About this project
A little background
Over the past 10 years I have had the good fortune to curate, co-curate and assist in the mounting of over 75 art exhibitions. About a quarter of these exhibitions dealt solely with the medium of photography. During the time that I spent working on these exhibits I befriended, assisted and picked the brains of photographers whose work I admired. It is easy to say that photography (happily) consumed my life. In the Spring of 2011, I decided that I wanted a new challenge. Armed with my prior experience as Director of Carrie Haddad Photographs, I set out to pursue a vision that would be wholly my own. At the time, I wasn't exactly sure what that vision would entail, but slowly, the idea for Small Batch Editions evolved...
What is Small Batch Editions?
I once read somewhere that creativity is your world view filtered through your talent. For me, it's finding and sharing photography and photographers that excite me. That is the sole reason behind why I built smallbatcheditions.com and why I work hard every day on this project. I find an image, a series that gets my heart pumping and I move on it, and that momentum carries me from morning to night. I get to be a part of something and put my mark on it—I get to say, I believe in this.
Small Batch Editions is dedicated to bringing together a carefully curated selection of photographs from around the world, and making them available for a wider audience. To this end, we proudly publish affordably-priced limited edition prints, working closely alongside each artist to ensure the highest standards of quality.
Small Batch supports photographers - both emerging and established - and helps to provide a funding platform for new work, while also supplying opportunities for them to share their projects with a community of passionate image lovers.
For the website's launch, I am very honored to be working with the following photographers:
- Tim Gruber
- Jamie Stoker
- Leigh Merrill
- Xavier Delory
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Kahn & Selesnick
- Jim Kazanjian
- Vicky Slater
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Andrew Jackson
- Gaston Bertin
- Simon Gardiner
- Jesse Morgan Barnett
- Peter Spear
- Giovanni DiMola
- Holly Northrop
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Laura Glazer
- Joe Putrock
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Sebastien Barre
How can you help?
Small Batch Editions' roots are firmly in place and now I'm looking to construct a solid core from which my values of creativity, accessibility and excellence can continue to grow and connect with like minds. I need your support in order to facilitate this reality. Everything thus far has been accomplished on a shoestring budget. Your contribution to this Kickstarter campaign will raise the funds necessary to produce the first ten Small Batch editions.
$3,500 would be a great goal to achieve, but it is really just the beginning. I want Small Batch to grow to be a vital business - funds exceeding the target will help take Small Batch from an idea I am passionate about to a real and sustained place for the appreciation and patronage of photographic works.
I have a lot of ideas and exciting plans for Small Batch’s future! Some of the items on my wish list are:
- the lease of an office/gallery space
- photographer video profiles & interviews
- exhibitions, talks & other events
What are the rewards?
I am grateful for every contribution and show of support - large or small! ALL backers will receive an invitation to the Small Batch Launch Party in Hudson, New York (exact date is to be announced soon!).
Please take a look at each of the reward categories listed to the right. The prints available are shown below....
NEW BACKER REWARD!
Photographer: Kahn & Selesnick
Details: I am thrilled to add five new kickstarter print rewards by Kahn &
Selesnick. These photographs were shot with an iPhone around the Hudson
Valley where Nicholas Kahn lives in a 1925 Sears kit house overlooking Hudson's Oakdale Lake.
These images are available as archival digital prints in the following sizes:
6x6, edition of 25 - $200
4x4, edition of 25 - $100
3x3, edition of 25 - $50
Title: Walnut Tree, Churchtown, NY
Title: Furgary Boat Club, Hudson NY
Title: Rail Bridge, Hudson NY, North Bay
Title: Sad House, Fairview Ave, Greenport NY
Title: Renovation, Union St, Hudson NY
NEW BACKER REWARD!
Photographer: JOE PUTROCK
Title: Screen Door, Albany
Details: hi-resolution digital download
Reward category: $10
(This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License)
NEW BACKER REWARD!
Photographer: SEBASTIEN BARRE
Title: Poolside
Details: signed 12" x 18" pigmented ink on satin paper, FRAMED
Reward category: $150
Photographer: JOE PUTROCK
Title: Untitled #26, 2011
Details: signed 8" x 10" digital c-print, edition of 40
Reward category: $60
Photographer: JOE PUTROCK
Title: All That's Left of Camil van Hulse, 2011
Details: signed 8" x 10" digital c-print, edition of 40
Reward category: $60
Photographer: HOLLY NORTHROP
Title: Martha in Manhattan
Details: signed 10" x 8" archival pigment print, edition of 40
Reward category: $60
Photographer: GIOVANNI di MOLA
Title: When I Was A Soldier
Details: signed 10" x 8" archival pigment print, edition of 40
Reward category: $60
When will the site launch?
www.smallbatcheditions.com is already built and very close to launching! I expect the site to go live in November 2011. Here are some screenshots:
FAQ
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Editions are priced between $75.00 and $1,000.
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All editions are lovingly and painstakingly produced by printer, Richard Edelman of Woodstock Graphics Studio, a small, highly specialized facility located in the artist’s community of Woodstock, NY.
