By philberphoto | Opinion
History matters. Images make History. Photogaphers make images. I’m making this new lockdown the subject of a new series, and you’re welcome to join in. Sometimes History is made with a huge “bang”, mostly violent events, whether natural of human-engineered, and sometimes it is ushered in with the whisper of apparently very minor events far […]
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By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity , How-To
There is a story that Italian artist and Picasso contemporary Gino Severini willingly gave his broken (and therefore useless) camera to Picasso, who was curious about the odd images it produced. Picasso played with his new toy and ultimately realized that it showed him a new way to paint. Thus cubism was born. In the […]
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By Lad Sessions | Art & Creativity
What have you done during this interminable pandemic? Most of us had a list, or at least dreams, of accomplishing something significant with so much time on our hands. We were going to read countless books and articles, clean and organize our house top to bottom, watch endless educational videos and classic films, take extra-long […]
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By Adrian | Art & Creativity
It’s probably fair to say that the last few months have been challenging for many of us. I don’t want to indulge in hyperbole about sacrifices, as being asked to stay at home and avoid contact with others didn’t seem much to give in the context of grand-parents who may have lived through wars and […]
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