Heather Morton, Art Buyer

i recently chose to send a soft cover book to Heather Morton, who is a well respected Art Buyer and Consultant here in Toronto. She gave me some Love on her blog. Here is an excerpt

- ‘Steve also mentioned in the note that he wanted the book to give to people who “I feel may have heard of me, but maybe, don’t have a good enough sense of what I am actually doing to really make an accurate impression.”

Now, I am a fan of less-is-more in a photographer’s portfolio but at about 140 pages, I think Steve’s book is a notable exception to this preference and I think it also speaks to my other thesis- that the role of the portfolio/book is changing dramatically. There are some fantastic images in here and given Steve’s relatively narrow content concentration (celebrity, entertainment, some fashion), he has strongly positioned himself as a guy who can get these shots any which way. It seems almost old-school to see some many different lighting styles represented (high-key, B&W, natural defused, direct sunlight etc.) but it works.

Steve’s assumption about me was right- I had heard of him but I didn’t have a good sense of what he did. Now I do. And, in his case, showing me so much imagery in this book really gave me a comprehensive picture of his talent and interest. Plus, it’s well printed, sized and laid out.’

You can view the post here at Heather Morton’s Blog

We love Heather so much we recently invited her over to the Hermann & Audrey Studio for our Friday Lunch Series. She dropped the knowledge. Read the post over at the H&A Blog.

thanks again Heather, for all your insight.
Carty.