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What media are included?

 ART of Seeing is devoted exclusively to photography. American Art Collector accepts all media.

Who are your jurors?

Jurors have included California College of the Arts instructors Howard Eige, Clay Jensen and Pamina Traylor, gallery owners Virginia Breier and Jan Christensen-Heller, photographers Glenn Steiner and Michael Reichmann, and Carol McCusker, Curator for the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA).

How are books distributed?

We direct mail books to advertising agencies, publications, stock houses,
galleries, art consultants, and collectors. Participants assist in distribution by giving a book when making a sale.


Current issues can also be ordered directly from Alcove Books. American Art Collector is $15, ART of Seeing is $12. Prices included shipping. CA residents please add 9% tax.

What media do you accept?

High resolution digital files should be at least 300 ppi (preferably 350 ppi) when sized to 6 inches at the largest dimension. RGB TIFFs are preferred.

Leave images in their current color space. We will assign that space, then convert to our printers CMYK ICC profile.








What are the printing specifications?

Printing is in Hong Kong to
art book specifications.

Cover - 260 GSM Artboard (soft) 
Text - 128 GSM Japanese Art Gloss 
Binding - smythe sewn