Reid Compton
As an artist, how would you define success? I would gauge success by whether my work was causing people to think in a way that’s different from what they’re used to. Art and journalism share a common thread in that they are most e f f e c t i v e w h e n t h e y challenge what we think is truth. That is success in my eyes.
Finish this sentence. People should support art because... We are al l artists. The b i g g e s t t h i n g t h a t differentiates ‘artists’ from ‘everyone else’ is that artists have the audacity to call what they make art, and they shout it from the rooftops. I think the way an engineer wires a circuit board is art. I think a landscaper creates art with every project. I believe that everyone has an artist in them, and it emerges in
the unique way that they see the world and create. When we don’t support art, we don’t support the creative thinker that is in all of us, and we all suffer as a result.
Are family members and friends always trying to hit you up for free art? What’s funny is that my family always wants to pay for it. I have to tell my parent’s “it’s okay guys, I want to give it to you,” because they all want to support me.
Do you have any pieces that you would never consider selling? Why? There was a handmade book I made during school that featured 8 miniature cut paper pieces that were based on images that I had taken. It was one of my first forays into the cut paper medium and it reminds me from time to time to put down the camera and reconnect with paper.
What medium do you work in, and what attracts you to it? Most of my work would fall into the digital medium, more specifically photography, video, and web design. I’ve started getting back to my roots a little bit with shooting 35mm film. It’s a medium that I worked in a lot in school, but I gradually moved away from it as I started getting commissioned to work in the digital side of things. The more someone pays you to do something though, the more like work it becomes, so going back to 35mm is increasingly my response to that.
Reid Compton was born in Florida into a land of hot summers and senior citizens. He moved to Chicago after college where he works as a multimedia journalist. He has recently had his work published by the Chicago Tribune, Sports Illustrated, and USA Today. He works in a range of mediums, including photography, video, web and graphic design.
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