2431 by Todd Hido

A few weeks ago, we at JBP had the distinct pleasure of releasing a luscious new edition on 20x200 by photographer Todd Hido: #4124 from the series House Hunting. If you're any kind of photography aficionado, there's a very good chance you knew of Todd's work far before this edition release, which is part of the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, Guggenheim, SF MoMA and LACMA. Todd has also published four stunning and hard-to-come-by books: House Hunting, Outskirts, Roaming and Between the Two, with a fifth book, A Road Divided, forthcoming this year from Nazraeli Press. All of this—and of course working with Todd and his images themselves—made us ineffably excited to share this photograph with all of our collectors.

As Jen wrote about Todd and his photographs:

He was one of the first people who showed me the path of "art for everyone." In part, because my first experience with his work was meeting him at a book signing. The signed copy of Roaming that I got that day was my first experience of an "art book" that had deep resonance for me. It is personal and universal and democratic all at once. But it was the interaction with him at the gallery that opened the door for me--the universality of the experience and emotion that the work depicted, combined with the democracy of having access to such an evolved body of art work because it was presented in the form of a book.

Like a lot of great artists, like, say, Raymond Carver, Todd's making something beautiful, deep and moving out of the mundane--taking our every day and creating moments that feel so nostalgic and familiar, but are uniquely his own.

#4124 from the series House Hunting by Todd Hido

So, it is with great pleasure that I announce the addition of Todd to our already-outstanding panel, lending his astute eye as both artist and educator to reviewing the work submitted by all of you contenders. Join us in welcoming him, and take some time this long weekend to send us your best work!