May 8th, 2009 |
Jen Bekman thought she was on the perfect path working at Netscape in 1999. Today, Jen owns the tremendously popular New York gallery that shares her name, writes a blog called Personism, and is the founder of the international photo competition, Hey, Hot Shot!. Her latest endeavor is 20×200, limited-edition prints and photos available online at ridiculously affordable prices.
Join us as we ask her about starting over, finding the right project for yourself, and curating versus crowdsourcing.
Jen Bekman Projects, including the gallery and its exhibitions, 20×200, Personism, Hey, Hot Shot! and Jen herself, have been featured in numerous publications, nationally and internationally. Jen frequently lectures and participates on panels about art, technology, media and marketing. A popular reviewer at top portfolio review events, Jen was recently honored with the Rising Star Award at the Griffin Museum of Photography’s annual Focus Awards and named an Innovator of the Year by American Photo magazine. Her writing has appeared in GOOD Magazine and photo-eye Booklist.
Recently, Jen was a speaker at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco where she presented on Corralling the Crowdsourced Community.
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it was great to see jen @ the web 2.0 expo and it’s great to see your interview here! it was a great program, and particularly jen’s session (etsy, threadless, 20×200…) was a great roundup on community of all kinds.
I am rowan atkinson. I am agree from your great program, and particularly jen’s session it was great to see jen @ the web 2.0 expo. It was a great program.
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