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B O B B Y M C A L P I N E ...
On His Fifth Book.
I’m working with Rizzoli now on my fifth
book. It has been great fun to take notice of
what I’ve been doing the last few years and
what I’m learning. The act of scrapbooking is
essentially my way of recording what I’ve been
doing for years, and in this case, since my last
book. Where am I going? What am I learning?
On Evolving.
My work has been heavily published throughout
my career, and that has given me more than a
national practice. So, with the advent of things
like Pinterest, my work is getting to the point
where it’s so widely copied because the imagery
is so available - there is no way to combat that
except to evolve. Creating an additional new
architecture from the aesthetic that I’m most
known for felt essential to me.
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