As a ‘thank you’ to those of you who are following along I’m giving away a FREE copy of the America Now catalog (photographs by Shane Lavalette, Laura McPhee, Alec Soth, Zoe Strauss, Daniel Cheek and Ben Huff). I’ll also be including a surprise in the package… Yes, it just might be another photobook!

Visit my Facebook page for details on how to enter. A winner will be selected on Monday.

Again, thanks for tuning in!

Happy to have a print included in this year’s SF Camerawork Benefit Auction.

SF Camerawork Benefit Auction 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 1pm
SF Camerawork, 657 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

More info will be announced on the SF Camerawork website.

Announcing the first feature-length exhibition of titles from the Indie Photobook Library!

Threefold: Selections from the Indie Photobook Library
Curated by Shane Lavalette, Larissa Leclair and George Slade
September 13 – November 12, 2011
Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
832 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

Join us for the opening reception Wednesday, September 21 from 6:30-8 pm.

Boy on Bike, Vrindavan, India, 2009
from the series “Waking Vrindavan”
8 x 10 in. on 8.5 x 11 in. paper, Inkjet print
Edition of 15, signed and numbered

SOLD OUT

For those that aren’t familiar, collect.give is a website which brings together a selection of photographs by both emerging and established photographers, with all print sales contributing 100% to charity. In total, the website has currently raised over $25,000 for compelling organizations.

Proceeds from each sale of my print will be donated to Food for Life Vrindavan, a fantastic organization that supports education and food distribution, among other things, in Vrindavan, India. When the print edition sells out, this will offer a total of $1,125 to the organization!

Please pass this on to anyone who may be interested, it would be great to see the edition sell out.

Thanks!

UPDATE: My edition is now sold out! Thanks to those who purchased prints and supported the cause. If you’re just reading this, I encourage you to explore the website and discover the other available works.

Unmarked Sites by Jessica Auer
Published by Les Territoires, 2011
Edition of 500
Available for $30

From Eliot Dudik, his self-published book Road Ends in Water.
Edition of 1,000
Available for $30

I’m happy to hear that my work was selected as an “Honorable Mention” for Fine Art Photo Series in this year’s New York Photo Awards. Thanks very much to the fine jury (who waded through over 700 entries in this category alone) and congratulations to the winners and other mentions.

MATTER by Matthew Gamber, Jessica Eaton and Bill Sullivan
Released in conjunction with the exhibition “The Sum of All Colors”
April 7 – May 21, 2011 at Sasha Wolf Gallery in NYC
Edition of 100, Signed by the artists
Available for $40

I’m very pleased to have finally launched a new website!

The site includes a very small preview of some new work in-progress, a commission for the High Museum of Art‘s “Picturing the South” series, of which I’m absolutely honored to be involved in. Past commissioned artists include Emmet Gowin, Sally Mann, Richard Misrach, Dawoud Bey, Alex Webb and Alec Soth. An exhibition will be on view at the museum in 2012 with newly commissioned works by myself, Martin Parr and Kael Alford.

In addition to the design update, the new site now seamlessly integrates the / Journal – something I’ve been meaning to do for a long, long time.

If you have a moment, take a look around and feel free leave a comment on this post with your thoughts.

Vevey Ville d’Images, Vevey, Switzerland, April 2011
© Shane Lavalette / Posters design by Peter Scholl

Interesting to see portraits from Waking Vrindavan on display as public art in Vevey, Switzerland.

See more from this project on designer Peter Scholl’s website (under BOOKS).