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Exploring the role of sports in the creation of women leaders
Confidence, competitiveness, resilience, and teamwork are some of the benefits that women gain from participating in sports, especially team sports. The message was delivered by a powerful panel of women athletes who spoke at "Beyond the Game: Women, Sports and Competition" on November 10. The line-up included Erinn Smart '01 and Sarah Hughes, two Olympic medalists; Jane Geddes, former U.S. Women's Open golf champion; and Donna Orender, former All-Star player for the Women's Professional Basketball League. New York Times sports writer Juliet Macur '92 moderated the discussion.
"Many point to the role of sports in forming their character," noted President Debora L. Spar, citing a study of women CEOs, which found that 80 percent of that group had played competitive sports in their youth. Some of those character-building lessons gained from participating in sports, suggested Spar, include "how women and men learn teamwork through competitive sports. There's trust, reliance, responsibility, pulling back when it's not your turn, and the concept of resilience, which is what gets you through. As the song says, 'you pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.'"
And while "sports may not be the first thing you think of when you think of Barnard, it plays quite a large role at the College," she added. "Barnard is the only women's college that offers Division 1 athletics, with 15 NCAA varsity sports and 30 club sports," as well as many intramural opportunities for students.
There are obvious advantages to playing a team sport, said Orender, who is president of the Women's National Basketball Association. "The language of corporate America is the language of sports. Winning is something women have to learn how to do. When you're part of sports, you learn how to do things you ordinarily wouldn't. One benefit of Title IX is that you're doing it side-by-side with your male counterparts. It goes back to cultural expectations. In sports, men expect you to be aggressive and expect you to want to win."
Smart, who earned a silver medal in fencing at the 2008 Olympics and now works in the financial industry where 80 percent of her colleagues are men, said, "I keep up with them because I have the confidence that comes from athletics. I'm usually one of the first women to speak up. It's one of the differences from having been an athlete. I have the confidence to say it. I'm never one to sit back...."
That ability to negotiate and navigate in a man's world is a clear benefit to participating in sports, said Jane Geddes, senior vice president of tournament operations and player services on the LPGA tour. "Golf is such a world, [but] I'm very comfortable with it. I've had the confidence to survive in golf and then survive in business, and keep moving forward."
There are powerful lessons to learn from athletic defeats and losses that translate into leadership away from the playing field. Setbacks can reveal someone's character, said Sarah Hughes, a 2002 Olympic gold medalist in figure-skating. She compared athletes who essentially give up after a fall to those who still perform with passion, even if a medal is out of reach. "You like to see a fighting spirit," she said.
The panel emphasized that women can learn from sports, even if they're not athletic superstars. "Physical activity and sports are one of the most important things you can do," said Orender. "The socialization skills are invaluable no matter what level you're at. It matters that you try."
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The deadline for reporting annual assets under management is fast approaching for many registered investment advisers, and overstating those assets — either by design or out of ignorance — is putting them at risk of enforcement actions by state and federal regulators.
Inflating assets is a real temptation for some firms near the $100 million threshold for registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Brian Hamburger, founder of MarketCounsel LLC, a compliance firm.
Under the Dodd-Frank Act, firms with assets under that amount must register with state securities regulators, who generally conduct examinations more frequently than the SEC. The old threshold was $25 million.
Being an SEC-registered adviser also carries a certain prestige, according to Mr. Hamburger.
"There's mounting pressure to show that mine's bigger than yours," he said.
Another problem is that some RIAs apparently don't know how to calculate assets under management accurately.
Steve Thomas, director of compliance at RIA in a Box LLC, points to one case into last year in which a financial adviser reported $900 million in assets to the SEC when in reality the firm had no assets that qualified under SEC rules.
The firm had to transfer to state registration.
In a similar situation, Mr. Hamburger recently began working with an adviser who had never taken on a contractual obligation to supervise customer assets regularly, which is required under the SEC's definition.
The adviser "went from $150 million to zero" under management, Mr. Hamburger said. The firm was able to stay registered with the SEC by rewriting its client contracts.
More such problems could crop up soon.
Advisers with fiscal years ending in December will have to calculate regulatory assets for their annual ADV updates by the end of the first quarter.
Adding to adviser confusion is a new method for calculating assets that the SEC implemented last year under Dodd-Frank. The new method came with a new moniker, as well — "regulatory assets under management."
"There's always been confusion about calculating assets, and it just got more confused last year when the whole switch process was going on," said Marilyn Miles, vice president of investment adviser services at National Regulatory Services.
Ms. Miles expects to get more questions from advisers this quarter during annual updates.
The SEC changed the rules so that advisers now have to include family and proprietary accounts, accounts for which they're not paid and accounts of foreign clients. Also, assets are now reported on a gross basis rather than net of margin debt.
The objective was to reduce regulator shopping by playing games with asset figures.
In another new twist, the SEC now lets advisers report a separate asset figure on the narrative Part II of the ADV form, a change that has resulted in further confusion among advisers.
"The Part II figure usually includes nonmanaged assets that an adviser is just monitoring," Ms. Miles said. "Part I [of the ADV] has regulatory assets that have to be managed continuously and regularly" under the SEC's strict definition, she said.
Some refer to that more expansive Part II number as "assets under advisement."
But "there's no reason to calculate [assets under advisement], other than to make marketing claims" and move up on lists of top advisers, Mr. Hamburger said.
Mr. Thomas agrees. "The major reason most of our clients want to list these assets [under advisement], especially if it is a large number, is for image purposes," he said.
Compliance pros said advisers need to be sure to document and explain how the assets-under-advisement figure is calculated.
"As long as this figure is not overstated, there should be no problems with allegations of misleading the client," Mr. Thomas said.
Since last summer when the new regulatory structure took effect, the SEC and state regulators have been paying close attention to discrepancies in Form ADV filings and other issues at advisory firms they regulate.
The SEC has implemented a program some have dubbed Operation ADV to scrutinize high-risk advisers, and state regulators have said they expect more enforcement actions to come from stepped-up reviews of the additional 2,300 midsize advisers they now oversee.
"All regulators are spending more time now reviewing assets under management," Mr. Thomas said.
"I think the SEC, during recent inspections, has actually focused more on how advisers are calculating assets," Ms. Miles said. "At the very least, it's resulted in [some] deficiencies."
"Misstated AUM have been an aspect to several enforcement actions arising out of exams," said SEC spokesman John Nester in an email.
A few formal enforcement cases have popped up recently.
Last November, the SEC settled with New York-based Barthelemy Group LLC over allegations that the firm inflated its assets under management.
And in September, Massachusetts regulators claimed that CCR Wealth Management LLC of Westborough, Mass., overstated its assets for several years prior to switching to state oversight. The state is seeking to deny registration to CCR.

