Preconceptions, Rediscovery, Covid
June 2023
Hi all, the new issue of ELEMENTS Magazine is out! It features the works and writing of Jasper Goodall, Paul Wakefield, Mitch Dobrowner, Charles Cramer, Trym Ivar Bergsmo, and an interview with Joe Cornish conducted by co-editor Olaf Sztaba. I contributed an article "Preconceptions, Rediscovery, Covid".
"Preconceptions" was the root cause of my creativity rut. Arthur Meyerson said in an interview that "I've always tried to avoid preconceptions. Otherwise, you're more likely to be disappointed by what you don't find and more likely to overlook the obvious... It's important to learn to play the hand that's dealt you."
"Rediscovery" - A workshop with Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant reminded me why I photographed to begin with - for the love of nature and the joy it brought me.
"Covid" - Without knowing it, they also prepared me for Covid, which hit less than six months after the workshop. The images shown here are what emerged after my struggles with preconceptions, set against the backdrop of the pandemic.
In the article, I also describe what I do when I'm stuck creatively.
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