--- title: DEVELOP Tube: A Photographic Resource Grows description: Erica McDonald wanted to help the photographic community, so she created DEVELOP Tube, a video channel curated on both YouTube and Vimeo that offers resources for photographers. It's part of a larger project that includes an exhibit on view now in Bologna, Italy. canonical: https://time.com/3786990/develop-tube/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2012-03-13T18:00:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:41:09.838Z article:section: World og:title: DEVELOP Tube: A Photographic Resource Grows og:description: Erica McDonald wanted to help the photographic community, so she created DEVELOP Tube, a video channel curated on both YouTube and Vimeo that offers resources for photographers. 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Mar 13, 2012 6:00 PM UTC  The following images are from a selection of artists who participated in Women in Multimedia Night during Arte Fiera, curated by DEVELOP and Spazio Labo', and hosted on DEVELOP Tube. The following images are from a selection of artists who participated in Women in Multimedia Night during Arte Fiera, curated by DEVELOP and Spazio Labo', and hosted on DEVELOP Tube.Develop Tube / Javier Sirvent  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Mar 13, 2012 6:00 PM UTC Available on both [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/user/DEVELOPPhoto) and [Vimeo](http://vimeo.com/channels/developphoto#35968539), DEVELOP Tube is a video channel that offers resources for photographers. Each project featured on DEVELOP Tube is carefully curated from the photography-related selections of the two video services, with the goal of reflecting and informing some aspect of the photographic community. Thousands of videos are showcased there, from behind the scenes [looks](http://vimeo.com/channels/developphoto#35968539) at the editing process to [trailers](http://vimeo.com/channels/developphoto#25563376) for photography-related films. There’s a [discussion](http://vimeo.com/channels/developphoto#32521780) with photographer Stephen Shore, who helped popularize color photography, about working with Andy Warhol, as well as a multimedia [piece](http://vimeo.com/channels/developphoto#37109113) about the U.S. economy. Elsewhere, there’s an [interview](http://vimeo.com/channels/developphoto#34161637) with war photographer Joao Silva, who was wounded in Afghanistan in 2010, about “the biggest fight of the photographer.” But DEVELOP Tube is only a small part of a larger project. DEVELOP’s founder, Erica McDonald, is an American photographer, curator and teacher, whose career has taken her into magazines, newspapers, galleries and schools around the world. But, she says, she had come to recognize that her geographic location and her connections were giving her a leg up on other photographers, those in isolated regions or just beginning their careers. She wanted to change that. “I see people around the world who maybe don’t have the same foundation or connections or even opportunities or time or whatever it is, to know what’s what, what grants are available or where they could show their work,” she says. “I felt like I could do something to contribute to our community this way.” That contribution is DEVELOP Photo, a website slated to launch as the next phase of McDonald’s project. Working as a “one-man band” except for back-end web engineering, she has also built the whole thing from scratch. She says DEVELOP Tube is just a teaser for the larger initiative. “Little did I realize it was going to be about two years later and I would’ve been working around the clock,” she says. The project took on a life of its own and will, in its final iteration, include an online resource library, education workshops, a magazine aspect and more. Even now, the video channels are a rich source of photographic information. A few weeks ago, DEVELOP collaborated with other photography organizations (like [_Daylight_](http://daylightmagazine.org/) Magazine and [Slideluck Potshow](http://slideluckpotshow.com/)) to host a “Women in Multimedia” night in Bologna, Italy, to showcase the work of many multimedia artists from around the world. Some participated as solo artists and