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Freedom’s Ride by Gail Mooney and Tom Kelly

Ian Summers — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:08:51 +0000

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Gail Mooney and Tom Kelly document a group of students retracing the steps of the Freedom Riders of the early sixties. The students will never forget this event. After seeing this documentarty, neither will I.

Gail and Tom know that I am a long time fan. A trailer for Open Your Eyes. Gail ‘s nine month adventure with her daughter Erin may be seen Gail’s blog. . It is superb and proves that anything may be done when it comes from the heart.

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Montana: Real Places. Real People. by Thomas Lee

Ian Summers — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:56:58 +0000

Kickstarter, A Place where people support creators of all kinds of projects. Heartstormer Thomas Lee, photographer and Alan Kesselheim, essayist have until December 22nd to meet their goal of $3500. They have about a thousand dollars to go. Kickstarter is an all or nothing at all proposition. I invite you all to see this video and to contribute whatever you can to help bring this venture into being. Click below f to see the video then click the link below the frame for more information and to make your pledge at Kickstarter.

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Storytelling

Ian Summers — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:06:26 +0000

What’s Your Story?

Many years ago, when the Earth was still young and we were crawling out of the primordial sludge, I was a high school art teacher. That was my first adult job. But that is another story. I had a student who always used the expression ‘What’s the story?’ as a kind of greeting. I thought he was interested in hearing my story, so I usually made some time to share stories that were sometimes real and sometimes fiction. ‘What’s the story?’ means ‘Wassup?’ in today’s vernacular.

I have written many articles about the value of storytelling in the creative process.

With the impending death of interruption advertising, consumers will be choosing when and how they receive information.Storytelling will help brands stand out and differentiate products and services to specific prospects. Agencies such as http://storyworldwide.com are hip to this and are helping their clients tell their brands’ stories.

Sometimes stories are found in our early childhood experiences. These stories often herald the person we have become. This story by the great writer Stephen King is such a story.

I invite all of my readers to contribute stories and.or photographs that represent how your earliest childhood experience may enhance an understanding of who you are and what makes you different. Your brand.

How to Tell A Story

Mark Twain.

The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty

story is French. The humorous story depends upon the manner of the

telling; the comic story and the witty story upon the matter… the humorous

story is strictly a work of art — high and delicate art — and only an artist can

tell it… the humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal

the fact that he dimly suspects there is something funny about it.

Multimedia is Not a Panacea!

My concern is that so many still photographers believe they ‘should’ learn multimedia as a survival action rather than having heard the calling.

Vision is a calling. A calling is an inner urge or a strong impulse, a passion, some believe a calling may be divinely inspired. How will the world

be a different place as a result of your visit on the planet? What is your calling? What is it that you feel the urge and passion to bring into being no matter what?

Stalking in Camden ME

We might have been arrested for this, but it built character.

William Kentridge – Storyteller

Artist’s Statement and Autobiographical Animated Video

Idea Stimulator – How to Tell an Infinite Number of Stories

I invented a device that force fits story elements through juxtapositions that invite innovative storytelling. This tool is revealed in its entirety. Feel free to use it whenever you desire.
Graphic Novels:

The Power of Words and Pictures

Isness – The Making of a Photographic Novel

How Stavit Allweis used Kickstarter to fund her photographic novel

How Messing with Mr. In-Between Makes Gutter Talk More Interesting

How to structure a graphic novel

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Jason Lindsey & Enrique Pacheco Host a Filmmaking Time-Lapse Adventure Trip to Iceland

Ian Summers — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:36:24 +0000

Don’t miss this one.

Jason Lindsey is a passionate photographer and environmentalist.

I highly recommend this adventure in

DSLR filmmaking and time-lapse photography.

Check it out!

It’s worth the trip to Jaon’s website to investigate his creativity and expertise.

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Superfad: The World at 1000 Frames per Second

Ian Summers — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:24:17 +0000

What is Superfad?

Superfad is a brand-driven design and live action production company. We are a collective of designers, directors, animators, and artists. Our mission is to see brands in unexpected ways and to express a brand’s voice in an undeniably original fashion.

Superfad’s work runs counter to the trend of design studios who present a singular house style. With offices in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and London, our work is informed by a wide array of cultural and intellectual influences. Fine art, science, math, and literature are fused with illustration, photography, and technology to produce stunningly original imagery.

Superfad was founded in 2001 and has produced award-winning work for many of the most respected brands worldwide. Honda, Sony, Target, Adidas, and AT&T are just a few of the companies who have turned to Superfad for inspired branding.

