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    Privacy needs more protection  Aug 15, 2008
    We heard stories of people's enormous distress at invasions of their privacy, such as photographic images being captured in toilets or dressing rooms with digital cameras or phones, and then posted on internet sites. And there is palpable anxiety that new technologies will make the capture and dissemination of private personal images even easier. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    LACMA Acquires Vernon Collection of...  Aug 14, 2008
    A Story of Photography: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, on view in LACMA's Ahmanson Building from October 5, 2008 to February 1, 2009, presents some 70 important photographic images recently acquired by the museum. Of the artists whose works Mr. and Mrs. Leonard collected, some of those represented in the exhibition include Ansel Adams, Julia Margaret Cameron, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Steichen, Paul Strand, W.H. Fox Talbot and Edward Weston. (Suite101.com)

    * [ART JOURNAL] Pop Art gets it on with Mao Zedong  Aug 6, 2008
    The first, called The History of Tibet and Feudal Serfdom in Old Tibet, consisted mostly of old photographic images of what the labels said were peasants maimed and crippled at the hands of Tibetan lords and Buddhist lamas. The second, New Tibet Changing With Each Passing Day, was a full-color travelogue account of the country under Chinese rule, an idyll of progress and cheer. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    2nd Annual Artexpo Las Vegas to Open September 18, 6-9PM, With a Gala Fundraiser and Trade-Only Preview at Mandalay Bay to Benefit Sunrise Children's Foundation  Aug 6, 2008
    The show also includes: the new SOLO section, highlighting emerging and independent artists; the EXPOSURE section, featuring photographic images by legends and newcomers; and the AmericanStyle-sponsored Decorative Arts & Design Pavilion. Over 3,000 trade buyers and more than 7,000 individual consumers and collectors are expected to attend AELV, which runs. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Adobe Illustrator CS3 Uses  Jun 29, 2008
    Designers and illustrators use Adobe Illustrator s powerful tools to draw shapes with straight or curved lines, add text, import photographic images, and apply a wide variety of styles and effects. Artwork can be simple or complex. (Suite101.com)

    Painted faces  Jun 5, 2008
    We are bombarded today with photographic images. This can make us forget that the face and body reflect the drama and possibilities of our lives, as well as reminding us of those feelings that make for a full, considered life. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Microsoft star gazing  May 14, 2008
    Harvard College Observatory, for instance, is looking at ways to digitize half a million photographic images of stars in the northern and southern hemispheres that it recorded on glass plates between 1880 and 1985. Images like these will turn the telescope into a space-time machine, Wong said, allowing viewers to compare objects in the modern night sky with how they looked years and years ago. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Sketches of the Sublime: Exhibit at Cedar Grove traces the creation of iconic paintings  May 2, 2008
    Photographic images of final works are also included to allow the viewer to follow the artist's process. Cole was born in Lancashire, England, in 1801, and moved to America with his family when he was eighteen. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)

    An image is a mystery for photo detectives  Apr 18, 2008
    The speculation about its origins became so intense that Sotheby's and the print's owners decided earlier this month to postpone its auction, so that researchers could begin delving into whether the image may be, in fact, one of the oldest photographic images in existence, dating to the 1790s ... But as with so many other early photographic images, Schaaf said, there was so little information about these that he never gave much thought to their origins. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    What's Ahead  Apr 16, 2008
    Fost s exhibit is Photographic Images of the Southern Oregon Coast. Fost was an accomplished violist in her earlier life and she came to photography when she realized that she could freeze moments in time with her Nikon 35 mm camera. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    Rock ’n’ roll history in art  Apr 11, 2008
    The book and photographic images, each signed by the artist, will be available for purchase. The exhibit will remain on display through June 22. (Santa Maria Times)

    Volere Volare - Will to Fly  Apr 10, 2008
    This solo exhibition of work by Vincenzo Montella at Il Ramo d"Oro opened April 5, 2008 with introduction by Franco Lista. With his desire to fly Vincenzo Montella has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2001. The images which result from Montellas aerial wanderings succeed in linking real experience to fantasy. They are truly experienced but also merely dreamed. To fly also means to explore, to imagine, to dream. Montella ventures a "correction" of the photographic... (AbsoluteArts.com)

