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Celebrity photographer Chris Floyd shares six pieces of career advice everyone can learn from

Creative Boom

You may not have heard of British photographer and filmmaker Chris Floyd, but you've almost certainly seen his work – especially if you were young in the 1990s when he began his career in celebrity portraiture with some of the leading lights of the Britpop scene. I'd been to see the art editor, I reckon, at least four times," he recalls.

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‘Visible Mending’ Weaves Tales of Emotional Repair, One Stitch at a Time

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  “I think people, they need something that’s for them, just to concentrate on,” says the voiceover in the opening scene of the short documentary “ Visible Mending ,” published recently as part of the Op-Docs series from The New York Times. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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February 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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The Susannah Kelly Art Award Featured The newly launched Susannah Kelly Art Award offers three $2,000 grants for artists working in drawing, painting, and sculpting. Sony Future Filmmaker Awards (International) The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards elevates voices that bring a fresh perspective to storytelling.

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Photographer by Ruth Orkin Captured Stunning Color Photographs of New York City in the 1950s

Design You Trust

Ruth Orkin was a trailblazing photojournalist and filmmaker, whose passion for photography began at a young age. She briefly attended Los Angeles City College to pursue her love for the craft, but fate had other plans for her. It was a gift that would change the course of her life. h/t: vintag.es

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October 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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BLINK Cincinnati Call for Artists Featured With the highly anticipated return of its massive public art spectacle, BLINK, Illuminated by ArtsWave, is calling for artists working in light-based experiential installation, murals, projection mapping, digital art, or animation to submit proposals for the October 17 to 20, 2024, event.

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January 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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-based artists and arts workers of any discipline are eligible to apply for this three-year fellowship. Open Calls The Aperture Portfolio Prize (International) Photographers are encouraged to submit innovative bodies of work that haven’t been previously published or exhibited. Applicants must subscribe to the magazine to enter.

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A helpful guide to marketing for creative freelancers who want to quit Instagram

Creative Boom

"We've even been collaborating with other creators on YouTube channels and in podcasts to talk about the industry and, by extension, our own work within it," says creator, filmmaker and broadcaster Neil Evans. I've always enjoyed it for collecting images I like, but recently I've been using it much more to add my art," he says.

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