When David Alan Harvey started his online Web journal Burn in 2008, there were few opportunities for emerging photographers to display their work to a broad audience. Today, thanks partly to Burn, they have numerous showcases on the Web.
Now, building upon his online success, Mr. Harvey has embarked on a truly innovative enterprise: publishing on paper.
He has taken 25 photo essays that he had posted on the Web and created “Burn.01,” a beautifully printed 300-page book. While most of the contributors are emerging photographers, the work of James Nachtwey, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, and Roger Ballen is also included.
Though Mr. Harvey has developed a wide and enthusiastic online audience, his relationship to print stretches back to 1966, when the first book of his photographs, “Tell It Like It Is,” was published. Since then, he has produced two other major books of his own work — “Cuba” and “Divided Soul” — and has shot more than 40 stories for National Geographic magazine. (Burn was profiled in “See and Be Seen” last November.)
“Online reaches more people and builds a community,” said Mr. Harvey, 65. “But I grew up as a lover of print. I love the tactile nature of it.”
Like its online sibling, “Burn.01″ was not so much part of a realistic business plan as it was an expression of passion. Any profits from sales of the book will be used to pay photographers whom Burn publishes online and to compensate Burn’s otherwise unpaid staff.
The book was designed by Anton Kusters, the creative director of Burn. It’s now available through the Burn Web site.
