Call for Portfolios
I'm starting something new...
Hey, friends, just a short note today…
I continue to reboot my relationship with social media. I wrote about this last week and have enjoyed connecting with artists and writers on Bluesky. As a result, I’m spending less time on Facebook and Instagram, which feels like a step in the right direction, especially considering Zuckerberg’s recent political moves. I’m not deleting those apps yet, but it feels good to focus my efforts elsewhere.
I want to spend more time showing photography in the newsletter and less time battling algorithms on Instagram, so I'm developing a new feature dedicated to showing photography portfolios and driving attention to photographer websites. I know that’s old-fashioned, but I think it sounds fun. Nearly 35,000 people read FlakPhoto, which should help attract some fresh eyes to the featured work.
As always, this will be an experiment, and I’m looking forward to it. Please email me if you’d like to show something of yours here. I’ll kick this off in the coming weeks. Stay tuned, and thanks in advance!
One more thing…
That image up top is by photographer Jordanna Kalman. I love how she sees and thinks about photography — Please visit her website when you can. Jordanna released a self-published artist's book last year. I haven’t seen it in person, but it looks like something to behold. I know some of you will dig it. You can see more here.
Okay, that’s all for today. I hope to get outside for a walk this afternoon, and you should, too. Be well, friends, and take care!
I just deleted Facebook and Instagram today... It feels scary. I'm a very visual person so Twitter never appealed to me much. I just joined Bluesky and Substack today and I'm still getting used to it. Glad I have stumbled upon your work here. I'm already feeling better about my decision.
Andy, as soon as photographers figured out that websites were invaluable the ability to have one has obviously gotten easier and easier. And no matter what, how else are you really gonna have an online presence with any impact? But I don't think it's an either/or between a site and a presence on social media. To have a chance in any arena you need to be findable and available no matter what the evil algorithms have in mind.
I have two sites — one dedicated to my personal and commissioned work (a Photofolio site — maxpix.com), and the other dedicated to my book (a Squarespace site — sweetnoisebook.com). And I'm set up for them to reference each other as well as social media. If cost is the issue, there are many options (including one I found today, portfoliobox.com) that are really reasonable. Maybe other readers can show/suggest what they've done and what they've used.