Jenn and I are excited to be hosting our first creative workshop this weekend called The Review. You may already know we have been holding regular workshops for the two of us as a way to track our growth, keep us inspired and push ourselves forward. This workshop for us is a natural extension of [...]
Taking a break from transcribing video interviews and came across this article on procrastinating. Thought you might enjoy it too. How to Procrastinate Like Leonardo da Vinci A few quotes: If Leonardo seemed endlessly distracted by his notebooks and experiments — instead of finishing the details of a painting he had already conceptualized — it was because [...]
You may have already read this article on the nytimes from APhotoEditor, but I think it’s worth repeating. It rings home with the same tone of this old post One day we’ll all just be amateur photographers? Students who entered art school a few years ago will probably have to emerge with drastically altered expectations. [...]
I was reading Erik Lunsford’s blog tonight called Uncommons (great blog) and he pointed to the World Press Magazine ENTER. There I found this article by Simon Norfolk that addressed the question of how photographers will market their work over the next five to ten years and ultimately make a living from photography. It was [...]
This recent article in the NY Times called Transforming Art Into a More Lucrative Career Choice made for a nice read on being an artist, but not a starving artist. Some artists have begun to figure out ways to make money and make art — aiming to end the notion that “starving” and “artist” are [...]
A commencment speech by Sean Kernan. Just remember what Sean says: Making your art is making your life. It is identical to the process through which you continually become yourself. When your Art emerges from your consciousness, its bigger than your consciousness. It’s smarter and deeper than you. Go looking for that anxious moment of [...]