IN A WORLD in which predictable, risk-averse algorithms decide what to recommend for us at Amazon and Netflix, these handmade artists rely on their quirky curiosity to carry out innovative visual experiments, based on past photographic examples, which cross media borders to restructure reality in unexpected ways. In their book Art & Fear (2001), Ted Orland and David Bayles explore how art gets made. They conclude that one must dive in and learn by doing. Although many of these makers have a traditional photographic grounding, their common ...
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