Parkwood Contract Information

Here is the proposal I originally submitted. This is what was approved. It has the kernel of an artist statement, but it is not fully realized yet. I will write an artist statement that builds on that and speaks to the actual body of work that we will submit.

Here is the listing of artists and the name of the pieces that I originally submitted with the proposal.

I also put the contract for the Parkwood exhibit online as a PDF for your perusal.

New Topographics

In 1975, the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York held an exhibit titled: New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape. The photographers included in this exhibit were: Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel Jr. Each photographer had 10 prints in the exhibition.
The show was so influential that a reconstituted version of the show is currently traveling around the world.

Wikipedia has a good write up on the exhibition (as with all things on Wikipedia, don't trust everything you read there).

A nice write up about the recently printed New Topographics book which is a companion to the new exhibit. It includes a number of images from the book. The Online Photographer also has a review of the book.

An NPR article about the exhibit which features a sideshow of images from the exhibit.

Echoes of the New Topographics is a write up about the lasting impact of the work in the show and influence on contemporary photographers.

Frieze magazine article about the exhibit.

American Suburb X interview with Stephen Shore which includes a number of his images. It is very interesting site. Be sure to check it out.

New Topographics Photograph Sites - This map geographically locates the locations of many photographs from the exhibition. Great web mash up.

George Eastman's collection of Lewis Baltz's prints.

Tour schedule for the exhibit.

Fantastic digital photography resource

ASMP's DPBestflow. American Society of Media Photographers' awesome resource on digital photography best workflows/practices. Be sure to check it out and bookmark it.

Tomorrow -- review your new images created for your series

This is just a quick reminder that we will be reviewing your new images that you created for your final series of images. If you want to put them on Flickr, that would be wonderful and save use some time. Otherwise, you can copy them to my computer or flash drive at the beginning of class.

We will also create a timeline for the remainder of the course. If you are ready to cut your mat, I will be happy to help you do so.

We will also look at some work by some photographers who participated in an exhibit that was titled New Topographics.

Honors Complex Show - another line on your resume

Hello all,

Earlier this semester Diana Attie asked me if I had some student work that I thought highly of that could be put on display in the Honors Complex of the Honors College. I asked her to check out your the work in the Clement Gallery. She expressed interest in it. So, here is the deal: She thinks there is room for 9-10 works. I am going to push that to 12 if I can. She wants the work by early December. Basically, I will select one of each of your pieces and pass it along to her. She will in turn hang it. She or I will then take it down just in time to move it to the Parkwood Gallery. Though I have yet to see the space, Diana says it is actually a nice space with lots of traffic and appropriate track lighting. So, another line on your resume!

Seder

Check this work out....

Dan Holdsworth had some work you should check out.

Digital Pinhole Photography

Article on determining focal length and aperture. He makes his pinhole on the body cap itself.

Short write up on "no dust" pinholes - will explain in class

Mr. Pinhole - enough said

A very geeky forum exchange on determining the size of a pinhole..

f295 - enough said..actually it is a great resource for pinhole photography as well as other alternative/older photography techniques.

George L Smyth has some nice pinhole, zone plate, and infrared images. He used some funky multiple pinhole designs. Check out his Blender Pinhole gallery.

Links in regards to the reading you did last week

J Paul Getty Museum article on William Garnett

J Paul Getty Museum link to images that they hold

Bio on William Garnett with some images

Essay on living in a tract house in Lakewood

Chris Faus has work featured in the textbook. I really love his aesthetic.

Images from Peter Blake's God's Own Junkyard