Tomorrow- Dec. 7- Final Class

Hi Everyone,

Don't forget, tomorrow morning is the crit of photos you have produced for this class

and also a crit of another photo project you have done this semester.

Unfortunately, I am still struggling with the flu, and you may have a free afternoon to print, etc. We will see.

Interesting speaker tomorrow (thurs.)

Hello faculty,

Just a reminder, the Aaron Hughes lecture is tomorrow (thursday) at 12:15 in Alfond Auditorium in the MFA.

Please encourage your students to attend. Aaron is a very smart, powerful speaker and a young artist students may be able to relate to. I've talked to some of you who have students who are vets. Aaron requested that we reach out to any students vets as he would like to work with them.

It's free and open to the public, but students do need to grab a free ticket at the Fenway entrance on their way in.

Thank you so much,

Steve

Text and Image Arts welcomes:

Aaron Hughes

Aaron Hughes is an artist, Iraq War veteran, and lead organizer with Iraq Veterans Against The War.

Aaron is available to meet with students and do a workshop during his visit. He asked us to specifically welcome any students who may be veterans or family of veterans. If you are interested, please email steve.lambert@smfa.edu

Aaron Hughes served in the Illinois Army National Guard from 2000 to 2006 and was deployed for fifteen months to "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in 2003/2004 with the 1244th Transportation Company from North Riverside, IL. On his return he began to use art as a tool to confront issues of dehumanization, militarism, and occupation. In 2009 he received an MFA in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University. Today Aaron is the curator and chair of the Art Committee at the National Veterans Art Museum and Organizing Team Leader for Iraq Veterans Against the War, where he has worked on such projects as Warrior Writers, Combat Paper, Drawing For Peace, Operation First Casualty, Winter Soldier, the Demilitarized University, and Operation Recovery.

Thursday, December 1, 2011
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Alfond Auditorium, G36

tickets are limited and available at the Fenway entrance the day of the event

November 30th

Jeff Bark - Fashion Plagiarism

Vice Magazine

Sean M. Johnson

Pao Houa Her

Amanda Dendeneau

Kyle McDonald - public library pictures

Benedetta Bonichi

Andrea Robbins & Max Becher

True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams movie

Photos

Part-Time Job Op.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Manuela Arundel <marundel@collegebounddorchester.org>
Date: Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:29 PM
Subject: Internship Opportunity
To: bonnie.donohue@smfa.edu

Dear Professor Donohue:

I am hoping you can help me find a student-photographer who might be interested in an internship/work-study opportunity with our non-profit. This is great opportunity for a student who is looking to build his/her portfolio by working with us. We are looking for someone who will provide services to support our marketing efforts and events. The photographer will take pictures of all of College Bound’s programs to be used in the organization’s annual report, website and collateral and will also be available to take day of photos for fundraising and marketing events throughout the year. The photographer will be employed as a contractor and work under the direct supervision of the Director of Development. College Bound Dorchester will provide photo credit on all collateral. This is a great opportunity to showcase work and contribute to College Bound’s mission—to equip Dorchester student with the attitude, skills and experience to graduate from college (www.collegebounddorchester.org). Rate of pay will be $25/hour, with an estimated 20-30 hours available throughout the year. Additional hours may be available.

I am most grateful for any help or suggestions you can provide.

Best,

Manuela

Manuela Arundel
Development Associate
College Bound Dorchester
18 Samoset Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 506-5985

Established in 1965 as Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc.

Mimmo Rubino street art illusions

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mimmo+rubino

Great Zine/Website/Photos!

here's a really great zine or something! Unfortunately i believe all the text is in spanish. I'm not positive where the leaders are from or who the leaders are. I am mostly impressed with the work within their issues. The link will open up to their "dream issue" yet i suggest you check out their other work! Here's the FotoClub & for those who like Tumblr, you can find their blog here!

Happy thanksgiving!

Madeline

LAUREL NAKADATE Thursday Nov. 17

6pm Lecture Hall

Carpenter Center-Harvard University

24 Quincy Street

Cambridge, 02138

617-495-3251

http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/nakadate.html

Mass Art Photo Lecture + Harvard Lecture

November 15 MITCH EPSTEIN

great color photographer

Tower Auditorium, Mass Art

621 Huntington Ave.

and

LAUREL NAKADATE, Nov. 17

Carpenter Center, Harvard University.

I need to look up time.

Pictures from last class

Here are some pictures from the 20x24 demonstration!

Assignment

Next week in class we will be learning about various flashes.

I would like you to bring in 3-4 found photos of artificial lighting that interests you.

Bring your cameras so you can shoot in class.

This week's shooting assignment is a reprieve! Shoot photographs

of anything you feel strongly about, in a style that interests you.

