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PBS story on the art scene in Detroit.

http://detroit.iamyoungamerica.com/blog/pbs-covers-detroits-thriving-arts-scene/

Something an old photo prof. posted recently thought I'd share.    http://www.zvork.fr/vls/

PHOTO MOJO

Who else is obsessed with TED talks now? Here is one on photography by David Griffin.

*side note: they're available on netflix!

PHOTO MOJO

I presented the photographer Thilde Jensen today, here is further explanation on how the community lived with multiple chemical sensitivity.

The Canaries

This was another artist I found to be truly genius. Timothy Archibald had trouble connecting with his son Eli who suffers from autism. In his series Echolilia, Archibald focuses on his son Eli's interactions with objects. Here is his blog if you would like to follow him further. timothyarchibaldblogspot

10 Photographers you should ignore

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/03/10-photographers-you-should-ignore/?utm_source=Credit+Card+Gist&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&pid=2080

Manifest Content

Manifest Content

Photography exhibition at the Student Gallery in the Student Center.  The show will be on display from March 26th-30th, and the opening reception is Tuesday, March 27th from 4-7 pm.  Featuring the work of Jennifer Cantley, Angela Keene, Jeff Lisiecki and Jack Visnaw.  Article in the Ypsi Courier...
http://www.heritage.com/articles/2012/03/14/ypsilanti_courier/news/doc4f609e65331c6540808809.txt

Come support your fellow photo students!

Excerpt from: "A few thoughts on Cindy Sherman at MoMA (and a rant about photography at museums in general)"

"I want to blame museums for creating the situation they’re in, but that’s just foolish. The days of John Szarkowski are over. Make no mistake, it’s not even that I find everything Szarkowski did so interesting (that whole macho street photography cult? Really?). But here was somebody willing to define the medium, willing to put something out there. The willingness might still exist - but the ability is gone. Museums have become ossified institutions, and museum curators aren’t former photographers any longer. Instead, they are professionally trained museum curators, who, to make this clear, are great at what they’re trained to do.

Just don’t expect a curve ball.

In that sense, with everything always being pressed into an art-historical Procrustean Bed it can’t be a real surprise that it was a museum that staged a panel… I’m sorry, a symposium Is Photography Over? The question is ludicrous. But in the museum context, it’s perfectly valid, and it makes perfect sense. The answer is: Yes, at museums photography is over."

courtesy of Conscientious

tidy up

Unfortunately I couldn't find a website for this Swiss comedian/artist, but I did come across a site that hosted a good amount of his work. I also found a behind the scenes video of him putting together the park scene. I really enjoy the simple idea of organizing everyday items. I makes you look at them from a different perspective.

URSUS WEHRLI

YOUTUBE BEHIND THE SCENES

Landscapes

"....My work, in 3D as well as in painting, originates from the very idea that ultimate knowledge could very well be an erosion instead of an accumulation. The title of one of my pieces is “ All Ideas Look Alike”. Contemporary art seems to have forgotten that there is an exterior to the intellect. I want to examine thinking, not only “what” we think, but “that” we think. "
-GUY LARAMEE

His work may not be involved with photography, but the way he manipulates these books into beautiful sculptures is worth taking a look at.

GUY LARAMEE

Robert Adams NPR

NPR article on Robert Adams

Jennifer Cantley / Maggie Manville - Joint BFA Show TONIGHT

Opens tonight at 4pm in the Student/IGG gallery.  Come show your support for your fellow Photo peeps!

Photo Class at Parsons

PARSONS
Context, Artifact and Environment
Responding photographically to the natural world.
Professor Jason DeMarte
Context, Artifact and Environment is an immersion course into the natural
environment. Students will be responding photographically to the
area as well to specific found artifacts. The course is designed to
address the natural world from three distinct conceptual approaches.
These approaches; Context, Artifact and Environment will be examined
in three projects that students will complete while onsite. The objective
is to have students examine the world photographically and artistically
in a non-conventional way. This will expand notions of landscape and
how that can be reinterpreted through each approach.
The course will be structured with day trips to collect objects and make
images as well as using specific locations to stage images. During the
evening hours students will be exposed to relevant films and image
lectures as they relate to the subjects of each project. Students will also
use this time to work on editing and outputting images as well as
making new images in the studio. At the end of the class, students will
have completed a series of work. Additional time may also be given after
the class to complete printing.

This course will take place onsite at the Parsons Center, approximately
12 miles southeast of Traverse City, and about a 4 hour drive from Ypsilanti.
Students will stay in dorm rooms and have access to a professional
kitchen, classrooms, and art studios equipped with printing and lighting
equipment for completing work.
The Jean Noble Parsons Center for the Study of Art and Science is an interdisciplinary
educational center and natural area located in rural Benzie County,
Mich. The Center sits on 86 acres, consisting of mostly natural woodland and
marsh, with Parsons Lake in the center of the property. The Center is the
legacy of the late Jean Parsons, renowned sculptor and potter, and is run
jointly by the Departments of Art, Biology and Psychology at Eastern Michigan
University.
This 3 credit course may be taken as Arts 279, 379 or Arts 592
55373 ARTS 279 Photo: Cntxt Artfct & Envrnmt, section 002
55322 ARTS 379 Photo: Cntxt Artfct & Envrnmt, section 008
55324 ARTS 592 Photo: Cntxt Artfct & Envrnmt, section 009
For more information contact Professor DeMarte at:
jdemarte@emich.edu

Parson site:
http://ep.emich.edu/parsons/index.aspx

inspiration

Came across this website while endlessly browsing others. It posts only a few artists but I found them to be very interesting. Enjoy!

SOPHIE MAREE

NPR on Kent Rogowski

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/03/02/147825237/inside-out-your-mind?sc=fb&cc=fp

Eleanor Callahan passed away yesterday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/arts/design/eleanor-callahan-photographic-muse-for-harry-callahan-dies-at-95.html

It's funny because I was just looking at a lot of images of her yesterday.

Cambridge in Colour

I recently came across Cambridge in Colour. After spending a couple days exploring the website, it seems like a good addition to an already extensive resource list. Cambridge in Colour has a variety of tutorials for concept, technique, technical, editing and printing. The forums offer specialized areas of concentration, additional help, critiques and photo contests.

I encourage everyone to give this website a try. I think you will be pleasantly surprised

Great article in PDN this month about making a photo book

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/features/How-%28and-Why%29-to-Han-4745.shtml#.T0UVv5XCcJB.facebook

Welcome!

Hi Everyone,

Open Lab is a new blog for the photo department at EMU. Students are encouraged to post photo related topics, my hope is that this page becomes a place where we can share ideas and work, receive feedback and post interesting things. This is your space so feel free to share! 

 

EMU Photo department website

http://art.emich.edu/areas/photography

Queen of the Self-Portrait

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/02/19/arts/design/20120219-SHERMAN.html