However, instead of doing that, he reinvested the money into himself and considered the ways that he could turn that one grant into more money in order to continue funding his work. He told me that it would have been easy with that first grant to use the money to go out and buy a single piece of expensive equipment. you will be able to grow your fine art career more effectively and sustainably than if you ignore the business side of things.įor example, Kern’s work is heavily funded by grants. However, by thinking like an entrepreneur. Kern’s fourth piece of advice may seem to contradict what we are sometimes told in the art world. I’ve written articles on finding inspiration before, but as Kern suggests, looking at lots of work (and it doesn’t have to be just photography), reading books, and watching films are great ways to keep that inspiration alive. If you lose sight of that, it is quite likely that it will come across in your work as well. One key to success in any area of photography is to stay inspired. This advice happens to be number five on his top five tips as well. I followed my gut, but also looked at work in museums, books, galleries, and film for inspiration. We owe it to our talents to grow and nourish them, not leave them for when we return home, exhausted. Otherwise, the risk of burnout is too high. I prioritize personal work center for my creative practice. I asked him why he has been making this transition, and his response is valuable advice for all photographers: For some, it may seem an odd choice then that he somewhat pivoted to start up a fine art side to his practice. Kern had a successful wedding and portrait photography business going.
#Abby fine art series
He is also working on a video series for this project, which I highly recommend checking out! He currently has a new book coming out, which you can find more information on and purchase on his website. Kern is a photographer creating work related to ideas surrounding home, ancestry, and sense of place. Kern in his home studio, where we chatted about his art and career. I recently caught up with Minneapolis-based artist R. I sat down with him one afternoon to pick his brain on his top five tips for emerging fine art photographers. Kern has managed to find success not only as a wedding photographer but now as a fine art photographer as well. Abby Elizabeth creates her pieces using hundreds to thousands of grains of rice, barley, and wheat, as well as corn kernels and children’s toys.Finding success in a single area of the photography industry is no small task. In this exhibition, the artist explores modern farming and the food industry's effect on young children through iconic images. After the birth of her first son, Abby relocated to New Jersey, where she currently lives and works. In June 2014, she was a featured artist with Lugano-based Five Gallery during Art Basel Week in Switzerland at SCOPE Basel. Over the past three years, Abby has exhibited her work during Miami Art Basel Week with Paradigm Gallery + Studio as part of SELECT Fair 2013 and SCOPE Miami Beach 2014. In October of 2011, she completed a commission for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society that was unveiled at their annual Light the Night Walk at the Philadelphia Art Museum. In May of 2010, she was awarded the highly competitive NewCourtland Artist Fellowship through The Center for Emerging Visual Artists as well as the Maplewood Manor Artist Fellowship the following year. In January of 2009, she won First Place in the Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art’s annual juried art competition. She has since exhibited her work both national and internationally, including group exhibitions in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Tennessee, and South Korea as well three solo exhibitions in the Philadelphia area. Bio // Abby Elizabeth graduated in 2004 with a BFA in Crafts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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