On October 17th, I attended Brooke Shaden's lecture, which was sponsored by the Society of Design. I didn't have any expectations because I didn't know of Brooke Shaden, nor her work. Well, I was pleasantly surprised with what she had to say.
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| Brooke Shaden |
This young photographer talked about inspiration and living a creative life. She was very uplifting, and I must add that Shaden is a wonderful motivator. She explained that inspiration could be found anywhere and anytime. She stated that we were all artists and that it wasn't necessary to find a perfect spot or moment to create.
For Shaden, an artist is a problem solver, a creative thinker, someone confident to call himself or herself an artist.
She explained how her creative process works; from the conception of her ideas, to the execution of a plan to produce the images she imagined. She draws inspiration from everything, especially, her relationships (all of them: friends, family, people in general), jobs, interactions, locations, etc.
She talked about the importance of surrounding oneself with people one loves.
Brooke Shaden loves to represent beauty and mystery on her
photos. She creates imaginary spaces using Photoshop, starting with a
concept, and all within a budget. Shaden continued to make a mini demo of her process, which was very illuminating to me, but what I appreciated the most, was the idea of learning to inspire oneself, starting with nothing.
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