#davideustace

All credits to the photographer and the original Instagram and Facebook source. Shared here for archival and appreciation purposes.

We expect that all 2nd years book a spot for this!

We are researching David Eustace today in class as we have been told that on the 11th of January he will be coming to have a talk with staff and students in the new year.

David enjoys seeing a happy world. A world of joy. He went on to talk about the concept of “Daft Ideas” and their value to us and his life. His life was full of daft ideas that have taken him to where he is today. We have been encouraged to follow those daft ideas we have ourselves, and to enjoy the journey as its as important as the destination. He made the comment of not listening to those doubters out there. That we should listen to our guts and instincts. David talked about his life starting at college to working for magazines in London. During this he explained he did a lot of adverts. He goes on to talking about turning 40 and going to NY. During his time in the USA he worked for Anthropologie. One of the projects he talked about was the $65 dress. The concept behind this project bridged adverts and art. This made Anthropologie nervous. He went on to explain that he wanted to do a road trip called in search of Eustace. This is a town in the USA. He used this time to create a story with his journey. He asked us to be story tellers with our work. To quote “There is no such thing as a daft idea. We don’t know how things will turn out. Just to do it and put in the effort” He advises we create physical folios and to do this often. To create our own work. Self-doubt is normal so relax it shows we care. 

My notes from the talk by the truly inpirational David Eustace. You could feel the passion he had for photography, I could listen to him all day long. Nice to get a look at some other stuff he has done. Some of it was surprising, liked his facination for squiggly lines and his images on this subject.

In 2015 he has been appointed to Chancellor of Napier University in Edinburgh. He still does his own work. However, he does take out some of his own time to give speeches at colleges and Universities, inspiring the new generation of photographers.