    Century-old photos show a familiar Stonington Borough  Mar 15, 2008
    "19th Century Photographic Images from the Collection of H.R. Palmer Jr." will be on view through March 24. Share your thoughts. (Westerly Sun, RI)

    Modern design through the view finders  Feb 24, 2008
    A young German photographer, Thomas Kellner, came to the Athenaeum as an artist in residence in 2006 and made photographic images of 16 scenes within the Athenaeum's building at 10 1/2 Beacon St. The exhibit is "All Shook Up: Thomas Kellner Photographs the Boston Athenaeum.". Kellner employs a technique he invented himself. (Boston Globe)

    Museum exhibit's photos show local life a century ago  Feb 3, 2008
    The exhibit, From Plate to Print is a collection of photographic images produced from glass plate negatives. Most depict scenes of daily life in Auburn and Cayuga County: a corn-shucking party, haying time, and a haircut and shave at the local barber, the photographs are a rare glimpse into daily activities of the era. (Auburn Citizen, NY)

    States Sue R.J. Reynolds Over Camel Ads  Dec 6, 2007
    The cigarette ads in Rolling Stone tout its "The Farm: Free Range Music" campaign and support for independent record labels while using photographic images of people in 1950s dress, farm animals, an old-fashioned tractor and furnishings like a phonograph against a farm backdrop. Those pages fold out to reveal a four-page illustrated spread of an "Indie Rock Universe" with animals, imaginary figures and other drawings. (ABC News -- Business)

    RJ Reynolds being sued for Rolling Stone ad; special section touts Camel cigarettes  Dec 6, 2007
    The cigarette ads in Rolling Stone tout "free range rock" and support for independent record labels while using photographic images of people in 1950s dress, farm animals, an old-fashioned tractor and furnishings like a phonograph against a farm backdrop. Those pages fold out to reveal a four-page illustrated spread of an "Indie Rock Universe" with animals, imaginary figures and other drawings. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Artists draw on Colonial past for inspiration  Nov 15, 2007
    Monika Andersson takes a similar approach with her shimmering digital collages, which utilize photographic images of the bridge's reflection in the water below. Her "Old North Bridge Reflections" shows the mirror of sky, clouds, and bridge rippling over the textured water and the sandy riverbed. (Boston Globe)

    Unlocking the secrets of color daguerreotypes  Nov 2, 2007
    The study, to be presented today to a group called the Daguerreian Society in Kansas City, determined that Hill did devise a way of producing a few natural colors in photographic images. Although the process has yet to be explained fully, the scientists have found that Hill built up layers of metals that reacted to different colors in the spectrum and produced an iridescent effect. (Boston Globe)

    Photographer helps needy children get an education  Oct 28, 2007
    Senior photographer Darwis Triadi is making a contribution to Indonesian society, not only through amazing photographic images but recently through a fund-raising exhibition. Darwis, who runs a photography school in Kemang, opened a 10-day exhibition called "The Face of Indonesia", at Senayan City shopping mall on Oct. 22. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)

    Holiday gifts for a budding birder  Oct 19, 2007
    Photographic images are arranged in visually similar groups and species' identification is based on shape and habitat. The Pictorial Table of Contents detours the novice around the potholes of inexplicable taxonomy, weird common names and incomprehensible scientific names. (AZCentral -- News)

    Sputnik Turns 50  Oct 4, 2007
    Space exploration has always included photographic images -- iconic, confusing, dazzling. Quiz. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)

    Street View will comply with Canada's privacy laws: Google  Sep 26, 2007
    Although photographic images are not specifically spelled out in PIPEDA, they can be interpreted as personal information if the photographs clearly identify the individual, said Margaret Ann Wilkinson, a professor of law and information and media studies at the University of Western Ontario. Wilkinson wonders whether blurring faces and license plates will be enough to satisfy PIPEDA. If an individual can be readily identified by his or her body, clothing or location, it might still be considered... (CBC Toronto)

