Jessica Eaton has a problem: people always want to know how she makes her photographs, but few are capable of understanding the explanation. The Montreal-based artist has been working in the arcane reaches of analog photography for over 14 years. Through obsessive experimentation, she has developed a method entirely her own, combining additive colour theory and what she … [Read more...]
Profile: Looking For Light with Adam Krawesky
After burning out from a decade of recording music and touring, I spent a few years running a clothing and fine art/fashion magazine shop in the west end of Toronto. It was stationed across the street from the largest mental health facility in the country. This was during the tail end of an era in my city where a community of artists and makers were mostly not yet priced out. I … [Read more...]
Turning Photographs into Art Part 1: Letting Go
Art is difference, innovation and aesthetics. Alain Briot 1 - Introduction This is the first essay in a new series focused on turning photographs into art. My previous series focused on collecting art. This new series focuses on creating art from photographs. Not all those who collect create and not all those who create collect. However, there is a connection between the … [Read more...]
How Emerging Technology Advances Creativity Part III
The previous article highlighted three characteristics of new sensor technology that greatly improve image quality, and which in turn enabled creation of images that I would not have attempted in earlier years. I imagine that thousands of other photographers are finding this to be true. That’s the good news. Even better news is that, beyond sensor design, other new improvements … [Read more...]
On Creativity
Alain Briot has been writing a really commendable series here recently, but I feel like there's a missing element. That element is the specifics of how to go about "being creative." This part is often left out, because it's not easy to get your arms around. Ansel Adams wrote, frequently, that a photograph needs to represent the photographer's genuine emotional reaction to the … [Read more...]
