It’s only the tiniest of images, but I do believe it qualifies as the first time an image of mine has been published in a publication that actually costs money to buy. The above (click on it for a larger version) is from the October issue of Artforum magazine, and shows my photo of Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu’s grave stone (original here) at the start of a piece on Ozu by Jim Jarmusch. (I realize it’s a bit teeny-bopperish, but I admit feeling a tinge of excitement when I got the issue and saw this placement, my photo next to Jim Jarmusch’s byline. The headline of this post is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, in case that wasn’t obvious.) The magazine had come across my small site about Ozu via a search and requested some images of his grave, along with some other Ozu paraphernalia.
Did you get paid for it?
Congrats!
Congrats to first publication. Cover page is next! 🙂
Dirk
Your picture looks great there — and it’s a very cool placement: Artforum! Jim Jarmusch is going to be showing that to all his friends, and they’re going to see your work.
Onwards, Kurt.
Way to go sunshine (^^)
i’m looking forward to november, when there will be opportunities to see many of ozu’s films in the san francisco bay area(your former home), at the pacific film archives and the castro theatre(your former haunts.) those ozu films are currently screening in new york at the lincoln center, likely the impetus for art forum’s running jarmusch’s thoughts on ozu.
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa_programs/ozu/index.html
http://www.castrotheatre.com/p-list3.html#osu
http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/ozu.htm
Congratulations Kurt. It’s a special kudo that they asked you photos of the gravesite.
Wow, Kurt, good for you! Artforum is a GREAT place to start your career as a published photographer. More of the same, please 😉
Congrats on getting published, Kurt!
Good-O! I remember Jim Jarmusch from the East Village days… “Stranger than Paradise”, “Down by law”- in B&W… arty stuff… Glad to see you in that number… Keep on Clickin’