Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Ave Pildas. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Ave, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?
As the saying goes, “No risk, no reward”
I also believe that you are responsible for everything that involves you, so you must continue to work through the problem until
the problem is solved.
The short answer is from my football and baseball coaches when I was a kid.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ave Pildas worked early in his career as a photo stringer for Downbeat Magazine in the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania in the 1960’s, and has been a successful photographer and educator for the past 40 years.
In 1971 Pildas began working at Capitol Records in Hollywood as Art Director and designed and photographed album covers for Capitol’s recording artists. He launched a career as a freelance photographer and designer soon after, specializing in architectural and corporate photography.
His photographs have been exhibited in one man shows at the: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Photographers Gallery, London, Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, Gallerie Diaframma, Milan, Cannon Gallery, Amsterdam, Gallerie 38, Zurich and numerous group shows. They have been featured in: The New York Times Magazine, ‘ZOOM’, ‘PHOTO’, ‘CAMERA ‘photographic’ and many publications both in the United States and abroad. Photographs by Ave Pildas are included in the collections of the New York Public Library; Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Bibliotheca National, Paris; the University of Arizona as well as numerous other public and private collections. He is a Professor Emeritus at Otis College of Design.
Ave currently lives in Santa Monica, CA, in the solar-powered, xero-scaped home and studio he collaborated on with W3 Architects. He is digitally archiving his vintage work and continues with new projects while inspiring, polishing, and guiding young talent,
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Get a good education.
Collect all the facts then organize.
Never give up.
Everyone gets something special, identify what that is and develop it.
How would you spend the next decade if you somehow knew that it was your last?
My Legacy:
Scanning the good photographs of more than 200,000 photos that I have taken.
Producing more books of my photographs.
exhibiting my photographs in galleries and museums
Contact Info:
- Website: avepildas.com. avepildasjazz.com
- Instagram: avepildas
- Facebook: Ave pildas photographysmall
- Linkedin: htts:www.linkedin.com/in/avepildas
- Youtube: YouTube/avepildas
- Other: small photobooks.com
Ave’s America is available on Prime you can see a trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QOBT4WmbU8
Image Credits
photo credit of my photo ©Phyllis Green all others ©Ave Pildas
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