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Dad's snapshots unchained to become a crown of slides for the artists

Dad's Snapshots Unchained: Can Baby Boomers Embrace Their Fine Artist?

May 25, 2024

Baby boomers embrace their fine artist when they recognize the parallel between family snapshots and the work of some very famous photographers.  The masters and their curators find brilliance in the snapshot aesthetic.  

Check  in your attic, your closet, your shed or behind those five boxes of tax returns and check registers (remember them?).  There’s a dusty box with the packing tape peeling off and it’s filled with possibilities.  Dad’s snapshots want to be unchained, so baby boomers-embrace your fine artist self.

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In success, upcycle Tags snapshots, fine art, creativity, experimentation
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Sketchbook vs. Sketchbook

January 1, 2024

What is a sketchbook? Depends. It could be a vast stockpile of trial and error efforts all on the path to finished work completed elsewhere.  A sketchbook could also be a finished work in its own right, a showpiece, every page its own complete and final piece of art.

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Tags sketchbooks, sketchbooks experimentation, showpiece, finished work, perfectionism, experimentation, practice
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