Artists Describing Their Art:
Harvey Horowitz - The artistic philosophy that has inspired me in composing my photographs over the last fifty plus years is really quite simple: It is to capture something extraordinary in what is otherwise commonplace to the casual observer. I am fortunate that the gallery which represents me in Montreal, Beaux Arts David Astrof, has shared my point of view. While the artist's conception is important in-so-far-as it expresses something original (and/or freshens how we perceive the world around us), I believe it is equally important that the concept be inspiring and not merely cleverly unique. Photography is not currently my main source of income. My livelihood is management consultation work which takes me around the world. It is traveling, with its expatriate experience of being apart from the familiar, which infects my vision and shapes my choice of perspective. This fuels my inspiration to create a photograph imbued with the magic of that particular setting at that particular moment in time. While travel is a big part of what motivates my creative process, it is this "stranger in a strange land" experience which influences all my work. In my last solo exhibition with Beaux Arts David Astrof, ...
Carol Tipping - Carol Tipping - aka - Carol Ballard/ Carolyn Taylor. PT lecturer John Moore's University, Liverpool. Wirral Metropolitan College, U.K - at the same time as painting and showing work in mixed and one-man exhibitions in Liverpool. Changed direction and studied Astrology. 1989 Astrologer for Radio City Gold, Liverpool. Combining photography with painting has been what I was always looking for. I like the fact that I can create anything that I want and still look for innovative ways to work with this medium. Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society in March 2002 - work accepted in the London Salon of Photography 2000 (medal) 2001, 2002 (medal) 2003, 2008 and 2009, the Austrian Supercircuit and the Royal Photographic Society Print Exhibition 2002 /2003.. Exhibited in Deland, Florida, Oct.2002. Feb 2008 Awarded AFIAP by the The International Federation of Photographic Art. Awarded Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society 2009 NOV 2009 Awarded FELLOWSHIP of the ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Featured artist for Wacom Europe