Also, don't forget to bring your one found photo-that means everyone.

Anne Rowland sent along this picture

found artist interview channel

hello everyone! I have found this new website which has a lot of interviews from artists! I have found that i don't know all the artists off the website which interested me a lot in comparison to other websites which focus on well-known artists. It has some really cool artists, mainly all photography i believe, and they're pretty well done but they are very casual.

AMADELIO

Tomorrow Nov. 9

Hi All,

We will be going to Mass Art at 3:15 to LOOK at the 20x24 camera.

In the morning we will watch the video on Shelby Lee Adams work and work ethics.

I will also do some explaining about on-camera flash, etc. Once that is clearly understood we can move on to the Jack Rabbit and studio strobes.

I am also looking at as many cheap underwater cameras as I can find.

Here is my plan: Everyone will get a different camera. I hope. We will see which camera works best and people can look at the different aesthetics and choose which model they would like to use. I hope to have all the cameras by next weds.

In the meantime look at this photographer's work for technique ideas.

see next post.

National Portrait Gallery

http://portraitcompetition.si.edu/

Portrait competition. Alec Soth one of judges.

Deadline extended.

Nov. 11 Digital lab hours

On Nov 11th hours for the photo d-lab will be 10-6pm and darkrooms and digital suite will be open 8:30 to 6pm. Please let your students know we have a rare Friday free in the d-lab. Saturday hours will be the same 12-6pm.

pic for today

Here is my image for today's class. It is a self portrait. I took many of my facebook profile pictures and somehow turned them into a sphere. This reminded me of flowers so then somehow this was created.

IMPORTANT-About the assignment

It is okay to do this assignment by combining your photos with found photos.
It can combine black and white with color, different scales and processes.
But, the image must look "unified".
Questions?

ASSIGNMENT

Look at artists below, but first scroll down to read what the assignment is and then look at the artists I have listed.

Seung Hoon Park

http://flavorwire.com/204998/amazing-woven-photographs-of-urban-life

Seung Hoon Park

DINH Q. LE

Please read up on this fabulous Vietnamese artist and his woven photographs in Wikipedia.
Also, look at his images at PPOW Gallery at http://www.ppowgallery.com.

David Hilliard- triptychs

www.davidhilliard.com

Anne's website

www.annerowland.net

Anne Rowland- her website

David Hockney Composite Polaroids

Strange Contact Sheet Self Portraits- Karl Baden

http://www.petapixel.com/2010/09/10/strange-contact-sheet-self-portraits

ASSIGNMENT for next week

Create a grid of photographs "as if" you were using the Gigapan.
It is okay to use photos from different times and places.
You can shoot using different size lenses, etc.
But, the whole thing needs to work together as one large image.
I would like you to print out the images.
Please print them out at least 24 hours before class so they outgas.
OK to print at Walgreens, etc. If you can't afford it then we will look at the computer screen.
But, it seems that this assignment would look good as prints.

Alyssa's "Surveillance" image

hey guys, I was unable to come to class today - so here is my "surveillance" image. Let me know what you think!

-Alyssa

SMFA Video Stream

Hey!
So I've been pretty busy with this project of starting a web based TV station for the school.

there is now a tumblr: http://smfatv.tumblr.com , lots of images of progress made so far.

Most importantly, I made the first video stream out of SMFA, Boston, here's a clip:

smfa on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

In the background I have featured the first submission ever to the SMFA Video archive made by Lauren Coulson. If you have created any works that use moving images, please submit them to the SMFA Video Archive in the 3rd floor SMFA library!.

My height in exact proportion to the empire state building.

Installation - James Traggianese

TUESDAY'S GIGAPAN LECTURE and DEMO

Anne will be giving a demonstration of how she uses the Gigapan robot and software to construct her landscapes after her lecture. Interested students and faculty can come to the demo that will happen around 2pm in the Main Building. We will first meet in B010 and, weather permitting, then go to The Fenway. If it is raining she will set up a shot inside.
Class, as you know, if you work inside I cannot come. Even if you do work outside, when you go inside to download onto the computer with the Gigapan software, I cannot be there. Hopefully some of you will be present to be able to talk to the rest of the class about the process on wednesday.
Anne will be visiting our class 9-10:30 on wednesday.

Darkroom Closed: from Jen-Stockroom Manager

Everyone,

I need to close the darkroom on:

Tuesday, October 25th 12:30-1:30
Wednesday, October 26th 12:30-1:30

For stockroom training.

Please let me know if there are any problems.

ANNE ROWLAND LECTURE : Constructed Landscapes

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25
12:30 MISSION HILL
C 113
See everyone at the lecture!

