J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Cig Harvey

Cig Harvey’s fourth monograph celebrates the sacred and the profane in lush, glossy, saturated color. In a hefty book of french-fold pages chronicles in image and text, Harvey’s courageous exploration of visual storytelling in form and narrative. Utilizing the medium of photography to illuminate the quotidian, Harvey reflects our human paradox, the unbearable lightness of being.In this book group, Cig Harvey discusses, among other things:The camera as a ouija boardThe subconsciousness of sequencingLiving with senses wide open everydayColor as subjectPhotographing with a point of viewFlowers as healing agents and as reflecting the ephemeral nature of lifeThe push and pull of a strong imageKnowing the seasons of your own creative clockReferenced in the episodeCig’s Books:You Look At Me Like An EmergencyYou An Orchestra You A BombGardening At NightJoyful - by Ingrid Lee Interactions of Color - by Josef AlbersModern Nature - by Derek JarmanWednesday is Indigo Blue - by Cytowic and EaglemanThe History of Bees - by Maja LundeInHarmonicity, The Tonal Walkway - by Julianne SwartzDo Walk - Navigate, Earth, Mind and Body - by Libby DeLana*Wildgeese - by Mary OliverCig Harvey Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

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