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<p>Minescape is now available as an eBook through TED.com.&nbsp; You can download the book at a variety of sites including Apple's iTunes, Amazon or directly through <a href="http://www.ted.com/pages/tedbooks_library#Minescape" target="_blank">TED.com</a> for $2.99.&nbsp; Minescape: Waging War against Land Mines, represents TED's first every photographic eBook, as well as the first collaboration between TED and Daylight Digital.&nbsp; A part of the proceeds from the book will go towards Landmine Survivors Initiative, a Bosnian-based local NGO that assists with landmine survivors with small grants to help the survivors create a sustainable business practice that allows them to reintegrate back into society.</p>
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<p><strong>February 12, 2013</strong></p>
<p>Brett's <em>Minescape </em>book is now available for purchase on <a href="http://daylightbooks.org/store/brett-van-ort-minescape" target="_blank">Daylight Books</a> website and <a href="http://www.artbook.com/catalog--photography--monographs--van-ort--brett.html" target="_blank">D.A.P.@Artbook's</a> website. Copies will not be available for shipment until April.</p>
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<p><strong>September 20, 2012</strong></p>
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<p>The Kickstarter campaign for the <em>Minescape</em> book, published by <a href="http://www.daylightbooks.org" target="_blank">Daylight Books</a> has begun!&nbsp; In only the first three days of the campaign Brett managed to raise 38% of the funds needed for the Kickstarter funding to kick in.&nbsp; Please make sure to pass the link to the Kickstarter campaign along to family and friends: <span id=".reactRoot[44].[1][2][1]{comment148344498641030_177757}..[1]..[1]..[0].[2]"><span id=".reactRoot[44].[1][2][1]{comment148344498641030_177757}..[1]..[1]..[0].[2]." class="UFICommentBody"><a id=".reactRoot[44].[1][2][1]{comment148344498641030_177757}..[1]..[1]..[0].[2]..[1]" rel="nofollow" href="http://kck.st/Sbga7N" target="_blank">http://kck.st/Sbga7N</a></span></span></p>
<p><span><span class="UFICommentBody">There are so many great rewards available, from prints, to books, to having your name on a placard at every Minescape solo show for the next five years!&nbsp; Thanks for your support and passing the word along!</span></span></p>
<p><span><span class="UFICommentBody"><strong>August 20, 2012</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span><span class="UFICommentBody">Brett will have a solo show of <em>Minescape </em>at Venice Arts in Venice, California.&nbsp; The run will be from November 10-December 19, 2012.&nbsp; Included in the run of the show will be an artist discussion evening on Thursday December 6, 2012.</span></span></p>
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<p><strong>June 14, 2012</strong></p>
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<p>Minescape has been included in the online magazine <a href="http://cargocollective.com/flanerie" target="_blank">Flanerie</a> #2.&nbsp; You can view the issue and the other photographers work <a href="http://cargocollective.com/flanerie/FLANERIE-2" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>May 16, 2012</strong></p>
<p>Brett will have his first monograph <em>Minescape </em>released in March, 2013 on the <a href="http://www.daylightbooks.org" target="_blank">Daylight Books</a> label!&nbsp; There will be plenty of news on this in the coming months!</p>
<p><strong>March 28, 2012</strong></p>
<p>Brett will be showing his <em>Minescape</em> multimedia piece at Open Show Los Angeles from 7:30-9:30. &nbsp;Open Show Los Angeles is a monthly presentation of photography in various locations in the city. &nbsp;Tonight's show will be at Venice Arts Gallery located at 1702 Lincoln Blvd. Venice, CA 90291 &nbsp;Information about the night's lineup of other artists can be found <a href="http://openshow.org/losangeles/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>March 21, 2012</strong></p>
<p>Brett's <em>Sprawl</em> series was recently accepted for inclusion in Review Santa Fe. &nbsp;Review Santa Fe is held every year pairing emerging photographers with <span>curators, publishers, editors and others looking for new work during a weekend dedicated to portfolio reviews, networking, and creative inspiration.</span></p>
<p>The listing of this year's photographers will be published <a href="http://www.visitcenter.org/reviews/photographers_listing/review_santa_fe_2012" target="_blank">here</a> in mid-May.</p>
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<p><strong>November 2011</strong></p>
<p>Brett recently completed a move from London to Los Angeles. &nbsp;He just completed taking a month to drive from his parents home in Nashville to Los Angeles. &nbsp;During this drive the foundations for his next long-term project were laid. &nbsp;The project will have photographs from almost every state in the lower 48 of the United States. &nbsp;Brett's blog will have periodic updates and photographs as the body of work begins to take shape. &nbsp;Now that he has finished traveling the bulk of the work in California will be made prior to extending the scope to the East coast this summer.</p>
<p><strong>May 13-June 26, 2011</strong></p>
<p>Minescape will be part of a group show entitled <a href="http://www.look2011.co.uk/whats-on/collatoral-damage-group-show-curated-by-paul-lowe-and-harry-hardie/" target="_blank">Collatoral Damage</a>, at <a href="http://www.look2011.co.uk/" target="_blank">LOOK Liverpool</a> festival.&nbsp; Other artists in the show include Simon Norfolk, Tim Heatherington, Edmund Clark, Lisa Barnard, and Paul Lowe among others.&nbsp; The show is at CUC Liverpool.&nbsp; Please be aware it is closed on Mondays.&nbsp; For more information, click <a href="http://www.look2011.co.uk/whats-on/collatoral-damage-group-show-curated-by-paul-lowe-and-harry-hardie/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>March 9-April 24, 2011</strong></p>