The World at 1000 Frames per Second

Created for SONY Make.Believe by Superfad

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Gail Mooney — The Power of One in Making a Difference

Ian Summers — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:32:50 +0000

I met Tom Kelly and Gail Mooney (aka Kelly Mooney) for the first time about 25 years ago when I was CD at The Creative Black Book. Tom and Gail were amongst my first clients when I left the Black Book and started Ian Summers’ Creativity Workshops. That was 23 years ago. I remember that Gail was pregnant with their daughter Erin whom I see is 23 years old and embarking on a great adventure with her Mom. Gail and Erin are sharing their dream of making a difference. Check this out!

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Mother/Daughter Team Circle the Globe Creating Documentary Spotlighting The Power of One in Making a Difference

April 29, 2010

Brookside, NJ…Photographer/filmmaker Gail Mooney, and her 23-year-old daughter, Erin Kelly, will be departing New York City May 25, 2010 to produce and film a documentary, Opening Our Eyes, about ordinary people who are making a positive difference globally, on a grass roots level. Mooney and Kelly will return on September 2, 2010, after circling the globe filming people on 6 continents. Their first stop is Entebbe, Uganda; from there they will travel to Turkey, Poland, Russia, India, Nepal, Thailand, Australia, Peru and Argentina.

Mooney who has been shooting for over 30 years, has been published by National Geographic and Smithsonian and has produced and filmed three documentaries. Kelly graduated from Northwestern University in June 2009 majoring in anthropology and international studies.

According to Mooney, “I’ve spent a career and a lifetime telling stories with my camera. It’s what I do and who I am. I am now coming full circle to my beginnings, and am embarking on another world journey – but this time with my daughter Erin, who is bound to discover her own path.” Mother and daughter are setting out – around the world – to make a documentary that features people who are truly “making a difference”; ordinary people who have followed their dreams, passions and ambitions, and are doing extraordinary things. Their hope is that through their eyes and the film created, they will open others’ eyes about what they can do to effect a positive change in our world. The goal is to show the power of one – the power of the individual.

The story of the journey has already started and can be followed by logging on to the project’s website and blog. The blog will journal the trip and documentary by sharing Mooney and Kelly’s personal experiences, their subjects, and the making of the documentary itself from a professional’s point of view.

Mooney has spent a career and lifetime traveling the world on assignment for major magazines and institutions. Growing up, Erin frequently joined her mother on her assignments that took her all over the world, but this is the first time they will be working together. It will be the opportunity of a lifetime and a life changing experience.”

Part of the story of this “passion project” is how it is self-funded, using airline miles, hotel rewards and American Express points, along with a little help from their friends. Some gear has been donated in-kind. All donations of gear or accommodations are considered and appreciated.

See trailers for other documentaries that Gail has produced at Freedom’s Ride and The Delta Bluesmen.

Please follow their journey and make others aware at Opening Our Eyes

http://openingoureyes.wordpress.com/

For an interview with Gail Mooney click here
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Sure, much of this is true. But, I loved it anyway.

Ian Summers — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:24:56 +0000

Thanks to Arthur Meyerson.

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Creative Juices — How to Encourage Flow

Ian Summers — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:54:10 +0000

I have dedicated a major part of my life searching for an understanding of the creative process. Here is a video that will show you how to nurture creative juices. Please let me know what you think.

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William Kentridge Speaks at MFA Boston

Ian Summers — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:05:16 +0000

Shortly after the previous post about William Kentridge I received a very generous offer and kind words from George Scharoun, New Media Specialist at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where William Kentridge recently spoke. Here are three interesting videos posted with his permission. Thanks George.

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William Kentridge’s Artist Statement and Animated Videos

Ian Summers — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:56:55 +0000

This post is for all of you who are interested in storytelling. These unique personal stories dreamed and drawn and erased and re-drawn for animation are amazing. Kentridge’s stories are certainly multimedia pieces. There are many other examples on You Tube. Google William Kentridge. I am very interested in hearing what you think.

History of the Main Complaint (1996)

For a synopsis of the film click here.

Weighing… And Wanting (1997)

Artist’s statement:

“I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending – an art (and a politics) in which optimism is kept in check, and nihilism at bay.”

On living a lifetime in Johannesburg: “I have never been able to escape Johannesburg, and in the end, all my work is rooted in this rather desperate provincial city. I have never tried to make illustrations of apartheid, but the drawings and the films are certainly spawned by, and feed off, the brutalised society left in its wake.”

On his drawings: “The drawings don’t start with ‘a beautiful mark’. It has to be a mark of something out there in the world. It doesn’t have to be an accurate drawing, but it has to stand for an observation, not something that is abstract, like an emotion.”

Quotations from William Kentridge by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (1998), Societé des Expositions du Palais de Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles.

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