About Jörg M. Colberg

I was born and grew up in Germany - hence the funny umlaut in my first name (which, btw, in the absence of umlauts can also be spelled Joerg). After attending university and receiving a doctorate/Ph.D. in astrophysics I moved to the US, where I now work and live, together with my wife Karen and our three increadibly spoiled cats. With no actual photography/art background, I only got interested in photography, or rather in contemporary fine-art photography, on the last day of 1999. I have since worked on my own photography - the best of which can be found on my website, and since mid-2002, I have been compiling "Conscientious", a weblog about contemporary fine-art photography.

Interviews from the blog have appeared in Yvi and Orion magazines, and I am a contributor to American Photo's website. I have also started to curate photography exhibitions, with the first show (A New American Portrait) having Jen Bekman as co-curator.

About Conscientious

Conscientious is a blog that predominantly deals with contemporary fine-art photography (even though I also link to other topics that I might find interesting). It presents a selection of photographers, with the selection based on whether I like their work or find it interesting. It's really as simple as that. In addition to showcasing photographers I also link to articles about photography, and I post reviews of photography books and interviews with photographers, with the reviews and interviews written/conducted by me. Since I love photo books, if you want to send me a copy of your book - for a review - please get in touch with me.

At the time of this writing (25 Sept. 2007), the list of interviews on the blog contains the following photographers (in alphabetical order): Timothy Archibald, Roger Ballen, Juliana Beasley, Peter Bialobrzeski, Jeff Brouws, Luc Delahaye, Todd Deutsch, Mitch Epstein, Amy Elkins, Bruce Haley, Todd Hido, Chris Jordan, Misty Keasler, David Maisel, Sarah Martin, Andrew Miksys, Andrew Moore, Jay Parkinson, Martin Parr, Richard Renaldi, Roger Richards, Simon Roberts, Paul Shambroom, Stephen Shore, Alec Soth (another one about blogs), Bill Sullivan, Brian Ulrich, Shen Wei, Michael Wolf.

I sometimes get email with questions about a "submission process". There is none. If you want to send me the link to your work, please do so (email to jmcolberg at gmail.com)! It's really as simple as that. Also, if you want to send me other links or suggestions, I'm always very grateful for input! And you will get an answer from me, even though that - at times - might take a few days (when I'm busy). But please keep in mind that if I don't link to what you send me that's just because of my personal preferences (and nothing else).