Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry Uelsmann shares his thoughts on his photography in the space he makes it in. Find out more about Jerry Uelsmann here. Read my conversation with Jerry Uelsmann here. Find more photographers on video here.

The Paris Review – 60 Years of Great Interviews

“Founded in Paris by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton in 1953, The Paris Review began with a simple editorial mission: “Dear reader,” William Styron wrote in a letter in the inaugural issue, “The Paris Review hopes to emphasize creative work—fiction and poetry—not to...

Ansel Adams – The Last Interview

Milton Esterow presents Ansel Adam’s last interview. Read it here. Read my conversations with photographers here.  

4 Reasons To Be In Midcoast Maine This Weekend

It’s high season in Maine right now. The weather is gorgeous. And there are lots of events this weekend. Most know about The Maine Lobster Festival, an event that draws over 100,000 people in 5 days. Many know about all the great art events that...

Simultaneous Contrast

How red is red? That depends in part on its context. We see colors in relationship to other colors in our field of vision. The appearance of any one color is modified by the presence of other colors. (This is a perceptual effect, not a...

Saturation

One of the most distinctive features of a visual artist’s use of color is their use of saturation. Many photographers are often asked, “Are you a black and white or color photographer?”  (Curiously other visual artist’s are rarely asked this question.) While many people who...

Share Experience / Share Vision

It was December 2005. We had just made the long crossing of the Drake Passage to Antarctica. On the horizon were enormous icebergs. It was our first view of big ice. We all rushed to deck and began to photograph. I found myself standing shoulder...

The Temperature of Color – Warm or Cool

An essential quality of color is temperature. Temperature can be used to attain a color balance. Temperature can be used to enhance spatial relationships within an image. Temperature can be used to elicit psychological responses within the viewer. Understanding and exploring the dynamics of temperature...

Next Step Alumni Exhibit – Indianapolis – 5/20 – 6/24

Next Step Alumni 2011 by Daspit, Gill, Bailey, Beal, Caponigro | . Renaissance Fine Art & Design Gallery and John Paul Caponigro’s Next Step Alumni present a beautiful collection of their work May 20 – June 24, 2011. You are cordially invited to view this...

New Book – Landscapes Within

  “Landscapes Within presents selected images highlighting John Paul Caponigro’s many collaborations with nature. . The artist’s life’s work is a call to connection. It’s a call to connection with nature – the matrix from which we are born, which sustains us while we are...