The Wise Fool Art Podcast

The Wise Fool Art Podcast


Photographer + Writer, Tom Griggs (Colombia + Mexico)

March 18, 2021

We discuss: - Fine art photographers often teach, marry or are born into wealth, or work in property - being a juror for competitions and grants - being an expat artist - Latin American photography - the fact that english is the prominent language in the art world - gear heads in photography - self-segregation within the photo world - renting vs owning digital cameras - how to take family stories and make them art - using text and image - making personal stories approachable - getting a photobook published - look for the side door instead of standing in line at the front door - see what you can offer people - how to format a competition submission - how to write an artist statement   3 artists he recommends: Juanita Escobar - https://juanita-escobar.format.com/ Hector Abad Faciolince - https://www.amazon.com/H%25C3%25A9ctor-Abad-Faciolince/e/B001JOI5EO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Álvaro Mutis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mutis     People + Places mentioned: F. Holland Day - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Holland_Day Photolucida - https://www.photolucida.org Prix Pictet - https://prixpictet.com John Szarkowski - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Szarkowski Margaret Bourke-White - https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/margaret-bourke-white?all/all/all/all/0 Paul Kwiatkowski - http://www.ghostguessed.com/ Mesa Estándar - https://www.mesaestandar.com/ KWY Editions - http://kwyediciones.com Gabriel García Márquez - https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez   https://www.tomgriggs.net http://www.fototazo.com   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no