The Critics Have Their Say One Last Time...

One of the added kicks of helping run Expiration Notice was reading the thoughts and comments of Couer D'Alene's HS photography students (courtesy of Bruce Twitchell) on the work of our featured photographers. Thanks for your effort and insight guys! And always keep thinking, questioning, looking and- shooting...

Allison V. Smith- w/Apologies...

I had originally wanted to publish a selection of Allison V. Smith's photographs in the first issue of Expiration Notice, but she was currently being featured in another online magazine. So I decided to wait awhile, and scheduled to feature her work in Vol 4. When it became apparent that there might not, in fact, be a Vol 4, I asked her if she would be OK with appearing in our On Notice section in Vol 3. Unfortunately, her email graciously accepting the "downgrade" somehow, someway arrived in my Spam mail just prior to publication- and it probably doesn't take much to imagine what went through our minds up until today when we both found it! And I can now only hope she accepts my apologies- yet again!

Allison V. Smith photographs quiet surprises, one can find them in her moody compositional aesthetics, or in the subtle humor she finds in her Southwestern landscapes. And she can do it in B&W or color, and in a multitude of formats. There's a simple, honest feel to her work that's free of the artifice of so much else that's out there. And that alone makes it worth coming back to over and over again.

Allison, if there's ever a Vol 4-- you're in that one too!

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Even those stiff, upper lipped Brits know when to cut to the chase...

Expiration Notice- The Last Hurrah!?

Volume 3 of EXPIRATION NOTICE is now online, in what may very well be the final issue. This has been a labor of love for Mark Page and I- one we have no real desire to end... Perhaps over the summer we'll figure out a way to increase our outreach and secure the submissions we'll need to continue.

In the meantime, please, enjoy the the work of these much deserved and un(der)heralded photographers, including: Bill Vaccaro, Noah Beil, Tamir Sher, Greg Reynolds, Natascha Libbert, Tyler Hewitt, Horatiu Sava, Allison V. Smith!
(photo: Natascha Libbert)

EXPIRATION NOTICE- Vol 3

This Monday 4/27, Vol. 3 of Expiration Notice comes out and may (or may not) be the last. Reasons for the aforementioned are explained and outlined there...

That said, this issue brings together another fine selection of ageless, un(der)heralded photographers worthy of your attention- Enjoy!

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Expiration Notice Vol.1 is up and running, featuring work by: Alan George, John Darwell, David Wolf and George Georgiou... We hope (Mark Page and I) you enjoy this new venue and that it helps further the emergence of these very worthy artists.

DONE!

Well, submissions for the first edition of Expiration Notice are officially done, with publication on 2/09/09. Which, of course, means that submissions for the second edition and beyond have already begun, so- Bring 'em on!

Expiration Notice...

Submissions for 1st Edition of Expiration Notice ends 1/31. We are most happy to report that we have received many fine submissions to date, translation- looks like we won't be a one trick pony after all! Current winners notified next week. And if you didn't get in this time, it doesn't necessarily mean you're down and out. Meanwhile, keep submissions coming!

EXPIRATION NOTICE- Update!

Hey! Submissions continue to come in for the first edition, and we're rather pleased the way things are shaping up! That said, all the more reason for you to submit. We're currently considering expanding our original parameters in order to show more work, and at the very least- there's always the next issue! In the meantime-

Please Note:

A number of people have been inquiring as to what actually constitutes gallery representation (unlike what constitutes being 35 & over), and after considerable debate and discussion, we've decided to forego gallery representation as a deal breaker. We're going to assume that photographers the likes of an Annie Liebowitz or Jeff Wall are not going to submit to Expiration Notice for the much needed added exposure. So for everyone else thirty five and over (except maybe Terry Richardson and Cindy Sherman), the water's fine...

Gallery representation does not figure into judging- it's about the work!