Edition Announcement #6 - Eliot Shepard

Wednesday Edition: Eliot Shepard

This week's photo edition comes to us from Eliot Shepard, a photographer who recently made the transition from digital to film.

We've made 3 editions of this photo. All are archival pigment prints on cotton rag paper. They'll be on sale on our site at 2pm (EDT) today:

200 of the smaller prints (8.5"x11"") are available for $20 each.
20 of the medium prints (17"x22") are available for $200 each.
2 of the large prints (30"x40") are available for $2000 each

You might be familiar with Eliot's photoblog Slower.net - one of the first, best and most well-known photoblogs out there. It's also possible that you saw his solo exhibition at Jen Bekman a couple of years ago.

Hearts broke the world over when Eliot ceased to publish Slower a few weeks ago. I am sad too, but knowing Eliot, it makes perfect sense to me. His switch to film, just when most people are throwing in the towel and surrendering to the digital future, is perfectly in sync with his renegade style.

His show at the gallery in 2005 was mostly portraits, but I've always enjoyed Eliot's un-peopled shots too. This one caught my eye back in August, and I posted it on Personism in response Alec Soth's question heard 'round the web: Where are all the great photos on Flickr? I knew then that I wanted to use it for a 20x200 edition, so I was really happy when Eliot suggested it for the site. I am even happier to be presenting it here to all of you, such a short time later, on this October afternoon.

The opportunity to introduce new work so frequently is one of the funnest aspects of 20x200 for me. I've heard from collectors, both experienced and novice, that weekly deliveries of fresh art is proving to be rather enjoyable as well. That being the case, I look forward to bringing you some excellent new stuff next week, and encourage you to browse the archives in the meanwhile.

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