Photo Print Sale/Swap tonight: Tuesday, April 23rd

Artists #10 posted

ARTISTS #10

Robert Adams

Andres Serrano

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Jim Stone

Weegee

Phillip-Lorca diCorcia

Terry Richardson

Sally Mann

Stephen Shore

Lee Friedlander

QUIZ TODAY (TUES 23rd).

UPDATES:

I added some items to the blog:

ARTISTS #9  - THE WRAP UP
Paul Shambroom
Walker Evans
Rineke Dijkstra
Bill Brandt
Garry Winogrand
Diane Arbus
Harry Callahan
Adrienne Salinger
Naoya Hatakeyama
Robert Frank

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FINAL ASSIGNMENT:
A portfolio of 7-10 perfectly printed and presented images. These must all be focused on one idea (up to you). Scale, materials, and presentation method are your choice, but must be expertly done and in keeping with the concept of the project.  Two of the prints can be reworked previous prints.  You can include an artist statement, but it is not required for this assignment.


DUE: 5/2

ARTIST STATEMENTS

Artists Statements:

Points to consider writing about:

The subject matter in your photograph.

The concepts in the work.

The techniques of making the work.

References to artists/books/or any inspiration for the work.

It is generally a good idea to have some physical description of the work: The work consists of photographs, all the pictures are blue because…etc.

It is also important to explain how the medium or techniques in the work correlate to the concepts in the work.

Another important question to consider is: Why are you making this work? What is important about it for you, or for you to share with others?

Consider what you want to reveal to your viewer, and what you want to hide. How much information is too much?

REMEMBER: For Personal Project 3 your statement will hang next to your work, it can be between 5-250 words. The statement should be specifically about the work you did for this project, not about yourself as an artist - that could be another statement for a website, or something else. 

Here are some links for inspiration, but make sure you keep your statements as true to yourself & your work as possible! 

LINKS: 

Henry Horenstein:

http://www.horenstein.com/#mi=1&pt=0&pi=2&p=-1&a=0&at=0

Good example of a clear, honest artist statement. This statement is focused on the photographer as an artist, not a specific project.

Freja Mitchell

http://frejamitchell.c­om

Look under different sections in “Portfolio”. Good example of clearly explaining process of image making, and descriptions of physical work.

Kathleen Hawkes

http://kathleenhawkes.com/bio/statement

Good example of the difference between an artist statement and reviews written about one’s work from another person.

Look under “Portfolio”

Patrick Craig Manning

http://pcm.pcmxa.com/

Click on the right, most work has a statement before you view the images.

Meggan Gould

http://www.meggangould.net/statement.htm

Good overview statement of all work.

ARTISTS #8

Here are your Artists #8. I will consider this extra credit - if you review one of these artists it might help make up some points for not responding to classmate reviews, missing a review, etc.

Enjoy:


ARTISTS #8 (Non-traditional Photography) EXTRA CREDIT

Terri Weifenbach
Richard Hamilton
Alexander Rodchenko
The Parke Harrisons
Maurizio Anzeri
Lori Nix
Andreas Gursky
Patrick Nagatani
Sarah Charlesworth
Meggan Gould

GRADUATE STUDIO REVIEWS!

I forgot to announce that the Graduate Studio reviews are THIS THURSDAY - before our class on Thursday (Friday, the 4th).

I have not yet seen the schedule, but they normally start at 9am and end about 3pm.

The Graduate Studio Reviews are the 1st year graduate students, working in all different disciplines (photo, sculpture, painting, etc), presenting a body of work to 4 Art & Art History professors. These reviews are open to the public, and anyone can come in the studio buildings, stay and listen to an entire review - or bounce around and look at different art works & listen to different reviews.

The reviews are 1 hour conversations between the artist and the 4 member panel. At the end, the conversation opens up to the public and you can add your comments/questions if you're so inclined.

This is a REALLY valuable experience to witness, particularly if you are interested in continuing your art education.

These reviews are held on UNM Campus, in the Annex and Mattox graduate studio buildings. I'm attaching a map, and have circled where these buildings are!

GO!! If you write a 1 page response about one of the reviews, I'll give you a nice chunk of extra credit in the class.

I'll forward you the schedule as soon as I get one.

Thesis Show Openings THIS FRIDAY (the 5th)

Two Photo Graduate Students, Rachel Cox & Jamie Kovach, are both having their thesis show openings this coming Friday, April 5th.

They are both in the Factory on 5th, 5G, Kosmos location (so many names for the same place!). It is on 5th St NW, a little before you reach i40 if you're headed north from downtown.

It will a great opportunity for you to see some advanced student artwork in photo, mingle with other artists, and maybe grab some of their snacks!!

More INFO on these ladies:

Rachel Cox:
http://rachelcoxphotography.com/























Jamie Kovach:
http://jamiekovach.com