NEWS ON ADELA HOLMES
Jesus Rojas from “What’s Up Miami” did an interview with Adela. You can read the interview below and then go to this link to read more about the images.
http://eclecticnetwork.blogspot.com/#!/2011/12/adela-holmes-spiritual-photographs.html
WUM: Why do you do art and what inspires you to create?
Without art, creative people probably would not make it in this world. Creating is a way to have a voice and show individualism vs. constraint. For me, it’s the only thing that keeps me sane. It’s an awesome anti-depressant. The inspiration comes from a feeling. I have to feel a moment or feel a particular scene; That’s the only time I pull out my camera. That feeling comes indiscriminately without a particular notion. That’s why my photography is such a spasm of a random mixture of imagery. I like it because it doesn’t get boring.
WUM: What do you know about spirituality?
I feel that people who are looking for spirituality expect to be hit with a bang and expect it to be super obvious and sure sometimes that might just happen but I noticed that the small spiritual encounters are often overseen. There is a lot of spirituality around us at all times but we don’t pay attention. You can find spirituality in anything, whatever works for you as long as the intention is good. To me positivity is spirituality.
WUM: If you had the budget to do an artistic project, what would you do?
This would be a lifetime project. I would jump into my Subaru and travel the heck out of back roads starting with the US, Canada then South America. Then, I would transport my car across the ocean and do Europe, Asia and go to Africa. Africa will be a treat last as for sure it will be the most intense experience. This would be a project experiencing humanity documenting how this trip encountering so many different people and cultures would prove the mare good nature of people and demonstrate that the amount of goodness outweighs the amount of malevolence by far. Something that many people don’t see nor do they want to believe in. Something that is very important to know. The exhibitions from this project would highlight people I’ve met who are in need. A contribution to their cause from proceeds would be organized. Something I’ve always wanted to do; one on one individual aid rather than through organizations. I want to personally give to these individuals and know that they have received the help they needed, see the results myself and report them as well.
WUM: Tell us about your background in art. Are you self-taught or did you go to school?
I graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD in 1997 with a BFA in Interior Design. I found work 3 weeks after graduating and it took me about 5 years to finally admit to myself that I hated it. To me, it’s such a snooty profession I couldn’t deal with it any longer. I started mingling in the art world as a transition into a new career. Representing the artist Laura DiNello was my entry. Laura is the one who gave me my first digital Toshiba camera which created such beautifully painterly images, so far no other camera can touch it. It’s because of this camera that I realized the imagery a photograph is capable of and I was hooked from image one which was driving as a passenger in my mom’s car while visiting her in Berlin. It was winter and snowing. Classic. I had to retire this camera when they stopped making the memory cards for it. Anyways so since 2004 I started shooting and leaning the art of photography on my own. It is only lately that I have decided to become a full-time artist.
Without art, creative people probably would not make it in this world. Creating is a way to have a voice and show individualism vs. constraint. For me, it’s the only thing that keeps me sane. It’s an awesome anti-depressant. The inspiration comes from a feeling. I have to feel a moment or feel a particular scene; That’s the only time I pull out my camera. That feeling comes indiscriminately without a particular notion. That’s why my photography is such a spasm of a random mixture of imagery. I like it because it doesn’t get boring.
WUM: What do you know about spirituality?
I feel that people who are looking for spirituality expect to be hit with a bang and expect it to be super obvious and sure sometimes that might just happen but I noticed that the small spiritual encounters are often overseen. There is a lot of spirituality around us at all times but we don’t pay attention. You can find spirituality in anything, whatever works for you as long as the intention is good. To me positivity is spirituality.
WUM: If you had the budget to do an artistic project, what would you do?
This would be a lifetime project. I would jump into my Subaru and travel the heck out of back roads starting with the US, Canada then South America. Then, I would transport my car across the ocean and do Europe, Asia and go to Africa. Africa will be a treat last as for sure it will be the most intense experience. This would be a project experiencing humanity documenting how this trip encountering so many different people and cultures would prove the mare good nature of people and demonstrate that the amount of goodness outweighs the amount of malevolence by far. Something that many people don’t see nor do they want to believe in. Something that is very important to know. The exhibitions from this project would highlight people I’ve met who are in need. A contribution to their cause from proceeds would be organized. Something I’ve always wanted to do; one on one individual aid rather than through organizations. I want to personally give to these individuals and know that they have received the help they needed, see the results myself and report them as well.
WUM: Tell us about your background in art. Are you self-taught or did you go to school?
I graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD in 1997 with a BFA in Interior Design. I found work 3 weeks after graduating and it took me about 5 years to finally admit to myself that I hated it. To me, it’s such a snooty profession I couldn’t deal with it any longer. I started mingling in the art world as a transition into a new career. Representing the artist Laura DiNello was my entry. Laura is the one who gave me my first digital Toshiba camera which created such beautifully painterly images, so far no other camera can touch it. It’s because of this camera that I realized the imagery a photograph is capable of and I was hooked from image one which was driving as a passenger in my mom’s car while visiting her in Berlin. It was winter and snowing. Classic. I had to retire this camera when they stopped making the memory cards for it. Anyways so since 2004 I started shooting and leaning the art of photography on my own. It is only lately that I have decided to become a full-time artist.
For more information on Adela Holmes please visit the website
All my thanks to Jesus Manuel Rojas Torres
