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The Fearless shoot was my chance to really plan a shoot unique to my creative relationship with Alexandra Rodionova. My idea was to compare fashion of today with fashion of around the time I was born, (1967). I used two full issues of Andy Warhol’s original Interview Magazine for the background. This was really hard for me, because these are really rare and really expensive. But if I wasn’t going to put everything I had into this it just wouldn’t be worth doing. This was one of those shoots were everything came together. The hair, (Mark), the makeup, (Caroline), the outfit, the background, the lighting, everything. / Photo by Jef Harris / http://www.jefharris.net
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Little Helen interviews Bellmusker
by communityLittle Helen has been a RedBubbler since July 2007 and is the queen of the RB interview. Sh…
Little Helen has been a RedBubbler since July 2007 and is the queen of the RB interview. She’s uncannily good at charming her subjects into revealing all sorts of juicy details about themselves. Bellmusker is an “authoress” extraordinaire who joined RedBubble in April 2007. She has been involved in organising the Melbourne Writers’ Meets for the past 18 months and has made a wonderful contribution to the writing community on RedBubble. So pour yourself a refreshing beverage, sit back and enjoy as the sophisticated misfit interviews the one who’s afraid of crumpets. / / Little Helen: Bell … how much life has changed for you since you first joined RedBubble? / / Bellmusker: My two years on RB have brought so many changes – I can barely imagine my life without it! I’d never put my writing out into the world before posting my first piece, ‘Fire’, and I can see such a progression between that and my present writing. Having a close community of writers to workshop with has been invaluable for my craft and my confidence, and I became brave enough to actually send my work to publishers. Since I joined I’ve had nine stories accepted for publication, I’m now working on a novel, and I’ve been asked to speak at the Melbourne Emerging Writers’ Festival I’ll be discussing writers’ groups and their magic, so RB will definitely get mentioned! On a personal level it’s been invaluable – it’s brought several people into my life that I now consider my closest friends. I went through a particularly dark period of agoraphobia in my twenties and when I joined, I was still living in its shadow: I wasn’t the most social of creatures. Having the inspiration and support of these amazing artists has really helped me to step back into the world with my head held high. The Melbourne group in particular is extremely vibrant, and not a week goes by that I don’t catch up with someone for drinks and laughter. I’ve just returned from Canberra to visit the glorious Holly Ringland, and you and I are headed to the States in a few weeks to strut through the streets of New York with the divine MsTrace – cannot wait! Joining RB has opened my life up in ways I’d never envisioned when I clicked that first upload button. / / / LH: You began organising Writers’ Meets for Melbourne RedBubblers (and should be credited for that) a while ago now. How are they going and have they been successful for you? / / B: The meetings are wonderful! The Melbourne Writers’ Group meets on the first Sunday of each month at a pub in Northcote, and we all look forward to it. It’s open to all writers and we’ve even been host to several interstate visitors, your fine self included. It’s a fabulous opportunity to read your work aloud, ask for advice and critique, pass on recommendations of writers (both on RB and off) and generally swill an indulgent amount of mulled wine and laugh to the high heavens. / / I love these meetings and have been hosting them for 18 months now. Some are intimate little gatherings of half a dozen scribes; the largest was 21 writers gathered around a huge table in the beer garden with cameras flashing and notebooks filling. So much fun! If you’ve ever been tempted to come along, take a look at the Writers’ Forum in the Melbourne and Victoria group for details, and accounts of previous meetings. Feel free to mail me with any questions, and I’ll make sure that your glass is always full and everyone knows your name. What are you waiting for?! / / / LH: How did you feel meeting a RedBubbler for the first time and who was it? / / B: My first meeting was on the steps of Flinders Street Station almost two years ago. I lingered at Fed Square, watching the red balloons held by Jo O’Brien and trying to decide if I would cross over. I did, and the rest is history. So I actually think Jo was my first ever bubbler, which is fitting considering how much she’s helped lured me out of my shell. I also recall Paul Louis Villani’s beaming grin (and I just realised that was also his first RB meeting). That day introduced me to two of my best friends: Jessica Tremp, who spoke German with me and leapt in the air for photos, and LisaG, who lingered up the back and hid from the cameras with me. In the early days I scowled at everyone who pointed a lens my way, but have since loosened up considerably and even done some RB modelling – amazing for me. / / / LH: Where does Bell’s heart dwell? / / B: With one foot firmly planted on the cobblestones of Brussels, and the other on the bank of the Yarra in Melbourne. I’ve always been torn between these two incredible cities, and I think I’ll always be going back and forth between them, as I’ve done for years. That said, next year I’m moving to Berlin for a stretch, as she has her hooks well and truly in me. And I loooooove the German language. / / / LH: Memories … we all hold them close. What is one of your happiest? / / BM: Every time I step onto the Grote Markt, the stunning medieval market square in Brussels that’s my favourite place in the world, my eyes well with joyful tears. However, I’d have to say that first email from an editor telling me that amongst one thousand submissions, they’d accepted my work for publication in “Going Down Swinging”, will never fade from my memory. There was clutching, there was squealing, and there might have even been a happy dance! Having my writing validated by professional editors is not something I’ll forget; it was the first time I thought hell, maybe I can actually do this. / / / LH: Name two things you could not live without? / / B: The glorious sunlight at dusk, when it falls golden on the bricks and makes my red hair look as though it’s caught fire. When I feel low, I take a walk at this time of night and feel suddenly able to breathe again. Never fails. Second, I’m going to have to say a pen in my bag, behind my ear, between my fingers: I’m always writing, scribbling down overheard conversations and titles for stories. And then there’s the quotes – you’ve seen my little red book of quotes come out at bubble meetings!! I always need a red moleskin and pen nearby, and can’t leave the house without them. Because no matter how much I say “I’m sure I’ll remember that later”, I rarely do without pinning it down in ink. / / / LH: A song that will forever be ‘your song’? / / B: Oh lord, that’s a big ask. I want to speak of the amazing Lunachicks, Supersuckers or Mahalia Jackson, but I’m a blues woman at heart and I have to say that I listen to “Crawling King Snake” by Etta James at least once a day. It’s an intense, dark, and immensely seductive song that holds rich memories for me. / / / LH: What are your plans for the future, professionally and personally? / / B: Professionally, I want to make my name as a writer. I first told my parents at seven that I was going to be “an authoress” when I grew up, hehe, and I’ve been a devoted ink spiller since then. I got my start writing for punk zines, and now with a degree in Linguistics behind me and a novel in progress, as long as I can weave words between my fingertips I’m happy. / / Personally? Well, that’s a little harder to say. I have an illness that I struggle with and though I thought I had it under control, it flared up this year and knocked me back underground for a while. I tend to write of snakes quite often and for me they symbolise both my illness and the potential for regeneration, so when I write of my snakes hissing it’s a general indication that I’m not doing well. My relapse has taught me I can never get cocky about it, so keeping my demons down is a constant aim for me. Also, the resolution was given to me to make this ‘the year of the duck’, namely, let things roll off my back a bit more; I tend to fire up easily. I’m not quite sure how I’m going with that! And I absolutely intend to move to Berlin next year, if only for six months, to get my dose of that beautiful language and sit in Bebelplatz with gingerbread and coffee and pour words out. / Bellmusker, Little Helen and a number of martinis … If you’d like to read more of Little Helen’s interviews, her RedBubble Hottest 100 series isn’t a bad place to start. If you’d like to find out more about the Melbourne Writers’ Meet, visit the Melbourne and Victoria group’s Writers’ Forum for more info.
