Hi Andy, I love your work and share it. I'm taking photos and making art. And join us for free monthly online gatherings in Wildlands. We have one today, Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1 pm-2pm Eastern- Share your creativity.
And I'd love your support, I am meeting with Senator's and Congressman's offices this week to protect, conserve and restore soils and souls. Meeting link is in today's Wildlands.
Awesome, Artemis, thank you- our next online creative gathering is Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 2 pm-3pm Eastern. We'll see you there and learn about you and your work! I look forward to it!
I decided at the start of this year that I should share more of the pictures I take for me (ie not the pictures I get paid for). And instead of taking ages deliberating and going slow I’ve been making books/zines/printed essays. I don’t spend forever mulling them over and sequence them by intuition. They’re probably not perfect but they feel SO GOOD TO MAKE and share. Hopefully I’ll have the time to make many more next year.
I've been a photographer for a very long time but have also been a historic preservation consultant with a MA in the field, for the last 17 years. I have met many tradespeople in the course of that work and all of them complain that there are very few people who want to pursue a career in the preservation trades. Three years ago, this issue started a friend, Ken Follett (not the author), and I to start a project we call "Skilled" to make these trades more visible and to help recruit new people. It is a work in progress, but I have 54 portraits of people in Connecticut and New York so far. I shoot with digital Nikons and print on 17x22 paper with a Canon Pro 1100. The work has been exhibited in 6 venues. We continue to look for funding to keep shooting and for a publisher for a book. The work so far is at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjATJvP
I continue to shoot digital because of its accessibility, but have been looking forward to printing my shots more! I agree that we need less technology, not more. Bringing back tangible art is a balm to this increasingly digital age. I feel that it also fosters more connection to physically give them to others, or even stay connected to your own work.
Less technology, not more! I love that. ✨️ Your thoughts on the intersection of art making and algorithms are always enlightening, Andy.
I have been digging into hand made printmaking and bookmaking techniques lately. I made a one of a kind, hand stitched photo book. It was relaxing, experimental and meditative. Photo transfer prints are next on my list.
Mabey it is about reinvigorating our connection to hands-on, old school ways to disseminate our photography, as opposed to relying on the web. A more tangible, people focused mode of sharing art is what I crave. 😉
Hi Andy, I love your work and share it. I'm taking photos and making art. And join us for free monthly online gatherings in Wildlands. We have one today, Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1 pm-2pm Eastern- Share your creativity.
And I'd love your support, I am meeting with Senator's and Congressman's offices this week to protect, conserve and restore soils and souls. Meeting link is in today's Wildlands.
That sounds amazing! I just subscribed! 🐎🌾
Awesome, Artemis, thank you- our next online creative gathering is Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 2 pm-3pm Eastern. We'll see you there and learn about you and your work! I look forward to it!
I decided at the start of this year that I should share more of the pictures I take for me (ie not the pictures I get paid for). And instead of taking ages deliberating and going slow I’ve been making books/zines/printed essays. I don’t spend forever mulling them over and sequence them by intuition. They’re probably not perfect but they feel SO GOOD TO MAKE and share. Hopefully I’ll have the time to make many more next year.
That's great; good for you, India! I would love to see some of that personal work. Please email anytime: flakphoto@gmail.com — Take care!
I've been a photographer for a very long time but have also been a historic preservation consultant with a MA in the field, for the last 17 years. I have met many tradespeople in the course of that work and all of them complain that there are very few people who want to pursue a career in the preservation trades. Three years ago, this issue started a friend, Ken Follett (not the author), and I to start a project we call "Skilled" to make these trades more visible and to help recruit new people. It is a work in progress, but I have 54 portraits of people in Connecticut and New York so far. I shoot with digital Nikons and print on 17x22 paper with a Canon Pro 1100. The work has been exhibited in 6 venues. We continue to look for funding to keep shooting and for a publisher for a book. The work so far is at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjATJvP
I continue to shoot digital because of its accessibility, but have been looking forward to printing my shots more! I agree that we need less technology, not more. Bringing back tangible art is a balm to this increasingly digital age. I feel that it also fosters more connection to physically give them to others, or even stay connected to your own work.
Less technology, not more! I love that. ✨️ Your thoughts on the intersection of art making and algorithms are always enlightening, Andy.
I have been digging into hand made printmaking and bookmaking techniques lately. I made a one of a kind, hand stitched photo book. It was relaxing, experimental and meditative. Photo transfer prints are next on my list.
Mabey it is about reinvigorating our connection to hands-on, old school ways to disseminate our photography, as opposed to relying on the web. A more tangible, people focused mode of sharing art is what I crave. 😉