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Still Lifes

Still Lifes

ByJohn Maillard

John Maillard’s visual anthology of private mythologies and whimsy is at once an intensely personal exploration of photography as a tool for storytelling, a tribute to the often vexed process of creativityand a benchmark for digital age darkroom practices. The Photography and Multimedia Programme Leader at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology’s School of Art & Design, Maillard’s work embodies the spirit of creation described by humanistic philosopher Erich Fromm as “the courage to let go of certainties”. An effortless and natural activity in our first few years in this world, creativity requires us to untether ourselves from the secure hitching post of convention and to submit with a childlike disregard of tradition to the process of enchantment.

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Publication Date
Oct 1, 2011
Language
English
Category
Art & Photography
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All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
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By (author): John Maillard

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