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On occasion Mr. Axford has stirred the bubble cauldron with what some have coined ‘elitism’ due to the high standards that he expects of himself, but also from those around him, or at least a spark from the ‘photographer’ to understand commercial quality and what it means to the professional. Steve’s pursuit of the photographic eye has turned his attentions to some incredible scenes from below the equator. Jungles, volcanoes, poverty, sulfur mines. Scenes that are varied but most have some tinge of sadness, people studies from Indonesia show exactly how lucky we are… that makes me sad… tall growth forests that are being demolished… that makes me sad… hard working men emerging from massive green/yellow clouds of sulfur… that’s confronting! It’s the fungi and the volcanoes that Steve photographs which show a natural contrast in the delicacy and ferocity of our natural world. He’s even been known to do some conceptual portraiture, which he is better at than he would admit. As a big fan of the ‘volcanolotographer’ and the very competent (yet tough) co-moderator of the Wild Nature Group I interviewed Steve about what got him going, a sad story, what keeps him going and what he likes to see. Thanks to Steve for pouring his heart out… tripper! 1. Why do you do what you do…? / Do you mean why I take photos and why I take them of volcanoes, travel, people and fungi and things? A long story really, but here goes. / / Way back at the end of the last century – that would be about 10 years ago – my then wife, Pat, had just died of breast cancer and I was at a bit of a loss as to how to cope, when a travel brochure appeared in my letterbox. It was for adventure holidays, and among other destinations was one entitled “Volcanoes and Dragons”. I thought, that sounds different, so I booked myself on a 3 week adventure holiday traveling by fishing boat, bicycle and bimo from Flores to Bali. I didn’t even have a decent camera, so that bit comes a bit later. / / At that time I had been feeling a bit sick with stomach problems, so, just before I left for the holiday, I got a referral to see a specialist about it. I thought it was probably just a stress thing after Pat’s death; but apparently not. It seemed I had Hepatitis C. Now this was not good news as Hep C in 1998 was not a curable disease. / It seemed there was little I could do about it so I determined to carry on regardless and off I went to the volcanoes and dragons (the dragons being Komodo dragons). Since it was a malarial area, I thought that I’d best take some prophylactics and my doctor gave me some pills called Lariam. Lariam is out of favour now because it can cause some nasty psychiatric side effects, but the drug companies downplayed this at the time. It was a once a week pill and I had to take one a week before I left, which I did. A couple of days later I had an intense panic attack, which I thought was due to my general state of depression at the time and nervousness about traveling while sick. I recovered after a couple of days and flew to Jakarta. There were riots there at the time due to the monetary crisis which was expected to put 20 million people out of work in Java alone (can you believe that – the population of Australia!!), so I stayed in an airport hotel. I’d had my second lariam tablet the day I left, so it was working nicely when I arrived in Jakarta. That was some night. I started to “freak out” (I think this is the correct technical term) in my room and I felt I just had to get with some people or I would go mad. The journey from my room to the bar was terrifying as I felt totally lost and panicked the whole way. Eventually I found the bar and managed to relax by talking to the barman. He was a student who had had to quit studying when the monetary crisis hit. He traveled 5 hours, each way, to get to work every day. I was stunned and fascinated at the same time. I wanted to learn more about how people really lived in places like Java so maybe there where the people thing began, though I suspect the seeds were deeper than that. / / Anyway, I survived the night with the help of a couple of beers and a friendly barman, but then I had a long day’s travel the next day, first to Bali, and then on to Maumere in Flores. I was having panic attacks again, but managed to hold myself together for the flight to Bali. After waiting for 8 hours in Denpasar airport, they finally located a plane to take us to Maumere. I was starting to feel panicky again as I walked out to the plane. It was a Merpati airlines flight, though the plane was almost unidentifiable as all the paint seemed to be worn off and it was mostly down to bare metal. On board the seat I was in wouldn’t stop tilting as it was broken and the window had holes, both through the inner AND outer panes. Not surprisingly, we couldn’t fly above 3,500m as the pressurisation didn’t work; nor did the air conditioning so the plane was still very hot. / / Why am I talking about this flight? Well, perhaps it was because it was so intense and I was resigned to my life coming to an untimely and abrupt end on the side of an Indonesian mountain, ........ but then there was the volcano. We were flying through clouds when suddenly there was a clear patch. We were flying at about 3,500m, which put us 500m above a 3,000m volcano with the biggest crater I have ever seen. It was Tambora. The crater is 1km deep and 5km across and we were flying right along the edge of a 1000m cliff. I was suddenly no longer depressed or having a panic attack, I was just mesmerised. Check it out on Google Maps – it’s on Sumbawa in Indonesia and do a search on the eruption in 1816 that created that crater; it makes the Pinatubo eruption look like a fire cracker. The rest of flight was blissfully uneventful and I arrived safely on Flores to meet up with the tour group. On the first night the tour leader asked if anyone was taking lariam, because it was known to make people really paranoid. That was a huge relief to be told that, as I had thought I was genuinely going mad and this was “as good as it gets”. I stopped the lariam and the holiday was great and I had been reinfected with the travel bug and caught a new one, the volcano bug. / / The next 18 months was probably the worst part of my life. I was sick with Hepatitis and then sick with the newly developed treatment. I really did think that life as I knew may have ended and all I could do was just keep going and remember a line from Maxim Gorky’s writings – “Nothing lasts forever”. If it’s bad it will end, and if it’s good, appreciate it while it lasts. At the end of 6 months of chemotherapy (my last day was 31/12/1999) and a couple of months of recovery …..... I was cured!!!!! Now this was something to celebrate and to contemplate what really makes me tick. Travel was the first thing I planned. I went to Thailand, India and Burma that year and haven’t looked back since. I also bought my first digital camera and discovered that I could take the occasional good photograph – mainly because I found interesting things to photograph rather than having any wonderful artistic talent to be able to create something beautiful out of the very ordinary. I’ve never been able to do that. / / So that covers the travel, people and volcanoes, what about the fungi? Well, that’s just something that has been a passion of mine since I was a boy. I always loved searching for field mushrooms which were a popular meal in my family. Then, when I was a little older, I discovered magic mushrooms. I can’t say I liked eating them as they gave me a hell-of-a gut ache, but I loved searching for them and some of my friends were only to willing to take them off my hands. After I got my digital camera, and would go on bushwalks by myself I found that fungi actually made quite good subjects and there were many more varieties than just the grey or the golden ones. This became an excuse to go roaming around wet forests in Autumn and winter. / / Actually the photography is one big excuse to do what I love doing – travel, meeting people that seem so different but are really the same as us, climbing volcanoes and probably most of all, exploring the old growth forests of Australia and elsewhere. / / 2. What is your favourite subject? / Fungi – and volcanoes, and people, and – really anything that captures my imagination. I love macro photography because there are so many surprises and I love travel because it always stretches my imagination. 3. Volcanoes… which ones… why and how… how close have you been? / Not nearly as many as I would like. Krakatoa, Papandayan, Welirang, Bromo, Semeru, Keli Mutu all in Indonesia. Nyiragongo in Africa and Yasur in Vanuatu. Why? I happened to meet up with a couple of volcanologists who run volcano tours. First I traveled with them, and now I work with them – check it out http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/ Come along with me to climb 3 volcanoes (not too big) in Java in April or July. It’s a lot of fun and you get photo opportunities that even make me look good. Hope you don’t mind the plug. 4. What does quality mean to you? / An interesting question and I presume you are talking about photography. To me it means some real care and skill has gone into the production of the photograph rather than most of the effort into the marketing. It’s like seeing the difference between a David Attenborough documentary and the Funniest Home Videos. Both probably get similar ratings, but the Attenborough stuff is quality. Now some home movies are quality too, because the people who took them put in the effort to learn how to do it properly and have the talent to do it, even if they didn’t have the odd million or two to spend on the gear. I haven’t seen one of those on Funniest Home Videos. Quality isn’t anything to do with marketing. 5. Describe your love of nature… / Shit, describe it?. Nature is everything really. I think some people see man and nature as two separate things, but we are as much a part of it as the lions in Africa, or the fungi in a Tassie rainforest. I can’t understand how people can just stand by and allow so much to be destroyed, to gain so little. If we could bring back the Tasmanian Tiger I’m sure almost everyone would be overjoyed, but try to tell them that when the killed the last of them, We do know better now, but still we only seem to worry when the endangered species have big brown eyes like baby seals. It makes no sense to me. It’s like letting you fingers drop off because for just a moment you don’t need them.
