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Paperback Publications.


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Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Catherine Vaughan I am the Founder and Creator of Artsy Jolie Girl and an Indie Author. There are many future publications ranging from non-fiction well-being guides to fiction, the first Novella shall be part of a trilogy chronicling a Bohemian Love Story.

“The Quarter Life Crisis Poet: a collection of poems on pain, heartbreak and defiance by a twenty-something.” This is my first collection of poems where I poetically divulge my secrets and many other veiled tragedies. ISBN: 978 1515247 609

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Top 5 Controversial Photography Tips from Steve McCurry.

Here are the highlights of Steve McCurry’s talk with Tim Marlow at Hay Festival 2015

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   1. Don’t ask for permission to take photos of strangers.

Interestingly McCurry is firm in his belief over the precedence of capturing a shot over the hesitation of appropriateness. For example as McCurry’s photography usually is taken in challenging climates for example war zones or during a human struggle like health. Unless there is an express rejection (i.e. a distressed shaking of the head, a hand gesturing the camera away or someone actively asserting no photos to be taken) then Steve McCurry will take a photo of the individual or persons regardless of the state they are in distressed or otherwise. Of course this raises ethical concerns and a fine balance of permission, respect must unite with the Photographer’s prerogative and aim of capturing raw, graphic truth onto physical image. Also it is impossible in a war zone! Notably the Magnum Photographer mentioned how the medium of street photography does not typically request permission to photograph, such requests are tricky given the masses of people potentially present at say a festival being shot and it an awareness of being filmed understandably changes the subject’s behaviour due to the awareness of being seen etc.

2. On the flipside for one-on-one photographs ask permission.

A classic example would be when Sharbat Gula a.k.a ‘The Afghan Girl’ 1984 shot was reunited with the famed photographer in 2002 for a second portrait of her.

3. “Extensively, compulsively and obsessively,” reiterated by Tim Marlow on how determinedly dedicated a photographer must be to retain his body of work. McCurry also asserts that “my camera is my notebook.” Thereby photos taken on a camera are not jut for the portfolio but a means of generating ideas and capturing inspiring moments for future projects.

  4. Never take Beautiful photos.

Or rather don’t aim to take conventionally pretty shots. Beauty is never the prime focus of this world famous photographer.

   5. Photography is your Life.

McCurry is so dedicated, obsessed and in love with this medium that he is never really not photographing even when on restful holidays he feels compelled to use his camera!

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Hay Festival 2015: Steve McCurry talks to Tim Marlow (Part 1.)

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Front row at the talk, with a wonderful slideshow of McCurry’s work swishing in the background this was an undeniably good talk. I learned a lot more, some tips will be posted when I return from annual leave in July 2015 so keep watch. For any of you that like Tim Marlow’s art shows then I can share that he has a new television show out early 2016 on Sky Arts titled “Artist Failure’s” and having asked Marlow he said it was literally about the failure’s of artists. Alas I cannot remember more than that because I was so excited to get a chance to briefly chat to him my mind in it’s excitement didn’t catch on to the rest of his words. You heard it 1st on artsyjoliegirl.com so look out for his new show 😀 x

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Hey Hay! On my way….

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Tomorrow I shall be seeing Tim Marlow Art Historian extraordinaire interviewing Steve McCurry the award-winning Magnum photographer.

Tim Marlow is a wonderful broadcaster and journalist every once in a while I’ll catch an old episode of his Great Artists series on Sky Arts. I could hear him speak for hours. 🙂

And we all know Steve McCurry’s magnificent, iconic photographs. For more see @steve mccurryofficial

Another event I am attending is “Memory and mental time travel” which sounds incredibly fascinating and is a talk by a scientist and artist! 🙂 Jpeg

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Hay Festival 2014 Event: Picture Book Panel (Part 3)

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Picture Books are very magical indeed. I will soon blog about how they magically, yes MAGICALLY came into my life in a later post. Obviously I love picture books so could not resist this event. And Rachel was most inspiring because she literally has her own card and gift EMPIRE plus she like randomly decided to work as an air stewardess (among many other ventures) which is sooooo the type of thing I would do except I’m not good with flying! Oh yes and Rachel was 5 months pregnant at the time and has since had her beautiful daughter! 

So the Super-Awesome-Picture-Book-Gang is Chris Haughton on the left below, Oliver Jeffers centre and the sunny & gorgeous Rachel Bright! 😀 You need to read “Oh no! George” by Haughton because you need more colour in your life and you must purchase “This moose belongs to me” by Jeffers because it is a gorgeous picture book and you must read all the “Love Monster” stories. I also own some of Rachel’s “The Bright Side” range of gifts and cards. A post on that coming shortly!
JpegOk so seconds before I got a pic with the Super-Awesome-Picture-Book-Gang my hair was on point. Like PERFECT. On Fleek as North West would say.

Then somehow my hair turns into this…Like WTF? Just not on point, just seconds ago it was like Rachel’s with a side parting and then this raven cascade sans side-parting just flops down upon my scalp from outta nowhere! Just not a good look but my boobs look EPIC so can’t complain 😛

JpegApologies if you were looking for a more in depth discussion of the points raised at the panel. I have simply forgotten-it was a year ago! Notably the trauma of my hair not on fleek took precedent in the recollection of this event.  

xoxo Catherine 😀