Sensitivity to Culture, AI, Art as Discovery, Tequila + more with Photographer Joel Salcido
Channel: Lisa Rawlinson Art
Date: 2024-01-24

In this in-depth talk with San Antonio, TX-based photographer Joel Salcido, we discuss:

• Meeting through Joel’s Aliento a Tequila show and Lisa’s review of it
• Avoiding stereotypes and restoring dignity in cultural depictions
• Joel’s cultural connections to his subjects and the necessary honesty that allows him to connect on a human level
• Revitalizing creative energy through museums
• The need to cultivate creativity in our society and hierarchical value perceptions about specific jobs/industries
• Racism and border complexities
• AI and its potential impacts on the visual arts
• Walking the Camino de Santiago and opening to new creative exploration through composite imagery
• Art as a process of discovery and the artist as vessel/messenger
• Similarities/differences between photojournalism and purely artistic photography in Joel’s experience
• Bringing a spiritual quality into all work created
• Photography as a medium of instant connection
• Lisa’s current and future book project and the interplay between text and imagery 
• Taking the leap, trusting in yourself, and bringing to life a creative impulse or vision
• Humanity’s connection to bulls through history and Joel’s ongoing Taurus project
• How Joel’s Aliento a Tequila project came about
• Harvesting the rewards of past work and trust in self


TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introducing Joel Salcido
06:04 Dignity & Humanity
14:51 Nurturing Creativity
21:56 Moses, Border Patrol, & AI
35:00 A New Way
42:30 The Blurred Edges of Art
01:01:36 A Leap of Faith
01:11:35 Harvesting What You’ve Sown


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GO DEEPER

• Texas Highways “The Origins of Magic” article featuring Joel’s photography: https://texashighways.com/travel/photography/photographer-highlights-multidimensional-beauty-el-paso/
• Texas Monthly “The Other Side of the Border” article featuring Joel’s photography: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/traveling-texas-mexico-border-region-untold-stories/
• New York Times “Water, Sand, and Plenty of Elbow Room” article featuring Joel’s photography: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/travel/National-Seashores.html
• Interview with the El Paso Times: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2018/01/10/former-times-photographer-joel-salcido-ruiz-sign-copies-book-jan-20/1021260001/
• Steve Jobs, The Lost Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFFM_JkiHM0
• Rome Prize: https://www.aarome.org/apply/rome-prize
• Buy prints via Flatbed Press: https://flatbed-press.myshopify.com/collections/joel-salcido
• Buy Joel’s Book “The Spirit of Tequila”: http://tinyurl.com/mdeudz73
• Joel’s website: https://www.joelsalcido.com
• FOLLOW JOEL: https://www.instagram.com/joelsalcido/


Lisa’s debut artist’s book “Universe” is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase! Pair it with a signed and numbered print or a 108-page dot journal featuring cover art from the book. Order your copy here: https://www.lisarawlinsonartshop.com


COMPLIMENT this talk with:

• “Getting It Out. RIGHT. NOW.” with Kenneth Holland: https://youtu.be/jrpu4T_5B0o
• “Voice and Value” with Allen Yu: https://youtu.be/h5ou7XBDd9c
• “Experiencing the Other Side in the Everyday” with Renée Núñez: https://youtu.be/OyGpPnY5LSo



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