honorable mention
J. Fredric May united states
title
Apparition: Postcards From Eye See You
With a life-long habit of experimentation, I picked up my iPad and started to explore. Taking those facial fragments that filled half of my lost visual field and utilizing imaging software that corrupts visual data, I was effectively able to replicate what was happening with information within my own brain.
It wasn’t until years later that I learned from neurologists and neuroscientists that my stroke allowed subconscious imagery to reach my conscious awareness. I find a certain splendor in taking a corrupted .png file on an iPad - a technique from the 21st century - and making an iron print from that file - a technique invented in the 19th century.
He made his living as a photojournalist and commercial photographer traveling all over the world, telling visual stories with a signature style of bold color and confrontational composition. He won numerous state and regional honors.
As a filmmaker, May directed more than 50 corporate and industrial films and helped raise more than 7 million dollars for non profit organizations. He has won Telly and Cine Awards for his creative film work and national awards for his corporate and nonprofit clients.
During open heart surgery in 2012, he suffered a major stroke leaving him legally blind and subject to vivid visual hallucinations. This life event changed his artistic vision, opening up an entirely new visual style. The result is his current project, Apparition: Postcards From Eye See You.
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entry description
I am a former photojournalist and filmmaker. During open heart surgery in 2012, I suffered a major stroke leaving me legally blind and subject to vivid visual hallucinations. This life event changed my artistic vision, opening up an entirely new visual style.With a life-long habit of experimentation, I picked up my iPad and started to explore. Taking those facial fragments that filled half of my lost visual field and utilizing imaging software that corrupts visual data, I was effectively able to replicate what was happening with information within my own brain.
It wasn’t until years later that I learned from neurologists and neuroscientists that my stroke allowed subconscious imagery to reach my conscious awareness. I find a certain splendor in taking a corrupted .png file on an iPad - a technique from the 21st century - and making an iron print from that file - a technique invented in the 19th century.
about the photographer
A graduate of Brooks Institute, J. Fredric May received his Bachelor of Science in Commercial Photographic Science with a Minor in Color Technology and was layer accepted into the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop in 1989.He made his living as a photojournalist and commercial photographer traveling all over the world, telling visual stories with a signature style of bold color and confrontational composition. He won numerous state and regional honors.
As a filmmaker, May directed more than 50 corporate and industrial films and helped raise more than 7 million dollars for non profit organizations. He has won Telly and Cine Awards for his creative film work and national awards for his corporate and nonprofit clients.
During open heart surgery in 2012, he suffered a major stroke leaving him legally blind and subject to vivid visual hallucinations. This life event changed his artistic vision, opening up an entirely new visual style. The result is his current project, Apparition: Postcards From Eye See You.
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