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ZoneZero/NEWS Bulletin - November 1997 http://zonezero.com "from analog to digital photography" ********************************************************************** -traduccion al espaâ??ol en: http://zonezero.com/traduccion/nov97.html - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends of ZoneZero, Many things to tell you. First of all, that we have created a new production facility in Mexico City,in addition to the one in Los Angeles, California. From there we shall continue to also produce ZoneZero for you. We have discovered that in todays' information age, the real possibility of operating from various parts of the world -without detriment to quality- is something that can be achieved. This used to be reserved for large transational enterprises. Today a tiny operation such as ours can do the same. Issues such as "first" and "third world" have to be revisited. See our new Editorial, and let us have your opinions as well. http://zonezero.com/editorial/editorial.html Our cover (home page) for ZoneZero is an image created entirely digitally, in other words we did not scan a picture as had been done in the past, it came straight from the camera. We expect this to happen more and more as photographers find, as we did, as finally we have digital cameras that are capable of delivering good quality and at a cost equivalent to a standard 35 mm professional camera. The notion that one can shoot without regard to the inherent cost of film and the related expense of making work prints, is quite a refreshing experience. Well worth looking into, especially for schools. Our new presentation on the cover of what is NEW, we thought would make it easier to be informed of what to look for when logging on to ZoneZero. We hope you like it (the sound of the typewriter can be turned off and on, by just moving the mouse over this information). Mexico's National Fund for Culture and the Arts ( FONCA) and the Bancomer Cultural Foundation together with the Rockefeller Foundation, have granted ZoneZero a grant to support a very interesting project of which we shall be informing you over the next month. Let us just tell you at this time the name of the project " Purepecha: People who travel - A digital Journey". Stay tuned, and connected. ************************************************************************ NEW EXHIBITIONS ************************************************************************ Although we have in production more than ten new exhibitions, we decided to wait no longer until all these new ones had been concluded, we have decided to inform you more often as we finish such new exhibitions. * MEXICAN TAROT* by JosŽ Raul Perez. The Tarot of Marseilles, a medieval version, was the source that served me as a reference due to it's purity and style, and because it is after all the oldest set of cards that is conserved intact. The transformation of this reference into a contemporary MexicanTarot, suggests to the spectator the possibility to see themselves as a destiny that does not escape from the universal order which was set thousands of years ago http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/tarot/ellocoen.html * CHIAPAS : The End of Silence By Antonio Turok. A soon to be published book by Aperture, N.Y., "reflects the complex world and my transformation with it, from my first views of a timeless society to a confrontation with the deeper realities of the human predicament." http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/turok/p1en.html ************************************************************************ NEW ARTICLE ************************************************************************ Notebook. By E.R. Beardsley He writes: I still don't know for certain how Mr. B.H. Jiang ( the photographer) found me, or why he decided to put his faith in a total stranger. It is one of those things that happens nowadays on the Internet. And, because it happens so casually, so innocently, it takes a while for us to realize that it is altogether marvelous. http://zonezero.com/magazine/articles/jiang/p1.html ************************************************************************* FORUMS ************************************************************************* In the FORUMS section at ZoneZero, where we cordially invite you to participate in the creation of our photographic community on the internet, there are two new topics which we could imagine might be of some interest to many of you. [ please remember that when you registered to receive this news letter you did not need a password, this will only request for the FORUMS ]. One topic deals with the multiple interpretations on a single image, something that can be quite polemic and lead to a lot of interesting disussions. Let us hear from you. The second topic is about creating a list of the 20 most influential books of photography that you can tell us about. Again this should become a very interesting survey of points of view, as with out doubt such titles will vary greatly depending on where you are coming from. Best regards, Pedro Meyer Publisher *************************************************************************** As always, if you want to be removed from our mailing list, we ask you to please notify us and we shall be glad to accommodate your request, writing to ilpostino@zonezero.com