Movie night discussion!

Some of you today were talking about having a movie night so we could watch the films recommended in class today.  Add comments here to discuss that, where to meet, who can get which films, and so on.  If we want to do it at school we may be able to use B311 if there's no class, otherwise we can see who's house/apartment is best for viewing.

Cool,

James

Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

Alice in Wonderland Underwater

Here is a photo a former student gave me of her underwater project.
I am trying to find her name.
Still looking for a pool for us.

SYLLABUS

PHT 2000 01
ALL ABOUT THE CAMERA- SANDRA STARK
Wednesdays 9-12 and 2-5
Mission Hill Building C203

ALL ABOUT THE CAMERA- Stark

Attendance Policy
Only two absences are allowed, one excused and one not. The excused absence must be accompanied by a note from your doctor on the doctor's stationary. Participation in critiques and completing assignments on time is required. Saying that you overslept or taking someone to the airport are not excuses. You have a 5 minute window to arrive to class on time and three late arrivals are considered one absence. Missing two classes, 12 hours, you will be dropped from the course. All cell phones must be turned off during the class except for breaks.

Each morning we start the class looking at the single images each student has brought to class, from the media, to discuss. Students may have technical questions, ethical questions, etc. Mornings are spent on technical information and demonstrations and the afternoons we will have critiques and field trips. There is no darkroom component in this class and students will need to work independently.

9/7 Introduction to class, students present portfolios, explanation of course content,
introduction to photo area, attendance policy, course requirements.
Discussion of properties of light; CAMERA OBSCURA and work by Abe Morrel.
9/14 Look at weekly assignment of each student bringing one found picture from the media and discussion. Jesseca Ferguson, visiting artist, does demo and workshop building PINHOLE CAMERAS. Students shoot with pinhole cameras, process exposure in darkroom. Visit MFA to see the "Violet Land" show by Rebecca and Alex Web.
Discussion of work; is this a successful show (?); their photos relation to modernism and post-modernism; curator's role; successful sequencing; sense of place depicted or not? etc. Choose theme for next weeks single found picture: documentary photography.
9/21 Discussion of documentary found photos. Discussion of ethics in photography.
Look at Philip-Lorca di Corcia's "Faces" book; Erich Solomon's WW ll photos; Ruth Snyder's execution photo; photos of murdered bodies hanging from bridges in Mexico,
etc. When is it too much? What do those pictures really mean, etc.
9/28 Discussion of found photos.
Using the SCANNER as a camera. Will Larson, Davidhazy photos.
View “THE CLOCK” by Christian Marclay at the MFA.
10/5 CRITIQUE
10/12 Truth, Illusion and Representation in Photography
Look at work by Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas; Jan Dibbets from “Perspective Correction”, John Pfahl, “Altered Landscapes”, Zeke Berman, and Colum Colvin in relation to perspective and camera angles. Look at South African artist, Robin Rhodes and Holbein’s anamorphic painting, “The Ambassadors”. Also, looking at 19th century Spirit Photography and Spiritualism and Arthur Conan Doyle’s defense of and it’s relation to truth and photography.
Assignment: Try to photograph a memory. Be aware that the vignetted, soft focus image is a Hollywood contruction. Remember daily we are photographing things that haven’t happened yet. Taking a photograph of a memory is photographing something that has already happened. It is ok to just have one image to bring to class.
10/19 SURVEILLANCE
History of; look at detective cameras, Erich Solomans, photo of execution of Ruth Snyder, satellite spy photos, Trevor Paglen, TV show “Cheaters”, Merry Alpern, “Dirty Windows”, Shizuka Yokomizo, “Strangers”, Philip-Lorca di Corcia, “Faces”, movie “Peeping Tom”, Sophie Calle and detective, Google images by Rickard. Look at spy cameras online.
Assignment: take some surveillance photos.
10/26 ANNE ROWLAND demonstrates the GIGA PAN camera
11/2 Use GIGA PAN in class.
11/9 HAROLD EDGERTON and the invention of the STROBE Look at his work and other artists using the strobe. Also, looking at the early history of lighting, illumination of catacombs, etc.
Demo in class of various flashes.
MIT MUSEUM.
11/16 UNDERWATER CAMERA shooting in pool.
11/23 view Photo archives at MFA.
12/1 20x24 camera at Mass Art
Final critique.
The order may slightly change.

SPLASHION!!!- oy-vey

Just saw this when I came home, a collision of fashion and underwater photography:
http://griffinmuseum.org/exhibition-digital-silver-imaging-boston.htm
We will do better!

