I have published non-photo books, and the fact of dealing with a process rather than going all alone is comforting, even if it is not lucrative.
Please don't see this as disagreement with the opinion of "amolitor", many roads read to Rome. Or if you prefer, some very good photographs have been taken with cameras of various sizes :)
The majority of people on this forum have probably dealt extensively with publishing, but also the majority of your customers probably deal with getting published. Hint, hint. You might very usefully canvas for advice and connections with the people you meet every day. There is a whole world out there of people who work on contract to help with such projects, many very cheaply. The arty world is all sideprojects and IOUs and every photographer is in contact with that crowd.
Edmund
That was my guess ;)
My standard pitch here is to do a couple of smaller projects first. Do a book on blurb even if you only print one copy, make a book by hand, get your hands dirty.
I thought your kickstarter concept was interesting, the "be an editor" and "be a model" options were potentially attractive, but I think they're at odds with doing a good book. You're pitching a book project that's barely begun, really, and to my (admittedly cynical and idiocyncratic) eye that makes it less appealing.
But mainly, don't quit now. Do some more digging on what makes a kickstarter successful, and start that spade work now. I don't know what the current rules of thumb are, but google does. Obviously there are people that like your work.
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Hi Doug,
Sorry to hear. It was a great project.
I really wanted to contribute, but I could not make up my mind. My spendings are also limited by spending a bit to much on gear, while going into an early retirement.
Best regards
Erik
Would have been yes.
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A few.
Beautiful, Doug.
Jack