Miranda Penn Turin Reveals the Epic —– Part II

With an intention to reveal the epic, Miranda Penn Turin has captured the heroic, the beautiful, and the humanity in her photographs regardless of where she is in the world. A specialist in portraits, fashion, and beauty, her clients include Coty, Max Factor, Sony, Universal, Bloomingdales, Fox, Warner Bros. Records, Converse, Conde Nast, the Four Seasons, Chase, MTV and many others. Her images of the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu provide the cover art for the New York Times top fifteen bestseller The Book of Joy. She currently works with Voices for Freedom, a humanitarian organization combating human trafficking.

This is the second article in a two-part series with Miranda Penn Turin, focusing on some of her favorite stories across her career.

By |2023-10-18T21:06:25+00:00October 16th, 2023|Hyperfocus, Inspiration, Interviews|Comments Off on Miranda Penn Turin Reveals the Epic —– Part II
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Jeremy Seitz Joins Advisory Board

Originally published 10.9.2020

We are incredibly happy to welcome Jeremy Seitz—tech leader, developer, hacker, and experienced team lead—to the Space for Arts advisory board.

Hailing from Switzerland where he has lived with his wife and daughter for the last fourteen years, Jeremy was recently named Chief Technology Officer at TX Markets, the biggest classifieds and marketplace platform in Switzerland where he’ll create “next-level” approaches to how marketplaces work. It’s a big job, one that has him excited about bringing various marketplace entities within TX Markets together under one cohesive system.

Jeremy is no stranger to marketplaces. Four years ago, he became the CTO of Ricardo, one of Switzerland’s largest marketplaces, similar to eBay. While there, he oversaw a huge team, updated the company’s outdated tech, and turned them into to a very modern, very streamlined company with 100,000 transactions a week and over a million users. His work at Ricardo led […]

By |2023-03-14T20:06:14+00:00March 14th, 2023|Interviews|Comments Off on Jeremy Seitz Joins Advisory Board
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Space for Arts – The Inventive Journey

Recently, Space for Arts’ co-founder Van Gothner spoke with Devin Miller for his podcast The Inventive Journey.

A few weeks ago, SfA’s co-founder had a conversation with Devin Miller.  They explored the importance of knowing your customers, competitors and what it means for product success.  Excited to share the conversation here.  Enjoy!

“A production space, what’s the big deal? You can produce photos or video anywhere, everything can be a production space and that’s really far from the truth. Every space is different the quality of light is different. The creative opportunities are different. Whether it is a modern setting with a view of an urban skyline or is it exposed brick with wooden beams. They are all different and they serve different purposes. The supply and demand are heterogeneous.”

 

By |2022-09-22T15:51:36+00:00September 21st, 2022|Interviews, Photo Studios|Comments Off on Space for Arts – The Inventive Journey
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Amy V. Cooper on Using our Strengths to Bring Vision & Voice into Alignment

...So much of what I’ve learned over the past few years of working with photographers and creatives, and working in the photo industry, is that so much of it is arbitrary. There’s no real standard for pricing or marketing. Everyone works differently, and mindset is a big part of running a freelance business. I have been doing more studying in the area of mindset, and offering new services to my clients that are focused on mindset, clarity, and authenticity. Instead of teaching my clients to follow a formula, I work with them to create an individual strategy based on what works for them. The photography and advertising industries have changed so much, especially now that influencers and Instagram and social media set the pace. The old ways of having reps and using directories are not working. I try to help photographers and other creatives figure out what their passion is, and instead of looking outside of themselves, we build their business strategy from their authentic desires.

By |2022-08-16T20:21:06+00:00August 10th, 2022|Inspiration, Interviews, Photography Profile|Comments Off on Amy V. Cooper on Using our Strengths to Bring Vision & Voice into Alignment
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Leaning into Uncertainty – Lead with Authenticity

Leaning into uncertainty to connect and lead with authenticity: Mary Dail discusses essential elements of women’s success

As a pandemic ignited around the world in 2020, many people sought a safe space to live and work while waiting for the time when being together was no longer a risk. A sanctuary space was especially important to Mary Dail, owner and creative director of Big Leo Productions. While the pandemic raged, Dail suffered an unimaginable loss—the death of Mary’s husband Andreas, just 46 years old, from a sudden heart attack. To say his loss rocked Mary’s world would be an understatement. At a time when the world was already upside down, to suffer the loss of her best friend, business partner, life partner, and father to their young son, Loki, and her stepdaughters, was an especially cruel blow.

