PDN’s Jacqueline Tobin interviewed me about the potential of using the iPad as a portfolio. The interview, which is running in the July, 2010 issue of PDN, showcased several of my images and a link to the iPad portfolio video I created for my online magazine The F STOP. A shot of the PDN feature and my iPad video follow below.

Zack Seckler’s iPad Portfolio from Zack Seckler on Vimeo.

The below image from my Aerial Abstracts series won a spot in the 2010 Communication Arts Photo Annual. The image will be featured in the July/August 2010 issue of Communication Arts.

My True Love project is a winner in the “Website” category of the 2010 PDN Photo Annual which will hit newsstands in May. Below is an excerpt from my submission to the competition:

“[I created a separate website for True Love because] the photographs in this series were created under very unique circumstances and in order to fully appreciate them people needed to understand the back-story. I had the website designed with this simple but important fact in mind.

A clean, minimalist aesthetic was used to present the introduction, images and quotes so people could easily become absorbed in the content.

A high-quality behind-the-scenes video was produced to further inform viewers about the project and allow people to more deeply connect with the people featured in the portraits.”

One of my recent images from the Aerial Abstracts category was chosen for inclusion in the prestigious American Photography 26 competition. Over 8,000 images were submitted to the competition which was judged by Gail Buckland; Scott Dadich, Wired; Janet Froelich, Real Simple; Luke Hayman, Pentagram; Steven Kasher, Steven Kasher Gallery; Michael Norseng, Esquire; and Kira Pollack, TIME.

The image will be published November, 2010 on the AP26 website.

Over three dozen of my images were exhibited and then auctioned to raise several thousand dollars for the Tachila Nature Reserve.  In attendance was the President of Botswana and 350+ distinguished guests. A couple of the auctioned images follow below.

January 30th, 2010

A new series of personal work shot over migratory pans (large salt flats) in southern Africa. For the full series click here.

November 13th, 2009

The True Love images were featured in “Slideluck Potshow XIV” curated by Lesley A. Martin and Casey Kelbaugh. The images were presented at the Aperture Gallery in Chelsea along with works by major artists including Chuck Close and Vincent Laforet.

November 11th, 2009

A three-part feature focusing on my work and my founding and publishing of The F STOP (my photography e-zine).

Awarded 1st place in the Digital Enhancement Category. The winning image will be published as part of a coffee table book by the IPA. Publication date TBA 2010.

Two images selected as Honorable Mentions in the People category