The year is drawing to an end. Seniors last day is June 3rd. In the beginning classes, students just finished up their photo essays. They turned out great! You can see them in the photo room. Students chose their topic to shoot, printed and matted 7 to 10 images, wrote an introduction, and then placed all of these things in a handmade titled envelope. Some of the topics included the Alphabet District of Portland; portraits of 4 generations of women from one family shown by their faces and their hands; a series of images with Radiohead lyrics printed on them; an essay that started out just being about a family trip to the Grand Canyon and ended with photo weavings that incorporated portraits with the landscape; and many more.
Advanced photo students are preparing for the Senior Show which is opening on May 20th. This show honors those seniors who chose to continue working in art beyond a beginning level. Works from the photo students, ceramics, draw-paint-print, and graphic arts classes will be on display.
Here is a video about photographer, Roman Loranc, whose work we looked at in the landscape slideshow.