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Surfing In Wyoming? [VIDEO]
If you want to Hang 10, Wyoming is not necessarily the first state you would think of to try out your surfing skills. However there are opportunities in the Cowboy State.
You could always hit your favorite lake and do some surfing behind the boat or you could do what these fellows did on the Snake River in western Wyoming. To celebrate International Surf Day on June 20th, Bryan Iguchi and Cam FitzPatrick took to some of the largest whitewater rapids in the Jackson Hole area and shared the river with whitewater rafters to ride a few waves Rocky Mountain style.
Ride the Snake from WRKSHRT Digital on Vimeo.
Now if you are looking for instruction on how to surf behind the boat, here is some instruction on how to wakesurf on any body of water.
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Mel from Melsrose place!!!! Congratulations gf!
Thanks so much everyone for loving my giveaway, it was a pleasure to do.
I used the same method that Mz A-M and Mz Brooke used by allowing my trusty beautiful daughter to draw the winner from a Tiffany's bag no less :) I tried to photograph the action sequence as best I could lol.
I'm sorry I couldn't provide this prize to everyone but if you wish to email me your address I'd LOVE to send you an Aussie Christmas card.
I'd now like to apologise for my lack of posts this week. The most remarkable thing has happened to me. I mentioned to an acquaintance, fastly becoming a great friend, about my blog and me finishing my design studies and she asked me to come around and give her some advice. I went and advised and she was so thrilled she is insisting on paying for my ongoing services. She then mentioned me to a friend of hers and now I'm working on her home also. Finally this week I was hired by a third acquaintance. My head is spinning! Everyone wants to get alot of work completed by Christmas so I found myself working harder this past week than I had in years lol. Perhaps Villa Anna Interiors will take off faster than I could have ever imagined.
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Now I'd like to thank Lena from Charm Hill Interiors and the lovely hardworking ladies at Mondo Cherry for including me in their 7 things about me challenge.
The rules - Share 7 things about yourself. Challenge 7 other blogs at the end of your post through naming their blog, and post a link to it. Let them know they have been challenged by leaving a comment in their blog.
(my Nan holding me in 1974)
(my momma on my sister's wedding day)
3, My mum is my best friend, my role model and my rock. Like alot of you she too was the one who introduced me to the beautiful world of interior design. She's worked in the medical industry all her working life but she studied Interior design as a passionate hobby and in the 80's our home was featured in two magazines. I'll post those images this week, they are a hoot! :)
(me aged 3 on a family trip to Fiji)
4, I am the oldest of 3 sisters and no brothers. I am very close to one, another is a corporate workaholic but we catch up whenever "she" can lol and the other is rather a black sheep if you know what I mean lol.
(me and my sister Sarah - the workaholic lol)
5, One of the highlights of my life was meeting my teenage crush Jon Bon Jovi! He's alot shorter in person lol.
6, Growing up I thought I wanted to be a journalist and then an actor hahaha!
7, Finally back in the mid nineties I did a 3 month road trip of the USA and absolutely had the time of my life....I am BUSTING to go back someday :)
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Santa Barbara, Calif. - The fifth-ranked UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball team avenged a 2006 season-ending Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Tournament loss to UCLA by topping the No. 4 Bruins 3-1 Saturday in a quarterfinal match at Robertson Gymnasium in front of a season-high 1,157 fans. UCSB will take on top-ranked Pepperdine in the semifinals.
UCSB (20-11) won the first two sets by scores of 30-17 and 37-35 before UCLA (19-11) came back to take game three 30-27. The Gauchos hit .208, their lowest percentage of the night, in game four, but held on to win 30-27. UCSB's 20 victories are its most since finishing 25-13 in 1989.
Senior opposite hitter Evan Patak, an All-MPSF First Team selection, paced the Gaucho attack with 24 kills on .288 hitting. He added three aces, four digs, and a pair of blocks. Junior middle hitter Theo Brunner, also named to the league's first team, followed with 10 kills and had a match-high seven blocks. Senior outside hitter Bryan Berman finished with seven kills and four blocks, while senior middle David Kennedy totaled five blocks as the Gauchos dominated at the net, out-blocking the Bruins 12.5 to 4.0. Defensively, junior libero Ben Brockman amassed a match-best 15 digs and senior outside Armen Zakarian unearthed 12 balls.
UCLA, the reigning national and MPSF champion, was led by opposite Steve Klosterman, who put away a match-high 28 kills in 62 attacks. Outside Garrett Muagututia had 18 kills and eight digs, while outside Paul George totaled 10 kills and 12 digs. Setter Kevin Ker racked up 61 assists, but the Bruins hit just .253 compared to UCSB's .333 attack percentage. Stunningly, UCLA committed a season-high 31 errors from the service line.
UCLA knocked the Gauchos out of the league tourney last year with a 3-1 win in a play-in match in Los Angeles.
UCSB advances to the semifinals and will play No. 1 Pepperdine on April 26 in Malibu (5:30 p.m.). The Waves (25-1) earned a bye in the quarterfinals and the right to host the semis and final by finishing in first place in the MPSF following the regular season. Pepperdine has won both meetings against UCSB this season, sweeping the Gauchos in Santa Barbara and taking a 3-1 decision at Firestone Fieldhouse.
No. 2 BYU will face off against No. 3 UC Irvine in the second semifinal. The Cougars swept Cal State Northridge and the Anteaters defeated Hawai'i 3-2 in quarterfinal matches Saturday.
Tickets for the semifinals and final are currently on sale. Packages are $25 and include tickets to both semifinal matches on April 26 as well as the championship match on April 28. Single session tickets are available at $15 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets may be purchased by calling 1-866 WAVE TIX or in person at the athletic ticket office at the southwest corner of Firestone Fieldhouse.
Live video of the Pepperdine/UCSB semi will be available on a pay-per-view basis through CSTV.
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Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life
An interview with David Treuer.
There are 310 or so Indian reservations in the United States. Some are rich, many are poor, but all are vibrant communities with a long, complex history. In his new book Rez Life, David Treuer, an Ojibwe Indian who grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, looks at the history of reservations from the inside out. The discussion ranges from common misconceptions about reservation life, to the origin of Indians' right to hunt and fish, and how tribes decide if someone is an Indian. It lasts around 27 minutes.
The New York Times op-ed discussed in the podcast is "How Do You Prove You're an Indian?" You might also enjoy Treuer's Slate travel series, "An American Indian's Journey in the Land of Indian Casinos."
The Afterword, which will appear in the Slate daily feed every other Thursday, features interviews with the authors of new nonfiction books.
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It's a chapter that never made it to the final version of any of Dale Carnegie's books. In the NFL, however, it's a concept that separates champions from guys who play well in the regular season and then can't get it done when it counts.
