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