Monthly Archives: May 2011

Tilt Gallery – Change and Continuity

The Tilt Gallery of Phoenix, AZ is a name that almost always comes up when handcrafted photographers are cooling off outside the darkroom during a workshop and comparing notes on galleries. “Have you checked out the Tilt Gallery?” Increasing numbers … Continue reading

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Leslie Burns: The Search for Authenticity

An ongoing series of introductions to emerging artists in the field of handcrafted photography. When we spoke to Leslie Burns at her home in Georgia last week, she was preparing for an afternoon in the studio.  “For me that means … Continue reading

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Question for a day.

In a post-”straight” photography world many artists, gallerists and viewers are asking: What is the more honest photograph?  A dramatic but perfectly focused, burned-in, dodged and cropped view of a natural wonder, or a photograph that uses the capabilities of the … Continue reading

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Ever hear of “Historical” or “Alternative” painting processes?

Part One of an examination of the (at best) disingenuous and (at worst) deceptive segregation of “alternative” and “historical” process photography. We seldom (if ever) hear of “alternative” or “historical” painting processes. While watercolor processes can be traced back as … Continue reading

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Quotable #1

“If they hate your work, they call it derivative.  If they like your work, they call it ‘informed by’.” Thanks to a  fotosavant reader for contributing the quotation above, which they attribute to a reviewer at fotofest 2010. Keep watching … Continue reading

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