Highly Subjective

In early June I submitting some images to possibly be included in an exhibit at City Hall, here in San Francisco. I didn't make it into the show. If you're a regular reader of this blog you may recall I posted my rejection letter a couple of weeks ago... it was my first.

Today, I received a really nice email about the images I submitted that made me feel really good...

"Paul,

Greetings.

Finally getting around to organizing things from the Our World show. Wanted to send along a thank you for submitting, and a note that it was a challenge to select the work for the exhibition- City Hall is a BIG building, but the gallery space is quite small.

Just wanted to say that even though the whole group didn't select the work, that I really enjoyed your spontaneous and connected images- and appreciated their joyfulness and quirky relation to the street.

Keep makin' the stuff, and always interested to see more.

Best,

Thom

--
Thom Sempere
Executive Director
PhotoAlliance"

Thanks for taking the time to email me, Thom. It made me feel really good knowing you liked my images.

If anyone is interested in checking out the show, it's in City Hall, and will run from July 13th to September 21st. You can find more details on the PhotoAlliance website.

A couple of weeks ago I submitted work for a gallery show here in San Francisco. It was my first time doing something like this. Yesterday, this arrived in my inbox...

Dear Paul,

Thank you so much for submitting your work to the Our World juried exhibition competition. Seventy five artists submitted work for this exhibition and last week our panel of experts (Linda Conner, Thom Sempere and Anne Birle Veh) made their final decision. Unfortunately your work was not selected for this exhibition. We want to sincerely thank you for your interest and let you know how much we appreciate the time and energy you spent creating your submission materials.

We hope that you will come by and see the exhibition during the course of its run, July 12 – September 21, or join us for the reception on Tuesday, July 31 at City Hall on the ground floor.

Sincerely,

Meg Shiffler, SFAC Gallery Director
Thom Sempere, PhotoAlliance Executive Director

Oh well. Better luck next time. You can't win if you don't play, right?