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Light Work, an artist-run, non-profit organization, has been supporting emerging and under-recognized artists working in photography since 1973. Here's how to help us continue that support and get something in return:

SUBSCRIBE to our award-winning journal Contact Sheet and receive five annually printed issues of one of the longest-running photography magazines in the world, plus FREE online access to our digital archive of over 160 back issues!

PURCHASE signed and numbered original prints from our exclusive 2012 program.

COLLECT special signed editions of newly released photography books.

cs162_lrg.jpg Basic Subscription
$40.00
Contact Sheet is designed and printed in the tradition of fine art photography monographs and is completely commercial free. Many important photographers have been included in the early stages of their careers, including Cindy Sherman, Andres Serrano, Carrie Mae Weems, James Casebere, Zeke Berman, Laurie Simmons, Suzanne Opton, Hank Willis Thomas, and Lisa M. Robinson.

A one-year subscription includes five printed issues of Contact Sheet, full access to the digital archive, and the patron's card.
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cs161_sub.jpg Digital Subscription
$25.00
The Digital Subscription is a new subscription level that allows you to receive all new issues of Contact Sheet in digital format only. A one-year subscription also includes full access to the digital archive and the patron's card. You do not receive printed copies of our publication.
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cs157_sub.jpg Limited Free Subscription
$0.00
Light Work's free, limited subscription level allows you to review Light Work's most recent publications online. It does not include access to the digital archive for Contact Sheet or other benefits of paid subscriptions. Use this subscription level to test our publication. We hope that you will support Light Work's publications and programs through one of our paid subscription levels when you can.
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2012 Benefactor Offer
$1,500.00
(SAVE $540)

The Benefactor Offer represents an excellent way to further your collection, while supporting Light Work's mission. Contributors of $1,500 will receive William Wegman's image from the Master Print Edition, all three prints in our Fine Print Program (Kelli Connell, Tony Gleaton, and Susan Worsham), and signed copies of the Suzanne Opton's book Soldier/Many Wars and Leon Borensztein's American Portraits. By participating in this category you will save $540 on the cost of the prints and book, and receive a one-year subscription to Contact Sheet. As a bonus, benefactors receive signed copies of their Contact Sheet.
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book_offer2012.jpg Book Collectors Offer
$95.00
(SAVE $75)

Take advantage of the Book Collectors Offer and receive two books worth $65 each, plus a subscription to Contact Sheet for only $95 (Save $75!).

Leon Borensztein
American Portraits
Nazraeli Press, 2011
Signed book, limited edition of 2,000
96 pages, clothbound, 13 x 11" with 60 duotone reproductions

Leon Borensztein's American Portraits brings together ten years of portaits by the photographer. Visiting his subjects at home, Borensztein would set up a generic backdrop behind his sitters and then take a step back to reveal a glimpse into their personal spaces. The resulting collection of photographs is a playful and touching look into the lives of the everyday Americans he encountered.


Suzanne Opton
Soldier / Many Wars
DECODE Books, 2011
Signed book, limited edition of 1,500
104 pages, hardbound, 9.5 x 12" with 39 four-color reproductions

Portrait photographer Suzanne Opton's latest monograph Soldier / Many Wars reflects a curiosity about the military at a time of war. Focusing her lens on soldiers who recently returned from their tour of duty in Iraq, her images are both emotionally and politically poignant. "It is not sensationalism I am after. I am after the human being," writes Opton.

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wegman_print.jpg William Wegman
$1,000.00

Cross Training, 2005
Silver gelatin print, 14 x 12"
Shipped in a 20 x 16" mat
Edition of 100, signed by the artist

William Wegman has gained international recognition for his works in photography, painting, drawing, and video. Since the 1970s, he has created photographic compositions involving dogs, primarily his own Weimaraners, in various costumes and poses. A conceptual humorist, Wegman has been aptly named a "master of whimsy."

This Master Print Edition purchase includes a subscription to Contact Sheet.
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William Wegman with the 2012 Benefactor Offer
$1,500.00
(SAVE $540)
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connell_print.jpg Kelli Connell
$300.00
Head to Head, 2008
Pigmented inkjet print, 7.5 x 10"
Shipped in a 14 x 18" mat
Edition of 50, signed by the artist

In her series Double Life Kelli Connell combines multiple images featuring the same model, depicting various polarities of identity through the subtle use of clothing and body language. In these complex situations, Connell explores the exterior and interior self, the irrational and rational self, and the masculine and feminine psyche. In the words of the artist, "The work represents an autobiographical questioning of sexuality and gender roles that shape the identity of the self in intimate relationships." Connell participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence Program in 2008. This Fine Print Program purchase includes a subscription to Contact Sheet.

Order before Dec. 31, 2011 to receive a FREE copy of Kelli Connell's new mongraph, Double Life (DECODE Books, 2011).
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Kelli Connell plus Leon Broensztein's American Portraits
$365.00
(SAVE $30)
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Kelli Connell plus Suzanne Opton's Soldier/Many Wars
$365.00
(SAVE $30)
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gleaton_print.jpg Tony Gleaton Langi
$300.00
Langi, Wearing a Siapo (Bark Cloth) Dress, Western Samoa, 2000
Pigmented inkjet print, 9 x 9"
Shipped in an 18 x 14" mat
Edition of 50, signed by the artist

In the early 1980s Tony Gleaton left his job as a fashion photographer to travel and pursue his own photography. He began living in small African villages in Mexico, Central America, and South America, photographing with a kindness and sensitivity that comes through in his beautiful black-and-white portraits. Gleaton's elegant images capture the essence of his subjects and pay homage to their rich culture. Gleaton participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence Program in 1991. This Fine Print Program purchase includes a subscription to Contact Sheet.
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Tony Gleaton Langi plus Leon Broensztein's American Portraits
$335.00
(SAVE $30)
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Tony Gleaton Langi plus Suzanne Opton's Soldier/Many Wars
$335.00
(SAVE $30)
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worsham_print.jpg Susan Worsham
$300.00
Margaret's Rhubarb, 2008
Pigmented inkjet print, 8 x 10"
Shipped in a 14 x 18" mat
Edition of 50, signed by the artist

In her series Some Fox Trails in Virginia, Susan Worsham evokes a Southern Gothic atmosphere in which the verdure of this landscape and its people seems to have run wild and then aground. Worsham began the series when she was thirty-four and had moved back home to Virginia to care for her mother, her last living relative, who died shortly thereafter. With an exquisite use of color and an ability to weave a quiet thread of grace through every image, Worsham reveals the world of her childhood through the experience of an adult's eyes. Worsham participated in Light Work's Artist-in- Residence Program in 2010. This Fine Print Program purchase includes a subscription to Contact Sheet.
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Susan Worsham plus Leon Broensztein's American Portraits
$335.00
(SAVE $30)
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Susan Worsham plus Suzanne Opton's Soldier/Many Wars
$335.00
(SAVE $30)
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