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Indeed. It’s a long infamous history. From the dark ages of bubbledom there has been much rumour surrounding the identity of the artist often known as Khan. His associations have been lucrative, and some may say he rides the waves of foam and fame on the backs of t-shirt greats. His sheer abrasiveness, tainted with the eloquence of an editorial commentator is littered throughout the village, emanating with the stench of revolution while the carcasses of his former parodies lie around the old town hall of the Parody and Satire and Lampoon Group, seized and overrun by the extreme ideas of a sociopath. Q. What is the object of your ARSE initiative, and what is in it for you? A simple jaunt through the colourful halls of RedBubble will soon tell you that there is a lot of seriously fucking boring shit going on. I mean really bad. Take the Fungilicious group for example. They should be eating them, not taking photos. And then there is the RPA, which is drier than a nun’s knickers and twice as starchy. I shan’t say anything about ‘Living Christianity’ apart from my understanding of the word ‘living’ is, well, a little bit more alive. When RedBubble was but a little bubbling, things were looking much more optimistic. There is also quite a lot of whining and quite a lot of mutual masturbation. Nothing wrong with that, but you shouldn’t do it in public. To be fair it’s not big bubble’s fault it turned out this way. The square world is just a reflection of the round one, but I’d like to see more groups called ‘crazy shit i saw on holiday last year’ (I know Ms. Pryor would also), and less ‘panoramic views’, and I’d be really chuffed to see ‘fundamentally Islamic’ up on the board. In essence the ARSE movement is a reaction- an attempt to unite similarly ironically minded people and mobilize their collective power for whatever purpose their collective power is needed. to yell, as opposed to whine. it’s been riding on the back of Danny’s lampoon and parody group for the best part of a week, causing confusion, mayhem and disruption, but… we’ve just received news from big bubble of official recognition which may or may not change things, ‘cos I might fall off a cliff tomorrow, and everybody would have forgotten about it all by next Wednesday. What’s in it for me? I’m just trying to restock the rabbitollah’s harem, and make sure that when I log on to RedBubble i don’t get assaulted by pictures of llamas and short stories with punch lines. Q. Do you steal other people’s ideas, as has been suggested in the past? If not, why? Like anyone I take inspiration from anything I see. Occasionally other people’s work- if that’s the case I normally turn it on its head. I like playing with other people’s ideas or images, with the intent of changing their meaning entirely through some simple modification. to my mind that’s not really copying. That [expletive starting with c], who used to sit next to me in my Latin tests, looking over my shoulder, was copying. [Expletive starting with c] copy and I’m not a [expletive starting with c]. Q. As a creative soul, how do you find outlets for expression in Russia? What opportunities are there for exposure? In the ‘real world’ I work with pre-school children, specifically – the richest children in Russia. I’ve had 2 of the richest 10 families in Russia as my clients, and countless politicians, business leader etc in the last 5 years. i make materials for teaching the children- songs, animations, stories, plays etc- this year I recorded an album of educational kids hip hop for using in English lessons, and I’m submitting a picture book for publication with Egmont, who’ve just opened offices here. If I can add anything positive to the idea-base of the kids I teach, who will doubtlessly come to hold the reigns of the nation and their fortunes in the next couple of decades, then that is my outlet. For exposure there are galleries and magazines- the best English language magazine here is ‘the exile’ (exile.ru) fucking hilarious, and deeply disturbing at the same time. The only example of free press in Russia- (because it’s in English). And it’s very free. Never tried submitting anything to them due to the fact they seem to be doing quite a good job by themselves. Q. To be observant, you have done some travel around the place, how does this shape your expressive presentation of ideas? The world is round, not square. If you see something with your eyes, and not on a screen, you can understand it, not just observe it. This is one of the reasons that religion plays a big part in my work- i go to a Hindu temple, or an orthodox church, or a mosque, and i feel the same connection with the earth, with nature. Doesn’t matter what clothes it’s wearing, or what clothes I’m wearing. I also understood that the way people live is different. The philosophies, ideals, and morals by which they live, are different. There is no right or wrong. There is diversity, and that diversity exists only because it’s what people want. Do you think Islamic countries want democratic leaders, or strong military rulers? As my grandfather quoted from someone I’ve totally forgotten- ‘every country has the government it deserves’ (Joseph de Meistre). You think in India they want beef stroganoff on the menu. Different strokes for different folks. That understanding gives me the ability to happily include symbols from different places and cultures in my work that possibly might not be orthodox in its employment, but which I think is valid. I’ve never been to America; that is my mistake. / To my mind this travel is not just physical but psychedelic also. I probably did too much acid, about twice when I was out in Goa in my ‘formative years’, tripping for a couple of months at a time. Real flying in the heavens talking to trees shit. When I came back, I sort of discovered I was in Russia. Not the sort of thing you can book from a travel agent. it’s just like in the matrix with the blue pill or the red pill. Those that have understand what a fucking joke everything really is. Q. How do you expect you will revolutionize Russian in the next 5-10 years? I think my results will begin to kick in through the next 20-30.
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"My Creativity" An interview with Sky Fox
by Colin TobinI’d like to extend a gracious thank you to Sky Fox for taking the time to open up and share so m…