    Art Meets Science in the Exhibition 'Minimal Landscapes'  Sep 20, 2007
    He explains that "Minimal Landscapes represents an exploration of form in its essence, devoid of distracting elements. The photographic images show black islands forming archipelagoes of explicit and implicit meanings that become imaginary landscapes in the viewer's mind. Each image is the approximation of actual living form to classical minimal perfection." To further explore the relationship between art and science, the exhibition kicks off Wednesday evening with a round-table discussion... (PR Newswire)

    Jansen paints picture of her travels  Sep 16, 2007
    After taking many photos of particular areas and subjects, she constructs her paintings by using multiple photographic images with some artistic license and infuses the painting to reflect the mood and atmosphere of her experience. eing there gives me the inspiration. (Columbus Telegram, NE)

    Miner hits paydirt playing to gallery  Sep 15, 2007
    Seemingly worthless opal mine Ron Canlin in his Lightning Ridge underground sculpture park, revealed in this composite of two photographic images ... Seemingly worthless opal mine … Ron Canlin in his Lightning Ridge underground sculpture park, revealed in this composite of two photographic images. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Zhang Huan: Avant-garde art from the factory floor  Sep 5, 2007
    "A lot of radical things happened every day. This is how I feel about the changes." Later he fell out with some of his East Village colleagues when those early photographic images, taken by others, began to fetch huge prices in the international market, and Zhang insisted they were his creations. In 1. (International Herald Tribune)

    Tarble Arts Center showcases recent acquisitions  Aug 18, 2007
    The blueprint photographic images were taken by Leighton Charlton of people living in Stevenson Township, Marion Co., Ill. from around 1883 to 1886. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    New York City Interior Design Firm Brings Elements of Nature to the Table at Hampton Designer Showhouse  Jul 22, 2007
    Some of the highlights of the room include a custom-designed buffet, featuring hand-cut, white shell (Mother of Pearl) doors; a custom-designed chandelier of driftwood and crystals and custom wall coverings featuring photographic images taken in the South Fork. According to Livingston, the textural elements are reminiscent of the natural beauty of the area. (PR Newswire)

    Local artist sparks the imagination  Jun 22, 2007
    Capturing the Secrets of Fire, an exhibition of about 35 photographic images, will open at the Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Ave., on Sunday, July 1. Naber will be present from 1-5 p.m. during the Art Center s annual ice cream social. (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    Wagner Design Expands  Jun 10, 2007
    A graduate of Grand Valley State University with a degree in photography, Rueger previously worked at several companies specializing in digital and photographic images and has a strong background in exhibit graphics. Elizabeth Raggett joins the firm as office manager. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Art suffuses downtown  Jun 4, 2007
    Murray, who typically spends 30-40 hours transforming photographic images into works of art, paints with watercolors on canvas and applies a spray-on UV light protectant that he said will preserve his paintings for 200 years. Toting umbrellas and rain gear, the large crowd perused Murray's and others' artwork and merchandise, as children took advantage of a day aimed at them. (Daily Iowan, IA)

    Printing Digital Photos  Jun 1, 2007
    Now, what do you do with all those wonderful photographic images. Here are some quick tips on how to save, process, print and store your family treasure in this electronic age. (Suite101.com)

    Feminine Force  May 18, 2007
    "In this series of abstract color photographic images, I consider the missing goddess the sacred feminine entity not present in popular notions about the spiritual realm," he writes in the artist's statement for Dea in Absentia. "This is not a direct encounter with the sacred feminine, but photographic suggestions that she has existed and perhaps still does exist for me. For me, the possibility of her existence raises the many issues of spiritual dialog, identity, religion, authority, morality,... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)

    * Mercury rises for Isabelle Wen  Apr 5, 2007
    In a small gallery leading to the main room there were manipulated photographic images of Wen by art coordinator Nicolas Chu (P). In the "floating room" there was a bed with a spectacular comforter made from orange ping-pong balls, by Chen Hui-chiao (zi). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Celebrating the photographic images that became part of history  Mar 24, 2007
    Visitors looking at one of the photographs chronicling the early conquest of air. (Antoine Antoniol for The New York Times). (International Herald Tribune)

