HT0716 - The Blank Canvas

Almost all art media are about skillful adding. Painters start with a blank canvas; novelist start with a blank page; dancers start with a blank stage; musicians start with a blank silence. Only photography and sculpture start with a completely filled medium from which they then progressively subtract, revealing, hopefully, something significant. Photoshop has changed this on the pixel level — and it will take another generation to fully realize this.

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Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These short 2-4 minute talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-steps techno-talk and artspeak to offer a stimulating mix of ideas, experience, and observations from his 35 years as a fine art photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work and building an audience. Brooks Jensen is the publisher of LensWork, one of the world's most respected and award-winning photography publications, known for its museum-book quality printing and luxurious design. LensWork has subscribers in over 73 countries. His latest books are "The Creative Life in Photography" (2013) and "Looking at Images (2014).