I’d like to extend a gracious thank you to Sky Fox for taking the time to open up and share so much with us. How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life? When I stumbled across photography – I reached my Zen – finally! It was as if one huge part of me was missing and I could never put my finger on it. I couldnt fill that void. Not really a void but it was as if I didnt know all of me. Odd feeling in which I do not miss. It was as if I was a half circle until I found photography – then I came into full circle with nothing missing and everything in my vision. I was finally ‘full’! This was a period of time in my life where I was desperately searching for Enlightenment. Ask and you shall receive! Im now well on my way down the path to Enlightenment – at this point – and I have been blessed to have my camera with me all the way! However – I was not always the person I am today. I suffered horribly from Ego – as I had been thrown every obstacle LITERALLY possible yet I continued to walk on and rise above. I had to be convinced I was going to Kick this worlds ass or it was going to eat me alive – those were my two options. Through that time I had to be a ‘bad ass’ or die. So I lived in darkness until my 20’s as my EGO was driving me rather than my Enlightenment – for I had none. I had a fairy rough go in the early years of my life which I dont whine about – it has made me the person I am today. However – when one has to overcome such drastic and severe obstacles for mere survival – one tends to go into EGO mode to make it through. Its a natural human condition. One CAN NOT possess both EGO and ENLIGHTENMENT – therefore – I had to let one go. The one would be my Ego, Amen! So there I was – 14 – some lil Cherokee girl with a dead Granny and no one else that wanted her – same as the day I was born which is why Granny raised me til she died in the first place. So – I did as Granny instructed and left the reservation the second she drew her last breath – knowing the ‘government’ (very scary to Native Americans) was coming to do with me whatever they saw fit. In short because I do tend to be verbose – being creative allows me to express myself as strongly as I would like to – now that I lack any and all Ego. Expressing yourself is much easier when youre suffering from your Ego. You simply do what an ass would do under said situation. Without an Ego however – one sees the forest and the trees! All of the light shines straight on you! You dont need a spotlight! You have one already burning – forever! There are no more battles for you arent willing to fight! You have nothing to prove to anyone for your actions speak louder than words ever could. Being creative allows me to better explore my path to Enlightenment and hope others will come with me! It also gives me a platform to touch issues I feel need more attention in our society. / __ Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on redbubble particularly special or meaningful Oh wow – this one is impossible! I am literally inspired by everyone! All of us have our own special style. Allow me to instead tell you whom on redbubble has helped me make this venture both professional and profitable: / When I first came to the bubble – I met a guy named Karl Denton / Instant connection! He cared for me and likewise I too care for him. He took HIS time and a bit of money to set me up with a site and an email – both extremely professional. I will never forget this gesture and to this day I love him dearly! Not only because he is awesome but because he genuinely cared about me. Also – I must mention Mr Sean Farragher / This man has supported me from a point-and-shoot all the way to DSLR! He has hit EVERY single solitary piece of my work! He has rooted for me and is so very kind – loving – supportive and encouraging! I am so blessed he even knows my name! Making the Home Page is always a very special and humbling experience! Very meaningful to me to be acknowledge in such a way amongst so many astonishing artists! I LOVE every single one of you – even the ones that hate me – for they are still suffering from their ego. No one can possibly hate me unless its spawned from evil jealousy because I know – as you know – I have never hurt anyone in my life. Ever. I am known for going out of my way for people. I rest in that. I will give them time to get onto this wonderful path and all will be forgotten! But nonetheless – I love those people too and hope they soon find their path. / __ Show & tell us about five works on redbubble that have moved or inspired you. Easy! Artist: Scott Ruhs / Artist: Dennis Rubin / Artist: Brad Sauter / (Too many misunderstand my flag. This flag is about PRIDE NOT RACISM. Get over the whole being offended over it!!! I adore it as much – if not moreso – than the American Flag. Its about PRIDE. Nothing less – nothing more. I am American by Birth and Southern by the grace of God and Im not afraid to express that. (If this flag bothers you – read more. You have much to learn.) Artist: Andy Harris / Artist: Nikki Mulkern / Thank Y’all so much for taking interest in my interview. I appreciate all of you! Redbubble is such a healthy place and I am so very blessed to be here with all of you! I am very grateful for my talent because with it came many… MANY friends. A lot of love here and Im all about giving it and taking a bit. Thanks for showing me some love in asking me these questions. I hope you found my answers of interest! Love, Peace and Tolerance, ~ Sky Fox / _______ Also checkout MuscularTeeth’s interview with Karin Taylor.
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Probably my most fav portrait style picture I’ve taken this year. / Was taken during an interview with this wonderful musician and since the publication of other images from the shoot I’m glad I get to share this with you. / Click here for a glimpse at some classic Mike (Puffy) Bordin live chops / / Huge thanks goes to John Robb for allowing me to borrow his 300mm Minolta / Sony mount lens for the shoot! / / Art Folders… / / Entire Portfolio / Born From This Earth – Series / Hearts At War / Vehicular works / Architecture / Travel / B&W Photography / Transitional Industrial Utopian Series / Abstract / Models and Fashion Photography
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The Fearless shoot was my chance to really plan a shoot unique to my creative relationship with Alex. My idea was to compare fashion of today with fashion of around the time I was born, (1967). I used two full issues of Andy Warhol’s original Interview Magazine for the background. This was really hard for me, because these are really rare and really expensive. But if I wasn’t going to put everything I had into this it just wouldn’t be worth doing. This was one of those shoots were everything came together. The hair, (Mark), the makeup, (Caroline), the outfit, the background, the lighting, everything. / Model: Alexandra Rodionova / www.lexxxy.net / Hair: Mark Mignault / Photo by: Jef Harris / www.jefharris.net
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Lasse Damgaard
by sellingLasse Damgaard is a 19 year old photographer from Denmark. He is also one of RedBubble’s …
