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Introducing: La Noir Image

Chris Gampat
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12/01/2015
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Dearest readers,

Today, I’m incredibly excited to bring you the latest offering from the Phoblographer LLC. Available for viewing immediately is my latest website: La Noir Image. Born out of society’s fascination with black and white imagery, La Noir Image challenges photographers to think about their portfolio in a totally different way; and to that end, it has been dubbed as “An inspiring documentation of the monochrome lifestyle.”

Image by Nicholas Goodden
Image by Nicholas Goodden

La Noir Image is a Tumblr and invites photographers to showcase 10 images in their portfolio that they would present to a millionaire for purchase. The caveat: the images need to be only in black and white. Then thought provoking questions are asked of each photographer. Due to the Tumblr nature and the specific artistic audience that this website will cater to, I’m still questioning what social media accounts I will create for it.

La Noir Image will publish one story a day and is currently taking submissions. The intention is to inspire photographers in a different way from what the Phoblographer is capable of doing.

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!!!

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer 4V Design strap review (10 of 10)ISO 4001-100 sec at f - 2.8

Today, I’m also announcing that La Noir Image will be the segment of the Phoblographer LLC that will be getting into print. Inspired by magazines like Marius Vieth’s Neoprime, La Noir Image is looking to create a single publication in the year 2016. But it’s going to be an exceptional and very special publication. This publication is looking to round up 10 of the best unknown street photographers in the world in an attempt to give their work a more elevated voice in the industry. When published, it will be distributed worldwide. My hope is to have a giant launch party celebrating the work of these fine photographers and to also have intellectual panel discussions on the ethics of photography in our society today.

The publication will be special in other ways too; its design will serve as an excellent coffee table book for photographers and a great book that you’ll want to tote around with you for inspiration. I’m currently trying to decide if it will be funded through Kickstarter or if advertisers will have a part in it.

This is going to be a big project that will involve lots of time, digging through submissions, etc. But I’m determined to give the street photography community and unknown photographers a louder voice. At the same time, the La Noir Image website will look to compel creatives to get out there and shoot.

I look forward to exploring this new endeavor and sharing the work of inspiring photographers with you all each day not only on the Phoblographer, but now on La Noir Image.

Thank you, and please enjoy the work of other photographers.

Sincerely,

Chris Gampat

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.