Update: A Field Guide to the North American Family
Sunday, April 1, 2007
A Field Guide to the North American Family
© Garth Risk Hallberg
A Field Guide to the North American Family, a novella by Garth Risk Hallberg, “tracks two families through the wilderness of modern life.” The story unfolds in 63 seperate entries, each with a chapter of text and then a visual artist’s response to the entry’s title. The book will be lavishly designed and printed by Mark Batty Publisher, an art and design press based in New York.
I had posted previously about a call for entries for each of the chapters of the book and the great repsponse that the project was getting from photographers. I got news from Garth yesterday that two of my images were selected for the print publication. According to his e-mail, there were 700 submissions from more than 100 artists. He also writes to all contributors:
Frankly, I have been moved by the spirit in which everyone has participated in this project. It’s taught me a lot as an artist, and reminded me of why we do this stuff in the first place. I hope that your generosity and enthusiasm return to you tenfold.
I’m very happy to have been chosen to be a part of Garth’s book along with a great selection of other photographers and friends (tentative list):
Jordan Alport, Timothy Briner, Jessica Bruah, Kara Canal, Sandy Carson, Alana Celii, Janice Clark, Jason Curtis, John Paul Davis, Chris Eichler, Amy Elkins, Jason Falchook, Elizabeth Fleming, Catherine Gass, Hans Gindlesberger, Andres Gonzalez, Maury Gortemiller, Jonathan Gitelson, Jennifer Greenburg, Ben Huff, Christy Karpinski, Mickey Kerr, Liz Kuball, Michael Kwiecinski, Shane Lavalette, Jason Lazarus, Stacy Arezou Mehrfar, Nick Meyer, Matt Nighswander, Alexis Pike, Colleen Plumb, Gus Powell, John Putnam, Shawn Records, Rebecca Blume Rothman, Christopher D Salyers, Matthew Schenning, David Shulman, Kevin Sisemore, Brandon Sorg, Brian Sorg, Sai Sriskandarajah, Tema Stauffer, JJ Sulin, Brian Ulrich, Consider Vosu, Grant Willing.
I’m sure the book will be available through either the publisher, official website or, alternatively, you can pre-order a copy through Amazon.
