Category: artist

William Wegman talks about his art, photography, video, and how he discovered 20×24 Polaroids

John Aldred

When it comes to art, I’m very much in the “but I know what I like” camp.  I just don’t really do “art”, but I was immediately drawn to William Wegman’s work when I first discovered it a number of years ago. In this video from The Art of Photography’s Artist Series, Wegman talks about his photography, […]

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You may be a photographer, but are you an artist?

Gannon Burgett

You may be a photographer, but are you an artist? That is the question rhetorically asked in COOPH’s latest video wherein world-renowned artist Roger Ballen shares seven thoughts on the matter. The video itself comes in at just under three minutes and has an eerie, almost circus feel to it. Visuals aside though, the insights […]

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Photographers – Want To Be An Artist? Have A Point Of View

scottbourne

I’ve been studying this for a long time and I’ve finally figured something out. The reason that so many photographers simply copy the style of the day (how many more wedding shots will I have to look at where the photographer is shooting into the sun so he can get the background to flare? How […]