I teach the Freshman Seminar course in the photography program at Parsons The New School for Design. The course serves to give incoming students both a technical and conceptual overview of all things photography and a foundation of knowledge that they can build on throughout the rest of their time in the program. Each year one of the first things I do is show the students the 1962 science
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Saturday, 15 November 2008
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Laser Portraits
Posted on 17:34 by election
This year I am teaching a portraiture class at Parsons and one of my first assignments was sending students to Kmart to have their portrait taken by a photographer at the Olin Mills Portrait Studios. The point of the exercise was to have them reengage with one of the many ways we encounter portraiture over the course of our lifetime. The results were cheeseball awesome. I mention this because
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Jessica Dimmock and The Ninth Floor
Posted on 08:35 by election
© Jessica DimmockThis Thursday Jessica Dimmock's The Ninth Floor opens at Foley Gallery this Thursday. If you haven't seen Jessica's work yet check out the show or pick up her book. You will be hard pressed not to be effected by the work. Anna Sirota is a student of mine from Parsons. She was moved by the images from The Ninth Floor and approached me about writing a review of the book on my
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Parsons MFA Thesis Show
Posted on 07:20 by election
© Patti HallockPatti Hallock reminds that the Parsons 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition is up through September 28 at the Calumet Gallery in New York. Normally, I'm pretty much an exclusive SVA MFA promotion shop, but now that I'm on the faculty at Parsons, I have to spread the love.Here are the details on the Parsons show:Parsons Photography Department: 2007 MFA Senior Thesis ExhibitionSeptember 4 -
Friday, 31 August 2007
Laboring Over the Labor Day Weekend
Posted on 08:56 by election
Woman Aircraft Worker © 1942 David BransbyLabor Day weekend I will be doing some serious laboring. A good friend is getting married in Washington, DC, on Sunday so I will be making the three and half hour trek down I-85 for the big event. Of course, this means I will miss the opening of The Interactive Landscape at Mt. Tremper Arts. I am happy my friend found true love, but it sucks the
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