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Update #5: Time to get your print!!!!!
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Posted on July 5, 2010
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Update #4: Thank You Supporters!!!!!!
Hi everyone,
Fundraising has come to a close and I am so grateful for all of your support!!!!!
Kickstarter is currently processing all of your payments and once that has finished, I will have the $ to buy some paper and make your prints. I'll be in touch in the coming weeks.
Thanks again, you blew my mind!
xoxo
Jon
Update #3: Hot Off The Presses!
Today was a big day for this project, I finally picked up the finished books from Loveleaf. Last night I had a nightmare that I picked them up and was really bummed out but fortunately, the opposite was true and they look AMAZING!!!!!
Here are some shots of them at the bindery earlier today. This is us burnishing the covers to give them a worn and one of a kind aesthetic:
Update #2: Mailing you prints
Hi backers,
Again, you are all amazing!
I currently have enough to bind ten books which is so incredibly exciting!
I just wanted to give you a heads up that I will not be receiving the funding until June 17th when my project expires. That being the case, I will be shipping you your prints in the early summer months.
In the mean time, you can send me your mailing address and the print or spread that you would like to receive.
Thanks again and if you know anyone who might be interested in participating, please feel free to spread the word.
Update #1: You Are All Amazing
Hi everyone,
I can't tell you how amazing it feels to have your support!
I'm really touched and because of you, I met my minimum goal in only two days!
Today I went to the bindery to drop off the artwork for the book covers and had the opportunity to see the stitched but not yet bound copies of my book. Loveleaf did an amazing job. They paid attention to every detail, down to dying the books thread to make it blend in completely and more or less become invisible.
Here are some picture of the book in progress.
Thanks again, your generosity has blown my mind!
xoxo
Jon
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My name is Jon Gitelson and I'm an artist living and working in Chicago. I'm currently a faculty member in the photography department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at Columbia College Chicago.
I work in a range of mediums from photography to video, web-based projects, book arts, installation and public art. You can view these projects on my website at: http://www.thegit.net
My work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Canada and Europe and is in the permanent collection of various institutions that include The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Milwaukee Art Museum, The Museum of Modern Art New York and The Albert and Victoria Museum in London.
