WEB PRESENCE
- creat your own blog, website
- get your work listed on Amazon, Photo-Eye, 20x200, etc.
LOCAL COMMUNITY (building your presence in local community is key!)
- teach or get a photo or art related job in local community
- attend openings and photo related events
- attend Photo Lucida and other local/regional review sessions
- attend Blue Sky review meetings; join the Blue Sky exhibition committee
- join a local photo group
- get on portland photo events email list and be sure to list your events and openings with them
- taking workshops and classes
- get involved with RACC, get to know important RACC people, subscribe to their newsletter - remember: they buy artwork for 2 public collections and give grants!
- develop good promotional packages to give to local media when you have a show
- talk to local suppliers and galleries about partnering and getting support for projects
- attend national portfoliio reviews
- attend artists residencies
- submit your work for juried shows
- creat postcard mailers that you send to people you know (collectors, curators, editors) on a yearly basis
- publishing a book
- get connected with Center SF, photo eye and other national organizations to develop relations
- enter national contests and juried shows
SUPPORTERS/COLLECTER/FRIENDS NETWORK
- create and utilize a mailing list for announcements to exhibits
- develop a clients/friends email list -- send regular (weekly) emails with new pictures, announcements, etc
- email list: there are programs available for managing your email lists -- to cater messages to specific audiences
- develop a monthly collector’s special that you announce to local subscribers/collectors
- develop a "subscription" where people pay a fee per year to support you, and get something in return (a set of post cards, a book, a print, etc.; depending on fee)
- develop an annual handmade limited edition book or other limited edition piece of your work to market to your established collector base
- apply for established grants and fellowships
- seek out grants for organizations that might not be established, but would be interested in partnering with you
- apply for as many contests as you can -- see list of judges to decide who you want ot put your work in front of
PHOTO RELATED JOBS (here is a quick list of possible photo-related jobs. The point here is that it really helps to work in the field in order to stay current and connected to what's happening in photography.)
- photojournalism
- editorial photographer
- commerical photographer
- teaching photography
- editing
- designing
- photo styling
- photo curator
- art galleriest
- photo lab job
- photo center job
- adminstration in photography related business or non-profit
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