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XIV Zoe Fest – The 14th Annual October 2017

The 14th Annual Zoe Fest will be held October 2017 in Far North Queensland Australia.  < Clickable text

 

Our retreat is not a workshop, there are no classes. It is for professional, advanced amateurs and hobbyists with good portfolios and even better references. We plan a gathering of models and photographers and we go on an artist vacation to create, make friends, and see old friends. Being a photographer or a model can be a lonely profession, we aim to bring you all together so that models can get to know other models and photographers other photographers. It is an event that you help create, we are all a part of the planning process. 

 

You book your own photo shoots and go out by yourself. We do not organize your trip, you do. That way you get to go where you want to go, when you want to go there. The only thing we do is organize a community of like minded individuals to share a space in time together for 10 days. 

And the only thing it costs this year is $300.00. $150 goes towards housing the models. $150 goes towards a donation for our time and energy organizing it. All you have to do is get yourself there. 

Currently as of April 14, 2017 we have 18 people signed up. 9 photographers and 9 models. We have 6 models on a waiting list and as soon as we get 6 more photographers they can start planning their trip. 


This year we’ve rented a tropical rainforest compound for our group dinners, BBQ’s, photography slide show nights, swimming parties and to house all the models attending. 

If you would like to come and have fun creating with us please fill out the application to attend Zoe Fest (text is an active link). You must have a portfolio to show us and a really awesome smile, or at least know how to. 🙂 Knowing how to work the BBQ isn’t a bad attribute either. 


A few images created at past festivals – models, Brooke Lynn, Titania Lyn, Jessamyn Rose, Carlotta Champagne, BIG GROUP IN MEXICO, Tara Tree

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Crowd Funding Projects

Parallelograms – Jeff Enlow – a polaroid portrait project

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click the above image to be taken to Kickstarter

 

 

Parallelograms is a photographic nude portrait project that aims to bridge the gap between photography and painting. Each image is shot on instant film creating a uniquely physical image that evokes both a sense of beauty and vulnerability.


The series breaks with classic portraiture, utilizing multiple exposures allowing your eye to wander in the intersecting shapes of the body.

 

 More about the project:

Why Multiple Exposures? 
They allow your eye to wander and get lost in the intersecting shapes of the body. The multiple exposures also adds to the unique quality to the final image. The two images combine giving the photo a gestalt that is impossible to reproduce.

Why Its Urgent? 
Up until now, all of my images were shot on the discontinued 4×5 Fuji FB45 instant film. The next step is to shoot a portfolio of images on the rarest of all films – the massive 20×24 Polaroid. With Polaroid out of business, the film hasn’t been produced in years and the stock of film is quickly disappearing, making using the camera a very expensive undertaking.

 

Why on Polaroid?
The size and detail of the 20×24 Polaroid is unmatched and it is the only format to truly give justice to these images.

How the money will be spent: 
All the money raised will go to production costs of camera rental, models, and the costs of film. With only two cameras in New York, and a limited film stock, it costs roughly $500 to make one final image.

The majority of the money will go to the cost of film and rental of the camera.
Each image costs about $400 – 500 to produce. That’s per picture taken, including all the outtakes that don’t make it to the final set.
So if I want to shoot 10 – 15 images, I have to plan for 15 – 20 actual images shot.
Unlike with a digital camera I cant just shoot a bunch of frames, I have to make each exposure count.

It cost $125 per an image to get them scanned as well.

How the $10,000 breaks down:
Kickstarter takes about $800.
The gifts will cost about $2500. That includes printing books, cutting matts, making the posters and prints.

That leaves me with about $6,700.00 to work with.
For 10 images it will cost $4,000 to $5,000 in film and camera costs.
And $ 1,000.00 in digitizing fees.

$500.00 for assistant fees, and I will pay all the model fees myself.

The more money I can make the more images I am able to make, and more models I can work with.

Time frame: 

Once I receive the funds, I will immediately go into preproduction, which will include casting, planning all the poses, and test shoots. This will take about two weeks.

Then I will do 2-3 shoots during a month-long period.

After I have all the images, I will have to send them off to get digitized, which will take another few weeks.

Once I have all the digital images, I will start sending out prints and putting together the books printed by Hemlock Printers. The design and printing of the books is what will take the longest and could be as long two months to complete.

As each element is done I will send out everyone’s gifts. And I’ll be blogging the entire way so it should be a fun ride.

 

ABOUT Jeff Enlow – www.enlowphotos.com

I’m a California boy living in New York.

Currently, I’m the News Photo Editor at Corbis Images.
Prior to that, I was a National Geographic Explorer documenting the California Delta for a year.

I work and live in Brooklyn, with my Fiancé and two cats.

ABOUT THE CAMERA 


In 1976, Edward Land developed the 20×24 camera to take portraits at the annual shareholders meeting.  Today, there are only five cameras scattered around the world.  The New York camera, run by John Reuter and Nafis Azad, is the most prominent and often used.

The camera is popular with artists like Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel, Mary Ellen Mark, David Levinthal. You can learn more about the camera at www.20x24studio.com

 

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Books

The Body Beautiful by A.J. Kahn

A book by A.J. Kahn (click to order)

 

This is a high quality hard cover publication featuring 100 pages of his Fine Art Nude photography. The book is printed on 80lb. cover stock semi-gloss paper, and includes a printed dust jacket. Dimensions are 8.5″w x 11″h. 

Here’s a sneak peak inside.