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
• Kahn & Selesnick
  
• Jim Kazanjian
• Vicky Slater
• Andrew Jackson
  
• Gaston Bertin
• Simon Gardiner
• Jesse Morgan Barnett
• Peter Spear
• Giovanni DiMola
• Holly Northrop
• Laura Glazer
  
• Joe Putrock
• 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: