Paul O’Connor
I love collecting art because of the artists—the people. I love people—their stories, ideas, and creations. Making their portraits is a tricky thing. Ultimately a portrait is only a slice, a single facet of a much larger subject. Taos Portraits then puts this body of work into its best form of a single subject: the Taos art community. The portraits and the stories together help create the context of the community beyond the individual subject.
PAUL O’CONNOR CV/RESUME
TAOS PORTRAITS
Book one
Taos Portraits: Photos by Paul O’Connor portrays sixty members of the Taos Art Community in full-page black and white photographs. Friends and family members contributed poignant and insightful anecdotes about each.
The New Mexico–Arizona Book Awards honored Taos Portraits with three awards in 2014. Taos Portraits won Best Art Book, Best New Mexico Book, and Best Cover Design for a large book.
12" x 15" cloth cover with jacket, print run of 1000
Plus a boxed limited edition of 100 with inset photo on cover and signature plate signed by O’Connor
Paul O'Connor, photographer
Bill Whaley, editor
Dory Hulburt, copy editor
Kelly Pasholk, designer
TAOS PORTRAITS II
Book two
Taos Portraits II: Photos by Paul O’Connor is a sequel to Taos Portraits. As in book one, Taos Portraits II portrays sixty members of the Taos Art Community in full-page black and white photographs with insightful essays about each character. It is dedicated the late Bill Whaley.
12" x 15" cloth cover with jacket, print run of 1000
Plus a boxed limited edition of 100 with inset photo on cover and signature plate signed by O’Connor
Paul O'Connor, photographer
Lynne Robinson, editor
Adrienne Pond, copy editor
Kelly Pasholk, designer and project manager
To bring Taos Portraits II into form, we must fundraise the lion’s share of the production costs.
This project is under fiscal sponsorship of Taos Arts Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to ensure that Taos County has a vibrant, vital, and active arts environment. All donations are tax deductible.
Donations may be made online at: https://www.taosartscouncil.org/home/taos-portraits-support
Or by check, mail to: Taos Arts Council, PO Box 263, Taos NM 87571
Please note Taos Portraits on the check
