Author: David H. Wells
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David Wells mines his archive
In this Zoom presentation I discuss how I spent time mining my photographic archive. This presentation was partly a byproduct of my being home-bound at the start of the pandemic. The next factor adding to the mix was the changing market for publication images. Many of the photo agencies that I once worked with have
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Jill Enfield goes Zooming with the Wells Point
This Zoom presentation features Jill Enfield, a fine art photographer in conversation with Annu P. Matthew. Jill is an author and educator who is known for her instruction of hand coloring, wet plate collodion, and an array of other photo processes at Parsons The New School for Design, Fashion Institute of Photography, New York University,
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Elizabeth Greenberg Zooms into the Wells Point
This Zoom recording features Elizabeth Greenberg, an artist and educator living on the coast of Maine. Elizabeth speaks about her work and motivations. Elizabeth’s passion for photography has been her guide for living a life and a career immersed in a daily conversation about looking at and making pictures. She studied photography at Rhode Island
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Marky Kauffmann at the Wells Point
This Zoom presentation features Marky Kauffmann who has been working as a fine-art photographer and curator for more than thirty years. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2017 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist’s Fellowship in Photography. Kauffmann utilizes traditional darkroom techniques, alternative processes, and digital technologies to create her unique images. Kauffmann is
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Deconstructing a shoot with the Wells Point
In this presentation I am following up on a question from a student who asked, “Can you belt a video camera to your head and take us along on a shoot?” It took me a while to figure out the technology and to find an appropriate shoot, but that is exactly what I did. This
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Stephanie Alavaerz-Ewens at the Wells Point
This Zoom recording features Stephanie Alvarez Ewens, who has been a photojournalist, documentary photographer, and portrait photographer for over twenty years. Stephanie lives in Cranston, Rhode Island with her two daughters and husband. Stephanie graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Economics, but it was a photography class her senior year that propelled
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Laurie Klein Zooming with the Wells Point
Renowned photographer and educator, Laurie Klein talked about how as photographers we are motivated, creating imagery to work through the pain, angst of the unknown, as well as celebrate the silver linings through the creative expression of photography. As a single mom who raised and supported two sons soley through her photography, she would photograph
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David Wells goes Zooming with the Wells Point
In this Zoom presentation I shared my interest in my favorite topic, in-depth visual narratives. I explored what motivated me to do the projects and the steps I went through from the initial idea to the final project.
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Embracing Failure
Out of the blue, I received an e-mail from someone who described themselves as a “personal brand strategist who helps creative people shine online and share their talent with the world.” He wanted to talk with me about failure. To be honest, I was sure it was a scam and so I put up all
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Making of a documentary short
My short documentary video, Farm Time, premiered in June of 2017 at the New Haven Documentary Film Festival. Being juried into a film festival tells me that a given video is in fact good, since succeeds in the eyes of others who get paid to look at lots of films. I am often asked what is the process