    History in depth: View stereographic images of the 1908 flood through a stereoscope and you might swear you’re actually there  Feb 26, 2007
    The guests have made a beeline for the piles of pictures and the newfangled machine viewers, immersing themselves in photographic images which range from musty sepias of the gay nineties to exciting tints of blitzed-out London. A 1952 movie called Bwana Devil used polarized glasses and started a 3-D craze in the theater. (Missoulian, MT)

    Jinnah's Tandoori and Seafood Restaurant  Feb 24, 2007
    The other has photographic images of a banquet. If you look carefully, you'll also see a photo of Muhammed Ali Jinnah, considered the founder of Pakistan. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Artist blends images to capture spirit of the new year  Dec 30, 2006
    She said she uses both live models and photographic images of people and animals as inspiration for her painting and drawings. Among her favorite animal portraits are a sketch of a lion, in which she used pencils to blend four of its expressions into a continuous motion, and a painting of a flamingo arched over a baby bird. (North County Times)

    Clinton Fein Torture Exhibition Opens Abu Ghraib Wounds  Dec 28, 2006
    A series of staged and digitally manipulated photographic images recreate infamous torture scenes from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, transforming diffuse, muted and low-resolution images into large-scale, vivid, powerful and frightening reproductions. Fein focuses on the choreography and sexualization of torture, which includes images of prisoners, stripped naked, wearing hoods or sandbags as they're forced to stand in excruciatingly uncomfortable positions, simulate sexually degrading acts, and... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Seeing the restroom as a work of art  Dec 9, 2006
    For a self-portrait that tracked her life, she made 10 pairs of Chinese peasant shoes and placed photographic images of herself, taken from infancy to adulthood, in the insoles. Last spring, in honor of their 10th anniversary, the artists each created a giant chopstick. (Los Angeles Times)

    From deaths of father and lover, images of life  Nov 20, 2006
    For more than four decades, the photographic images of Susan Sontag that her readers knew were thoroughly idealized - a leggy, strikingly beautiful woman with a small, compelling explosion of white hair erupting from the right side of the forehead of an otherwise raven-haired woman. They were, for a long time, what was generally known of her, other than her ubiquitousness at this or that art opening or political function. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)

    Earl Schilling Memorial Art Show on display in Crandon  Nov 18, 2006
    We have everything from paintings in watercolor and oil, to abstract paintings, pottery, precious metal jewelry, photographic images, and on Saturday, our very own, Rose Schuemann, a spinner, is going to give us a live demonstration of her talent for us. ADVERTISEMENT. (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)

    Read Indepth Article  Nov 10, 2006
    The electrons penetrate deeper in the structure creating images with more depth, more natural 3D-look than the photographic images. IMAGECris Orfescu Title: Falling Leaf Year Created: 2003 Medium: Giclee Width: 19 inches Height: 13 inches Edition Size: 50 Price: US$ 495. (AbsoluteArts.com)

    A Few Of My Favorite Things  Nov 8, 2006
    CBS rightly points out that since the invention of photographic images nearly two centuries ago, people have doctored them for all sorts of reasons. Politicians choose the worst photographs of opponents and make them look even less appealing or edit foes out altogether. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)

    Fragile treasures of the Sinai PHOTOS  Nov 5, 2006
    But those who visit the elegantly appointed museum will find a dozen or so photographic images replacing prime pieces lent to the Getty. Still, with its marble floors, polished wood and glass display cases designed by the German team Glasbau Hahn and wall text in Greek, Arabic and English, the museum remains worth seeing. (Los Angeles Times)

    On the Modern trail  Oct 25, 2006
    Our universe is now digital, meaning photographic images can be made without a traditional camera. Lens-based pictures like these proliferate, but they are losing their singular, century-old authority. (Los Angeles Times)

    A conceptual artist makes sculpture out...  Oct 12, 2006
    He started working with cibachrome photographs in the early 1970s and has been doing what could be called a conceptual art, and had most notably pioneered the genre of "photo-text," which employs photographic images in relation to narrative texts. "Almost always, I work with something smaller and then on a larger scale, there's something about the transformation, from being a small object to a bigger object. But also, I always try to make the photographs in the context of American paintings... (Korea Herald, Korea)

