“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.” David Bailey Today was an open session and Jim Staub presented his essay on this years "Chalk Festival" here in Pasadena. Jim's focus of this essay was not so much on the festivals chalk drawings but on the creators as they worked and the people who came to watch them. As usual his composition prompted comment and discussion. Below is a gallery of some of his images. We discussed two websites... Aline Smithson's "Lens/Scratch".... http://lenscratch.com The second website was sent by Carel earlier this week... "The Anonymous Project" Ever growing collection of curated slides from around the world: http://www.anonymous-project.com/photos/ There is also a video in which the collector explains what they are doing: https://vimeo.com/254176222 Bill noted a new book.. "Old in Art School" by Nell Painter...an older academic woman of color tries to have a second career in art. Her book is about her adventures at the Rhode Island School of Design
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