The third and final day of the 6th e.g. Conference. Yi presented after big names such as Marco Tempest, Lena Herzog (!) and Trey Ratcliff. Were we nervous? Nah. You bet!
Mike Hawley introducing Red.
I sat in the front row so that she could see me from the stage. When she started to speak, I felt my nervousness drain away completely. She did a wonderful job and presented very well. During the break later, people came up to her to tell her how amazed they were with her art; many hadn't seen her work before that. I think that's the great thing about Americans. They are so kind with praises and encouragement and so open to new ideas. I think that what Yi experienced was The American Dream, that if you work hard, you can achieve your goals, especially in America.
Top left: with American actor and amazing impressionist Jim Meskimen and his wife Tamara, and talented pianist Victoria Young and her Penang-born mother.Top right: with Shuangyi Li (who has an unusual talent in languages) and David Bolinsky ! (former chief medical illustrater at Yale). Bottom left: with Trey Radcliff, the top HDR photographer in the world. Bottom right: with explorer Jeff Wilson, producer of BBC's Natural History Unit which produces the wonderfulBBCdocumentaries about natural history and wildlife.
After their presentation, each presenter was interviewed by Jim Meskimen.
After Yi's presentation, I was totally relieved. We had gone to bed for only a couple of hours the night before and woke up at 6 am to get ready. I was her hairdresser.
Alexa Meade's special way of painting portraits.
Daniel Kim's vehicle that can't be toppled, even by another car.
One of the exhibits (forgot the presentor/author). Another exhibit was a gigantic bible beautifully handwritten and illustrated but there were so ! many peo ple looking at it I forgot to take a photo. I've also forgotten the presenter's name but he was amazing; his talk was on fonts and illustrations.
(part 2 coming up)
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