    Alumnus transforms neurological activity of memories into colorful art exhibition — ‘Neurotheology’  Oct 6, 2006
    In his artwork, Audrius Plioplys has hidden photographic images under layers of color, with the exception of one piece where the photo of one of the University s gargoyles is visible. When alumnus Audrius Plioplys (M.D., 75) merged his two greatest interests, neurology and art, he developed a visual metaphor for the functions of the human brain. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)

    Photos by Lee Wright displayed at CB library  Sep 19, 2006
    The exhibit consists of 42 photographic images taken on film, scanned and digitally printed with ultrachrome inks on archival materials. It is called Sense of Grace: Images of gesture, natural and non-natural process, implied movement, emergent and transitional states of grace. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    Jerry Schatzberg's New Limited Edition Volume From Genesis Publications - 'Thin Wild Mercury - Touching Dylan's Edge: Dylan by Schatzberg' - to be Celebrated With a Sept. 13 Book Signing at NYC'S National Arts Club  Sep 12, 2006
    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrated New York City-based photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg has created compelling photographic images of many of the world's most renowned artists, celebrities, politicians and thinkers for over four decades. His unforgettable portraits of Bob Dylan -- including the cover image for the album "Blonde On Blonde" -- are among the most famous ever taken of the legendary star, and they form the core of the first major book published of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    First Friday  Sep 1, 2006
    The photographic images are included in an art book, "What Do You See?" by Kai, to be released this month by Silver Light Publications. The bold images in the book are accompanied by text from four spiritual traditions. (Mail Tribune, OR)

    The Public Editor: Photo issues crop up in war and with tech advances  Aug 20, 2006
    The National Press Photographers Association has a strict code of ethics that deals with the integrity of photographic images, as does the Society for News Design. And yet the great irony is that today's digital technology provides more powerful ways than ever to alter, stage and fake pictures, misleading readers about events. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)

    Vegging out creatively  Aug 5, 2006
    Angela Del Buono's Gaze has photographic images so tightly cropped they reveal only eyes of animals and/or humans gazing back at the viewer. In some instances, it's easy to distinguish the chicken from the suburbanite. (Toronto Star -- Arts)

    China's Visual Awakening  Jul 16, 2006
    Hong Hao updates "Spring Festival on the River," a classical scroll by Zhang Zeduan, by inserting tiny photographic images of Beijing people on a likeness of the original artwork. Huang Yan, who describes himself as an avant-garde ink painter, paints traditional landscapes on the bare torso and arms of a male model, then photographs his work in his "Chinese Landscape Tattoo" series. (Los Angeles Times)

    Widow's photo brings Mozart closer  Jul 9, 2006
    Famous people who died before the age of photography always retain a certain mystery for me, though that might just be a journalist's bias for the proof we see in photographic images. Beethoven, for instance, died in 1827, a few years shy of photo technology. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Bucks submerged again  Jul 6, 2006
    Machesic recorded more than 200 photographic images of the devastation, pictures that portend an enormous and complicated cleanup effort. Fitzpatrick, the former Commissioners Board Chairman and first-term U.S. Representative, has been at the fore of the effort to have the Army Corps of Engineers conduct a detailed study of the Delaware River basin. (Advance of Bucks County, PA)

    Arts Walking the walk  Jun 28, 2006
    Barilleaux, who invited Pujol to create the installation, says that Pujol s use of photographic images places him squarely within the parameters of contemporary practice. He is also quick to point out that Pujol s project adds another crucial dimension, theatricality, to the images, making the installation a fine fit with the museum s theater collection. (San Antonio Current, TX)