Lasse Damgaard is a 19 year old photographer from Denmark. He is also one of RedBubble’s top sellers when it comes to wall art. Let’s find out what Lasse is doing so right. Vitals: / Works on RedBubble: 41 / Artwork descriptions: short and descriptive, no bling / Tags: 5-10 main key words per image / Groups: member of 1 geographical group / Journals: none / Other sites: personal site coming soon, deviantART / Christian Science Center by Lasse Damgaard Tell us a bit about yourself as an artist and how that fits in with the rest of your life. / / Well, at the moment, almost all of my time is being put into photography – I’m attending a photographic school, learning about the world of analogue photography, something I have never worked with before, so it’s nice to discover a whole new side of yourself. During the last two years, I’ve been switching between working over hours for months, without having any time or energy to spare for creativity, and temporarily quitting my job to travel the world in search of beautiful pictures and portraits – until I go broke and have to take a seat behind the register at the supermarket once again. / / / European Portraits No. 10 by Lasse Damgaard What about your sales on RedBubble? Do you have a best seller? / / I think my best selling picture is one titled ‘Carousel’ – for that simple reason that it’s timeless. It’s a shot of a ride in a danish amusement park, but judging from the picture alone, it can almost be placed anywhere between the present and a hundred years back – and I think that’s what people like so much about it. / Carousel by Lasse Damgaard / / How do you promote your art outside of RedBubble? Apart from an upcoming personal website, I have spent an enormous amount of time and energy on deviantART.com, which was also the birthplace of my interest in photography. Although I don’t have as much time to spare now as I did when I first joined the site, I still check it on a regular basis, and still stumble over amazing photographers from time to time. / Luxembourg by Lasse Damgaard As a photographer, what services do you offer? I’ve been a volunteer photographer for a few events, latest one held by the Danish Cancer Society, and have done some freelance work for companies from time to time, just to make a little extra on the side. I don’t always enjoy it though, since it mostly puts a stop to the creative way of thinking, because you suddenly have all sorts of rules you have to follow! Oh, and I don’t do weddings. Never again. / ARoS by Lasse Damgaard Imagine your at an exhibition opening and a potential buyers says to you “tell me about your art?” – what do you say? / / I think my answer would go something along the lines of “Art? What art? I don’t see any art around here! Just pictures!”. I’ve grown so tired of the words ‘art’ and ‘artist’, that when I hear either, they both sound strangely like ‘bullshit’! I’ve seen too many stuck-up, self absorbed, talentless people use it about themselves and the crap they make, to take it seriously – and have simply decided to boycott it! / The Passenger by Lasse Damgaard / / How well do your personal favourites sell? / / My personal favourite has surprisingly not made a single sale. Others have strangely become some of my favourites after they started selling, not because I make a little money off of them, but because it’s nice to see that people appreciate them! / / / Winterdream by Lasse Damgaard How do you price your work? / / Well, to be honest, I’m not on RedBubble to make a living. I like the fact that something I have made is out there, making someone happy, or perhaps intrigued, so I tend to set my prices low so people can afford it! / Spring by Lasse Damgaard / / How well do your limited edition prints sell compared to unlimited prints on RedBubble? I just started selling limited editions and I have to admit sales aren’t exactly going as well as they are on RedBubble… But hopefully, with a bit of luck, I’ll one day be able to make enough off of it to quit my job and travel the world! Ah yes, daydreams are wonderful, aren’t they? / Discontent by Lasse Damgaard Lasse will be dropping in on this thread so please feel free to ask questions in the comments
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Brad and Angelina were by far the biggest actors at the awards. They arrived last and the red carpet was cleared out for them. They did several laps around the red carpet, including 2 laps for the bleachers…. They did own this red carpet, without a doubt….. From The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 1.25.08 in Los Angeles, CA @ the Shrine Exposition Center. Canon 40D 28-105 Lens. More to come!! :)
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I was on my way to a job interview (2/09) a few weeks ago and crossed over a small bridge with this little stream. On the way back I just had stop and photograph this. I added the Orton effect in HDR. And for those of you who may ask how the interview went, as far as I know I did not get the job. I wish all my interviews were as beautiful as this one, enjoy: The Interview
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Sean Penn was just great in the movie Milk, based on Harvey Milk. It is truly an amazing film and he did just an amazing job! Update: 2009 OSCAR WINNER for “MILK”!!!! Congrats to him!! Update: Winner of a SAG Award for best actor for his role in Milk!!!! Woohoo!! From The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 1.25.08 in Los Angeles, CA @ the Shrine Exposition Center. Canon 40D 28-105 Lens. More to come!! :)
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Brad and Angelina were by far the biggest actors at the awards. They arrived last and the red carpet was cleared out for them. They did several laps around the red carpet, including 2 laps for the bleachers…. They did own this red carpet, without a doubt….. From The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 1.25.08 in Los Angeles, CA @ the Shrine Exposition Center. Canon 40D 28-105 Lens. More to come!! :)
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Wanna be famous?
by RedBubbleWe’re trying to drum up some more opportunities for RedBubble artists to be interviewed or featured in the media. If you’d like to be…
We’re trying to drum up some more opportunities for RedBubble artists to be interviewed or featured in the media. If you’d like to be considered, email media@redbubble.com and tell us in 50 words or less why you’d be an interesting candidate for an article. We’ll try to match up RedBubble members with media opportunities as they come through. Of course, we can’t promise you’ll be published, but at least you’re in with a chance. News Flash: / Five local melbourne newspapers are interested, so if you live in the the following areas, please mention that in your email: / 1. Stonnington: Sth Yarra, Toorak, Armadale, Malvern, Chadstone, Prahran / 2. Bayside: Brighton, Brighton East, Hampton, Sandringham, Highett, Cheltenham, Beaumaris / 3. Port Philip: Port Melbourne, Albert Park, St Kilda / 4. Glen Eira: Ripponlea, Murrumbeena, Caulfield, North Caulfield / 5. Boroondara: Ashburton, Balwyn, Balwyn North, Camberwell, Canterbury, Deepdene, Glen Iris, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Kew, Kew East, Surrey Hills
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Friend, Master Cabinet Maker, Wood & Furniture Artisan (name withheld for the moment) discussing a challenging Life Moment from his past … Eye Love this man; a Rare Gem in the world: so said because of his kind nature, incredible skill with his vision & wood-crafting hands, his care for the Planet & because he is my Elder; one of my People. Ahh-HO!
