Photography & Artistry

This month’s program will focus on artistry in photography. Will Clay says that a definition of “art” fits a pattern that can be applied to all art forms: painting, sculpting, playing and composing music, authoring, or whatever. The definition fits all art forms—including photography. The controversy is a photographer’s work can “theoretically” be reproduced by anybody with a camera, but that does not happen. Why? The great portrait photographer, Yousuf Karsh, was approached by an attendee at one of his exhibits who said, “You have been so lucky to make all these great photographs!”. His response: “Why is it always the same photographers who are lucky?” Indeed, why? This program answers the question.

About Our Speaker

Former Professor of Botany, Willard Clay, has been a full-time photographer since 1982. Specializing in large format photography, Will has been the primary photographer for nine coffee table books and has been published in a myriad of calendars, magazines, books, and advertising agencies. His portfolio consists of large format film and high-resolution digital files ready for publication.

You can see some of Will’s work at his website http://www.willardclayphotography.com.

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