Yet just seven months after losing Andreas, Mary […]

By |2022-08-10T19:57:01+00:00February 2nd, 2022|Inspiration, Interviews, Photography Profile|Comments Off on Leaning into Uncertainty – Lead with Authenticity
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Space for Arts — The Inventive Journey

Recently, Space for Arts’ co-founder Van Gothner spoke with Devin Miller for his podcast The Inventive Journey.

          

“Be Honest With Yourself” The Podcast For Entrepreneurs w/Van GothnerThe Inventive JourneyDon’t allow yourself to be blinded by the purity of your own vision. I have seen too many people who are so convinced that their vision is pure and presents the best and the only solution to the problem that they fail to see that some of their assumptions are flawed. Being an entrepreneur requires great intellectual curiosity but, also intellectual honesty.  You really need to be nimble, humble, self-aware, and honest […]

By |2022-08-10T18:58:06+00:00January 26th, 2022|Interviews|Comments Off on Space for Arts — The Inventive Journey
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Mentorship & Networking w/ Shelly Waldman – Cornerstones of Professional Growth

Business consultant and photographer Shelly Waldman talks mentorship and networking—the cornerstones of professional growth

Shelly Waldman was always a photographer, even if she didn’t get her professional start until late in her career. Growing up in a house filled with photographs, and with parents who photographed the big and small moments in their work and family lives, Shelly internalized the importance of seeing and being seen. After more than a decade and a half spent working in public relations, marketing, and finance in the pro sports and banking arenas, an international move became the impetus for Shelly to pick up her camera and rediscover her love of—and gift for—photography.

As an expat in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Shelly turned to photography to help her make sense of her new surroundings. She went about documenting her and her husband’s experiences in their new city, enrolling in […]

By |2022-08-10T19:58:27+00:00November 12th, 2021|Interviews, Photography Profile|Comments Off on Mentorship & Networking w/ Shelly Waldman – Cornerstones of Professional Growth
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I Got You—An Interview with Smeeta Mahanti

Smeeta Mahanti is a successful lifestyle and editorial photographer who started out with a degree in education—a field she loved for its focus on the developing brain. But after a move from Michigan to California and the discovery that she was going to be a mom, Smeeta decided to stay at home for a while and focus on the wonder that was her son.

In those early days following him around as he discovered the world, Smeeta took out a camera and began to document his life. Maybe that was the inquisitive educator in her, but she laughs when she says it was more to show her husband what their son was doing while he was away at work than anything else. In any case, these weren’t your average posed photographs. They were images of discovery—both for Smeeta and her son. If he was about to eat a […]

By |2022-08-10T19:00:28+00:00June 16th, 2021|Interviews, Photography Profile|Comments Off on I Got You—An Interview with Smeeta Mahanti
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Finding your Niche and Asking for Help

How does a wedding DJ end up touring the world, curating a mid-century modern furniture rental business, and managing a complex of warehouse spaces in LA?

Meet Michael Antonia, the brains and beat behind Mission Road Studio – LA’s cool industrial warehouse complex for film production, fashion shoots, parties, and more. […]

By |2020-09-01T18:47:00+00:00August 13th, 2020|Inspirational Spaces, Interviews, Photo Studios|Comments Off on Finding your Niche and Asking for Help
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Space for Arts – Focus on Women

Recently, Space for Arts co-Founder Elizabeth Davison chatted with Traci Terrick owner of Poppy Creative Agency and a co-Founder of Focus on Women.

 

Focus on Women is an organization that Space for Arts supports and with which it collaborates. Focus on Women is on a mission to elevate and promote women in the photography and videography industry, from PA’s to Producers, Photographers, Directors, Art Directors and Photo Agents, giving them all a seat at the table. Helping to expand their community by providing the resources to connect with other like-minded organizations, attend networking and workshop events, find a mentor or volunteer to be a mentor and eventually, being able to create a directory that will let women hire all female crews.
By |2020-07-01T16:39:42+00:00July 1st, 2020|Interviews|Comments Off on Space for Arts – Focus on Women
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