    Show Me the Water  May 30, 2006
    Brand's artist statement describes her show as a response "to current environmental concerns, by creating an ambiguous space where photographic images are displayed on the gallery floor and people read love poems to the ocean in different languages.". She wants the installation to call attention to global warming and the loss of nature by showing how the method of documentation takes the place of the experience of nature itself. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Eclectic exhibit demonstrates Silver Eye's diversity  May 3, 2006
    The photographic images are, respectively, Lewis Hine's 1920 "Brakeman on Coal Train, Pennsylvania"; Duane Rieder's "Our Father, Pittsburgh Steelers in 2005 AFC Championship Game versus New England Patriots"; Jerry Uelsmann's 2004 "Homage to John Muir"; and William Wegman's 2002 "Floating Island.". They represent the diversity of photographs -- and some of the distinguished photographers -- that comprise an exhibition at Silver Eye Center for Photography that continues until May 20, when the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Indian art's profitable brushwith the Internet  Apr 28, 2006
    "Today, there are over 300 listings in the art category on eBay India across sub-categories of digital art, folk art, drawings and posters, paintings, photographic images and prints. And over 65% of the listings are auctions as opposed to fixed price, which is different from the overall India trend of significantly more fixed price. There are even new artists who are looking at eBay and the online world to list art and create a buyer base," said Thomas. One of the biggest reasons driving the... (Asia Times Online)

    The vision thing  Apr 24, 2006
    As Jonathan Lipkin writes in Ph otography Reborn: Image Making in the Digital Era, Some digital photographic images those created with a digital camera are very clearly descended from their traditional forebears. Others share a different lineage, however much they look like photographs: they are drawn, or rendered in a computer and in spite of their appearance have more in common with paintings. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    The Evolution Of Spy Tools  Apr 20, 2006
    And long before scientists knew how to reduce photographic images to the size of a printed period, American Revolutionary troops were relaying messages to one another using an invisible ink called Jay s Sympathetic Stain. Modern spy tools are faster, smaller, more accurate and more easily concealed, says Peter Earnest, a retired senior CIA official and the executive director of the International Spy Museum. (Forbes -- Technology)

    Waves of fear  Apr 19, 2006
    " The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards contest offers riders $1,000 per foot for a ridden wave verified by photographic images. With the big-wave season having arrived along North America's West Coast, surfers are aiming their spears/boards toward breaks such as Maverick's off Half Moon Bay and Cortes Bank, 105 miles off San Diego. The Billabong contest was the brainchild of San Diego State graduate Bill Sharp. Sharp, 44, was watching CNN coverage of an El Ni;o in 1997 and he wondered.... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)

    From a dusty crate flows the genesis of Lake Carnegie  Apr 19, 2006
    In it was a treasure trove of photographic images of the making of Lake Carnegie in 1905 and 1906 before and after. The result of that delivery is "O, What a Place for a Lake: The Centennial of the Construction of Loch Carnegie," an exhibition of photographs at Firestone Library's Milberg Gallery that depicts the Princeton landscape before, during and after the creation of the lake. (Cranbury Press, NJ)

    Sterling Bank's 5th Annual San Jacinto Event to Offer Preview of Dallas Historical Society's 'Texas Heroes' Exhibit  Apr 16, 2006
    Through photographic images and words, it explores what the Alamo means to Texans, the role of Mexican-Texans in the Revolution, and reasons why the Alamo story continues to fascinate people of all ages. Featuring more than 150 photographs, the exhibit traces the history of the Alamo as mission, fort, and shrine; the drama of its siege and fall in March 1836; and the recreation of this drama in poems, plays, novels, games, toys, comics, television programs, films, documents, paintings, and... (PR Newswire)

    Washington Post Announces Online Access to Photo Content for Purchase and Licensing  Mar 16, 2006
    Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) have teamed up to create direct access to their highly desirable photo content, making searching for, and acquiring their photographic images fun and simple. Emeryville, Calif. (PR Newswire)

    Art therapy can reduce pain and anxiety in cancer patients  Jan 2, 2006
    When participants could not use their hands or were not comfortable using the art materials, the art therapist would do the art making under the direction of the subject or they could look at and discuss photographic images that were assembled into a book. Sessions ranged from light entertaining distraction to investigating deep psychological issues, says Nancy Nainis, MA, ATR, an art therapist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, who is the lead author on the study. (EurekAlert!)


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