And it's a lesson former USC quarterback Matt Barkley has learned from Peyton Manning. Barkley has shared the principle with Peter King of SI.com.
"Sometimes, you have to be a dick," Barkley said.
Barkley is referring to the fact that Manning has shown a command over his teammates, telling them what to do and when to do it — especially in the offseason.
"Doing what is asked is not enough to win in the NFL, I know that," Barkley said. "You've got to do more. And I intend to."
Barkley also wants to break from the trends recently established by USC quarterbacks.
"As I start my NFL career, I really want to set the record straight on a few things," Barkley said. "People look at me like I'm some Cali boy, but I'm not that way — I don't even know how to surf. I'm a football junkie. I'm football, 24/7."
On March 27, we'll find out how well he can throw a football after last season's shoulder injury. That'll have a major impact on where he gets drafted.
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Re: Summer Transfer thread - 2013/2014
if not done before is there actually a list of current free agents anywhere? Only one I could find was on the PFA website for domestic players
Re: Summer Transfer thread - 2013/2014
I'm not into bashing players but Maiga barely makes runs. There's no answer to his deficiencies in a system, or the deficiencies of the team as a whole. We depend on our best players, everyone does, so we just have to hope they can stay fit for the majority of the season.
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feel sorry for maiga... he's only in the team because of our lack of firepower and yet, he is our lack of firepower
was that a haiku?
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At L'Epicerie Market in Culver City, the escargots arrive in a small heap on the plate, not served in the usual shells but napped in a silky white wine sauce with ribbons of ham and velvety leaves of sautéed spinach. The dish is escargots in the style of Périgord in southwest France, and the flavors just sing.
My visiting French professor is impressed just as much by the beautiful Muscadet we're drinking from Pierre Luneau-Papin. Sur lie — aged on the lees — it's rich and nuanced. Next comes anchoïade: a garlicky aioli dosed with anchovies, presented in a small French canning jar surrounded by cherry tomatoes, celery sticks, purple cauliflower, young carrots and crisp little toasts so thin they look like chips.
"That's a carrot?" asks the professor, lifting up a slender ruby root vegetable. Next to it is a blond the same shape. "Yes," I tell him, "an heirloom carrot, most likely from the farmers market." Meanwhile, I'm happily dipping vegetables into the unctuous anchovy-tinged sauce.
Since Thierry Perez, formerly of Fraîche and Providence, opened L'Epicerie Market last fall, it's been something of a work in progress. I couldn't get a fix on it for the longest time. Is it a takeout place? A cafe? A wine bar? A market? Somewhere to drop in for a bite anytime? The menu is a bit of a hodgepodge; the place too. But it's beginning to find its way now that Perez has partnered with Sébastien https://www.lepiceriemarket.com/pages/about-us //Archambault, an accomplished and soulful chef from southwest France, by way of RH at the Andaz in West Hollywood.
But so far, other than introducing some regional specialties, which are definitely the best dishes here, Archambault hasn't changed the menu as much as I hoped he would. He's done some fiddling with the tapa offerings and, more important, started making his own charcuterie, something of a passion with the Périgord-born chef.
Those tapas — if you want, call them pintxos, as they do in Perez's Basque homeland — are perfect for a quick bite or for sharing with a friend or two. A thick wedge of tortilla de patatas is Tweety Bird yellow from egg yolks, dotted with small chunks of potato. Sauteed field mushrooms arrive in a French canning jar. They're a little greasy but delicious with thin buttered toasts. Chicken wings confit are salty, sticky, tender: What a good idea for a tapa.
Even the charcuterie comes in tapa-sized portions, but it also comes in regular size, which I prefer. That means when you order the deep-flavored terrine de campagne, it arrives in a canning jar under a layer of lovely yellow duck fat. Made with coarse ground pork and duck confit, it is wonderful on warm slices of baguette from the excellent Etxea Basque Bakery (in Hawthorne, run by brothers John Baptiste and Charlie Garacochea).
Archambault also makes a more sophisticated terrine with duck foie gras served with a plum and fig chutney. Almost everything he's making in-house is included in the charcuterie board, a bargain at $14.
When L'Epicerie first opened, the space wasn't exactly inviting, more like a workaday cafeteria with cafe tables at the front and other tables running alongside the massive U-shaped bar in the center of the huge room. There's an open kitchen at the back and, around the corner, a wine room and shop where Perez sometimes gives wine classes and tastings. Display cases hold an array of cheeses and sausages, and along a back wall a few groceries, cold drinks and such are for sale. Gradually, though, he's moved things around and added some bright splashes of color.
But the biggest change happened this spring with the addition of Archambault as partner and chef. That came about the same time L'Epicerie got a real kitchen. And last week when I called to check if they were open on a Monday night, I was told they would be closing early so that the kitchen could be upgraded even further. All this is good news.
The food is all very casual, very much in the French comfort food zone. You can find pretty salads — like the mix of spring vegetables with fragrant pesto and black olive tapenade, Archambault's rustic charcuterie, and wonderful Périgord specialties like those escargots and a comforting garlic and chicken soup thickened with egg.
And they have the best duck confit around — the flesh is moist and slightly salty, the skin succulent and crisp. And it's served with what has become my little indulgence, potatoes sarladaise cooked in duck fat so there are crispy bits and creamy bits.
Archambault's cassoulet is the real thing, made with that duck confit, lusty house-made garlic sausage, pork belly and white beans: a real taste of southwest France. Even the burger, made with Angus beef and served on a poppy seed bun with apple bacon marmalade, two cheeses and arugula (it could use a tomato), comes with those delicious sarladaise potatoes instead of fries. Always ask about the specials: One night it might be a tender suckling pig, another poulet basquaise, chicken braised with sweet red peppers and ham.
Dessert might be crème brûlée accented with lemon or a light fluffy baba (yeast-raised cake) floating in a jar half-filled with rum and served with whipped cream and a dab of plum jam on the side. A huge dessert crepe arrives folded in quarters and stuffed with that luscious sweet tart jam. And if sweets just aren't your thing, you could savor a glass of Banyuls or Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes.
Not all of the dishes are as compelling. Some, such as filet mignon with green pepper sauce or a seared chicken breast, must be meant for people who want something more familiar than many of the other things on the menu. I'm not a big fan of the savory crepes either.
L'Epicerie is intended as a neighborhood spot. At lunch, it's filled with employees from Sony Pictures Studios across the street. Happy hour, when tapas drop to $3 at the bar, brings in groups of friends ready to party at a bargain price. During the day, cooks from around the area stop in for a baguette and some cheese, or to pick up a bottle of wine (prices are 20% lower for any bottles you take out). Others are looking for a macaron or cookie to get them through the afternoon.
