Radical Play Ii, Bailey Townley, 2019

• Prize
  Bronze in Advertising/Self-Promotion
• Photographer
  Christopher Paul Brown
• Technical Info
  Canon EOS 5DS, Sigma 35mm lens, Adobe Photoshop CS6
• Photo Date
  2019
• Website
  http://www.christopherpaulbrown.com/

Radical play is a simple and direct approach to creating alchemy/art. It bypasses the ego and mind and directly addresses the emotions, the senses and the soul. I began working with model Bailey Townley in the spring of 2017. I found her athletic and graceful with the presence of a dancer. She proved adept with flinging colored milk and grains and leaping about. My intent was to capture her at play and she embraced that intention during the two shoots of this series. In post I primarily used the polarities intent/openness, obscure/reveal and work/play. Serendipity made its appearance.

• Biography
  Christopher Paul Brown identifies as an alchemist. He also sees himself as a primitive hunter-gatherer rather than a modern urban agrarian. Relying on serendipity and synchronicity in lieu of elaborate planning, he seeks to uncover the unconscious and dimensions beyond the familiar three. He completed a BA in Film in 1980 and his first solo photography show exhibited in 1985. He describes his approach as Radical Play and he employs polar opposites such as intent/openness and obscure/reveal to allow paradox and invite the flow of alchemical energies while he works.
• Awards
  Silver Award Winner at the 2021 Muse Photography Awards Gold Winner, 2018 Moscow International Foto Awards, for the series Fabric on the Dock Bronze Award in the 2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards Honorable Mention in the 2020 Prix de la Photographie de Paris Honorable Mention in Circle Arts’ 2019 Spotlight Magazine Cover Contest Silver Winner, 2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards Bronze Award winner at Prix de la Photographie, Paris (P×3) 2017 London International Creative Competition 2017 Short List Winner Tokyo International Foto Awards 2017 Honorable Mention Winner Awarded the Cash Jury Prize for Art Fomenar, 2017 Bronze Award winner in the photography category of the third competition for Art Forward contests, 2016 Bronze Award winner in the photography category of the second competition for Art Forward contests, 2015 Short film “You Define Single File” nominated for the Golden Gate Award at the 47th San Francisco International Film Festival