Jessica Hllvitz: Women and Food – And Art
Since the time of Eve, or for Darwinians, since the time of Lucy, women have been the primary gatherers and preparers of food. Sure, men like to focus on hunters,…
The Myth of the Muse
There is an enduring myth about Artists: they have access to something that most of us do not—a Muse which provides inspiration for some creative action. As this myth goes,…
Denver vs. New York
Using the analogy of college basketball, Denver is at most a mid-major player in the Art World. It is more significant perhaps than a Division II-equivalent of, say, a Sacramento…
The Art World
The ‘Art World’ consists of ‘Artists’, those who generate ‘Art’, and everyone else who interacts, directly or indirectly, with the artists and their art for the purposes of showing, critiquing,…
The Moments Before
In our family, no Christmas season went by—at least when our four children were still children—without the obligatory group portrait of them in the holiday outfits their mom had created…
Unifying the World through Color
The relationship between travel photography and fine art photography is the background question surrounding the newest exhibit at the Denver Photo Art Gallery (www.denverphotoart.com) on Santa Fe Drive. Blaine Harrington…
Categorizing the Work of Ansel Adams – Not So Simple After All
The assignment is: Answer the question: What category would I place the work of Ansel Adams? A simple task, is it not? The obvious answer is ‘Aesthetically Evaluative’. This the…
Robert Benjamin: Notes from a Quiet Life
What happens when a doting husband and father, who also happens to be a gifted if somewhat obsessive photographer, carries a camera around with him all day long, and takes…
Mike David’s ‘Spirit of Adventure’
How can a photographer who specializes in travel and landscape photography separate himself from the legions of competitors? How can he get the public to notice – and buy –…