Inside Insides: MRI photo blog

This is an MRI technologist who works (maybe studies?) at Boston University Medical School, he's been running fruit through the MRI machine,  the results are pretty cool, have a look.


http://insideinsides.blogspot.com/

OLIVER HERRING

Please look at Oliver Herring on Google images before class on weds.
He is the artists who is making 3D photo sculptural portraits.

CLASS CANCELLED OCT.5

Sorry. I am sick and will cancel class for tomorrow.
More later.
Sandy

TREVOR PAGLEN--TONIGHT!!!

TREVOR PAGLEN
September 30, 2011, 7 pm
The Other Night Sky: Destiny, Warfare, and Ruins among the Stars
An Artist Talk by Trevor Paglen
MIT Bartos Theater, 20 Ames St., Building E15
RED LINE TO KENDALL SQUARE STOP. SHORT WALK TO MIT: LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER. BARTOS THEATRE IN BASEMENT.
20 AMES STREET, CAMBRIDGE, 02142, 617-253-4680.

Artist-Writer-Provocateur
AT MIT SEPTEMBER 26 – 30, 2011
Visiting artist Trevor Paglen has earned international renown for uniting disparate worlds to create works that explore and document hidden worlds. The New York Times has described him as a “geographer by training, a conspiracy theorist by instinct, and an investigative reporter by avocation.” He uses photography, video, data, and other uncommon sources to create artworks that reveal the unexpected and the profound. His work has appeared in a number of the world’s most important museums and his writing, in the most influential media of our day.

During his residency at MIT, Paglen will research ultra-archival materials and aerospace design. Faculty, researchers, and students in engineering, materials science, and message encoding will work with Paglen, using their knowledge and skills in new and unexplored realms. Paglen will also deliver the lecture “The Other Night Sky: Destiny, Warfare, and Ruins among the Stars.”

Trevor Paglen’s residency is made possible by the Arts at MIT Visiting Artist Program in collaboration with the List Visual Art Center and the MIT Program is Art, Culture and Technology (ACT).

Visit Trevor Paglen’s website.




RESIDENCY SCHEDULE

September 26
Visit MIT research groups

September 27
Meeting with MIT Anthropology
MIT Art Scholars Event for students

September 28, 2011
Class visit to Artistic Practice and Transdisciplinary Research 4.314
Lunch with ACT students
School of Architecture and Planning Tent

September 29, 2011
MIT researchers (tbd)
Class visit to Introduction to Visual Art 4.301
September 30, 2011, 7 pm
The Other Night Sky: Destiny, Warfare, and Ruins among the Stars
An Artist Talk by Trevor Paglen
MIT Bartos Theater, 20 Ames St., Building E15


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Slit-Scan Video Artworks

http://www.flong.com/texts/lists/slit_scan/

An interesting site with many different artists experimenting with Slit-Scan video artworks
compiled by Golan Levin.

Duchenne de Boulogne

Here is the 19th century photographer I couldn't think of in class
who deals with physiognamy and human emotion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_de_Boulogne

http://www.flong.com/texts/lists/slit_scan/

An Informal Catalogue of Slit-Scan Video Artworks compiled by Golan Levin.

Caleb Charland

May be of interest to some of you.
calebcharland.com

One Last Thing!

Please look at the great photo montages of Hannah Hoch. Here is a small site with some of her work.
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/classes/readcult/
On Weds. bring scissors, glue, colored paper, fabric, etc to class. Also bring lots of scanned images to class.
We will make several LARGE wall size collages using your scanned pictures to create one or two large pieces.
So here is what you will need for class:
-A personal scanned project
- scanned body parts, human or animal
- lots of scanned images to add to class wall project
-scissors, tape, glue, fabric, wallpaper or whatever you would like to add.

HHMMM, Class Body Parts?

One last thought. If everyone wanted to scan one or more body parts and bring them to class we could also
construct/assemble some new humans to put on the wall. They could be clothed or unclothed along with other things
you might want to scan that relate to the body. This is in addition to your individual projects.

Flatbed Scanner Photographs

http://www.photo-vinc.com/articles/Flatbedscanner/Flatbedscanner.html
A simplistic introduction with some examples of using the scanner as a way to make photos.
Try to think beyond the initial impulse to just place an object on the center of the glass.
You can add colored filters to the surface of the glass, move objects during scanning,
place interesting backgrounds over your objects, etc. etc. Do not put your face in the frame.
You can place acetate or a flat piece of glass over the scanner glass so you can introduce liquid, paint, etc. into the process.
Try to think beyond beauty. Scanned objects, because of their sharpness, tend to look gorgeous.
You can pick a theme for yourself if you like.
Good luck. Have fun.

Film is not dead yet

A friend shared this with me and I wanted to share it with the class

http://youtu.be/cuacneD8EUA