Todd Muskopf's background as a fine art painter, art teacher, and senior high school photographer have all contributed to his current passion, the Classic Beauty Project. Through this project, participants experience a modern day photo shoot in the style of old Hollywood. Todd provides the wardrobe, props, lighting and artistic vision. But his photo subjects bring a special energy to the project. Something that goes well beyond glamour. Todd is here to share their stories.
Christopher presents ideas that he has developed through his personal photography project of taking a picture every day since 2005. He displays the beauty of everyday life through his photos.
Speaker Denise Bossarte is a Miksang Contemplative Photography practitioner and certified teacher. With this practice, she engages in a photographic process that is a direct connection with the world in the present moment. Through Miksang, she captures images revealing the extraordinary in the ordinary world.
Janna Gibson is an American living in Vientiane who believes that "framing a shot that focuses on beauty within a culture has helped positively shape my perspective." She shares her exploration of iPhone photography, the social media outlets used for sharing her stories, and #RealLaosProject, the current photography project she's working on. She urges us to see the beauty that is around us.
"Photography gives me a medium to escape from daily routine life by creating something beautiful"
In Extreme Beauty from PechaKucha Night Tokyo Vol. 137, Fashion photographer Apple Chua shares in depth how she turned her passion into her career. She pushed the boundary of incorporating her hobby of hiking volcanoes into her commissioned works to create photos that comprised an epic and cinematic composition of colors, glamour, elegance, and whimsical femininity that is coupled with a futuristic look and inspirations from the renaissance era. That certain elusive quality became her signature style.
Stephanie Teng talks about her involvement with Lensational, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to empower women through photography by recycling and redistributing used cameras to women in developing countries, and teaching the basics of equipment and composition.
Claudia Ammirata opens up about how she found a new life through photography after the loss of her husband. Photography became a form of art therapy that lead to publishing her own book, "Ephemeral Beauty," that uses flowers as the vehicle to interpret the metaphor of life.
Claire Rose presents a walk on the wild side...with light.
Art and the concept of beauty are all very personal. What is beautiful to one - may be abhorrent to another. Muriel Borders’ presentation highlights some of the unscripted moments of her concept of beauty. Many of these photographs are taken with a Sony Alpha 7, although some are taken with mobile phones as Muriel often finds herself in situations of fleeting beauty, without a camera, and has learned to make do with what I have at that moment so as not to lose the moment.
