Do you learn a great deal from your students? Do you have any new ideas, any reactions to their reactions?
GW: No, the only thing that happens when I'm teaching is that I hope there are some students out there in the class who will ask questions. Teaching is only interesting because you struggle with trying to talk about photographs, photographs that work, you see. Teaching doesn't relate to photographing, at least not for me. But now and then I'll get a student who asks a question that puts me up against the wall and maybe by the end of the semester I can begin to deal with the question. You know what I mean. It's not easy.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
References I made in class
Arielle
Elliot Erwitt's handbook is on sale at Strand Bookstore by Union Square for like 6 bucks ? Good book to add to the collection. I'd pick it up , the text and images could spark new ideas about gestures, expression, emotional response, & humanity.
Arjeta
Here's a link to images from Martin Parr's bored couples. Perhaps photographing individuals in public settings who are expressing a specific psychology.
http://todayspictures.slate.com/boredcouples/
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
late night thoughts
Kaisas
I like the idea of examining an underground provocative subject. It would be interesting to see who is in attendance and what they're doing. The crowd is usually more interesting than the act itself. Shoot lots and hope to capture the moment. Perhaps you can go deeper and examine the balance of normal life vs private life of these functions. I bet shooting this subject is somewhat a thrill, if you have the access, work it!
Marti
http://www.cheimread.com/exhibitions/2010-01-07_william-eggleston/?view=checklist
Fellow working on the industrial subject. I don't want to judge based on limited photographs but perhaps going in a direction of creating atmosphere, by paying close attention to the lighting & surface of your subject, from what I've seen you have it down. Assuming that the photographs will be presented in a linear fashion think about sequence which pics are verticals/horizontals and how to tell the story you are documenting. Fiction or Non-Fiction.
To classmate considering human distortion, I thought the concept was strong. Think about playing with mirrors and abstracting the human body. Creating interesting lighting on your subject will take your photos to another level. Experimenting & improvising with your ideas is my suggestion for a starting point, it'll lead to a sparks of genius.
Check this out.
http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2009/11/2541
To the girl whom we didn't critique. Your photographs have a sense of an individual passing through place. Formally strong, you must've seen lots of Walker Evans & Eugene Atget. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of your project idea... just stick to your guns and keep shooting.
Good with faces, bad with names. Hope this sparks new ideas.
Fondly
-Peter
I like the idea of examining an underground provocative subject. It would be interesting to see who is in attendance and what they're doing. The crowd is usually more interesting than the act itself. Shoot lots and hope to capture the moment. Perhaps you can go deeper and examine the balance of normal life vs private life of these functions. I bet shooting this subject is somewhat a thrill, if you have the access, work it!
Marti
I like the disoriented/familiar feeling of your recent work particularly the 4 photographs we examined in class. The perspective keeps viewer in mystery & the subtlety of subject is seductive. Expanding the mind is appealing, this exhibition may interest you
Fellow working on the industrial subject. I don't want to judge based on limited photographs but perhaps going in a direction of creating atmosphere, by paying close attention to the lighting & surface of your subject, from what I've seen you have it down. Assuming that the photographs will be presented in a linear fashion think about sequence which pics are verticals/horizontals and how to tell the story you are documenting. Fiction or Non-Fiction.
To classmate considering human distortion, I thought the concept was strong. Think about playing with mirrors and abstracting the human body. Creating interesting lighting on your subject will take your photos to another level. Experimenting & improvising with your ideas is my suggestion for a starting point, it'll lead to a sparks of genius.
Check this out.
http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2009/11/2541
To the girl whom we didn't critique. Your photographs have a sense of an individual passing through place. Formally strong, you must've seen lots of Walker Evans & Eugene Atget. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of your project idea... just stick to your guns and keep shooting.
Good with faces, bad with names. Hope this sparks new ideas.
Fondly
-Peter
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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