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Dear Helyn,
For First Time Ever on the Internet an
opportuinity to own a "One of Kind Photo Art Image"
from one of our distinguished Award winning photographers.
Pixiport will be featuring selected artists to create a one
time only, signed photo with no editions and no reprints. Each
month artists will be featured in this new portal on Pixiport.
We will be announcing the complete details on Pixiport on
December 15th. Feel free to "Forward" a copy of newsletter, to
all of your friends and business associates that might be
interested in collecting a "one of a kind".
Thomas Barbèy 
My wife and I work together as a team. We visit many art
galleries and find that only a very small percentage of the
work, we find to be inspiring. Contrary to many other artists,
we both have a strong belief that imagination plays a
tremendous role in our body of work. While most photographers
catch a glimpse or a moment at the right time and turn it into
something by cropping or bringing out the beauty in the world
around us, and some manage to do this extremely well, we on
the other hand create images that don't even exist or are
impossible.
Every single one of our images has to pass what we like to
call the "so what?" test. If a combination of two or more
negatives put together doesn't touch us or have any particular
meaning, we toss it. We try to combine images and sometimes
the results can be disappointing. A giant clock in the middle
of the ocean can be an unusual image but if we look at it and
say to ourselves: "So what?" This means it isn't good enough.
If instead, an ocean liner is going down a "funnel-type" hole
and we entitle it "Shortcut to China," it takes on a whole new
meaning. The picture takes you into an imaginary world where
you can see the captain telling the passengers to fasten their
safety belts and get prepared for the descent, and so on.
At times we come up with ideas beforehand, try to
materialize them and it works. At other times, it is an
accident and the ideas come afterwards, when the image is
already finished and the concept has yet to be understood. It
is almost as if we are learning constantly through the process
of creation.
We travel a lot to take photographs of different things and
places. Sometimes we use an image several years later, but
only when it fits, like the perfect piece in a puzzle, and
completes our latest project. Some images are composed of
negatives that are separated by a decade in the actual time
that we had taken them and only come to life when they found
their perfect match. It's the combination of two or more
negatives that give birth to a completely unusual vision, but
most of all, the title we give the final image is the glue and
the substance of the piece.
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Tryst Featured Artist |
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 Tryst's Feature
Artist, Helyn Davenport is an accomplished
photographer/artist, website designer and CEO of
Pixiport.com
Because of Helyn's 's extensive portfolio, a career
spanning over twenty years, a fascinating and revealing
perspective on life and art, this interview is the first
of a three-part series. In this and future issues, Helyn
discusses her professional and personal life, artistic
beliefs, her artwork and career objectives. Tryst is
honored to present, Helyn Davenport
Mia: As interchangeable and loosely-used term as Art
has become, between photography and art, I find the line
of distinction is blurred. When I think of professional
photography, I often equate it to portrait sittings,
family pictures, scenery, slick ads for tourist
attractions, etc.; whereas, "art" may be more subjective
in that it encompasses personal tastes and every type of
media. Philosophy, genetics or physics, for instance,
might be included in the realm of art, but I would
disagree being somewhat of a purist in my beliefs that
art is based upon imagery and creativity. I consider all
poets, painters, sculptors as artists, but not all
artists are poets, painters, or photographers. By the
same token, I might add all poets are writers, but not
all writers are poets and I would think this would hold
true for photographers? 
In viewing your photography, which has been digitally
altered to fit your personal vision, "art" seems more of
an adequate description of your work. Helyn, in your own
words, how would you describe yourself: a photographer
or an artist?
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Corrie Ancone |
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 Corrie Ancone is a
professional photographic artist residing in Sydney,
Australia. One of my favorite replies by Corrie
was, "no worries mia" as she conceded to all my requests
cheerfully. Not only is Corrie's work stunning and
captivating, the artist herself commanded my respect and
admiration instantly.- Mia Editor of Tryst
Drawing my inspiration from mythology and nature, my
creativity stems from my lust for finding and exploring
sympathies between the human body and natural textures.
Using the technique of sandwiching stills, I create new
visual and emotional images, often painterly and
surreal. Abstract landscapes and a pantheon of
contemporary mythological beings , charged with
sensuality and tinged with more than a hint of
eroticism.
Born in Holland I migrated to Australia 1953 settled
in South Australia where I attended Primary and
Secondary education.
1963-68 I studied many other
art-related subjects part time, including Fashion
Drawing and Design, and working as a lingerie
designer.
1968-1971 , I studied a Diploma of Fine
Arts in Adelaide, South Australia at the S.A. School of
Arts, where I was introduced to photography as part of
my course (3 lessons) I majored in Painting.
In
1973 I had my first painting exhibition .By that time I
had set up a darkroom with friends as I had developed a
BIG interest in this medium (I was pregnant at the time)
voila baby! I got into baby pics and I was
OFF! I never looked back. I practiced and
experimented and read and read, for the next two and a
half years . I landed myself in the freelancing world by
accident, through my peer group, in the Film Industry,
as a stills photographer! It was a very creative
time (the 70's) and everyone was doing theatre, film,
art, music.
In 1976 I had my first showing as a
photographer in a group show . I was singled out very
favorably by the critics and my confidence was
boosted....In 1978 I had my first solo show in
photography (exhibitions are all listed on the
exhibition page). During those last years I was
also teaching various Art classes.
