Artist Talk — Jessica Todd Harper
Episode Summary
Jessica Todd Harper uses photography to capture the poetic beauty of everyday life within a contemporary family.
In this conversation, Jessica discusses, among other things:
Mining family narratives
Focusing on what's in front of you
Working with light
The influence of teachers
Wrestling with the materiality of now
Transcending the ordinary
Photojournalism vs art
One ‘good’ photo a month
Life fitting into photography
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Interior Exposure by Jessica Todd Harper and Sarah McNear
The Home Stage by Jessica Todd Harper
Kinship, The National Portrait Gallery
Bo Barlett at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Undo Motherhood by Diana Karklin
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Maine Media Photography Workshops
Published by Damiani Editore