PANACEA Book Release @ MUA, OAKLAND FEB 1st 2013

Happy to announce the release of PANACEA, a collaborative photography book, published by BIT BY ZEUS and Ladder to the Stars. The book features photos from 37 photographers and will be released Feb 1st 2013 @ Mua Oakland. PANACEA is printed color offset, 8.5″ x 11″ and will be limited to 100 copies. In addition, there will also be photo show hanging at MUA, featuring the photographers from the book. It'll be first friday: Oakland Art Murmur; Check out the art downtown, come say hi, grab a drink (and a book) and check out the show.

—Over the last year, I've been working with Elias Carlson, who runs awesome blog, Ladder to the Stars. Early on, we found that exploring nature was a common thread in our photography. We discussed our need to get outside and take photos, and we decided to make a publication about it.

We knew that we wanted to publish a collaborative book featuring photographers that we both respected and that shared this common theme. We worked on the idea of the "need" to get outdoors and found a definition that we felt summed up this idea; "PANACEA" which is defined as "a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases." The ring to it was nice, but the definition really hit home for us, as it summed up the feeling that we both had: Exploring nature as a cure.

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—Also, want to say thank you to anyone who visits, supports, or submits to BIT BY ZEUS. for real. Running this photo zine/blog is a blast; sharing good photos, putting out projects when we can, and meeting great photographers along the way. In the New Year, we plan on keeping this little photo community going. I want to continue to put up more found photography, try to blog (use words), document events and things in the area, and also focus on publishing my and other's work. That's all, hope to see you on the 1st, It's gonna be a great night out.—Tim

Oakland Sun

October and November via cell phone.

martin sorrondeguy @ 1-2-3-4 go records

zines from Japan

mount eerie in West Oakland <3

Jel @ uptown

religious girls at Uptown. see video for Rock

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island trips

cell phone reminder to push this roll

finally tried merritt bakery chicken at brunch. it WAS that good.

Rotten City

Very happy to get my hands on a copy of this SWAMPY & Victoria Howe zine. I like disappearing

had a photo hanging at MUA for Little Big Draw

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photos by Tim Gatto

Everyday by Byron Wolfe

Photographer Byron Wolfe just released the digital version of his award winning book, "Everyday". This book has important significance to me, not only because he was my photography professor, but because the book is a great example of a well thought out and well executed photography project; Something much easier said than done. "Everyday," has been a great guide to me, when thinking about how to make an interesting photo. Absolutely go check it out, it's $3.99. —Tim

"To conclude, I've seen photographers do similiar projects as Byron, but rarely with as good results. He's personal, open to new ideas, and as creative and inventive as one can be every day. Add to that the fact that this diaristic body of work was finished almost 10 years ago, when digital was still in its cradle."

— via the Digital photobook. More photos and their complete review for "Everyday" here.