“Even though I have friends, family and people around me, I still feel a certain level of disconnect and loneliness. I know I spend a lot more time alone than with others, and that’s not really a bad thing.”
-Get Up
Introduction by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Interview & Photographsy by Theo Constantinou
Staring at a computer screen dazed and exploring levels of media, I see a thin, tall, obelisk-like horse painted in red on a stone wall. The kicker is ...
“It is very important to me to document my memories. The past is prologue: it tells us where we were and can give us clues where we are going. I like to believe our emotional lives, our memories, extend beyond this world somehow. I have to believe that this spirit in us doesn’t just disappear, but I don’t believe art creates immortality; all art will one day be gone.”
-Jordan Sullivan
Introduction by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Interview by Theo ...
“I think happiness equates to peace of mind. And I think, yes, people need to work for happiness. I don’t think anything in life comes without hard work, and if it does, then its probably undeserved. I’m an advocate for perseverance, and once one attains what it is they aspire, then I am an advocate for humility and appreciation.”
-Andrew Salgado
Introduction by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Interview Theo Constantinou
A folded map bears lines of journeys taken off course; a ...
“Adults grow up and they are forced to stop creating because of pressure from the rest of society. It’s “normal” to draw, color, act a fool when one is young. For some reason, a lot of grown-ups think its immature to “waste” ones time making things. It’s a damn shame that so many art programs in schools around the US are being cut. It’s the most important thing a child can learn: it stimulates the ...
“I think freedom is fearlessness. It’s kind of like being able to step off a cliff in a way and trust the fact that you’ll guide yourself to whatever the hell it was you were looking for.”
-Steve Linden
Interview by Theo Constantinou & Introduction by Sarah Stuve from Wonderpuss Octopus
Steve Linden was working with strips of linoleum from old tenement buildings in the Bronx during the late 1970s, creating geometric 2D shapes that gave the allusion ...
“And that’s just all there is to it. Don’t care about what other people think about what you’re doing, if you’re inspired to do something, if you want to do something, if you have some kind of feeling that you should do something … then you should just do it; don’t let what other people’s preconceived ideas of good behavior, or whatever it is, limit you to thinking what you should and shouldn’t do.”
-Glen E. ...
“Travel has really always been a theme in all of my works and by that, home has almost been a theme even in its absence.”
-Mikael Kennedy
Paradigm Magazine & Studio Christensen Present:
The Last Showing of ‘The Odysseus’
Photographs by Mikael Kennedy
Opening Reception | Feb 10th 6pm-9pm
Studio Christensen 333 South 20th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
“When you buy something cheap, you start to feel bad as it starts to fall apart quickly. You have a sadness that comes with the disappointment with the lack of care that went into the thing. You start to feel bad about it and want to move on. This applies to everything in your life whether it is homes, objects, or people. So it’s important to choose wisely.”
-Michael Mundy
Introduction & Interview by Theo Constantinou
In ...
“Copy everything until you hit upon your own personal style. Do it because you love it, not because it’s a job. In this profession I have good days and bad days, but I need to occasionally remind myself that I create pictures for a living, and that ain’t bad!”
-Colin Johnson
Introduction & Interview by Theo Constantinou
Colin Johnson’s piece Everything & Nothing, has a quote by Eugene Delacroix, “The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves ...
“I feel that my photography is just an extension of my love of people-watching. I am interested in the way people project themselves to the world. I like reading peoples’ faces or hand gestures and seeing how they dress because it allows you know so much about a stranger without having to have a conversation with them.”
-Grant Hatfield
I was first turned on to Grant Hatfield‘s photography by Ed Templeton, skateboard legend and artist extraordinaire. I ...
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