Photo District News Magazine (www.pdnonline.com) and Artists Wanted (www.artistswanted.org) are sponsoring One Life, an international photography contest. For full info on how to enter, prize, rules and judging info go to http://www.onelifephotos.com/?f=pdn2. Could you handle the award of $25,000 or around the world travel, plus a feature about you in Photo District News Magazine?
My Tribute to Adolph Gottlieb
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- Photo by Mary Gow
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- Photo by Mary Gow
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- Photo by Mary Gow
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- Photo by Mary Gow
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- Photo by Mary Gow
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- Photo by Mary Gow
I got inspiration for this photo from studying the works of American abstract expressionist painter, Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974). For more about Adolph Gottlieb see http://gottliebfoundation.org/the-artist/. Gottlieb studied at the Art Students League, and he attended lectures by Robert Henri (The Art Spirit).
The Un-School Art School
What art school did Jackson Pollack, Georgia O’Keefe, Thomas Hart Benton and Robert Henri all have in common? The Art Students League of New York. I mention Robert Henri because he taught at the Art Students League and wrote the book, The Art Spirit – the inspiration for my blog. Pollack, O’Keefe and Benton all studied there. And I did too. If you’re looking for a place to study painting, sculpture and printmaking without all the rules of a university check out The Art Students League in New York at http://www.theartstory.org/school-art-students-league.htm.
Cameraless Photographs
Photogram by Mary Gow
Back in the days of darkroom photography one of the first things you might be taught is how the enlarger works. What you see are objects placed under the enlarger on top of photosensitive paper. Don’t have access to a darkroom? You can make the more modern day version of them by placing objects on your scanner.