If you’re a photographer who wants to build a following for your photos, try posting a failure, such as a bad print, on social media. But don’t stop there. Share how you turned that rejected print into one you really like, one that represents your personal vision or “fingerprint.”
When Brandon Thibodeaux takes a portrait for his personal work, it usually starts with a conversation and maybe even a little alcohol.
That was the case with a prized portrait from his 2017 book, “In That Land of Perfect Day,” which shows the lives of people he met after he moved to Mississippi’s Delta region in 2009 to immerse himself in the rural African American experience.
Photography, the art of freezing moments, has become a universal language. With the advent of digital cameras and smartphones, almost everyone can try their hand at photography.
So if you want to stand out, joining a contest is the best way you can showcase your talent. You need more than just a camera and an eye for a good shot to get a photo contest win.
One of the best ways to beat the winter blues is through creativity. Have you ever tried your hand at winter landscape photography? The interplay of snow, ice, and soft winter light creates a magical atmosphere that can be both challenging and rewarding to capture.
Recently I judged the photography competition for the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit. As the sole judge in the photo category this was an overwhelming task with over 1,100 entries that needed to be narrowed down to just 107.
If you’re a photographer who wants to build a following for your photos, try posting a failure, such as a bad print, on social media. But don’t stop there. Share how you turned that rejected print into one you really like, one that represents your personal vision or “fingerprint.”
Fran Forman wanted to be an artist. She drew and doodled her way through her childhood in Baltimore, often sketching on school papers and text books.
Once in sixth grade, she had even doodled on a test paper. When her teacher, Mrs. Shapiro, handed it back, it had a perfect score and a comment:
“She wrote: ‘All this and art, too,’” Forman remembered. “I didn’t know what she meant. I thought she was mad at me.”
he SE Center for Photography welcomes Meg Griffiths for an Artist Talk, Thursday July 15, 7 PM EDT. Meg’s photographic art has graced the walls of many a center for fine art photography around the country. Meg will discuss her series Somewhere within and without.
When Brandon Thibodeaux takes a portrait for his personal work, it usually starts with a conversation and maybe even a little alcohol.
That was the case with a prized portrait from his 2017 book, “In That Land of Perfect Day,” which shows the lives of people he met after he moved to Mississippi’s Delta region in 2009 to immerse himself in the rural African American experience.
Richard McCabe, curator of photography at Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, loves color and its power to evoke emotion in images.
”I love red,” he said, characterizing it as hot and sensual. “But it changes everyday. I love green. I also love blue.”
How is it that some fine art photographers can create landscape photographs that evoke something more than the land – a personal vision? How can a landscape have emotion? I think about Sally Mann’s images from Antietam, where her wet plates seem “touched by some other hand than my own,” according to Mann.
Sustaining A Long-Term Project: A Conversation with Jeff Rich
By Polly Gaillard
When I was asked to interview Jeff Rich about his long-term project Watershed for this post, I quickly realized the I had nothing to add to the conversation. Jeff had been interviewed and his work reviewed by some of the top online photography publications to rave reviews. He won the prestigious Photolucida Critical Mass competition in 2011 who published his first book, Watershed: The French Broad River.