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Top row (L-R): Xavier Delory, Leigh Merrill, Giovanni DiMola
Middle Row: Jamie Stoker
Bottom Row (L-R): Jim Kazanjian, Peter Spear, Vicky Slater
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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A personalized thank-you postcard and twitter/facebook acknowledgment for your support. Every little bit helps, so thank you!
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a hi-resolution digital download of JOE PUTROCK'S photograph, 'Screen Door, Albany'. (This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License)
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Mix CD! Music that helped to keep me inspired and awake during the many long nights spent working on Small Batch PLUS the thank you postcard and twitter/facebook acknowledgment for your support.
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A copy of Helen Gee's book, Limelight, with a personal inscription / note of encouragement from me. Gee was an instrumental figure in the NYC gallery scene in the 1950's - at the time, she had the only photography gallery in the country. The photographer Gary Schneider - a close friend of Helen's - gave me a copy of the book a few years ago after seeing how passionate I was about photography and about the gallery I was running at the time. Perfect for anyone who loves photography and wants to be inspired by a wonderful memoir about perseverance and vision. (you also get everything included in the previous reward category!) • Please add $10 for international shipping
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a 3"x3" archival digital print by KAHN & SELESNICK - there are five images to choose from: "Walnut Tree, Churchtown, NY", "Furgary Boat Club, Hudson NY", "Rail Bridge, Hudson NY, North Bay", "Sad House, Fairview Ave, Greenport NY", "Renovation, Union St , Hudson NY" - all images are in an edition of 25
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JOE PUTROCK signed limited edition print, 'Untitled #26' • 10" x 8" digital c-print • PLUS the Mix CD, hand-written thank you postcard & public acknowledgment of your support on twitter/facebook • Please add $10 for international shipping
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JOE PUTROCK signed limited edition print, 'All That's Left of Camil van Hulse' • 10" x 8" digital c-print • PLUS the Mix CD, hand-written thank you postcard & public acknowledgment of your support on twitter/facebook • Please add $10 for international shipping
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HOLLY NORTHROP signed limited edition print, 'Martha in Manhattan' • 11" x 8.5" archival pigment print. • PLUS the Mix CD, hand-written thank you postcard & public acknowledgment of your support on twitter/facebook • Please add $10 for international shipping
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GIOVANNI di MOLA signed limited edition print, 'When I Was A Soldier' • 11" x 8.5" archival pigment print. • PLUS the Mix CD, hand-written thank you postcard & public acknowledgment of your support on twitter/facebook • Please add $10 for international shipping
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a 4"x4" archival digital print by KAHN & SELESNICK - there are five images to choose from: "Walnut Tree, Churchtown, NY", "Furgary Boat Club, Hudson NY", "Rail Bridge, Hudson NY, North Bay", "Sad House, Fairview Ave, Greenport NY", "Renovation, Union St , Hudson NY" - all images are in an edition of 25
Pledge $150 or more Pledge $150 or more
a $125 credit towards a print of your choice from smallbatcheditions.com once it launches PLUS the Mix CD, postcard & public acknowledgment of your support on twitter/facebook • Please add $10 for international shipping
Pledge $150 or more Pledge $150 or more
SEBASTIEN BARRE, FRAMED signed print, 'Poolside' • 12" x 18" pigmented ink on satin paper. • PLUS the Mix CD, hand-written thank you postcard & public acknowledgment of your support on twitter/facebook
Pledge $200 or more Pledge $200 or more
a $125 credit towards a print of your choice from smallbatcheditions.com once it launches + the Mix CD, postcard & public acknowledgment of your support on twitter/facebook PLUS your choice of one of the kickstarter exclusive editions from Joe Putrock, Holly Northrop or Giovanni di Mola. • Please add $10 for international shipping
Pledge $200 or more Pledge $200 or more
a 6"x6" archival digital print by KAHN & SELESNICK - there are five images to choose from: "Walnut Tree, Churchtown, NY", "Furgary Boat Club, Hudson NY", "Rail Bridge, Hudson NY, North Bay", "Sad House, Fairview Ave, Greenport NY", "Renovation, Union St , Hudson NY" - all images are in an edition of 25
Pledge $300 or more Pledge $300 or more
gets you a $250 credit towards a print of your choice from smallbatcheditions.com once it launches + the Mix CD, postcard & public acknowledgment of your support on twitter/facebook PLUS your choice of one of the kickstarter exclusive editions from Joe Putrock, Holly Northrop or Giovanni di Mola. • Please add $10 for international shipping
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Small Batch founder Melissa Stafford is an independent curator based in Upstate New York. Melissa made a name for herself as the Director of Carrie Haddad Photographs, in Hudson NY, a position she held from 2008 to 2011. Previously, she was Assistant Director of the Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY for nearly six years. Throughout her time with Haddad, Melissa played an integral role in the mounting of more than 75 exhibitions.
Over the years, Melissa has curated numerous additional exhibitions, including Hudson Plugged In, a large-scale outdoor exhibit of new media works. This glowingly reviewed exhibit was honored with a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts Electronic Media and Film Program. Melissa has also juried exhibitions and conducted portfolio reviews for the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Cooperstown Art Association, the Columbia County Council on the Arts, Albany Center Galleries and the Silvermine Guild Art Center.