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I heart her…. She’s so funny. Heres Eva Longoria looking extremely well relaxed…wow. Her face looks so well rested. I was calling her name very loud as she wondered off. I was able to get this shot of her…... From The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 1.25.08 in Los Angeles, CA @ the Shrine Exposition Center. Canon 40D 28-105 Lens. More to come!! :)
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Interview with Glennis Siverson
by sellingGlennis Siverson is one of RedBubble’s top sellers when it comes to wall art. So I strapped her…
Glennis Siverson is one of RedBubble’s top sellers when it comes to wall art. So I strapped her down and prodded her until she told me how she does it. / Stillness in Motion by Glennis Siverson Tell us a bit about yourself as an artist Being a photographer is my day job. I hung up my corporate high heels for good in March 2008 so I could finally do what I most love doing – capturing images. I do all my own editing, filing, marketing, etc, but I hope to hire an assistant in 2009. I am at a point now where I need some help to keep up with post-production needs and keeping things organized. / The Stylist by Glennis Siverson Tell us about your sales on RedBubble / / The biggest RedBubble sale so far was a poster of my image “Lighthouse”. My most popular images are “Nude 2”, “Liu Sanjie Blue” and “Cathedral Reflected”. I only recently expanded into fine art nude work, so it’s nice that people like it. I think that with all of these images, they don’t just look like photographs, they are artistic. One person described it as “filmic”. That is my theory anyway. :-) / Liu Sanjie Blue By Glennis Siverson Where else besides RedBubble can we see and buy your work? I have a “purchase products” page on my website at www.glennisphotos.com. This page has a few links that take you to sites where my work can be bought. So far, I have had the some success with zazzle.com, but I started selling my work online just this year, so I’m still learning what’s out there and what resources are best. A corporate art dealer in Los Angeles found me through WIPI, and she recently sold 5 of my images to a hospital in California. They are hanging in a new neonatal wing at St. Mary’s in Apple Valley, CA. In September I sold quite a few prints at an arts festival, where I also was fortunate to get some local press coverage. I am planning to submit my work to a few fine art galleries in 2009 – working on that now. Hopefully my work will be accepted. / Reed Flute Cave by Glennis Siverson What creative services do you offer? Yes, I started out with a focus on stock photography, so I can do about anything. I have photographed events for MTV, Hard Rock Cafe, EA Sports and others; shot several corporate headshot assignments, recently did a couple ad campaigns and was featured in an editorial piece for Albuquerque Magazine, did a music album cover earlier this year, destination weddings (my favorite was Jamaica), birth and maternity, fine art, travel work (favorites are China and Turkey so far), and documentary. Portraiture is especially popular too, for both people and pets. I have recently been collaborating with the artist Shawhouse too. It is a lot of fun to work with someone and to come up with a piece of artwork together. He has a wonderful imagination and sense of fun. We are working on a few pieces now. / Clouds Pass By by Glennis Siverson Imagine your at an exhibition opening and a potential buyers says to / you “tell me about your art?” – what do you say? Well, I was recently notified that my work has been selected for an international exhibition with the Center for Fine Art Photography, so I’ve been asked that question. I answer by saying what others have said they like about my work. The most consistent response is that I capture feeling, not just an image. And that is usually my goal – to invoke something emotional or something that has a certain feel associated with it. I also strive to achieve creative, unique images that have been shot in a way no one else has done. / Lightning Over Adair by Glennis Siverson What of your images sells the best? Sometimes it is surprising what images are more popular than others, but I usually know when I have just captured something special… I can feel it – everything just comes together and I reach in and grab it. For example, Sweet Dreams and Late Night Billiards get enormous positive response. “Late Night Billiards” and “Liu Sanjie Blue” have also been designated as hot photos on jpgmag.com. Other very popular images are Angel of Light, Ollie, Laughter and In a Nightmare. Angel of Light and Ollie have been featured on the RB homepage. The positive response to In a Nightmare has been a surprise, because it’s a self portrait that is different from what I usually do – a bit more intense, and it was more of an experiment in light and emotion vs. my trying to get a certain look. But it worked, and I learned a lot from it. I love experimenting and not knowing exactly what the end result will be. That is the most fun for me. What rationale do you use when pricing your work? I ask if there is a specific budget allocated, I research what others are charging, and I also bought software made especially for photographers to help price and bid competitively. The Photographer’s Market book is a great resource too. / Late Night Billiards by Glennis Siverson Who buys your art? I’m still learning, and I’m thinking about my art, what I most like shooting, etc. to assess whether I should focus more on a particular style and look. It’s still evolving, which will in turn help me market to certain demographics in the future. For now, I’m trying different things and learning what feels best for me as an artist. I have discovered that I am less and less drawn to stock photography because it is too staged…. too manufactured. Life is not like that, and I like to capture life. (If that makes sense!?) / Sweet Dreams by Glennis Siverson How do you market your work online? I keep my website updated with new images, and it also has a “share this image” feature built into it; I have my website address and RedBubble address listed as part of my email signature; have profiles on Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin I send out periodic updates and new work alerts to a mailing list of folks. I have my contact information listed at WIPI and ASMP too, where I am a member. / In the Mirror by Glennis Siverson
