VISUAL ARTS - PICTURES 10 - WISDOM

 

Pictures 10 is a collaboration between the Gallery, Siamsa Tíre, The Dingle Film Festival and Cork Film Centre. This year Picture’s presents:
Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman in the Siamsa GALLERY




Andrew Zuckerman was born in Washington, DC in 1977. After an internship at The International Center of Photography in New York, he attended the School of Visual Arts to study photography and film, where he graduated in 1999. His work has been commissioned extensively for many
leading international brands and has received many awards, including D&AD, One Show, BDA, and multiple annuals. His first film, High Falls, premiered at The Sundance Film Festival in 2007 before going on to win for best short narrative at the Woodstock Film Festival. He has published three photography books. CREATURE, a portrait series of animals, was released worldwide in November 2007 to critical acclaim and is now in its fourth printing. WISDOM, a book, film, and travelling exhibition released in October 2008, is an ongoing project made with the support of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Andrew travelled the globe to photograph and interview the world’s
most eminent elders, from Judi Dench to Nelson Mandela, creating a comprehensive account of their perspectives on life. His latest book, BIRD, is a visual study of birds from the rarest to the most common and will be available in October 2009. In 2006 Andrew co-founded Late Night and Weekends, a company that produces advertising, films, books, and online content.

 

Inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts one generation can pass to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, the Wisdom project, produced with cooperation from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, seeks to create a record of a multicultural group of people who have all made their mark on the world. Presented against the same white space, all of the subjects are removed from their context, which not only democratizes them, but also allows for a clear dialogue to exist between them. In an attempt to create a more profound, honest, and truly revealing portrait of these luminaries, the project encompasses their voices, their physical presence, and the written word. This comprehensive portrayal of such a profound and global group is an index of extraordinary perspectives. Wisdom is an ongoing project. Additions to the list of contributors continues.

 

Wisdom is the constant questioning of where you are. And when you stop wanting to know, you’re dead. You’re walking, but you're dead.
Billy Connolly

Generosity overpowers greed.
Bryce Courtenay

 

I feel that I’m constantly learning, in every single thing I’ve ever done. I’ve never, ever, in fifty-one years, done a play that has come easy to me.
Judi Dench

If a person is confident enough in the way they feel, whether it’s an art form or whether it’s just in life, it comes off – you don’t have anything to prove; you can just be what you are.
Clint Eastwood

Above all, avoid cynicism
Garret FitzGerald

Children can change the world.
Jane Goodall

 

The heart is what matters most of all
Kris Kristofferson

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela

Be here. Be present.
Whatever you are, be there.
Willie Nelson

 

Each one of us can be an oasis of peace.
Desmond Tutu

You have to have freedom. An artist has to have that.
Andrew Wyeth