The beginning students are starting to apply all the skills they learned in 1st semester with the new portrait assignment. To get inspired for this, we just watched "Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens". What a great film! The portraits that are starting to show up in the darkroom are terrific. Students are also finishing up a research project on a photographer, genre, or technique of their choice. They will be presenting these in small groups next week. Here is a slideshow of past beginning students portraits.
The advanced classes are just finishing up making concertina books based on a song with a color in its title. They are really wonderful. The advanced students are also continuing to work on their emulation projects. Some really great work is starting to show up. Lots of creativity is being generated. They will be finishing up and presenting these new pieces right before spring break.
