There is no small measure of self-regard in Pablo Picasso’s famous observation that, “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” For photographers in particular, the creative barrier between imitation and inspiration can be an especially challenging one, which is why the Center for Photographic Art is hoping to help area artists release their “inner Picassos”…

The poster Plant a Kiss. Kiss a Plant., created by Takigawa Design for the Italian communication initiative Natural Recall, has been selected for Communication Arts’ Design Annual 56, due to be published in the September/October 2015 issue of the magazine. A jury of creative professionals made their selection on the basis of…

Creativity for Sale. by Walter Ryce. “Creative Workshops promise intangible rewards for the very real investments of money, time and energy. Do they work? We looked at three—and let the participants answer.” READ MORE

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Photographer Elin Spring has written a review of Jerry Takigawa’s False Food exhibition, currently showing at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Boston, in her blog: What Will You Remember?  You can read it here. (Photo by Silke Haas; from left: Paula Tognarelli, Griffin Museum of Photography Executive Director; Jerry…

Paula Tognarelli, Curator and Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography, has selected Jerry Takigawa’s False Food series for an exhibition in the museum’s main gallery. False Food’s narrative examines the gyres of plastic pollution in our major oceans through images of order and beauty. “Takigawa’s work is both metaphorical and…

Jerry was pleased and honored to be selected by 7×7 magazine as one of San Francisco’s most fascinating / influential people of 2014, in recognition of Jerry’s “False Food” photo series. You can read the full article here. (photo courtesy of Daniel Morris.)