I work with a large format camera, a heavy steel contraption that is older than I am, which puts images onto 8x10 inch sheets of film. With my tripod attached, the camera weighs about 40 pounds, and people often ask me why I bother using this sort of camera. To keep things simple, I often tell them that I love the sharpness and dense tonality of the prints that are ultimately produced from such big negative ...

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Picked by: RB Why: Ed was one of my teachers, a friend and a mentor. Ed suffered from mental illness, and five years ago took his own life. Videos of his dances are being screened to celebrate the work, and remember the man. Event Details: Please join us for a screening of Ed Tyler’s works. For those of you who did not know Ed, he was our close friend, mentor, an amazingly talented choreographer, and a huge ...

As a collage artist, I’m drawn to storytelling with images and words. I decided to pursue a career as a visual artist after majoring in creative writing and painting in college. Since graduation, the majority of my time has been dedicated to honing my collage technique – which I call ‘painting with paper’ – where I use a palette of magazine strips to create compositions that resemble paintings. Earlier this ...