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EP009: A Mom & Wife's Story of Her Return to a Full-Time Photography Career After a Hiatus Working and Raising Her Daughter - Meet Andrea Cox
The title really says it all. You may recognise this story if you are a parent who used to spend the majority of your time creating art prior to having children. You may even stop to think about those days gone by and wish that you were still as active creatively as you used to be. This story from Andrea Cox is a wonderful reminder that no matter how many years you take away from your art - you can always return to it and pick right up where you left off. We had a wonderful conversation and not only did we bond over creativity, we even had a childhood memory/location in common that really set the conversation off on a great foot. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it for you. Thank you for being here and thank you for listening.
In Andrea's words:
I started making art for myself before I knew what art was. While spending summer mornings on
Keuka Lake in New York State, I’d always tell my Grandma to look at the clouds. And
one day she handed me her 35mm film camera, showed me how to load it, and I
shot a whole roll of clouds. When Grandma developed them, she said out loud “I
never saw that in the sky that day. How did you capture that?”
I do what I do because I see the way that I see. And then I show it to others, so that
they may see what was right there, but in a different way.
I currently work in both digital and film photography. My digital setup is an Olypmus
Pen-F micro 4/3rds sensor camera body with multiple Olympus and Panasonic
lenses. I also own and use a Nikon EM 35mm film camera that my mother gave me
from 1979, usually with a 50mm lens. Some of my favorite cameras to use are
Holgas, plastic toy cameras that were made popular in Asia throughout the 1980s
and 90s, and then mainstream in the USA in the 2010s. I usually shoot 120mm
medium format film through those, although in a pinch I can use 35mm in those as
well.
I relish my time in the darkroom. Digital photography has allowed me to advance
with the times. It has also afforded me easier ways to explore more difficult shooting
scenarios, like the night sky. However, film photography will always produce that
nostalgia I’m chasing. Much of my current work explores the Western Landscape
and the Night Sky, my natural environment. I choose to shoot these in ways that
evoke nostalgia and a sense of time. My color choices; bold, punchy blues and split
tones, bring the viewer to a surreal setting in their mind. I take what is there in front
of me, and alter it into a far away dreamscape.
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To learn more about Andrea, or connect with her further, you can follow the links below:
Facebook Personal: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.jean.brough/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreacox_dreambuilder/
Website: https://ajb-photography.mykajabi.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqFhqVGypUQ4TzT1vksNeiA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajbphotography/
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Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/reconnectingtotheartistwithin
Mike's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebeatdoc
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By Michael MurrayThe title really says it all. You may recognise this story if you are a parent who used to spend the majority of your time creating art prior to having children. You may even stop to think about those days gone by and wish that you were still as active creatively as you used to be. This story from Andrea Cox is a wonderful reminder that no matter how many years you take away from your art - you can always return to it and pick right up where you left off. We had a wonderful conversation and not only did we bond over creativity, we even had a childhood memory/location in common that really set the conversation off on a great foot. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it for you. Thank you for being here and thank you for listening.
In Andrea's words:
I started making art for myself before I knew what art was. While spending summer mornings on
Keuka Lake in New York State, I’d always tell my Grandma to look at the clouds. And
one day she handed me her 35mm film camera, showed me how to load it, and I
shot a whole roll of clouds. When Grandma developed them, she said out loud “I
never saw that in the sky that day. How did you capture that?”
I do what I do because I see the way that I see. And then I show it to others, so that
they may see what was right there, but in a different way.
I currently work in both digital and film photography. My digital setup is an Olypmus
Pen-F micro 4/3rds sensor camera body with multiple Olympus and Panasonic
lenses. I also own and use a Nikon EM 35mm film camera that my mother gave me
from 1979, usually with a 50mm lens. Some of my favorite cameras to use are
Holgas, plastic toy cameras that were made popular in Asia throughout the 1980s
and 90s, and then mainstream in the USA in the 2010s. I usually shoot 120mm
medium format film through those, although in a pinch I can use 35mm in those as
well.
I relish my time in the darkroom. Digital photography has allowed me to advance
with the times. It has also afforded me easier ways to explore more difficult shooting
scenarios, like the night sky. However, film photography will always produce that
nostalgia I’m chasing. Much of my current work explores the Western Landscape
and the Night Sky, my natural environment. I choose to shoot these in ways that
evoke nostalgia and a sense of time. My color choices; bold, punchy blues and split
tones, bring the viewer to a surreal setting in their mind. I take what is there in front
of me, and alter it into a far away dreamscape.
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To learn more about Andrea, or connect with her further, you can follow the links below:
Facebook Personal: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.jean.brough/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreacox_dreambuilder/
Website: https://ajb-photography.mykajabi.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqFhqVGypUQ4TzT1vksNeiA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajbphotography/
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Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/reconnectingtotheartistwithin
Mike's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebeatdoc