LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process

Brooks Jensen
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LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process

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).

  1. 22 HR. AGO

    HT2176 - Take a Risk

    Far too many photographers bury their creativity under a shroud of acceptance. Instead of making personal work that comes from their heart, they make images that they hope will earn applause and accolades. Artmaking can — perhaps even should — feel a little risky.

    3 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    HT2175 - The Unknown Image

    It's a fairly common experience that when I upload images from my camera after an extensive shoot, I will frequently find images I have no memory whatsoever of having taken. I've learned, over the years, to pay a special attention to these images.

    3 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    HT2174 - Processing Time

    What percentage of processing time is spend exploring aesthetic alternatives versus just getting your vision manifest by processing steps? To me, one of the most fascinating aspects of digital processing is how it opens the door to experimentation. We try things that lead to a dead end, but it's easy to reverse course and try a different direction. Ultimately this expands our aesthetic decisions exponentially which is a great boon to developing creative vision.

    3 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    HT2173 - Pens, Pencils, and Signing Your Prints

    Here's a topic I'll bet 99% of photographers have not thought much about. What instrument do you use to sign your prints? Pen? Pencil? Does it make a difference? Actually, I think it does.

    3 min

  5. 4 DAYS AGO

    HT2172 - A Personalized Colophon

    I recently received a lovely email from someone who had purchased one of my chapbooks. He wasn't expecting a personalized colophon which, truth be told, is one of the reasons why I do so. A personalized colophon ads to the relationship component when sharing my artwork.

    3 min

  6. 5 DAYS AGO

    HT2171 - Their Life Experience

    Everyone who looks at our images brings with them a suitcase full of their life experiences. I think it was Anias Nin who said, "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." We need to remember this when people are critical of or downright insulting about our images.

    3 min

  7. 5 DAYS AGO

    LW1441 - Sized for the Emotional Impact

    A prevalent and often repeated question is how big should we make our prints? Some say that's determined by the subject. Others propose that print size is determined by the market. For what it's worth, my thoughts on this have to do with the emotional impact our image can make on the viewer.

    13 min

  8. 6 DAYS AGO

    HT2170 - Stop, Look, and Listen

    This is not just advice for 4-year-olds learning to cross the street. It's pretty good advice for us photographers, too. I've been thinking about this as function of how we manage the ratio of drive time to photographing time by stopping, looking, and listening.

    3 min
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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).

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