The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the Establishment of the James Van Der Zee Archive in Partnership with The Studio Museum in Harlem

Donna Van Der Zee Announces Next Chapter of Her Late Husband’s Archive The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Mrs. Donna Van Der Zee jointly announced the establishment of the James Van Der Zee Archive at The Met, a landmark collaborative initiative to research, conserve, and provide full public access to the remarkable catalogue of photographs by James Van Der Zee … Continue reading The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the Establishment of the James Van Der Zee Archive in Partnership with The Studio Museum in Harlem

Digital and Analog Photography 101

By Stephen Pisko The digital camera is a “reproduction of nature” A duplication of subject and object. An analog film camera is a “direct reflection of nature” It records what is before the lens within an actuality an “original image generation”. Be “pure as possible”! Eliminate a copied prostitution! Digital portrays the visual more untrue with an added instant quality realized within captivation the digital … Continue reading Digital and Analog Photography 101

Prolific Photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen Set To Premier His Latest Collection

World renowned American nature photographer, Thomas D. Mangelsen will be having an exclusive gallery event for his new “Forever Wild” Limited Edition Collection Which captures the spirit wild horses. The event will be held at MANGELSEN—Images of Nature Gallery in Jackson, Wyoming on September 18 at 5-9pm By Thomas D. Mangelsen Growing up in Nebraska I spent much of my youth on farms and ranches … Continue reading Prolific Photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen Set To Premier His Latest Collection

Creative Tool

By Stephan Pisko What can an artist do with yet another creative tool? Create something different? The advent of digital technology enhanced creative output immensely the photographic artist wasn’t hesitant to cutback on output because of the expense of film and the “digital age” presented extending the creativity latitude within the captured image in a myriad of magnificent ways. The “film age” provided artistry with … Continue reading Creative Tool

Brian McClean An Artist Of The Light

Brian McClean is a self taught fine art photographer of extraordinary landscapes, coastalscapes, nightscapes, and cityscapes. He is an exceptionally gifted artist who resides in San Diego California with an astonishing talent for creating emotionally moving photographs which takes an individual on a sublime journey. Brian McClean has always had a vivid imagination, a love for the arts, an eye for beauty. He did not … Continue reading Brian McClean An Artist Of The Light

The Reproduction Is The Original  

By Stephan Pisko The visual artist as a ‘psychologically subliminal’ medium using the camera as a means of creative expression as long as the ‘visual expression’ was not a ‘pre-determined outcome’ via a ‘commercial source’. Because of a ‘no waste value’ factor the visual artist is subliminally forced to use ‘waste’ as a ‘transformed terrain’ of originality. In this current society it is very difficult … Continue reading The Reproduction Is The Original  

Photographer As Artist – Intuitive Imagination

By Stephan Pisko, With artistry comes impatience with expectancy breeds a contemplative conjunction with this union there exists a flutter with vibration there is randomness with this purposelessness you have the potential to discover you’re true desires with these sincere wishes rests a peacefulness and this is what the photographer as artist creates an ‘appeasement’ it is a potent artistry. Intuitive imagination feeds the ‘creative … Continue reading Photographer As Artist – Intuitive Imagination

Metaphysical Psychological Romance Between The Model And The Photographer

By Stephan Pisko I must fall in love creatively with the subject (or) object before I can sheer through this ‘unseen mystical barrier’ that lingers between the model and photographic artist it is a trusting serenade into one’s space of fragile vulnerability it is a tapping into an unexplainable playground of psychological and metaphysical treats that tempt the creative urge to explore. It doesn’t matter … Continue reading Metaphysical Psychological Romance Between The Model And The Photographer

Practice Photography Without A Camera

  By Stephan Pisko When we begin with photography – that very first moment – before the mechanics are between us and the picture we see ‘a truth within the moment’ and it is this that is: ‘photography without a camera’. The ‘camera cripples’ our artistic truths it reshapes our perception it deludes but the camera can be a marvelous tool if we learn the … Continue reading Practice Photography Without A Camera

How To Take Amazing Photos For An Art Exhibition Or For Publicity

By Michael Schacht 312 Elements Headshot Photography   Photography, as an art, is extremely flexible as it can take a wide variety of forms. As a photographer, you only need a camera and you can be a street photographer, a travel photographer, or even a sports photographer – it all depends on your preference. If you also want to show off your work as an … Continue reading How To Take Amazing Photos For An Art Exhibition Or For Publicity

Mary Fashbaugh: An Artist Of The Senses

  The artwork Mary Fashbaugh explores expectations and limitations of the senses in regard to human interaction. As Western culture grows more and more touch-averse, we rely on visual representation to navigate a majority of our communication. Loss of a more physical engagement with others and the world around us provokes her to explore personal boundaries and to question the integrity of sight. Humans have … Continue reading Mary Fashbaugh: An Artist Of The Senses

Kasim Patton: An Artist Finding Freedom And Beauty In The Discarded

    Kasim Patton creates art using only recycled and found materials. He strives to create original pieces that challenge himself and the viewer. Kasim Patton is a artist and photographer from Southern California. After working a few dead end jobs, he decided to pursue his passion for photography full time. Kasim Patton started shooting weddings and other events by word of mouth. While working … Continue reading Kasim Patton: An Artist Finding Freedom And Beauty In The Discarded