Please visit the Calendar page and contact the host organizations directly to register for MVS's online education offerings.  

​

EXISTING CLIENTS: If you have met with MVS the in past three years, contact her directly to request a meeting.

​

NEW CLIENTS: To schedule an initial consultation, please visit and read through the pages under Private Mentoring. If interested in scheduling a meeting please submit a Client Fact Sheet. Additional opportunities to learn with Mary Virginia can be found on the Calendar.

MVS welcomes opportunities to present lectures, seminars and workshops, and encourages advanced planning when inquiring of her availability. 

Publish Your Photography Book: Revised & Updated (Princeton Architectural Press, 2014)

We are currently out of stock on this title but invite you to support the Griffin Museum who have copies for sale in their online shop: Griffin Museum

​

Darius Himes and I  have begun revisions and expansion of Publish Your Photography Book. The 3rd Edition of Publish Your Photography Book will be published by Radius Books (Santa Fe, NM USA), scheduled for release Spring 2023.

​

Whenever I’m asked how to get a book published my immediate response is this: Buy this book! There are no two people that understand the photography publishing work like Himes and Swanson.

—Todd Hido, photographer and bookmaker

While I would like to send a personal response to everyone that sends a recent publication or promotional piece to me, it isn’t always possible given my schedule and desire to continue research and writing projects.  Please know that I appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending the piece to me. –MVS