The PDML Photo Annual
95 Photographers, 17 Countries. So far...
Now it its tenth edition, PDML Photo Annual is published to showcase the work of some talented photographers and support pediatric medical research and treatment worldwide through the Global Health Initiative of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital.
The contributors are members of the Pentax-Discuss Mail List from around the world. Their styles are as varied as their backgrounds. You'll see black & white street photography, expansive landscapes, expressive portraits, sports, macro, abstract, travel, wildlife and various combinations of the above.
Each 8" x 10" book contains the best photographs of PDML members plus the infamous PDML Quotations list, a treasure trove of wisdom and absurdity as diverse and odd as the PDML itself.
Save the date (or any date): PDML Calendar now available!
You can now order a 2019 calendar featureing 12 of the best photos from this year's PDML Photo Annual. Order online at Lulu.com.
• Click here to order the paperback version
• Hard cover version available here
NOTE: Be sure to search online for "Blurb Discount Codes" before ordering. Blurb has recently raised their prices considerably but they have a "sale" going on via discount code virtually all the time. (This means they've basically kept their prices the same while giving the illusion that you're getting a deal. Such is marketing...)
E-Book Version
The PDML Photo Annual 2018 is available as an ebook in the open-standard .epub format, DRM-free, as well as PDF. Not only does the ebook cost less than the paper version, it generates more money for the Global Health Initiative (Your entire $6.00 donation, less Pay Pal's fee.) It's a win-win.
Get your ebook as a thank-you gift for a $6.00 donation:
Feeling generous? Make $10.00 donation: It's a nice, round number and four more dollars goes to the Global Health Initiative!
You'll receive an email with your download link within 24 hours — If you have more than one email address please remember that the email will come to the address you give (or have given) Pay Pal.
NOTE: The ebook version is compatible with most ebook readers, but not the Amazon Kindle, due
to Amazon's obstinate refusal to support the open standard .epub electronic book format.
You can, however, convert any ePub book into Mobi format (which the Kindle can read) with
Epub-to-Mobi or with ePub-To-Kindle-Fire Converter.
These are free applications. They will only work for the recent Kindles with a color screen, but since this is a book of color photographs
that should be sufficient. For reading ebooks on your computer try Adobe Digital Editions
or FB Reader.
Collect the Whole Set
"Is there more?" you ask... Of course! Earlier editions are still available (paperback only), so it's possible to own the complete PDML print œuvre! More astonishing photographs, more snarky quotations and more jokes about cormorants. Want a sneak peek at what's in these classic volumes? We've got samples for you to peruse.
2017
Available in print (click the image at right), and also available as an ebook. You can get the ebook as a thank-you gift for a mere $6.00 donation through Pay Pal:
2016
Available in print (click the image at right), and also available as an ebook. You can get the ebook as a thank-you gift for a mere $6.00 donation through Pay Pal:
2015
Available in print (click the image at right), and also available as an ebook. You can get the ebook as a thank-you gift for a mere $6.00 donation through Pay Pal:
2014
Available in print (click the image at right), and also available as an ebook. You can get the ebook as a thank-you gift for a mere $6.00 donation through Pay Pal:
2013
Available in print (click the image at right), and also available as an ebook. You can get the ebook as a thank-you gift for a mere $6.00 donation through Pay Pal:
2012
Available in print (click the image at right), and also available as an ebook. You can get the ebook as a thank-you gift for a mere $6.00 donation through Pay Pal:
2011
Yes, it's still available in print (click the image at right), but the 2011 edition is also available as an ebook. You can get the ebook as a thank-you gift for a mere $6.00 donation through Pay Pal:
2010
The 2010 book was honored with a Gallery exhibit of selected photos in Chicago in May and June of that year. You can see why by ordering your own copy. Click the image at right to go to the order page.
Not available as an e-book.
2009
This is the one that started it all, upset the apple cart, triggered the avalanche and unleashed the torrent of marketing clichés at the beginning of this sentence. Fortunately the photographs contained within it are anything but clichéd; there's some great, original work here.
This edition not available as an e-book.
T-shirts, Mugs, Stickers & More
Our Cafe Press shop has a variety of entertaining items for the discerning photographer with a sense of humor! T-shirts, mugs, stickers, posters and other fun stuff, many based on quips from the infamous PDML Quotation list.
• Visit our Cafe Press shop here...
Proceeds from the sales of all these items go to charity. Thanks for your support!
Press
- The Online Photographer — Mike Johnston's entertaining photography web site
- Youngstown State University — E-Update news from YSU, Youngstown, Ohio
Comments, Quotations, Reviews:
The page of quotations alone are worth the experience. Wow. I laughed so hard I think I threw my auto-focus out of adjustment.
Be prepared to be impressed... Extremely well done with glorious images all (tied) up by an exceptionally well written Foreword.
— Jack Davis
BRAVO!!! to all involved... Awesome organization of the book, images & accompanying verbiage... All the photography is absolutely stunning!
— Ken Waller
What a pleasure to go through a volume that has such great content put together in such an attractive package.
— Joe Tainter
It is beautiful, a fine piece of design with delicately minimal typography and intelligent layout.
— Tim Bray
If you have read this and don't have the book - do yourself a favour - follow the link at the top of this page and go buy the thing - you'll thank me for it!
— From a detailed, shot-by-shot review of the 2009 edition by Cotty
The publication is idle in vogue feeble subsume with the addition of hardcover editions, from $32.95 to $49.95.
— By an unknown commentator