43 min

Ep 30 - Part 1: Photography Consultant J. Sybylla Smith ASMP Experts & Masters

    • Visual Arts

Today, Tom has the pleasure of interviewing J. Sybylla Smith, an educator, curator, and incredible photography consultant, providing collaborations on editing, sequencing, marketing, and writing artistic statements so artists can apply for grants or exhibition proposals. She also consults with educational institutions in order to develop programming and more dynamic partnerships. Sybylla writes and lectures on visual culture, gender equity and photography, and the creative practice, with a focus on equality. With such a diverse background, there’s plenty to hear in this one! 
In this episode, Tom Kennedy, ASMP’s Executive Director, and Photography Consultant J. Sybylla Smith talk about…
What propelled Sybylla to use photography as an outlet of expressionHow Sybylla’s creativity in her social work career led her to photographyIdentifying the things that are of value that Sybylla wants to work onSmartphones and technology have made photography more accessibleCross over between personal history and world history as a curatorMultimedia trends reverberate into academics and visual arts over timeThe real key to making impactful work and how to see the possibilitiesSybylla’s techniques to holding up a mirror to photographersThe biggest barriers to self-awareness in the world right nowOpportunities that are coming forth in these unprecedented timesIn our current situation, we need the reality and the hopeLinks to resources:
New York Times
Digital Silver Imaging
Check out Sybylla’s work at her website: https://www.jsybyllasmith.com/
Send us your comments and suggestions: communications@ASMP.org
To donate to the ASMP archives go to:  https://www.asmp.org/asmp-foundation/


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Today, Tom has the pleasure of interviewing J. Sybylla Smith, an educator, curator, and incredible photography consultant, providing collaborations on editing, sequencing, marketing, and writing artistic statements so artists can apply for grants or exhibition proposals. She also consults with educational institutions in order to develop programming and more dynamic partnerships. Sybylla writes and lectures on visual culture, gender equity and photography, and the creative practice, with a focus on equality. With such a diverse background, there’s plenty to hear in this one! 
In this episode, Tom Kennedy, ASMP’s Executive Director, and Photography Consultant J. Sybylla Smith talk about…
What propelled Sybylla to use photography as an outlet of expressionHow Sybylla’s creativity in her social work career led her to photographyIdentifying the things that are of value that Sybylla wants to work onSmartphones and technology have made photography more accessibleCross over between personal history and world history as a curatorMultimedia trends reverberate into academics and visual arts over timeThe real key to making impactful work and how to see the possibilitiesSybylla’s techniques to holding up a mirror to photographersThe biggest barriers to self-awareness in the world right nowOpportunities that are coming forth in these unprecedented timesIn our current situation, we need the reality and the hopeLinks to resources:
New York Times
Digital Silver Imaging
Check out Sybylla’s work at her website: https://www.jsybyllasmith.com/
Send us your comments and suggestions: communications@ASMP.org
To donate to the ASMP archives go to:  https://www.asmp.org/asmp-foundation/


Support the show

43 min