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

 
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EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway
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