<p>Minescape will show at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.198.org.uk/">198 Contemporary Arts</a>&nbsp;and Learning as Brett's first UK based&nbsp;<a href="http://198.org.uk/pages/currentexhibition.htm">solo show</a>.&nbsp; The show runs from March 9-April 24, 2011.&nbsp; The private view is March 9 starting at 6:30 pm.</p>
<p><strong>March 3-April 4, 2011</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.formatfestival.com/artists/brett-van-ort">Minescape</a>&nbsp;will show at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.formatfestival.com/exhibitions/exhibition/silk-mill">The Silk Mill</a>&nbsp;in Derby, UK as part of a group show at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.formatfestival.com/">FORMAT Festival</a>. The private view is March 3 starting at 4:30 pm.</p>
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<p><strong>April 4, 2011</strong></p>
<p>A discussion will be held at <a href="http://www.198.org.uk/">198 Contemporary Arts</a>&nbsp;to commemorate UN Landmine Awareness Day.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Joining Brett on the panel will be Nerina Cervic from Action Against  Armed Violence, filmmaker Lennaart van Oldenberg, and a Stephanie  Stuart, director of Handicap International UK.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Nerina was born in Bosnia but moved because of the war. Nerina  formerly worked for Survivor Corps, she has dedicated her professional  life to ensuring that governments meet the needs and protect the rights  of victims of landmines and explosive remnants of war.</p>
<p>Lennaart is a filmmaker based in London currently editing a project about landmines in Cyprus.</p>
<p><strong>March 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>A panel discussion will take place at <a href="http://www.198.org.uk/">198 Contemporary Arts</a>.&nbsp; Joining Brett will be photographer and lecturer Paul Lowe, and photographers Simon Norfolk and Wendy Pye.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The discussion will focus on places in nature that have a hidden,  dangerous, man-made element to them.&nbsp; These places allow us to realize  that at one point in our evolution as a species, nature was inhospitable  and dangerous.&nbsp; Now nature resembles the pre-packaged, safe wilderness  we encounter in most areas of the Western world.&nbsp; We have lost the  inherent fear of nature our ancestors had only a century or so ago.&nbsp;  When we as photographers go to photograph places that manifest this  age-old fear, how does it represent itself in our photography and how  does it transmit onto our persona?&nbsp; Do we bring that fear back or leave  it there?&nbsp; Do we feel that our work is able to transmit that feeling?</p>
<p><strong>March 24, 2011</strong></p>
<p>Brett will be presenting a slide show at  an ASA Collective event alongside other photographers and briefly  discussing his work after the projection.<br /> <br /> The show starts promptly at 7:30 pm at Cafe B at Cable street studios 566 Cable Street, E1W 3HB London, United Kingdom&nbsp; <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Cafe+B+@+Cable+street+studios+566+Cable+Street,+E1W+3HB+London,+United+Kingdom&amp;sll=53.800651,-4.064941&amp;sspn=15.612814,36.5625&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=Cafe+B+@+Cable+street+studios+566+Cable+Street,&amp;hnear=London+E1W+3HB,+United+Kingdom&amp;ll=51.511721,-0.042615&amp;spn=0.007679,0.017853&amp;t=h&amp;z=16">Map</a><br /> <br /> Please RSVP to ASA's email: connect@asacollective.com&nbsp; to let them know how many seats you require.</p>
<p><strong>March 23, 2011</strong></p>
<p>Brett will deliver a <a href="http://www.formatfestival.com/events/talks/talk-brett-van-ort">talk</a> at FORMAT festival in Derby.&nbsp; The talk will cover the issue of  landmines and how his family's farm in Tennessee: Cabinwood, and how a  painting by Fredrich Edwin Church influenced his ideas in undertaking  the project.</p>
<p><strong>October 16, 2010</strong></p>
<p>Some work from <em>Solstice</em> will be appearing at Apiary Studios in Hackney.&nbsp; The work will be appearing alongside other photographs from the 198 collective as part of a show entitled <a href="http://2010.photomonth.org/listings#443">Overexposed City</a>.&nbsp; The show runs from October 22-November 14 with a private view on October 22.</p>
<p><strong>July 16, 2010</strong></p>
<p><em>Minescape</em> selected for inclusion in FORMAT 11 festival in Derby, UK. &nbsp;The festival runs from March 3 - April 4 2011.</p>
<p><strong>May 7, 2010</strong></p>
<p>The <em>Minescape</em> photographs that will be included in AP26 are now in an online gallery <a href="http://www.ai-ap.com/cfe/APss/">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>March 25, 2010</strong></p>
<p><em>Minescape</em> featured in PDN PhotoAnnual 2010. &nbsp;The magazine will be on newsstands starting mid-May 2010.</p>
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<p><strong>March 24, 2010</strong></p>
<p>Minescape selected for inclusion in AP26 featuring the best American photography of the past year. &nbsp;The book will launch November 11, 2010.</p>
<p><strong>February 24, 2010</strong></p>
<p><em>Minescape</em> selected for inclusion in Descubrimientos PHE 10 at PhotoEspana in Madrid. &nbsp;The work will be up for the Descubrimientos PHE Extra Viejo Award. &nbsp;PhotoEspana runs from June 9-July 25, 2010</p>
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<p><strong>February 8, 2010</strong></p>
<p>Two <em>Sprawl </em>pieces, <em>Plastic</em> and <em>Lawns</em>, to be featured at The Renaissance Photography Prize in London from April 20-21, 2010.</p>
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<p><strong>November 9, 2009</strong></p>
<p><em>Minescape</em> pieces selected to show at New Visions Exhibtion, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO. &nbsp;The show will run from January 15-February 13, 2010.</p>
<p><strong>September 1, 2009</strong></p>
<p><em>Sprawl</em> selected as winner of OpenShutter competition. &nbsp;Show at The Photographer's Lounge in Swanage, UK from October 2nd - November 27, 2009.</p>]]></content></entry></feed>