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Adelaide Fringe Festival Parade 2009 – A great fun evening for many 1000’s of people Canon 50D / Canon 50mm f1.8 f4.0 ; 1/50sec ; ISO 100 / background desat in PS-CS3
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an earhart chappel calender / earhart and chappel on photography. / model for yakusa is kb, / kathy boui www,modelmayhem.com
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taken during the filming of tv programme.
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How shall I go in peace and without sorrow? Nay, not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city. / Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? / Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. / It is not a garment I cast off this day, bit a skin that I tear with my own hands. / Nor is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and with thirst… ...These things he said in words. But much in his heart remained unsaid. For he himself could not speak his deeper secret. “The Prophet” / Kahlil Gibran / 1883-1931 This is in the artist profile in the portfolio of cbarker – Chris. At this time of year it would serve all of us well to remember that yet another year of war and conflict in so many parts of this globe rage on with godless and cruel intent. Chris Barker has a bachelor degree in photojournalism and is a returned American serviceman with more to share than this interview allows… but a little window of light into the heart of a soldier and documentarian can be read below. 1. You have some pretty extreme images on Redbubble, there are photos of high emotions in protests, arrests and to me the irony is the passive feeling ones are of the men at war in Iraq. How would you describe the diversity of your folio given your experiences to capture such moments? The diversity of my portfolio seems to stem from that instant moment, that blink that becomes etched in stone. I cannot, and will not, ever take credit for what others do, because I feel that I am a storyteller and nothing more. Photographs are a solution, so to speak, based on certain mixtures, all dependent on that given situation and your influence upon it. I believe the irony felt between the violent images of protest compared to the passive images of war is derived from my specific involvement as a soldier. When I photographed the protests, I was not there as a demonstrator, I was there as an unbiased historian. The war is a different beast all together. I was in Iraq as a soldier, as unbiased as I could manage, and the images you see appear to capture those few peaceful moments that are so difficult to hold onto because of the incessant violence and death that we were enveloped by day in and day out. I won’t argue with the irony in it, but that is the most concise way I can describe my intentions, portraying things that most people do not picture when they think of “war.” 2. You have a bachelor degree in Photojournalism, what scenes from Iraq did you want to report on but just could not use the camera? I can honestly say, as a trained Photojournalist, it is more than incredibly paining and frustrating when something of significant importance happens in a combat zone and your instinct is to pick up your camera and shoot, but you’re more recent military experience tells you that a camera is not what you should be shooting should you choose to go home by any other means than a flag draped casket. It is a gamble and when fight or flight takes hold, you fight for what little you have. I wish I could have reported on many of my experiences in Iraq, but my safety and the safety of my men, who depended on me completely, prevented such. There is so much more going on in Iraq then anyone state-side, or even abroad, realizes; good and bad. I lost a couple of good rolls of film that I wish would have made it home and I always wonder what images that acetate held, but will never know. 3. If there was one thing that you could photograph for the rest of your life (without fear of starving to death) for the fascination of it, what would it be and why? I would probably continue to travel across Africa and try to capture those fleeting moments of joy and happiness amid the great overwhelming despair that Africa has endured over the centuries. Africa is an amazing place, that has captivated my soul, filled with incredible people that can teach us important lessons in life, family and perseverance. My heart goes out to all soldiers of all nationalities (and the suits and dollars that drive these conflicts), no matter your cause… please find a way to stop killing each other! Make it this year’s Christmas wish AND New Year’s Resolution… I am praying for Peace. Thanks for the interview Chris, hope we cross internet paths again. Kathleen
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A interview with Maggie..aka Dinghysailor1!!!
