A man crosses the street in Manhattan, New York. The title of this post reflects the fire lane he is crossing (notice he's wearing a red hat and sporting a red backpack).

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I recently stumbled upon a blog post by Jim Goldstein, a well-regarded nature and travel photographer. In that post, Jim writes about a photo project you can undertake:
One of the unique aspects of digital photography is that we’re now able to enjoy photographic work without viewing it in printed form. More so now than ever before supporting a photographer is shown almost exclusively online through photo forums, blogs, and other online communities. While viewing photographs online is easy and relatively inexpensive it is a hollow experience by comparison to holding an actual print from a photographer you respect and admire.

The goal of this project is to introduce fine art photography, photography books, print exchanges, and other photography related products to photography fans of all walks of life. It is also to spur photography fans to think in terms of financially supporting talented photographers so they can continue to do what they love.
So what can you do? Jim has this idea:
1) Find photographs from photographers that you respect and admire.
2) Purchase a photograph or photographs from these photographers. Spend within your means. Ideally try to purchase 1 to 3 photographs.
3) Write about the experience (buying, viewing, etc) on your web site, blog, Flickr page, etc.

I really appreciate this project and hope you participate. I think it's a great way of supporting a photographer you know (or even if you don't know the photographer personally, you're still appreciating their work by purchasing a print). I've been an advocate of seeing images in print for many years now, and I 100% admire others who take the same stance. That image you're looking at on your tiny monitor? It's meant to be seen on a print...

If you want to participate and purchase some of my prints, I refer you to my ongoing print sale and my 1,200th post sale. It doesn't matter from whom you purchase a print this holiday season: the act is more important in this case.

I'll probably write up a separate blog post about this topic, but in the meantime, check out Jim's post and leave a comment on his blog. If you do participate in this project, please let me know as well.

Finally, if you're reading this post and you've purchased a print (or two or three) from me in the past, let me know if you're willing to participate in step 3) outlined above (you don't need to have a blog or a flickr account to participate).
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