Marketing Photos with Mary Virginia Swanson

This blog is authored by consultant, author and educator Mary Virginia Swanson to offer creative, branding and marketing advice to photographers and to help them understand essential elements of a career as an visual artist. It is also important to her that her readers gain a broad understanding of the art market and how this ‘machine’ functions.

Recommendations on upcoming juried exhibitions, conferences and other industry events will be offered to readers, as well as significant podcasts and articles from notable publications. Print, web and radio Interviews with and articles by industry professionals will be posted. Significant deadlines will be noted – in hopes that you will note them on your calendar! MVS will share her advice on how to make the most of your marketing efforts (and marketing DOLLARS!), and her upcoming public event schedule, too.

MVS ON THE ROAD THIS SUMMER: Mary Virginia is now scheduling consultations with photographers in the following locations:

MINNEAPOLIS late June/early July,

TUCSON July 6-31,

MAINE in August prior to and immediately following her workshop (below) and in

SANTA FE the last two weeks in August.

Next workshop: “Presenting Your Work to the Fine Art Community,” Maine Photo Workshops, August 5-8.

Categories on this blog to check regularly include “APPROACHING DEADLINES,” “APPROACHING EVENTS,” “MVS MUSTS,” “FUNDING FOR THE ARTS,” “MARKETING MUSINGS,” “MVS ON THE ROAD” and “READING MATTERS”

To receive notice of upcoming workshops, public lectures or events in your area, new publications and more, join her mailing list. (Names will NOT be shared.) Her upcoming event schedule on her website indicates what cities, in addition to her hometown of Tucson, Arizona, in which she will be offering consultation appointments, as well as public lectures and marketing workshops.

Ms. Swanson’s website address is www.mvswanson.com, and her book THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY: PRINCIPLES and PRACTICES is available on her website.

To hear an interview with MVS conducted by Harris Fogel at PhotoLucida 2007 for Mac Edition Radio, click here.

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