by Christopher EwingAfter going thru the process of being interviewed by micmac, my next project was to find two oth…
After going thru the process of being interviewed by micmac, my next project was to find two other people to interview. One of the very first people that came to mind was Maggie..aka dinghysailor1 I am honored to be able to give to you Maggie’s Interview. How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life? (blushes nervously and wriggles a bit..) / Well…it’s such a HUGE honour to be asked this by you Chris!! I’m still reeling and trying to get my head around being called ’ a creative person’ cos I’ve never been able to draw or paint for toffee or play music or sing…. (but do love looking and listening and growing flowers and veg in an untidy informal way..oh yes and sailing and dancing and sailing and sailing some more of course!!) Since my wonderful work buddies gave me my first digital camera a year ago I suppose I have just tried to ‘capture’ rather than ‘create’ a special moment, a trick of lighting or a glimpse of beauty so others can share and I can revisit it.. . This probably carries on from my years of family snapping (to a chorus of groans and grimaces…. sound familiar to anyone?) They are now puzzled and relieved when I ask them to move out of the way teehee… and i have been so inspired by the amazing lucky results from a simple pocket camera that I take on (nearly) every dog walk and outing! I am just now beginning to aspire to move on to something with a bit more zoom and flexibiltiy… but still love it to bits !! (its a pocket fujifilm finepix 500a ) Roving redbubble has given me enormous pleasure and inspiration and its global reach just fuels my enthusiasm for going out and about with my camera at every opportunity to see what presents… sharing fleeting beauty with others is such a positive affirming act as is writing and discussing art across continents ! Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on redbubble particularly special or meaningful Of course this has to be you Chris Ewing!! our wonderful Fogmaster himself! Since we met in the earliest days of the shots in the fog group, (3rd person from here on …. Chris has seen and encouraged something in me I didn’t know was there and when he persuaded me to let my dawn mist shot be group avater it was an incredible moment only bettered by the very first purchase of my work (by FM Himself!) which gave a warm glow I still cherish and at the same time gave me some cred with the family who were just as gobsmacked and bowled over as me …..:)) Chris has inspired with his positive and encouraging running of the fog group and I know there are so many out there that have also benefitted from his warm unpatronising and unfailingly generous support. He is also a phenomenally talented and modest photographer with a real integrity whose work is so technically good that it does not need tweaking and fiddling with !! his latest fireworks and dinosaur / shots are just amazing examples as is pollen party even better in purchased reality!! / So thanks Chris for all of the above and most especially for just being you! Tell us about five works on redbubble that have moved or inspired you? Wow that’s impossible to limit to only 5 !! everyone has had some new angle and freshness of work but here is just a small sample… but there are many many more on my watchlist and throughout this incredible site…. / “Helene Kippert”:http://www.redbubble.com/people/helene image called Horses 6 was one of the earliest pictures I encountered on rb scrolling through with a close friend who also has some difficulties learning at the rate some of us others manage… We were so mutually inspired we bought this and she has since gone on to seek out and attend many months of computing and literacy classes in the middle of busy shiftwork in order to be able to access this incredible site and more images like this one of helens… inspiring or what!!! / Craig Maquire ’s reflections and lines / Craig showed me how to upload my first digi pics and is a modest young man with great talent who at 23 has a current exhibition of his work in the prestigeous Broughton Gallery near Peebles in Scottish Borders. of course I love anything to do with the sea and the seaside and although this wonderful picture is the well deserving avater for the Stillness Speaks group it still makes me want to turn cartwheels in the soft wet rippley sand……(don’t spose I’ll ever grow up now.. :) / A work that moved me to tears is a raw powerful piece of art by a very special person who has some soaring joyful and uplifting pieces in her wonderful gallery.. by spiritinme / depression / As the sun sets by the couragous indomitable Mar Silva who inhabits the high country of Yosemite as naturally as if it were her backyard and brings it right to our screens… / / and finally Travis Easton ’s wave rock and other fine tasters of Wilson’s Promentory area are equally inspiring examples of commitment to wilderness beauty and preservation… keep it up mate! / Wave Rock / Thanks so much for all the fantastic support and encouragement over recent months!! and I have not even mentioned dear buddies like reflector, peter hill, joak, jldunn,kelly bermingham, puffling, etc ete etc etc etc…….. mates you all know who you are and what you mean to me here on this site !! hope anyone reading this will drop by anytime for a natter!!! / cheers / maggie (aka ding) / :))) Thanks Maggie for an outstanding opportunity for interviewing you :)
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I thought this photo was pretty cool because it shows all the action going on. You may also notice Brad Pitt being interviewed on the right and Kate Winslet on the left! :) From The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 1.25.08 in Los Angeles, CA @ the Shrine Exposition Center. Canon 40D 28-105 Lens. More to come!! :)
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