Except for its size, L'Epicerie fits in with the trend for neighborhood wine bars in Paris right now. Perez has put together an engaging and savvy wine list with very fair prices. For me, the chance to drink Marcel Deiss Riesling from Alsace or a J.L. Chave "Offerus" St. Joseph from his list is reason enough to stop in. And prices for Archambault's cooking are well below those at any restaurant he's cooked at before.
L'Epicerie is nothing if not flexible. It's a handy address to know if you're headed to Culver City for a play or a gallery opening. And a chance to revel in Archambault's lusty southwest French cooking.
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Rating: one-and-a-half stars
Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality.
****: Outstanding on every level
***: Excellent
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No star: Poor to satisfactory
Location: 9900 Culver Blvd., Culver City, (310) 815-1600, https://www.lepiceriemarket.com
Price: Tapas, $5 to $8; soup and salad, $7 to $12; charcuterie, $12 to $16; savory crepes, $16; main courses, $16 to $28. Corkage fee, waived with purchase of one bottle of wine; otherwise, $15 per bottle.
Details: Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Street and public lot parking.
At L'Epicerie Market in Culver City, the escargots arrive in a small heap on the plate, not served in the usual shells but napped in a silky white wine sauce with ribbons of ham and velvety leaves of sautéed spinach. The dish is escargots in the style of Périgord in southwest France, and the flavors just sing.


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Lady Gaga Wanted to Give Charlie Sheen a Lap Dance in Music Video
Charlie Sheen wins at life! The actor and cultural lightning rod (ahem!) has revealed that Lady Gaga wanted him to star in one of her videos, but it was more than just a casual cameo that she had in mind.
Instead, Sheen revealed that the Mother Monster wanted to give him a lap dance in what she had hoped would be the first-ever X-rated video.
Sheen told The Daily Beast that Gaga made the offer, but it never came to fruition.
He and Gaga both appear in the film 'Machete Kills,' in which Gaga will make her acting debut. He plays the president, but they don't have any scenes together.
Despite not working together on set, they did have a conversation. "We didn't share any scenes but I actually spoke to her on the phone," the actor said. "She wanted me to do a music video with her that was going to be the first X-rated video… It's her going to this strip club, with Britney Spears or somebody, and they're dancers and I'm the customer."
Whoa. Wait. What? Gaga and Brit? Giving Sheen lap dances? For a music video? Where the heck would that air? This is getting more interesting by the minute.
He continued, "And she wanted to do a full striptease as a lap dance for me, and she told me, 'If there's one person that should receive this X-rated lap dance, it's you.' I was so flattered, but we never spoke again."
Hey Gaga, is it time to ring Sheen back up to discuss this lap dance? That would certainly get tongues wagging and be a new form of 'ARTPOP.' Maybe she ditched the idea after realizing it would be too hard to pull off. Who knows! But we'd love to see Gaga tango with Sheen.
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
I'm not Harry S Truman
I'm not Harry S. Truman.
When Ben from Inside History Magazine asked me to nominate this year's list of 50 blogs you need to read in 2013 I was honoured. It's always nice to get a repeat invitation because it means you must have done something right the first time.
In 2012 I tried to be objective with my choices; for this year's list I suggested to Ben that I must be more objective so I really did my homework. I read many articles on what makes a good blog, canvassed the opinions of fellow bloggers via Twitter and then set up a spreadsheet ((or assessment rubric in eduspeak)) listing the criteria against which I would assess the blogs. As this list was primarily for an audience of Australian and New Zealand readers I favoured blogs from those areas or those foreign blogs with relevance to downunder peoples. I immediately eliminated many worthy blogs but this didn't concern me greatly because there are a number of blogging gongs in the northern hemisphere that they can earn.
My first source of blogs for consideration was from my many RSS subscriptions. I then did some Google searching for genealogy blogs from Australia and followed this by having a look at the lists of blogs that some of my favourite bloggers follow. My list grew and I found that I had several hundred blogs to consider. Years of evaluating assessment tasks when I was an educator prepared me for the business at hand.
I visited all of these blogs until I had a list of 80+ blogs to consider seriously. It took me a few days to look at these blogs, measure them against my criteria and consider my gut instinct (the subjective element of the process) and come up with a list for Inside History Magazine. I sent them my Excel worksheet with 50 suggestions, additional strong maybes and the definitely don't bothers. Inside History Magazine had the final word, they scratched some of my choices, added a couple that were unknown to me and replaced a couple of others. When they sent me the final draft I only objected to one of their replacements and they changed that.
I am happy to stand behind my choices because I went through a thorough process to find and evaluate blogs but I'm not Harry Truman.
I keep searching for and thinking about potential blogs for the list. After we settled on the final list I said to Ben that I had just found some new blogs that looked promising but it was too late to consider them.
New blogs worth a look are:
Carr Family Search (New blogger Ed Carr is a member of my local historical society) http://ecarr357.blogspot.com.au/
Genealogically speaking from young blogger, Caitie G. http://genealogically-speaking.tumblr.com/
GenXalogy http://genxalogy.blogspot.com.au/
Hawkesbury Heritage & Happenings from Michele Nicholls (whose husband Jonathan Auld has a blog on the list) http://hawkesburyheritage.blogspot.com.au/
KK Genealogy Blog http://kkgenealogy.com/blog-2/
TNG Blog (love that software) http://tngsitebuilding.com/blog/
Just in case Inside History Magazine is going to repeat this exercise in 2014 (and invite me to be involved) I want to be prepared. If you come across any new blogs that should be considered for the list please let me know. I am especially interested in blogs from genealogy and historical societies where there is a dearth of good blogs. My RSS list expands daily but there is plenty of room for growth, please send me your links.
I'm interested in hearing what you think makes a great blog.
8 comments:
- Kim and Kristy said...
Thank you so much for considering us Jill. That's a real compliment.
- July 29, 2013 at 5:41 AM
- Alex Daw said...
Dear Jill - I was so interested to see who made the top 50 this year. I could tell that you had thought long and hard about it. And I really liked the changes you made to the reporting of them - categorizing them and so on. It was a great article.
What makes a great blog? Hmm...tricky. Depends what you're looking for. I guess it needs to be current - i.e. something that looks like it's being maintained regularly and isn't like last week's newspaper or last year's magazine. It needs to be Engaging - it should be pretty to look at or easy on the eye - design is important and I wish I was better at that. Pictures often tell a story better than words too but it can't be too crowded with stuff or people won't see the wood for the trees. Inspiring and Informative are probably the last two criteria I would use i.e. it encourages you to go off and try something new or tells you something you didn't know. Right - I'd better go off and apply those principles to my own!!
