Redmond’s photographs are the subject of a new exhibition in Cleveland, OH.
I have a confession to make. It’s a confession that most realists are reluctant to make because it reveals something that makes us feel uncomfortable. Some painters use photographs.
You can never have enough space, right? Yet, the more space you have, the more stuff you seem to collect.
“The story I am about to tell is as much a preservation of history as it is an entertaining recollection of just one of my experiences in New York City,” writes Jack Faragasso in the introduction to his new book, The Early Photographs of Bettie Page. Faragasso, who photographed Page at the beginning of his…
Now available: Sylvie Covey’s book, Photoshop for Artists: A Complete Guide for Fine Artists, Photographers, and Printmakers, published by Random House. You can read a sample chapter here.
How to paint the city: Wander around a lot. The more aimless, the better. Buy a good camera and always carry it with you. Take many, many photos. When wandering look for the common, the unexciting, the ordinary. Take note of these scenes knowing that you will make them extraordinary. Look for the contrasts: bright…
“There is a pleasure principle in all art, OK? For me that must include something else which is incredibly important, which is what I talked about before—that human element.” —Burton Silverman