Since more than thirty years ago, Steve McCurry has been one of the most famous characters in modern photography. Steve will come talk to us about his life as a photographer as part of the Boardwalk Gallery show. McCurry has produced remarkable photographs on six continents and in countless nations. His body of work encompasses wars, fading civilizations, old customs, and current society, but always preserves the human aspect that made his picture of the Afghan girl so potent. McCurry has won some of the most prestigious honours, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal, the National Press Photographers Award, and
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Intentionality With Photography | An Interview With Tyler Shields
“Considered the Andy Warhol of his generation, Tyler Shields has produced images that play with notions of the gaze, power structures, hyper-realism, iconoclastic-tendencies, and cinematographic practice, but his Mouthful series of works are among his best known” – Sotheby’s How many people actually make a living selling their prints as a photographer? The number is really tiny, then to have your work in galleries all over the world is remarkable. In this interview, Tyler shares about his work and the intentionality that goes behind making a print. Taking the photo with the print in mind, coming up with concepts for
Keep The Soul: An Interview & Tutorial With Pratik Naik – Professional High End Retoucher
Pratik Naik’s work has been on the cover and folds of Marie Claire, Vogue, ELLE, ZINK, Maxim and many other major magazines, but you might not know it. The photographer has a great deal of creative work and lighting to create the photograph, but the retoucher has a huge task of finishing the art while still keeping the soul of the photograph. Pratik Naik is a high end retoucher specializing in commercial and editorial work. As a retoucher, he is influenced through his classical training in fine art. His belief is based on keeping close to the original vision of
Nature Photography In Our Own Backyards | An Interview With Jay Goodrich – A Nature Photographer
It’s amazing to find a man that makes his dreams a reality. Having looked up to the legendary nature and landscape photographer, Art Wolfe, for so many years, this photographer now teaches at his workshops. Living in the heart of some of Washington’s most beautiful country, Jay Goodrich has the eye to still architecture and Mother Nature in the most breathtaking way. Having an architecture background and a love of adventure sports, his photography goes beyond capturing the moment; he shares a feeling, a fleeting, beautiful moment in space and time that would otherwise be lost. Going beyond the most
An Interview With Erik Almas
Erik Almas is an Editorial, Fashion, Advertising and Fine Art Photography. This interview is about Erik’s journey and experience in photography business. Erik Almas, originally from Norway has made San Francisco his home. He is shooting constantly, traveling around the world for clients such as Toyota, Puma, Nike, Hyatt, USPS, Citibank and Amtrak.
Travis & Jean Smith: Commercial Meets Wedding Photography
Usually a husband and wife photography duo team up for the ultimate powerhouse business to adapt and create the same look and feel for their art. Well, that’s definitely not the case here. Travis and Jean Smith are a married couple. Each of them is a photographer but the two of them are running completely separate businesses. Travis handles the commercial, fashion, senior portrait side of the spectrum while Jean runs the family, babies, and weddings with some editorial projects on the side. And between the two of them, they cover almost everything. Today, Travis & Jean take us to
Jeremy Cowart: Celebrity Photographer And Founder Of Help-Portrait
Jeremy Cowart is a powerful name and a trailblazer in the photography industry. But it’s not just his photographs that are creating a craze; it’s his art, his nature, his philanthropic platforms, his talent and his unbelievable like-ability. Besides the fact that his viewfinder has seen the likes of many major celebrities from Nashville to Los Angeles, he balances his passions with other arts, his family, and giving back. From his job of graphic design and then making the jump to photography, Jeremy quickly earned the respect of artists, photographers, and major celebrities alike. But in the eyes of those
Find Your Passion | An Interview With Ian Ruhter
Ian Ruhter is a photographer, and a good one at that. He had clients, big clients. And he was miserable. He wanted to find his own voice and create a camera that has never before been created. He had a passion and an idea and that idea became what is now known as the largest camera in the world. Ian and his team turned a big blue truck into the world’s biggest Wet-Plate Collodion camera. Now, the three of them travel in a big blue truck/camera across the country to capture stories of American people.
Children & Family Portraiture | An Interview Of Angie Monson
She’s a wife, mother, photographer, business owner, graphic designer, studio owner and even a fashion designer. And today, we get to see just how magically she juggles it all. Angie Monson started a trend that has spread across the industry. She makes every one of her subjects feel like they just stepped out of a magazine cover…even children. Her amazing talent of directing mixed with her impeccable ability to style mixes for an even picture perfect photograph.