- July 29, 2013 at 7:18 AM
- John Sparrow said...
Hi Jill,
I follow a number of numbers. If someone was looking at the same names as I, then that would be first. Then the same area.
But three I really like are thought provoking about genealogy in general. They are Genalogy's Star (James Tanner), The Legal Genealogist (Judy Russell) and Dick Eastman's blog. I agree most American blogs of little interest, but I do follow some from the the UK (location of ancestors).
Hope this helps
John Sparrow
- July 29, 2013 at 12:32 PM
- Jill Ball said...
Thanks for the feedback, I LOVE getting comments.
Alex I will clip your thoughts and save them in Evernote. I may quote you somewhere, sometime (with attribution of course).
John, thanks for the comments too. I had James' blog on the list, he sometimes writes about Australia. The Brisitsh blogs are relevant to many Australians due to their British Heritage so I have also ncluded a few.
- July 29, 2013 at 12:38 PM
- Cassmob (Pauleen) said...
hi Jill,
I was interested to read how you made your "cut" Jill and the collaboration with Inside History. Your comment about overseas blogs explains the absence of some from the list, and sensibly you've given us choice from the Down Under crew predominantly. There are so many good ones in the blogosphere I'm impressed you could do the cull, and even more honoured that you included my blog in the 50! It sounds like it was a lot of work for you, so thank you very much.
Like Alex, I love how I learn from what others are doing and so am inspired to try different things.
- July 29, 2013 at 4:55 PM
- Kim said...
I've been thinking about your question "what makes a good blog?" today and thought I would share my ideas on it with you too.
I think a "good blog" is a very personal opinion and depends totally on what your particular interests are.
Yes, I know you are speaking about genealogy blogs but we are all at different stages of researching and have different interests as well.
One may say that a good blog is one that gives away lots of free information.
Another may say that a good blog is one that concentrates on one particular topic.
Another may say that a good blog is a running commentary on current events in the genealogical world.
There are endless subjective details that could be used to categorise a good blog as opposed to a Not Good blog.
For me, I look for character in the writer. Someone I can connect to via their words. I like conversational styles that allow me to see the real person behind the blog. I like friendliness to come through in the writing.
I also like blogs on particular areas... subjectively... the areas I'm interested in.
I'd love to know what the criteria are for the selections of The Top Blogs by Inside History but even if I did now, to be honest, I wouldn't change the way I present my own blog, because it's me and I figure you can't please all the people all the time.
I'd hate to know there is a formula, but, in this day and age, I'd probably quickly learn there is.
So, that's my tuppence worth. Thanks for the opportunity to connect Jill.
Regards, Kim
- July 29, 2013 at 6:11 PM
Well... I was going to "keep my gob shut"... (for a change) because my honest opinion would surely be considered "sour grapes, however Kim's post gave me the courage... especially as she is a recipient of the award. Then I was going to "skirt" the issue by suggesting that if you really want honest feedback Jill then you need to request private feedback from those whose work it is that you are judging, albeit without their knowledge in this particular situation. This is simply normal practice nowdays where the work of adults is being assessed... well it is here in South Australia. My two sons, who are University Lecturers, complain about it quite often {chuckle}...
I agree with Kim re: curiosity about the criteria used for judging work considered worthy of acclalim. You've alluded to your process Jill but not any details. The criteria mentioned by "Inside History" has clearly not been followed when, at just a glance, it's clear that a large number come nowhere near the mark. So, surely if a person's work is going to be publicly judged they need to be advised of the expectations. Furthermore, if a person's work is going to be compared with those of others, and the results made public, then surely their permission is required... or am I missing something here?
"What makes a great blog?" ... In my opinion, lots of blogs are "great" but those which keep me engaged are primarily to do with the character of the blogger... i.e. those who show integrity and love communicating and sharing ideas... who relish feedback and delight in the freedom to discuss differing opinions ... a place where you feel safe to express your views, know you'll get a response and where you'll be respected and appreciated for even bothering to read their writings. What I do not need is just bland information which I can access anywhere... a website, a library, Wikipedia and especially my dear friend Madame Google... What I want is engagement and if I don't get that, I soon lose interest. Sometimes I do hang on a little longer to see if things change.
In closing it saddens me, and I don't understand why, many who chose to withdraw from the passing on of Awards to fellow bloggers, for reasons discussed endlessly online at the beginning of this year... actually consider it an honour to accept an Award from a business which brings to that company a huge amount of free publicity. Makes absolutely no sense to me but guess I always have "marched to the beat of a different drum"...
So there you have it... my tuppence ha'pennnies worth.
With best of wishes as alwayseg, Catherine.
- July 30, 2013 at 8:06 AM
- Jill Ball said...
Thanks for the comments and opinions. One of the things I like about blogging is the opportunity it creates for online conversations.
- July 30, 2013 at 10:26 AM


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Actually, misleading headline is very misleading, as you will see once you read this post. But any chance I get to take a shot at the futility of the Cubs franchise, I take it.
The John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off will be screened at the inaugural Movie Night at Wrigley Field this coming October 1. For the three of you who haven't seen the movie, well, you have my pity. One of the stops on Ferris' epic day off from school is a trip to Wrigley to see a Cubs game with his girlfriend Sloan and best friend Cameron.
So yeah, the baseball that will be seen at Wrigley took place in a classic 80s movie, but still, this is the closest Cubs fans will get to seeing any kind of October baseball in their lifetime.
The prices to attend Movie Night at Wrigley Field border on the outrageous. $25 for lawn seats and $10 for bleachers ($75 for VIP lawn seating with food and drink at the stadium's Captain Morgan Club isn't that bad) to see a movie from 1986 in a stadium that smells like a urinal cake? Granted there's going to be a Danke Schoen sing-along for everyone in attendance, but for that much money they should recreate the Twist and Shout parade scene with everyone taking turns playing Ferris Bueller, if only for the chance of nailing Sloan. Loved her back in the day.
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Asian Carp are native to eastern China. They were introduced into the United States for use as biological control in aquaculture ponds and wastewater treatment facilities. They have all since escaped into the Mississippi River Basin, and now pose a threat to West Virginia's aquatic systems. They are well-suited to the climate the Ohio River basin, which is similar to that of their native region; biologists expect that Asian carp would disrupt the food chain that supports the native fish of the Ohio River basin.
While not yet established in West Virginia's waters, two species of Asian carp, the silver and bighead carp pose the greatest threat to our ecosystem. These fish are fast growing and can weigh up to 100 pounds. They are also highly prolific, producing up to one million eggs. They are also voracious feeders. Their diet consists of plankton, aquatic vegetation, aquatic insects and native fish larvae, which puts them in direct competition with native mussels other filter feeders such as the paddlefish and bigmouth buffalo and planktivorous forage fishes like the gizzard shad, threadfin shad and emerald shiner. Nearly all fish feed on zooplankton at some point in their life cycle, thus there is potential for an adverse effect on all fishes in the Mississippi and Ohio River basins.
