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Slingsby Theatre Company, the end of an era.
Early on in my career, I shot a show for an up-and-coming director named Andy Packer. He formed Slingsby Theatre Company, and I became part of the creative team. Their premise was to make powerful, dramatic works specifically for a youth audience. Slingsby created a big-hearted universe of magic realism as a vehicle to explore the depth of the human experience.
Is it a beautiful photograph, or a photograph of something beautiful?
How often have we been duped by the glamour of the subject matter and have taken a snapshot rather than an image crafted with intent?
How creating art makes us better people.
Making art is a physical activity.
It will feed you in both the doing and increased development of your skillsets. There is a huge satisfaction from engagement in a project and being productive. Constantly pushing into unconventional areas of thought keeps our minds flexible and striving for new ideas; which equals a better version of us.