Barbara Cole on Creating Timeless Images

About this episode

Madison Beale interviews photographer Barbara Cole about her unique path in photography and artistic inspiration.

Barbara Cole turned a newsroom fashion job into a decades-long photography practice. In this new episode of the Artalogue, Madison chats with the award winning photographer Barbara Cole about her unorthodox journey to the dark room. Cole's first memories of art were at the theatre, which makes sense when you look at her gorgeous and theatrical photographs. She was initially inspired by the British artist Sarah Moon and the painterly way she conceived her photographs. From there she lea...

People in this episode

Host: Madison Beale

Guest: Barbara Cole

Topics covered

• photography
• art
• creative journey
• theatrical images
• inspiration

Keywords

• Barbara Cole
• photography
• art
• Sarah Moon
• theatre
• dark room
• creative process

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