Additionally, silver carp pose a direct threat to human health due to their propensity to leap high out of the water (up to 10ft.) when disturbed by the sound and vibration of boat motors posing a threat to boats, personal watercraft and their passengers.
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Mack Butler defeated Beth McGlaughn by just more than 200 votes to win the House District 30 special election Tuesday.
Mack Butler defeated Beth McGlaughn by just more than 200 votes to win the House District 30 special election Tuesday.
Butler received 1,868 votes, or 53.4, percent to McGlaughn 1,629 votes.
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Butler, who is serving his second term on the Etowah County Board of Education, said Tuesday evening he would be resigning from the board that evening and would be sworn in by a judge here, with his official swearing in being held in Montgomery on the opening day of the legislative session.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Gallery Show Review is an Endangered Species
As background, let's step back and take a quick high level survey of how the major NY media outlets take on gallery shows of photography:
New York Times: The big dog in this fight given its large circulation has four distinguished reporters who cover the arts, and who enter the fray of photography from time to time: Roberta Smith, Holland Cotter, Karen Rosenberg and Ken Johnson. These four split up the tasks of writing the feature articles, summaries and blurbs for museum and gallery shows of all kinds, in addition to wider gauged, more theoretical pieces about all facets of the arts. The reality is that photography is just one of many disciplines to be covered by this team, and as result, they tend to cherry pick the best (and often largest) shows to cover. In an average month, this might mean a handful of different shows get coverage, so the Times is a great resource for those who want the top level summary, especially since most of their writing is in long form articles, with deep background and thorough analysis. In general, their collective work is superlative, but by definition, they miss (or fail to report on) a lot of what's going on.
New Yorker: I've come to believe that Vince Aletti is the hardest working photography writer in the city. Every week, he publishes at least a couple if not 4 or 5 fresh reviews of gallery and museum shows focused on photography (the New Yorker tends not to rerun the same blurbs week after week, which most of the other outlets regularly do). In general, these are well written, concise blurbs of 3 or 4 sentences; once a month perhaps, he writes a longer sidebar piece that might be 3 or 4 paragraphs and has more opportunity for a fuller discourse. Given my offhand and nonscientific perusal of gallery guest books, he's often already seen the show we're viewing, so he's clearly also doing a good job of staying on top of what's current and getting to shows soon after they open. But even Vince can't be everywhere, so many, many shows go without his stamp of approval. (By the way, once in a while, Aletti will thoroughly dismantle a bad show or weak artist in one of his short blurbs, something that very few others will do (including ourselves) and that I regard with high esteem.)
New York magazine: While Jerry Saltz is a terrific art critic, like the team at the NYTimes, he is covering the whole waterfront of the arts, and not surprisingly photography tends to get short shrift. Most of the time, gallery reviews are limited to one or two sentences, stuffed in the listings in the back, with plus or minus half a dozen of these tiny reviews in any one issue, often repeated week to week. A few times a year at most, a larger, fully fleshed out photography article is written, almost certainly about a museum blockbuster or top tier gallery standout.
Village Voice, Bloomberg, TimeOut, Wall Street Journal and others: These outlets tend to treat photography as a feature story (often written by a freelancer rather than a staff writer it seems), covering the activities of the community from time to time as the situation warrants (big museum show etc.). While they are commenting on the world of photography periodically (which is good), it is not particularly consistent coverage, and certainly doesn't provide a comprehensive view of what's going on.
That's really it, as far as I can tell, for the New York centric media. As a foil, let's take a quick review of the arts centric media (which runs in parallel) and their efforts to report on gallery shows of photography:
Broad art magazines (Artforum, Art in America etc.): Both Artforum and Art in America do an excellent job of writing solid reviews of gallery shows, often in much more erudite language than the local New York media. The problem is of course that they are covering all of the contemporary art world, in every region and locale, and photography is just a slice of that pie. As such, while there might be half a dozen longer articles and 50 or more three paragraph gallery reviews in any given magazine, there are only likely a few focused on photography and perhaps only one or two in New York (in the case of the longer articles, the norm is none). The writing and scholarship in both magazines is always strong, but their coverage of the world of photography (both vintage and contemporary) paints an uneven picture of the local reality.
Fine art photography magazines (Aperture, Blind Spot, B&W, etc.): In general, it seems that printed photography magazines have moved away from the standard gallery show review, likely because as monthlies, the information lead time creates reviews that are a bit stale. Aperture does do a review or two in each quarterly magazine, but nearly all of these are museum shows that have longer runs. Blind Spot does no reviews at all, since it's focused on new fresh work. B&W does a few each month, nearly always museums. So while there's a lot to be gained by reading these and other magazines in a broad sense, their reporting on what's happening in the galleries is thin at best.
Unless I'm missing something important, that's basically it in terms of reviews of gallery shows of photography in New York, as seen through the world of printed media. In total, if you read them all (which we do), you'll get a summary decent picture of the world of photography, but you'll sure miss a lot of the exciting details that are hiding just underneath the surface.
All of this is background to a larger question that has been irritating me for quite some time. Imagine you are a gallery owner, with an exciting new show of photography now on view. You've listed your show in all kinds of arts listing services and sent your announcement card/email to your database list, so the word is most definitely out about the exhibit. If you hit the jackpot, the NY Times will review your show, and perhaps you'll get an Artforum pick to go with it (the dream double). More likely, you're banking on a solid blurb from Vince Aletti (which you will dutifully copy and send out to your client list and post on your website), and hoping for some smattering of other press from the other New York outlets.
But let's say for a moment that Vince doesn't come by for whatever reason (or God forbid, he slices and dices your show) and the rest of the fair weather features press doesn't show up either. Then what? The unfortunate reality is this exact situation that occurs for better than half of the photography shows that occur in New York. The big nothing.
Enter the well meaning collectors from DLK COLLECTION, writing on gallery shows for fun. In the best sense of the word, we are amateurs: we are passionate, non-professionals. We don't copy edit or fact check our posts, we don't let them sit for a few days so we can wordsmith them to sublime perfection: in fact, we write nearly every post in one continuous draft, without much in the way of background work. And while we strive to be current, write concisely, and apply some level of critical thinking to each and every review, we do not confuse ourselves with real art critics who do this job for a living.
So far this year, we have reviewed 96 photography shows on this site (Vince Aletti certainly has us beat, but I doubt there are any others who have covered as much photography as we have). And here's the scary thing: in many cases, our amateur review is the only review the gallery show in question received. Even scarier: do a Google search for some of the photographers mentioned, and our review comes up on the first page, again as the only critical commentary on the work. What the hell is going on here?
