It has been medically proven that when immersed within nature, one’s anger, fear and stress tends to melt away. Nature heals. Even placing a plant indoors can bring one closer to nature. For me, being in the mountains, desert and near the ocean, I can find my personal place of sanctuary. Yet, Mother Nature doesn’t […]
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Art + Science: Nature and Nurture: Julie Fischer McCarter
It has been medically proven that when immersed within nature, one’s anger, fear and stress tends to melt away. Nature heals. Even placing a plant indoors can bring one closer to nature. For me, being in the mountains, desert and near the ocean, I can find my personal place of sanctuary. Yet, Mother Nature doesn’t […]
Charlotta Hauksdottir: A Sense of Place: Imprints of Iceland
There are many considerations around the phenomenology of place and memory, of home and the landscapes from our childhood–experiences fundamental to a sense of self. Photographer Charlotta María Hauksdóttir has created a masterful body of photographs that breaks open her memories of Iceland, presenting work in a variety of layered and intriguing presentations. She examines […]
Stig Marlon Weston: Back to Nature
‘In every walk in nature, one receives more than he seeks’. John Muir. As photographers we are accustomed to controlling our camera, lighting and subject matter to determine our creative voice. Norwegian artist, Stig Marlon Weston turns this approach upside down. He believes that the camera can sometimes be limiting and instead chooses to let […]
Tony Chirinos: Experiencing Death
Experiencing Death by Tony Chirinos was selected from our most recent call-for-submissions. I was pleased to interview Tony to gain further insight into this body of work. Tony Chirinos received a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University in New York. Trained as a Bio-medical photographer in 1985 at Miami Children’s Hospital, later in 1989 Mr. […]
Greece Week: Christina Papas: In the Black of Light
I met photographer Christina Papas at the portfolio review at the Athens Photo Festival last July. If you have the chance, the APhF is great to visit. It offers main and satellite exhibitions, an extensive photobook exhibition you can apply for without a fee, talks, performances, a Talent Lab program and diverse workshops. It also […]