some were part of a [group multimedia piece](http://vimeo.com/channels/developphoto#35735710). The event was the source of the works in the gallery shown above, and was part of a larger exhibit called [_Uncommon Intimacy_](http://www.spaziolabo.it), which was co-curated by McDonald and is on view now through March 15\. And McDonald also is working on collaborating to produce a documentary photography [workshop](http://www.photoworkshopnewyork.com/?p=3237&lang=en), to be held in New York City this coming June. McDonald isn’t quite sure what the future holds once the full site launches. “I don’t want it to become a commercial endeavor per se, but I’m not sure I want it to become a non-profit,” she says, but the project continues to expand. “Whoever we work with, it should be in the collaborative spirit. It’s a really interesting, vibrant, alive confluence of pieces.” _Erica McDonald is an American photographer based in New York City. Find out more_ [_here_](http://www.ericamcdonaldphoto.com)_._  The following images are from a selection of artists who participated in Women in Multimedia Night during Arte Fiera, curated by DEVELOP and Spazio Labo', and hosted on DEVELOP Tube. Develop Tube / Javier Sirvent  DEVELOP Tube on Vimeo  From the dark light of this nothing by Erica McDonald. Erica McDonald  From That's Life by Lauren Hermele. Lauren Hermele  From Seeking Food in Chicagoland by Emily Schiffer. Part of multimedia group piece. Emily Schiffer  From Two Million Homes for Mexico by Livia Corona. Part of multimedia group piece. Livia Corona  From City of Champions by Mary Beth Meehan. Part of multimedia group piece. Mary Beth Meehan  From Family Vacation by Katrin Björk. Katrin Björk  From Summer Island Kids by Winky Lewis. Part of multimedia group piece. Winky Lewis  From Gorelovka by Olya Ivanova. Part of multimedia group piece. Olya Ivanova  From Situations by Anne Huijnen. Anne Huijnen  From Closer - Pain - Crisis - Touch by Elinor Carucci. Elinor Carucci  From Home, Away From Home by Justine Reyes. Justine Reyes  From Corrélations by Aglaé Bory. Aglaé Bory  From Heaven is Under Construction by Mirjam Siefert. Mirjam Siefert  From Welt by Tatjana Schlör. Tatjana Schlör  From Green Hills, PA. by Christina Paige. Part of multimedia group piece. Christina Paige  From Under Gods by Liz Hingley. Part of multimedia group piece. Liz Hingley  From Oil Village by Rena Effendi. Rena Effendi—INSTITUTE  From Russia: Alcohol Abuse by Tatiana Plotnikova. Tatiana Plotnikova  From Down Mexico Way by Kirsten Luce. Kirsten Luce  From Destino by Michelle Frankfurter. Part of multimedia group piece. Michelle Frankfurter  From Paradise Rivers by Carolyn Drake. Carolyn Drake  From GM: The Aftermath by Kim Reierson. Kim Reierson  From The Hidden World of Vivian Maier by Vivian Maier. Vivian Maier—Maloof Collection  From Meet the Stars by Amy Lombard. Part of multimedia group piece. Amy Lombard  From Last Stop: Rockaway Park by Juliana Beasley. Juliana Beasley  From Amen by Jessica Hilltout. Part of multimedia group piece. Jessica Hilltout  From Making Music in Freetown by Glenna Gordon. Part of multimedia group piece. Glenna Gordon  From Built by Ying Ang. Part of multimedia group piece. Ying Ang  From In Hot Water by Hillary Atiyeh. Part of multimedia group piece. Hillary Atiyeh  From Disappearing Ice Age by Andrea Gjestvang. Part of multimedia group piece. Andrea Gjestvang  From The Nenets Herders, Last Nomads of the North by Anna Nemtsova. Anna Nemtsova  From Distant Relations by Lori Grinker. Part of multimedia group piece. Lori Grinker  From Stray Dogs by Mona Simon. Part of multimedia group piece. Mona Simon  From Buffer Zone by Mila Teshaieva. Mila Teshaieva ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3786990/develop-tube/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3786990/develop-tube/"},"headline":"DEVELOP Tube: A Photographic Resource Grows","datePublished":"2012-03-13T18:00:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:41:09.838Z","description":"Erica McDonald wanted to help the photographic community, so she created DEVELOP Tube, a video channel curated on both YouTube and Vimeo that offers resources for photographers. 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