In 1981 I
traveled to UK and Europe where I landed myself a job
traveling with and documenting the Dutch Theatre Group,
KISS. On returning to Australia in mid 1982, I toured an
exhibition of this work Nationally, as the group
performed in various places. When in Sydney on tour,
(living in Adelaide South Australia) I was interviewed
by the late great master of Australian photographers,
MAX DUPAIN, for a review article in the Sydney Morning
Herald Newspaper. It was very favorably written and I
was hailed as "blessed with golden fingers" in his
critique.
I returned to Adelaide, ran several
photographic b/w workshops and returned to freelancing
in the photographic industry. By this stage I was
heavily experimenting in the darkroom with overlays (the
old sandwiching technique) but only in b&w, with
toning and hand coloring added. I continued to
exhibit.
In 1986 I moved to Sydney, NSW, to further my career
and broaden those horizons. After much settling
and hustling was back in the freelancing world. In my
art, I began experimenting with overlaying
transparencies. I was totally engrossed in the technique
and obsessed by the colours collisions and its tendency
to create new dimensions with a painterly effect!
...fulfilling my creativity and imagination that had
been so trained as a painter.
In 1990 I had my
first solo show in Sydney with the transparency overlays
that I had created all printed on archival ILFO chrome
paper with some B/W's as well. A great turnout, I
was heralded as the 'Queen of Overlays'. More
shows followed in Sydney and other States in
Australia. Today, I continue to freelance with
many clients in the Arts and Entertainment, Film, Music
Industries; with Community Services and
Documentaries. I am currently liaising, preparing
for another show.-Corrie Ancone
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Tantra Bensko |
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 Expecticide These are
visions of a time that desperately needs people to lift
the veils of deception put over them by secret
societies, the Illuminati, religious cultism, mass mind
control...allowing them to be drawn into the faked
terrorist attacks of 911, forced vaccinatations, and
homeland security, and the stealing of souls. These are
visions passionately brought to you by Tantra Bensko,
whose website has an extensive compilation of links in
the "leap" section about these and other subjects by
excellent journalists. She also has many other pieces of
art there that are more surreal and sensual and quirky,
as she not only reacts to world around her, but adds her
own eccentric beauty to it. She has been well published
and displayed internationally. She lives in mist.
Visit Tantra's feature on Underground.
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Bob Snell |
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 For more than 30
years, Bob Snell has sought the elusive photo, where
time, light, and subject, come together as one and make
one stop and look at a photo as more than snapshot, but
as a recording of a unique moment in time that has been
preserved in a special and unique way. He is always
looking and observing animate and inanimate objects to
see if they have a special message to leave behind.
Though it may sound a bit bizarre, there are times
when he senses a flower or animal that that actually
alerts him that they want their photo taken, for which
he obliges, more often than not. The one thing that
photography has instilled in him, is that by looking at
his surroundings for a photo opportunity, it has forced
him to slow down enough to not only "smell the roses",
but to photograph them as well.
By turning down the volume on everyday mundane
pressures, it has allowed him to see much more of the
beauty that exists in everyday objects. The creation of
his web site, www.bobsnell.com , has been a labor of
love, to where others may go to see the many faceted
views that he has come across. Having been in the
business world, it is not until recently that he has
found the time to exhibit his work on the west coast,
and now on the east coast, for the first time.
He is self taught through reading and communicating
with various photographers from around the world, that
have given their critiques and suggestions, that have
been taken to heart and made him a much better
craftsman, than anyone would have thought possible,
without formal studies and training. Only the viewer can
make the judgment whether or not he has achieved a level
of success in this medium. 
Bob Snell has added a new gallery on Pixiport, Fruits
and Veggies. After you check out his gallery be sure to
visit his website as he has really added to his many
galleries! Wonderful work Bob!
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Ricardo Báez-Duarte |
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 Memories and
Solitude, a glimpse of Elegance and Grandeur the
simplicity of the whole:Nature
Journey with fine art photographer Ricardo
Báez-Duarte and glimpse this master of simplicity and
experience the beauty of the world.
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Photo Of The Month |
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 Photo of the month
winner is fine art photographer Ricardo Báez
Duarte. His work is inspiring and unique and
Pixiport is proud to have his art gracing her galleries.
Digital Art Supplies is sponsor of Pixiport's Photo
Of The Month .
WINNER'S PACKAGEBit of (Almost)
Everything Multipack This multi-pack includes 2 sheets
each of the best quality coated ink jet art papers,
photo papers and canvas. The papers are all sized
8.5"x11" (for a total of 50 sheets).
Congratulations Ricardo! Email Ricardo at
rbaez@artrbd.com
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Boyan Yurukov |
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 Photography is the
chosen medium to project my inner vision into the world.
Photography is much like learning to see,as it for
the very first time,the essence that lives and
luminesces within everything.It is miraculous visual
music that can be heard and felt.My hope is the viewer
to "hear" it too. "Photography --the strongest way of
seeing"-Edward Weston When I look at anything through a
camera I sense another world, another reality beyond
what I see. Work:Freelance Photographer,combining all
experiences from the past.
His photographs have been published and exhibited in
magazines,books,newspapers and galleries in
Bulgaria,Europe,USA and Canada, and some are in numerous
private collections.Boyan`s photography has won him many
awards throughout his career as a professional
photographer past 25+ years. Working in both in color
and black and white,his photographs display an admirable
quest for the harmony and essence of his subject. 
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