Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:33:05 -0500 (EST)
Garimo, Bob, William, Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John, et al...
My heartfelt thanks for the testimonials & info. I won't steal bandwidth
to repeat subscription info (not that I don't DESERVE it, but I'm so
public spirited), except to say whoever has other questions can ask
offlist & I'll leap to send my shameless promos, one each for Issue #1 &
Issue #2. (#3 in work now.)
But it occurs to me to mention Post-Factory's relation to this list. In
the first place, I NEVER could have done it without "the list." That is,
although I was certainly "expert" in some areas at the outset, the list
gave me info I could have worked a lifetime & not found on my own. And in
the second place I found many contributors on the list (naturally, the
super-celebrity experts), and in the 3rd place, I have "shamelessly"
found subscribers on "the list."
In other words, I see the e-mail exchange & the printed periodical as
complementary. The volume of email & its fragmented nature make it an
amazing *source*, but one that seemed to me to ask to be rationalized,
organized -- EDITED.
(I had downloaded and printed out the entire first 2 years of "the list,"
which I edited for my own reference. There was MUCH less traffic in those
days, yet, condensed, without the repeats, it made a stack printed edge to
edge in 10 pt type some 15 inches high.)
Meanwhile, some contributors, writing for publication, went *further* than
they probably might have otherwise, definitely adding to "the canon." Not
to mention a terrific backlog of my own research and experiment from
several aborted book projects that I wanted to share/show off. And not to
mention feedback on the material *from* the list which aided further
development.
Another goldmine is "history's shelves," info and articles from old books
and publications that beg to be shared -- for inspiration, perspective, or
just Awful Warnings!
Finally, I don't know about the rest of you, but I have HATED almost
everything written in our mainstream journals that purports to be photo
criticism. From Abigail Solomon Godeaux, whose last piece in After Image
irked me so much I forgot how to spell her name, to Donald Kuspit, who is
so abysmally wrong-headed about photography, he has to get A+ for
ingenuity. It seemed high time for issues to be addressed by the makers.
Including of course, this one.
OK, enough said -- except, again, heartfelt thanks for the generous
support.
Judy
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