Part 5 of an interview series in which I invite artists to respond to six questions about art, process, and creativity. Today's artist is photographer Ian Talbot, from the UK. Click here to see his thoughtful and absorbing blog. "Oak" Philip Hartigan: What medium/media do you chiefly use, and why? Ian Talbot : I am a photographer, my medium is photography. I no longer use film and all my work is, therefore, digitally based. It is of little importance. A painter makes marks with paint and a brush. I make them with the light that falls on a sensor array and then I make further marks with pixels on a computer screen. These are then transferred to marks with either laser light or ink on paper. As I manipulate the tools I use with my hands, all my work is hand made. Any further distinction seems utterly artificial and pointless. The most important tool I use is the one between my ears. PH : What piece are you currently working on? IT : Not a "piece...
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