It's no secret that I'm a big fan (and user) of
Facebook. I like the fact that almost everyone I know and work with in the magazine world--editors, art directors, illustrators, photographers--has a page on Facebook, and spends regular time on it (never during work, of course). It's an especially rich visual experience, with folks posting up videos, photographs, recent work, sources of inspiration, and links to all kinds of valuable resources. There are also a lot of visual people who are using Facebook "fan" pages in a variety of ways....for self-promotion, as mini-blogs, or as support for their websites. It's building an inter-connected community of visual messengers and commentators, and helping work to be seen by many more people than was ever possible before. The pages are free, and incredibly easy to access and update. Here are five people who are doing diverse and interesting things with their Facebook fan pages (self-promotional disclosure: one of them is me).
(Above): Cover of Slant, circa 1995. Illustration: Gary Panter, art director: Jesse Marinoff Reyes. From the Jesse Marinoff Reyes fan page on Facebook.
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