Flash Forward Festival Programming Highlights

After almost two years of behind-the-scenes planning, the Flash Forward Festival is set to take over Toronto’s Liberty Village for five days in October. Though the autumn still feels so far away, two scheduled events are already getting a lot of attention. We want to give Magenta Magazine Online readers a heads-up about this popular programming to help you beat the crowds.

The first event is a professional development seminar for emerging photographers led by renowned educator Mary Virginia Swanson; this session will require advanced registration and is filling quickly. Please note that this seminar is the only programming that requires registrants to pay a fee to participate. All other Flash Forward Festival content is FREE based on a first-come, first-seated basis.

The second event is a panel discussion on the future of photo books. Collectors, curators, arts writers, and artists will want to hear what these influential panelists have to say at this FREE event. The links below will take you to the Flash Forward Festival website where you can find full information about this programming.

Flash Forward Festival Programming Highlights

Presenting Your Work to the Fine Art Community

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
12 - 4 PM
SEMINAR LEADER: Mary Virginia Swanson
FEE: $75

In this seminar, marketing consultant/educator Mary Virginia Swanson provides an overview of the fine art market for photographers and offers advice about marketing yourself and your work. This lecture is a must-attend presentation for all photographers wishing to learn how to make an impact in a competitive fine-art marketplace.

Panel Discussion: The Future of Photobooks

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8
4–6PM
Panelists: Andy Adams, Jason Fulford, Darius Himes, Miki Johnson, Alec Soth
Moderated by: Stephen Mayes, Managing Director, VII Photo

Do you wonder what the Future of Photobooks holds? Will images be displayed on eReaders or as holograms? Or will the backlash against digital technology create more innovative books produced with traditional methods? And how will any of them be funded or distributed with publishing in free-fall?

Miki Johnson and Andy Adams recently explored these questions in a month-long project organized through the liveBooks RESOLVE blog and FlakPhoto, which they respectively run. They, along with Jason Fulford and Darius Himes, will highlight the most exciting and insightful ideas proposed for the Future of Photobooks, and explain how they employed experimental online formats such as crowd-sourcing and cross-blog discussions to explore the topic.