Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Anthony Hall


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The result was   speedy delete. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 18:34, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

David Anthony Hall

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Self-promotional article about a photographer. His claim to notability seems to be that he has had a lot of shows, sold some limited editions and has made donations to charities, and that these things have been recorded in notable magazines. But there's no evidence of significant coverage. Undoubtedly fails to meet the notability criteria at WP:ARTIST and I don't think he meets the wider criteria at WP:GNG either. From the author's talk page it seems that this is an autobiographical article, so there's a major COI too. andy (talk) 09:14, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions.  —andy (talk) 10:09, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Regarding authorship - this article was written by a Public Relations professional as are all my press releases and as such are intended to be objective, for my personal subjective view see below. It is a fact that this article was submitted by myself David Anthony Hall.

Regarding my occupation - I am an Artist I indeed use a camera and I produce photographic based prints but I retired as a professional photographer over 12 years ago and I haven't taken a commission since. I am noted for my large scale panoramic photographs a technique I developed whereby multiple images are captured to create larges scale seamless images with enormous detail. At his 2009 solo show he produced the largest picture of its kind ever finished in the UK and at his 2011 solo show he went on to produce the first ever circular pictures of its kind. Hall's work has also appeared alongside Prof Ken Howard, Prof Chris Orr, Mary Fedden, Damien Hirst, Dame Elizabeth Blackadder and Sir Hugh Casson at The Royal Academy of Arts 2011. My work sells exclusively through Bricks & Mortar Galleries

Regarding meeting notability criteria,

David Anthony Hall is the only Visual Artist using photography to exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to date with a concept garden dedicated to their work. David Anthony Hall is the only UK based Visual Artist producing photographic works at sizes up to 10' x 5' His charitable donations total £30,000 GBP in particular The Children’s Acute Transport Service donation in June of this year was their largest single donation nearly £13,000 GBP and came from the sale of one photograph, proof of all donations if you need them. The Marie Curie Cancer Care Auction at The Royal Academy of Arts 2011 which was by Invitation saw David Anthony Hall's work appear alongside Barbara Rae, Sara Rossberg, Prof Ken Howard, Prof Chris Orr, Mary Fedden, Damien Hirst, Dame Elizabeth Blackadder and Sir Hugh Casson most of whom have Wikipidea pages of their own.. The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2010 which was by Invitation saw David Anthony Hall's appear alongside top contemporary photographers most of whom have Wikipedia pages of their own. David Anthony Hall is the only landscape photographer to have had two west end solo shows ever. These are not self funded show but curated shows by a gallery with a 30 year pedigree. At his 2009 solo show I produced the largest picture of it's kind ever finished in the UK. At his 2011 solo show I produced the first ever circular pictures of their kind. David Anthony Hall is the only Irish born photographer to exhibit at Art London, London Art Fair and Affordable Art fair in the same year, other than Frieze these are the top Art Fairs of their kind in the UK and are Highly vetted. This year will be my fourth taking part in most of these fairs David Anthony Hall's sold out works are equivalent to half a million pounds worth of retail sales and it is only a matter of time before my work appears on the secondary market trough private auctions and in this context I feel it is important to list them.


 * Importance

In the context of Art / Photography and charity fundraising a lot of David Anthony Hall's achievements are important.

'Marie Curie Cancer Care' ! Having had his work included in their Auction along side Damien Hirst and Sir Hugh Casson at the The Royal Academy (the ultimate art institution in the UK if not the world.) David is now working with MCCC to use his artwork in the recently commissioned Solihull Hospice. Lady Cotton, Specialist Projects Leader has personally asked David because she can see the difference to patients his work can make. Again to consider his artwork in the context of Complementary therapy is again important not only to the Art world but anyone suffering from cancer/terminal illness.

Similarly links on The Children’s Acute Transport Service were marked as 'self promotion' However this was (CATS) largest single donation nearly £13,000 GBP and came from the sale of just one photograph. Surely this is important information and not self promotion?

In fact all the links on the charity pages were provided as this page was considered a orphan because it wasn't linked back to by other Wikipedia pages I believe that these links are valid and should stand?

I look forward to any comments

David

David (talk) 6 August 2011 —Preceding undated comment added 12:51, 6 August 2011 (UTC).
 * Speedy delete as blatant self-promotion and advertising under G11. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:29, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete Self-promotion. -- Alexf(talk) 18:05, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
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