"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things." Steve Jobs Today we had the pleasure of having Charles Edwards (an f8'er) and his wife, Zofia talk about their recent work as part of a group show in the Arts District they both participated in a few weeks ago. While we know about Charles' photography, we never quite understood the artistic talents of his wife Zofia.. Below are images from the group show. Charles discussed the making of the set of images using a rice paper to print then applying a copper leaf application to the image...to get the unique look to these images. Zofia discussed the creative process surrounding the pieces she made and showed. These pieces represented social, and political ideas in both the materials used and the creative outcomes. Just one example is below from her work. Check out Zofia's website and her extensive artistic career and bio: https://www.zofiah.com Cyndi has her images up at Jones...they will be there until January 1st We talked about a photographer from the UK and has agoraphobia (fear of crowds) and cannot go outside her home to use her camera...instead she trolls the internet, specifically uses Google Earth / Street View to gather pictures she now calls her own and sells them...with Google's approval it seems. Instagram @streetview.portraits From her website "Agoraphobia & anxiety limit my ability to travel, so I’ve found another way to see the world. I found a surprising and unique refuge in the creative possibilities of Google Street View. I began clicking through Google Maps to navigate to faraway countries like Mongolia, Senegal, and Chile. I found remote towns and dusty landscapes, vibrant architectural gems, and anonymous people, all frozen in time. I was intrigued by the strange and expansive parallel universe of Street View, and took screen shots to capture and preserve its hidden, magical realms." Lastly, Bill mentioned Ara Gular, called the "Eye of Istanbul"...Gular is an award winning photographer who was also a Magnum Photographer. A documentary entitled The Eye of Istanbul is well worth watching...it is available on Amazon Prime and other places on the internet. Personally I think Gular was a master of street photography and environmental portraiture. He died in 2018.
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