This week, we begin with a listener question around passion and purpose. What drives the “why” behind your work? Should public perception/reception play a role in what or why you create or should accolades be merely a byproduct? Nicholas Nixon is our Photographer of the Week.
Links for this episode:
- Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong: Genes for music, IQ, drawing ability, and other skills.
- Beauty Is Embarrassing, A Wonderful Documentary About Pee-wee’s Playhouse Artist Wayne White
- Richard Prince: "New Portraits" - Cool Hunting
- ‘Exhibit B,’ installation art that re-created the horror of human zoos, shut down after London protesters demand closure - The Washington Post
- Amtrak is giving 24 people a 'writer's residency' on its trains | The Verge
- The U.S. Forest Service Wants to Fine You $1,000 for Taking Pictures in the Forest - Esquire
- Microsoft and Adobe team up to make Photoshop way better for touchscreens | The Verge
- Adobe project brings Photoshop to Chrome, Chrome OS - CNET
- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Monologue: Glengarry, Bob Ross.
- Glengarry Glen Ross speech - YouTube
- Nicholas Nixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Interview with Nicholas Nixon
- Forty Portraits in Forty Years - NYTimes.com
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
- Become Ocean | Cantaloupe Music
- OTP G+ Group
Assignment: #EmptyStreet
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