Expozine, 2006
What a day. Went to Expozine, the zine and comics fair today (actually yesterday) in Montreal, and I was determined to be a paparazzo. Had my little digital camera with me, and a full 512 meg of RAM (plus a spare battery), and I was going to make one of those cool photo sets which I had enjoyed when they were of some far-off convention or event I couldn't attend. Next best thing to being there! Hope you enjoy it. Please click on Louis Rastelli below to get started on the set.
Unfortunately, while I told myself I would record everybody's name in my notebook to match up with the pictures, that wasn't to be (need an assistant, like one of those hip fashion photogs.). So my next job will be to send e-mails to all the people I collected material and addresses from, and hope they write in with corrections I can add to the photo descriptions. One never knows, if flickr lasts for a while, it might be an historical document.
I'm a very nervous photographer, and many of the pictures are a little blurry because of the low light, or my unsteady hand. Still, they give an impression of the event. Below are some sketches I painted while relaxing from all the meeting of people and taking of pictures. That's more congenial to me, but it would have been worse trying to draw watercolour sketches of everyone at their tables instead.
Lots of bigger publishers there, such as Drawn and Quarterly and Mechanique Generale, but I was attracted to the smaller creators. I'm grateful to them for letting me take snaps.
Well, now I'll send out all those e-mails! There's a pile of books that nearly covers the floor in front of me as I type.
Unfortunately, while I told myself I would record everybody's name in my notebook to match up with the pictures, that wasn't to be (need an assistant, like one of those hip fashion photogs.). So my next job will be to send e-mails to all the people I collected material and addresses from, and hope they write in with corrections I can add to the photo descriptions. One never knows, if flickr lasts for a while, it might be an historical document.
I'm a very nervous photographer, and many of the pictures are a little blurry because of the low light, or my unsteady hand. Still, they give an impression of the event. Below are some sketches I painted while relaxing from all the meeting of people and taking of pictures. That's more congenial to me, but it would have been worse trying to draw watercolour sketches of everyone at their tables instead.
Lots of bigger publishers there, such as Drawn and Quarterly and Mechanique Generale, but I was attracted to the smaller creators. I'm grateful to them for letting me take snaps.
Well, now I'll send out all those e-mails! There's a pile of books that nearly covers the floor in front of me as I type.
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posted by Jack Ruttan at 1:20 AM
3 Comments:
good stuff, jack !
Hey - I remember seeing that dog running around!
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