Shantanu Starick: How I Went Two Years Without Spending Any Money

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Creatives are rewarded for being specialized: a wedding photographer makes more money than a just a plain photographer. So why aren't the jack-of-all-trades rewarded? In this 99U talk, photographer Shantanu Starick shares how removing money out of the creative process led to a wider array of jobs and a much more fulfilling freelance career. About Shantanu Starick Shantanu Starick is an international photographer challenging the way creative professionals work in a modern environment. In 2012 he started The Pixel Trade project, a photographic journey to all seven continents of the globe. In exchange for life’s basic necessities Starick trades his skills as a professional photographer, reintroducing the bartering system into day-to-day life. No currency, no contracts, only his camera and an eager smile. Halfway through the second year of the project Starick has set foot on four continents capturing leading designers and chefs in New York City, chewed on mangrove worms with Indigenous communities in rural Australia, traversed Irish farmlands with an injured ankle and came face to face with Atlas Mountain goats, who strongly suggested they share his fruit salad.

Creatives are rewarded for being specialized: a wedding photographer makes more money than a just a plain photographer. So why aren't the jack-of-all-trades rewarded? In this 99U talk, photographer Shantanu Starick shares how removing money out of the creative process led to a wider array of jobs and a much more fulfilling freelance career.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

ROYGBIV: A Pixar Supercut

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A one minute supercut examining (and celebrating) Pixar’s use of color. Edited by Rishi Kaneria (@rishikaneria) Music by Moderat. Footage from: Toy Story A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Monsters, Inc. Finding Nemo The Incredibles Cars Ratatouille WALL-E Up Toy Story 3 Cars 2 Brave Monsters University Special thanks to these fine blogs for featuring this video: THE CURIOUS BRAIN http://thecuriousbrain.com/?p=53277 iO9 http://io9.com/visit-every-color-of-the-rainbow-using-nothing-but-pix-1630922837 SLATE http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/09/05/pixar_roygbiv_a_supercut_of_the_animated_movies_use_of_color_video.html ITS ART MAG http://www.itsartmag.com/features/roygbiv-pixars-use-of-color/ DEVOUR http://devour.com/video/roygbiv/ DIGG http://digg.com/video/roygbiv-a-rainbow-filled-pixar-supercut GIZMODO http://sploid.gizmodo.com/beautiful-video-shows-how-pixar-uses-a-rainbow-of-color-1631299643 THE CREATORS PROJECT http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_uk/blog/supercut-organizes-classic-pixar-films-into-the-colors-of-the-rainbow THE VERGE http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/6/6114171/watch-pixars-gorgeous-use-of-color-over-the-years 9GAG.TV http://9gag.tv/p/a9zA8Z/explore-the-beauty-of-colour-in-this-incredible-pixar-supercut?ref=tcl NO FILM SCHOOL http://nofilmschool.com/2014/09/pixar-supercut-will-remind-you-how-important-color-storytelling BUZZ FEED http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/heres-a-mesmerising-supercut-of-pixar-films-arranged-by-the#1cddvgc DESIGN TAXI http://designtaxi.com/news/369115/A-Brilliant-Pixar-Supercut-That-Examines-The-Colors-Used-In-Its-Movies/ FAST COMPANY Co.CREATE http://www.fastcocreate.com/3035413/this-supercut-is-a-beautiful-rainbow-made-up-of-pixar-movies FUBIZ http://www.fubiz.net/2014/09/09/the-use-of-color-by-pixar/ HIGHSNOBIETY http://www.highsnobiety.com/2014/09/08/roygbiv-a-pixar-supercut/ SLASH FILM http://www.slashfilm.com/pixar-color-supercut/ ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/09/08/roygbiv-pixar-video/ MASHABLE http://mashable.com/2014/09/10/pixar-color-supercut/ WIRED http://www.wired.it/tv/tutti-i-colori-pixar/ A.V.CLUB http://www.avclub.com/article/take-trip-through-pixar-rainbow-roygbiv-208970

One oft overlooked aspect of filmmaking, whether it happens during production or post, is color. Sure, you grade your film to give it the look and feel you want, but how well are you utilizing color to tell your stories? Maybe we should refer to the storytelling masters at Pixar to find out how they put it to work in their narratives.
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

#Octothorpe - A Symbolistic Journey

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In which Hank dives in the the convoluted story of the # - whatever that thing is called. Where it comes from, where it's going, and how it got its most peculiar name.

In which Hank Green dives in the the convoluted story of the # - whatever that thing is called. Where it comes from, where it's going, and how it got its most peculiar name.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Paola Antonelli: Walk the walk

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MoMA curator Paola Antonelli takes on the "good girls" of design by complicating commonly accepted notions of what design is and does in the modern world. With exhibitions on video games, violence, and the beautiful lethality of everyday objects, Antonelli shows us the primary job of the curator is to provoke, not comfort.

MoMA curator Paola Antonelli takes on the "good girls" of design by complicating commonly accepted notions of what design is and does in the modern world. With exhibitions on video games, violence, and the beautiful lethality of everyday objects, Antonelli shows us the primary job of the curator is to provoke, not comfort.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Shakespeare Folio Discovered In France

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The New York Times:

“This is huge,” said Eric Rasmussen, an American Shakespeare expert who traveled to France over the weekend to authenticate the volume. “First folios don’t turn up very often, and when they do, it’s usually a really chewed up, uninteresting copy. But this one is magnificent.”
The book was discovered this fall by librarians at a public library in St.-Omer, near Calais, who were sifting through its collections for an exhibition on English-language literature. The title page and other introductory material were torn off, but Rémy Cordonnier, the director of the library’s medieval and early modern collection, suspected that the book — cataloged as an unexceptional old edition — might in fact be a first folio.
He called in Mr. Rasmussen, a professor at the University of Nevada in Reno and the author of “The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue,”who identified it within minutes.
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.