Now imagine you are the gallery owner we profiled before, and your only reviews are from DLK COLLECTION and others in the blogosphere (Conscientious and Fugitive Vision among others are doing focused photography gallery reviews from time to time as well). Do you disregard these reviews as noise? Do you embrace them as actual "press" and use their output as you would a review from the New Yorker? Do you abandon the old ways and go for a social networking PR strategy instead (Facebook it), especially if you are cultivating a younger collector base?
This post is not the place for answers to these mind boggling questions; I'm still scratching my head from the emails I get that are addressed to "editor". But the erosion of print media, and in particular, the waning coverage of everyday run of the mill gallery shows, is going to continue to cause gallery owners to rethink how they build word of mouth for their artists, how they find new accepted sources of reference-able credibility to ease the concerns of uncertain collectors, and how they more broadly generate some buzz.
From our standpoint, the situation is certainly sobering. We are now much more aware that a backhanded, slipshod review can be a potential problem for an artist/gallery and that we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard than just cranking something out. Somehow, we stepped into a void (and one that seems to be getting bigger regretfully), and we need to rise to the challenge before us. This is not just for us, but for all of you reading and writing out there. Thoughtful, critical thinking/writing about photography is in short supply. So instead of writing "this is a cool show, check it out" and adding a link on your blog, take the time to take it a level deeper, to engage in some additional discourse. If the coverage of photography (and gallery shows more specifically) by the mainstream press is going to slowly wither away, we as a community need to step into the breach and start writing. Most of all, we owe it to the artists/photographers, who deserve more from this community than deafening silence.
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- Gabriel Benaim said...
"Do you disregard these reviews as noise? Do you embrace them as actual "press" and use their output as you would a review from the New Yorker? Do you abandon the old ways and go for a social networking PR strategy instead (Facebook it), especially if you are cultivating a younger collector base?"
I think the answer is clearly becoming 'yes', if only for lack of an alternative, but not only for that reason. Credible sources on the web play just this type of role on the other end of the chain, helping photographers get their work noticed initially and taken seriously.
One could write, I think, a similar article to this one looking at the way in which photographers are more and more relying on online media to achieve what used to be done by galleries, curators and reviewers. I, for one, being an 'emerging' photographer myself, would very much like to understand what weight and ultimate relevance all these online events/galleries/publications have in the real world, as I see so many of us investing quite a lot of our time in them. Thanks for a very insightful article.
- July 30, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- verninino said...
A few weeks ago I sailed through Deborah Bell's Sid Kaplan show. In part because I've been a fan of her tastes for years; she's a mainstay in my Chelsea tour. While there we lamented the decline of sales in the photography market. (Alas, I can only afford books, window shopping and small, appreciative talk.)
I mentioned that I'd read about her show somewhere but couldn't quite recall where. She modestly suspected that it was a "lucky" notice she'd gotten in the New Yorker; my ripost "nothing happens in the New Yorker by luck." While I subscribe to the New Yorker I know that wasn't the source -- I'm still a month and a half behind in my reading. When I got home I realized that I'd read about her here. I forwarded your review and in her reply she seemed revitalized by it-- if only momentarily. I'm a big fan of Aletti and occasionally bump into him on the circuit (or at Dashwood), but somehow your offhand musings are more insightful than his long and short capsules. (Who says you get what you pay for?)
Anyway, I've been trying to work up the nerve to write reviews for over a year-- of books, gallery shows, interesting blogs. But with two new babies, a job, community service...
I've corresponded a little with Conscientious's Jörg and 5B4's Jeffrey and been encouraged/intimidated by their examples and, of course, yours. This nudge of yours to jump into the void may have been just the thing to tilt me.
All summer I've wanted to chisel through the 300+ books I've collected and make 5 top 5 lists (an exercise; generally, I hate top-lists): To help me more meaningfully appreciate and comprehend what I've got and why; but also to give me more confidence when I'm exploring my photography circuit and hedging on writing about it.
All this to say, thanks for the push. Keep up the excellent work; as you suggest: you are the future. And I look forward to more meaningful (and perhaps occasionally negative) critiques.
- July 30, 2009 at 11:06 PM
- Liza at Pine Street Art Works said...
And I thought this was only a problem outside of New York. I run the only full time retail gallery in Burlington, Vermont, featuring some amazing nationally recognized photographers. Our local alt paper has one reviewer covering the whole state. The mainstream paper has - None! My gallery hasn't had a review for what seems like years, although it's probably more like only one year.
I suppose, like most other things, it's about revenue. The papers depend on advertising, which they get from venues like restaurants. Guess who gets three pages or more of reviews in each issue? Restaurants.
Artists depend on reviews not just to get people to the current show and and to convince buyers that their work is worth the investment. They also need the reviews to book future shows. It is mighty frustrating.
My current show is work by Los Angeles photographer Aline Smithson - who gets wonderful national press, but I'll be surprised if the Burlington papers notice her at all, despite my press releases, post cards, blog and social media.
We do have one dedicated monthly art publication which is reliable and thank goodness for that.
Thanks for the article. At least I know it's not a regional problem.
- July 31, 2009 at 6:47 AM
- dlkcollection said...
Many great comments above, which I will think about and respond to individually.
As I was thinking about this topic further last night, for the sake of completeness, I want to briefly touch on the the high quality art criticism of Calvin Tomkins and Peter Schjeldahl, also found in the New Yorker. Tomkins' pieces are usually very long, full length articles in the center of the magazine. His artist profiles are excellent (many of them have been collected in a recent book called Lives of the Artists, which I have read and highly recommend), but the only photographer I can recall he has profiled is Cindy Sherman, so he isn't really relevant when talking about gallery show reviews.
Schjeldahl's pieces are always near the back of the magazine, usually a page or two in length, mostly covering a large, prominent museum exhibitions. While he did review the Pictures Generation at the Met, I can't remember too many other shows he has covered that have centered on photography, so again, his criticism, while top notch, is I believe tangential to this discussion.
- July 31, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- dlkcollection said...
You are right that the "front end" part of the process of discovering new photographers is also being transformed. Conscientious, I Heart Photograph, Exposure Compensation and many others do an excellent job of covering new and emerging work on a daily basis. I can't really imagine a gallery that represents photographers early in their careers would fail to use these kinds of resources at this point. Simply relying on trusted referrals and the incoming submissions alone isn't enough, especially if the gallerist has specific plans/parameters for the program.
I think many artists are using their own blogs for self promotion, as well as the promotion of friends, students, collegues and acquaintances. As a collector, I wonder about who the audience for most artist blogs is however (we read very few); I fear that there is a lot of talking to each other (creating some "in group" recognition) and less influencing dealers, curators, and collectors than might be hoped.
