Archive for June 2006
utata, or where I spend my free time
I’ve been spending a lot of my Flickr time lately hanging out in the Utata group. So much time, in fact, that they’ve asked me to come on board as “Projects Manager” for the companion site, utata.org. I can only say that I am thrilled by this opportunity to become part of a team of very talented photographers, writers, and artists.
What is Utata? you might ask. Well, to quote from the About page:
Utata is a collective of photographers, writers, and like-minded people who share a compelling interest in the arts. We began (and continue to exist) as a salon-style gathering of photographers who came together on flickr. As a group we are continuously evolving; Utata is more of a process than a final product.Photographic projects grew organically out of the group’s wide-ranging discussions. In order to provide an appropriate setting for those projects it was necessary to create an entirely new entity.
Utata.org is that entity. It is our attempt to retain the intimacy of the original salon while expanding to include new voices, new perspectives, and new ideas. Our goal is to become a semi-civil online tribe devoted to creating and promoting good art.
Each week or so, utata has a new project. The latest one is “Utata Drinks it Up“. Come by for a visit and see the “tribal photography” in action. Or better yet, join up and start “doing cool things with photography”.
