Wow, so much has been happening in the last month! The beginning students finished up their portrait assignment and are now working on photo essays. The slideshow below shows some of their work. The advanced students finished their "Inspiration and Emulation" pieces. Really wonderful creativity was shown in their work. The inspirations came from subjects as diverse as Hunter Thompson's musings, Chagall paintings, songs of Andrew Bird, David Smith's metal sculptures, Andy Goldsworthy, the David Lynch film "Inland Empire", an Indian dance form called Kathakal, and more. Techniques employed ranged from using liquid light on mulberry paper and aluminum plates, printing on acrylic skins, fabric, handmade papers, polaroid transfers, digital work and traditional black and white. Most of this work will be on display in the Advanced Photography final show in May.
We also have had 3 wonderful speakers this past month. Stuart Allen Levy showed and discussed his new work around photographing his friend who is going through cancer treatment. Two former students, Ben Johnson and Marshall Reynolds Stein showed their work and talked about how they are continuing to work with photography. All were so inspirational. In this last quarter, beginning students will be finishing up their photo essays and then tackling landscape. Advanced students are working on final projects and publishing or making books of their work.
