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Founders, Freelancers & Rebels: new book dispels the fear of going solo

Creative Boom

Imposter syndrome A theme she returns to time and time again is imposter syndrome. Making the time to pursue a passion or talent is a big theme for many of my clients. I used to work in financial PR as an account director, and the 2008 financial crisis meant I was made redundant," she recalls.

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Embodying Characters of Dreams and Confronting Fears Through Self-Portrait Photography of Brooke Shaden

Design You Trust

In 2008, she turned to photography, enjoying the solitude of creation and the opportunity to embody different characters. Her work often revolves around themes such as death and rebirth, or beauty and decay. More: Instagram After studying film in college, she discovered that her passion for storytelling was not limited to one medium.

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Photographer Sally Mann Wins 2021 Prix Pictet for Series on Wildfires

Design You Trust

The theme of the ninth Prix Pictet was fire. Her winning series, Blackwater (2008-2012), explores the devastating wildfires that enveloped the Great Dismal Swamp in south-eastern Virginia, where the first slave ships docked in America.

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Out Now: Azure’s 300th Issue!

Azure Magazine

One of the most ambitious editions Azure ever produced was our first-ever city-focused issue, “How to Build a Great City” (Sept 2008). For that reason, we decided that “Civic Impact” should be the theme of this issue.

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Grime photographer Simon Wheatley on how to capture street scenes in just 24 hours

Creative Boom

Sponsored by MPB , the online platform for used photography and videography equipment, Photo 24 sends participants out on a series of themed challenges. You need some kind of theme, or reason, to be in a particular area. Each year, Photography News puts on a unique photography challenge that takes place in London. © Simon Wheatley.

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Bunch Auctions Offers 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art From the Stephen Heighton Collection

Colossal

He was a prolific collector and curated several Manhattan gallery exhibitions, in which he revisited themes of sexuality and sexism, along with the history and perceptions of race. Nina Chanel Abney’s “Brothers in Blood”(2008), acrylic on canvas, 44 x 34.5 ” (2007), acrylic on plywood, 50 x 38 inches.

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Expo 2023 Buenos Aires Branding and Visual Identity

Abduzeedo

The concept & theme of the event we worked on was science, innovation, art and creativity for human development. Expo 2023 Buenos Aires Branding and Visual Identity. abduzeedo 06.23.21 In November 2019 Stato ® delivered a proposal for the Expo 2023 Buenos Aires branding and visual identity contest. Creative industries in digital convergence.

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