Publish Your Photography BookMVS On the Road
*To book a consultation session in any of the cities announced below, please fill out the client fact sheet.
April 2-9, New York City: MVS Available for Consultations
| April 2, 2013 | to | April 9, 2013 |
While in NYC to attend AIPAD, MVS will be available for a limited number of in-person consultations. If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact Kelsey at assistant@mvswanson.com to schedule a session. Please read “How We Work Together” and complete the Client Fact Sheet if this will be your initial consultation. Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.
Sessions for this trip are fully booked. Please contact Kelsey to be added to the waiting list in the event of a cancellation.
March 26-30, Belle Plaine, MN: MVS Available for Consultations
| March 26, 2013 | to | March 30, 2013 |
MVS will be available for a limited number of in-person and telephone consultations (CST) in Belle Plaine, MN (southwest of Minneapolis). If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact Kelsey at assistant@mvswanson.com to schedule a session. Please read “How We Work Together” and complete the Client Fact Sheet if this will be your initial consultation. Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.
March 22-24, Minneapolis: MVS Available for Consultations
| March 22, 2013 | to | March 25, 2013 |
MVS will be available for a limited number of in-person and telephone consultations (CST) in Minnetonka (just west of Minneapolis) in March. If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact Kelsey at assistant@mvswanson.com to schedule a session. Please read “How We Work Together” and complete the Client Fact Sheet if this will be your initial consultation. Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.
March 12, Downer’s Grove, IL: MVS Available for Consultations
| March 12, 2013 |
MVS will be available for a limited number of in-person and telephone consultations (CDT) in Downer’s Grove, IL (western Chicago suburb). If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact Kelsey at assistant@mvswanson.com to schedule a session. Please read “How We Work Together” and complete the Client Fact Sheet if this will be your initial consultation. Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.
March 6, 10-11, Chicago: MVS Available for Consultations
| March 6, 2013 | to | March 11, 2013 |
MVS will be available for a limited number of in-person and telephone consultations (CST) in Chicago just prior to and immediately following the Society for Photographic Education’s National Conference.
If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact Kelsey at assistant@mvswanson.com to schedule a session. Please read “How We Work Together” and complete the Client Fact Sheet if this will be your initial consultation. Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.
March 1-4, Jacksonville: MVS Available for Consultations
| March 1, 2013 | to | March 4, 2013 |
MVS will be available for a very limited number of in-person and telephone consultations (EST) when in Jacksonville, Florida attending the NANPA Summit in early March. If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact Kelsey at assistant@mvswanson.com to schedule a session. Please read “How We Work Together” and complete the Client Fact Sheet if this will be your initial consultation. Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.
March 1-3, Jacksonville: Presenting at the NANPA Nature Photography Summit
| March 1, 2013 | to | March 3, 2013 |
MVS will be presenting two sessions at the 2013 Nature Photography Summit of the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA) being held at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Waterfront in Jacksonville, Florida.
Breakout Session: To Be Published or Self-Publish?
Saturday, March 2, 2013, 2:00-3:00 pm
Advance Your Business Pro Day: Finding Your Audience: An Introduction to Marketing Your Photographs
Sunday, March 3, 2013
The Advance Your Business Pro Day is an all day post Summit session. MVS will be presenting with three other speakers. Click here for full details.
Summit Registration is open; $50 discount if registered before February 1st.
Registration for Portfolio Reviews will open shortly.
February 28: MVS presentation at SCAD’s Savannah Campus
| February 28, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Finding your Audience: An Introduction to Marketing Your Photographs
Free and open to the public.
On Thursday evening, February 28th MVS will be speaking at Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD).
SCAD Museum of Art Auditorium
601 Turner Boulevard
Savannah, Georgia 31401 [map]
Tel: 912-525-7191
February 26, Charleston, SC: Panel Discussion “A Career in Photography”
| February 26, 2013 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
A Career in Photography: Industry Insiders Share Their Professional Experiences & Insights
Panelists: Squire Fox, Rebekah Jacob, Maggie Kennedy & Mark Sloan
Moderated by Mary Virginia Swanson
This event is free and open to the public.
MVS has organized a panel discussion on the photography industry with representatives from the fine art, editorial and commercial markets. This event is sponsored by The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences and The Charleston Center for Photography.
The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Bond Hall, Room 165
171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, South Carolina [map]
Bond Hall is the second building on left as you enter campus. Visitor parking located around the parade field and near Bond Hall.
About the Panelists
Squire Fox graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in photography. He moved to NYC in 1993, assisting Bruce Weber, George Holz, Gilles Bensimon, and Mary Ellen Mark. Fox has developed an impressive client base that includes Vanity Fair, UK Condé Nast Traveller, Travel & Leisure, Target, Converse, Johnston & Murphy, Garden & Gun, and W. W. Norton & Company, recently adding motion to his award winning portfolio. Fox is represented by Tricia Joyce, and travels between NYC and the surf in Charleston.
Rebekah Jacob is an expert in the diverse art and photography of the American South. She opened Rebekah Jacob Gallery in Charleston in 2008, moving to its Upper King Street
location in 2012. Her gallery’s principal focus is the representation of an international group of contemporary artists whose diverse practices include painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography and video. RJG Clients include private collectors and public collections, corporate art consultants and interior designers.
Maggie Kennedy is the photography director of Garden & Gun magazine. Since the premiere issue in 2007, she has helped shape the visual identity of the G&G brand. Kennedy previously worked as a creative director and producer of commercial photography in San Francisco and New York. Her work has been recognized with a National Magazine Award in General Excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2011, the Society of Publication Designers and Photo District News.
Mark Sloan has been the director and senior curator of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston since 1994. He has curated dozens of exhibitions featuring contemporary photographers. His own photographic works have been exhibited and published internationally. Sloan coauthored the book Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History with Nancy Pick in 2004, and has authored several books on historical photographic archives.
February 17-19, Palm Springs: MVS Available for Consultations
| February 17, 2013 | to | February 19, 2013 |
MVS will be available for a limited number of in-person and telephone consultations (PST) in Palm Springs in mid-February. If you have worked with Ms. Swanson in the past, please feel free to contact Kelsey at assistant@mvswanson.com to schedule a session. Please read “How We Work Together” and complete the Client Fact Sheet if this will be your initial consultation. Sessions are confirmed in the order requests are received.