Measuring the effectiveness of these new approaches to PR is going to be tricky (is the gallery owner you want to influence really following your Twitter feed? - I highly doubt it), and you raise an important point about the effort invested versus the value received. We're in an era of experimentation, where new standards are being developed for what's important; all I can say is that some of these communications tools are a time sink, and others can be effective if used intelligently. I for one am trying to work on ways to use the social networking tools to target specific sets of potential photography readers, rather than just a shotgun approach to building the traffic of randoms who don't understand or value what we're doing here and don't likely return. It is my belief that this photography world is actually a small universe of people, many of which are still mostly unaware of the online environment. Getting these currently indifferent/infrequent visitors more involved is what I am puzzling over.
- July 31, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- dlkcollection said...
I'm glad to hear that you felt encouraged by the post to add your voice to the discussion. I think we need a multitude of persepctives, or we end up with a conversation dominated by just a few, which really isn't a discussion but a monologue. The artists deserve more points of view being brought to bear. As an example, since we don't collect portraiture, we tend to naturally and unconsciously put gallery shows/books of portraiture nearer the bottom of our priority list. If we are only one of a few voices, this bias is potentially more pronounced and influential than it should be. Someone else who loves portraits should be covering these shows/books/artists with vigor, filling in the gaps. Get out there are start writing; it's not as hard as it looks, believe me. And watch out, it's addictive.
On the Deborah Bell story, thanks for connecting her to the review; I didn't realize that's how it happened. We tend to be pretty low profile (not announcing to anyone that we are there to write a review), since we are primarily visiting as collectors. What I find interesting/intriguing is that she has linked to our review from her webpage, just under the review from Vince Aletti; the point being the review from the blogosphere is deemed to have some merit and be of similar (if clearly lesser) importance to that of the New Yorker. This to me is evidence of change: here's a respected gallery owner leveraging good reviews, wherever they might originate. I expect we'll start to see more of this as more credible voices enter the fray.
- July 31, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- dlkcollection said...
As I was writing this post, I was wondering about whether the same thing was happening in secondary and teritary cities around the US (and elsewhere), and it sounds like the problem is the same: limited resources and no reviews. It's clear that you need to find some other local voices who can provide the reviews you need, even if they're published out on the Internet.
I for one think your collectors/clients are your best targets: they are already interested/invested in the work. Even if they're not starting their own sites/blogs, perhaps they can find ways to contribute their reviews to other sites. I've often wondered what it might be like to gather together a group of passionate photography collectors from around the country (and the world) to be "guest correspondents" of sorts, providing reviews of photography in their local regions right here from time to time. There are plenty of shows going on outside New York that we'll never visit (see our Summer List from yesterday as an example), but would like to hear a thoughtful review about. Perhaps there is a way to aggregate some of these reviews (via a common format or the like) so they could reach a larger audience...
- July 31, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- dlkcollection said...
One of the comments I received via email observed that many of Vince Aletti's blurbs aren't always "reviews" per se, but are often factual descriptive reporting of what is on view with a dose of literary flourish. I think that given the space constraints of the New Yorker format, this is sometimes true (and thus a fair criticism). I pass these comments along in the effort to keep the discussion even handed, and to further highlight the need for fuller reviews of these gallery shows.
- July 31, 2009 at 11:16 AM
- Tyson Habein said...
I think this touches on some very interesting ideas in regards to creative culture as a whole, and not just photography, as you said early in the piece.
This becomes even more true for cities and towns that are emerging into the world of generating creative culture. In the case of my city of Spokane Washington, we've always been the little sibling of bigger Seattle. In comparison to the likes of New York, we've got very little going on. That said, the difficulty here, is that what is going on isn't being covered on any real level. Imagine the situation you described, except there is no Vince Aletti, there is no larger media source. In this case, people like ourselves have to become the only media source, and force local magazines and alternative weeklies to take up the cause for fear of seeming out of the loop.
It's a battle from all sides. The interesting thing is, we're all battling for things that work together.
Tyson Habein
SpokenSpokane Magazine
- August 1, 2009 at 3:31 AM
- Joe Reifer said...
I'm occasionally interested in New York gallery show reviews, if they turn me on to a new photographer that I like. I'm primarily interested in gallery shows where I live, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The number of venues that show photography isn't overwhelming here - just a simple calendar is usually enough. Fecal Face has a nice mix of gallery listings, artist interviews, and studio visits. If there was a San Francisco equivalent of Vince Aletti, that would be perfect. As far as formats that are suited to thoughtful/critical writing on photography, a few great internet sites have essentially made photo magazines obsolete, but the book is still the king.
- August 2, 2009 at 9:38 PM
- dlkcollection said...
I agree with much of what you've said. It's up to people in their local communities to fill in the gaps in arts coverage if the media outlets aren't doing it.
I like what you're doing with Spoken Spokane. The PDF format allows you to write much longer pieces and have them be readable, more magazine like. It also allows you more freedom on design front than we have with our blog format. I wonder however about whether random searchers are as eager to dig into the PDF format. But perhaps those people aren't your audience.
In any case, I like the fact that you've taken matters into your own hands and are producing something of value for the community.
- August 6, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- dlkcollection said...
Thanks for the tip of FecalFace; I wasn't ware of the site and it's certainly full of information, although sifting through it all to get to the photography might be a challenge.
I agree that the SF/Bay Area photo scene is relatively self contained. You'd think it would be pretty straightforward for a local collector/enthusiast to cover the few museums and galleries that regularly show photography. I'd certainly be happy with a regular feed of what's on at SFMOMA, BAM, Cantor/Stanford, Fraenkel, Koch, and Nichols, plus a mix of the others from time to time.
- August 6, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- Landscape Luminous Views Photogarphy Artist said...
As an upcoming photography artist I am finding it near impossible to find a gallery to show my work in San Diego.
What I am finding though is that if I can show many folks my work in person I can pay the bills selling the prints. Recently local publishers have run articles on me on behalf of these efforts.
I guess my point is that it is wonderful to see and hear how the biggest of publishers may shun the most significant art form of the last century, but some truth can still be found in a wonderful place like this blog.
- October 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM
- CAP said...
Currentartpics contains some reviews/criticism of photographers. but only established figures.
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Elizabeth Henstridge may not be a biochemist like her Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. character, Jemma Simmons, but she definitely has wit to match her onscreen persona. She stopped by our LA studio to talk about going to work in the Marvel universe, bearing witness to Tom Hiddleston's dance moves, and the embarrassing way she learned she was calling her costar Clark Gregg by the wrong name. Catch Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tuesday nights on ABC.


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