Category Archives: Art + Photography

Renaissance Women who Bust the Artist vs Scientist Myth

As a creative business owner, I often run into people who tell me, “I don’t have an artistic bone in my body.” Invariably they are very practical folks who work with numbers or facts in financial, legal, or technical careers. I always respond, “I don’t believe that for one second.” We all have the potential […]

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Artist of the Week: Brigitte Carnochan

The men have had a good run but it’s time to acknowledge the ladies of photography, don’t ya think? Is anyone besides me yearning for spring? That is what made me select this week’s artist: Brigitte Carnochan. Brigitte’s fine art photography depicts primarily nudes and botanicals. What better in springtime, right? Running naked through a […]

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Artist of the Week: Brian Smith

One of my favorite places to shop for new photography books is Los Angeles. Compared to the Bay Area, which is rife with professional programming and computing tomes, Los Angeles is a virtual mecca of film, television, art, and photography books. It was at The Grove‘s Barnes & Noble that I discovered Art & Soul, […]

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Artist of the Week: Patrick Demarchelier

After mentioning him in last week’s inaugural Artist of the Week post, it seems only fair to choose French fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier as this week’s artist. My favorite of his photographs features Warren Beatty and Annette Bening with their daughter, below: I love it because it’s all about connection and the moment. However, it’s a […]

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Artist of the Week: Elliott Erwitt

In honor of Valentine’s Day, and for all of you, my Valentines, I’m launching a new “Artist of the Week” blog series. I’ve been thinking about doing something like this for a while now, but it all came together yesterday when I was talking photographers with some friends. I turned to one, a well-established portrait […]

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