Phaidon Press publishes some of the world’s most respected photography books, working with renowned photographers including James Nachtwey, René Burri and Nan Goldin. A rare opportunity has arisen to work with leading artists, such as these, to produce books of outstanding quality and beauty. Reporting to the Operations Director, the successful candidate will work with the editors and photographers, and be responsible for co-ordinating and managing all stages of book and packaging production, from design concept to the finished book. The role requires: thorough knowledge of the latest repro and print technologies; minimum 5 years’ relevant experience of the reproduction of photography, ideally in book form; meticulous eye for detail and colour;ability to colour correct and press pass; confidence to liaise and work with creative leaders in photography and book design; imaginative yet commercial approach to realising innovative concepts; self-motivation and the ability to manage multiple projects within schedule and on budget; excellent communication, interpersonal, IT and numeric skills. Please send full CV and covering letter, including current salary details, to Frances Johnson, Operations Director, Phaidon Press Limited, 18 Regent’s Wharf, All Saints Street, London N1 9PA, by 30th November 2004.

PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME or POST YOUR RESUME/CV HERE. If you do, I'll have to delete it. Sorry, but good luck.

Ron Reason, Chicago-based designer, educator, consultant and currently serving as Creative Director of Garcia Media Group has collated a short list of things not to say to or about a photojournalist.

“The Indian Express group has instituted the Ramnath Goenka India Press Photo Awards 2004, as a part of the group’s ongoing series of events to commemorate the centenary year of its visionary founder Ramnath Goenka.”

Deadline is December 3. This contest is only meant for photogs based and working in India.

Chandrachoodan writes:

“Starting off as a simple thought at the Scian Wiki, the melt has travelled far and wide, first at the Scian Blog, then at Rathodics and has now come here, before going on to it's next port of call.”

Well, that next port of call is right here, on Tiffinbox. On December 1, The Scian Melt #4, can be viewed right here in all its glory.

What is The Scian Melt? Good question. What is it doing here on Tiffinbox? Even better question.

To be totally honest with you all, if it weren't for my virtual buddy Prashant Mullick [never met him] and his timely nudge to expand on something I had said on Sepia Mutiny, I wouldn't be playing host to The Scientific-Indian Melt, um, Scian Melt for short.

From my perspective, the connection between science and photography is much too obvious. Now, with digital photography reigning supreme, it's even more of a linked relationship than ever. Claiming no science background [hey, I got a C in high school chemistry] or even for that matter a newly minted PhD. like some people we have come to know, I readily admit that I am a little anxious about this “science” gathering. But with experts like you to explain your findings in illustrative posts, I am sure I will be able to keep up. [deep breath … now exhaling]

That brings us to a request. If you are a blogger steeped in science and have some way to tie a recent science-oriented post to the Indian subcontinent [on your site or something you have read on another website], please send in your entries to me at ONLY the following email address: tiffinboxmedia [at] gmail [dot] com. Subject line MUST read: SCIAN MELT 4. Capiche? If I receive any entries at any of the other million email addresses I have, it will likely get flushed. DEADLINE: November 30, 2004, 11.59 P.M. EST.

Entries can be in the form of a Permalink. If you wish to add your comments to it [why you think it's such a cool blog post] send it along. I would love to know what makes you tick.

Lastly, I would like to thank the Academy and those bloggers who have preceeded me in this fine adventure – Prashant Mullick [October 6, 2004], Shailendra Rathod [October 20, 2004], Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [November 20, 2004].

Makes great sense to read CommonCents.

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Sebastiao Salgado is presumably a very patient man. His project documenting refugees in the Sahel, south of the Sahara, has finally been published after a 20-year wait.

“The book [Sahel: The End Of The Road] was finally published last month through the intercession of Ken Light, a professor at the University of California who directs its Center for Photography, which publicizes important but forgotten works of documentary photographers.”

I do hope you will honor this important work and buy the book.

Having a hand at creating and maintaining OMLOG, I found Rebecca MacKinnon‘s idea at BloggerCon3 to match blogger/volunteers with non-profits to be simply awesome.

BloggerCorps is now live. If you know of a non-profit interested in getting started, this would be a place to start. Please support this non-partisan project and spread the word.

Washington Post photojournalist Andrea Bruce Woodall narrates her experiences working in Iraq. [The link may require you to register.]

Just about every decision we make, I am learning quickly, has a cost-benefit ratio that we must also consider. The ease and instant gratification of digital photography is countered by the simple fact that a few years from now your images on CD's, DVD's or even your hard drives can be nothing more than digital detritus. Poof! Gone.

Sorry to be such a Luddite about this, but check off reason #237 to continue using film. Any rebuttals?