4.25.2015

THE NEW YORK TIMES LENS PORTFOLIO REVIEWS: Day 1 + 2


I was honored to be invited as a Reviewer for the third annual "New York Portfolio Review" sponsored by the New York Times Lens Blog and the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism. The reviews took place over a recent weekend with Day One for photographers 21 and older, each of whom received six private critiques; Day Two for photographers 18 to 27 years old, with four private critiques for each participant, rounded out with talks by Santiago Lyon, director of photography for The Associated Press, on building an editorial portfolio, and by the photographer Phil Toledano on the creative process. There were several other great speakers during the day including collector WM. Hunt, photographers David Guttenfelder, Radcliffe 'Ruddy' Roye and Austin Merril of Everyday Africa, who joined New York Times Lens Blog co-editor, James Estrin and Kerri MacDonald for a very lively panel discussion.

Of the twelve photographers I was scheduled to review on Day One, and a few I met on my own time during breaks, I was impressed by every project shown and
want to share some of it with L'Oeil de la Photographie readers HERE.



James Estrin took the lead along with his Lens Blog colleagues David Gonzalez and Whitney Richardson, and Laura Roumanos of United Photo Industries and Photoville, screening and editing thousands of (free) entries down to the chosen photographers who were then assigned one-on-one portfolio reviews with some of the top photography editors, curators, gallerists and book publishers. Estrin noted, "We have looked through over 3500 entrants for the free NY portfolio review sponsored by the NY Times Lens blog and CUNY J School and whittled it down to those accepted. The amount of excellent work was overwhelming...I can firmly say there is wonderful and surprising photography being done all over the world by people of all age, race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. I apologize to those who didn't get accepted this year. Thank you for sharing your work. It was an honor to look at it so closely. Please try again next year." Both days were extremely successful with reviewers and photographers making beneficial connections.

On Day Two, of the eight reviews, most were recent student graduates and this was their first portfolio review. I was impressed by the level of work and want to share some of it with L'Oeil de la Photographie readers HERE.

7 comments:

Judith Black said...

I was honored to be selected for the Portfolio Reviews and so pleased to have Elizabeth Avedon see my work! A very interesting experience with all the reviewers I saw. Meeting other photographers with a great mix of work was wonderful.

Rosio De Alba said...

What a TERRIFIC way to start the day! Woke-up to see my work on Elizabeth Avedon's article on L'Oeil de la Photographie online magazine, as one of the feature artists from day 1 of The New York Times - Lens - Photography portfolio review!!! Please take a moment to check out all the wonderful work. There's even a sneak peek of my hand made book dummy for a project I've been photographing the past five years. And if you're not already a subscriber and want to be in the know of photography, subscribe to L'Oeil de la Photographie today!

Thank you Elizabeth for believing in my work and being a tremendous source of inspiration for me! And of course thank you to James Estrin, David Gonzalez, and Whitney Richardson for allowing me to be a part of the review. This is such an honor!

Jess T. Dugan said...

Thanks to Elizabeth Avedon for this nice post about artists she met with at the New York Times portfolio reviews.

Fernando Palafox said...

Thank you Elizabeth !!

Alejandra Carles-Tolrá said...

Excited to have my work included in L'Oeil de la Photographie! Thanks Elizabeth Avedon for this nice article!

Gesche Wuerfel said...

Elizabeth Avedon wrote a wonderful piece about the photographers she met at The New York Times - Lens - Photography Portfolio Review, including myself. Thank you!

Amiko Li said...

Thank you so much Elizabeth! The post looks beautiful, very nice to meet you at the portfolio review!