ph 302: March 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Room Update

Starting APRIL 05 we will be meeting in: MAIN 011

If you have any questions please let me know.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

readings...

Re-reading Edward Weston Feminism, Photography and Psychoanalysis by Roberta McGrath

Cindy Sherman Burning Down the House by Jan Avgikos

Doubletake - The Diary of a Relationship with an Image by Lucy R. Lippard

If you have any questions please let me know.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Gallery Adventure!

Gallery Kayafas, Howard Yezerski and Carroll and Sons

Prepare critical questions and comments for each exhibition. Please note that we will be meeting with the directors or representatives from each gallery to discuss the work.

Gallery Kayafas

William Christenberry

http://gallerykayafas.com/

Howard Yezerski

John Goodman

http://www.howardyezerskigallery.com/exhibitions.html

Carroll and Sons

Richard Bosman: Art History, Fact and Fiction

http://www.carrollandsons.net/exhibitions/index.php

Thursday, March 1, 2012

READINGS!

Access and Consent in Public Photography by Lisa Henderson

Photographs of Agony by John Berger

Photojournalism and the Tabloid Press by Karin E. Becker

If you have any questions please contact me.

Outcomes

The objective is to expand one’s working knowledge of the photographic lexicon, the contemporary artists that have shaped and are currently expanding this evolving vocabulary, and the tools and materials employed to define our current discourse and production within lens-based media. Through required research, students will be responsible for the development and implementation of cultural, political, and personal positions within contemporary interface of this medium. These skills will be developed through independent research conducted on authors, genres, movements, techniques, and technologies, as well as the evolution of these aggregate systems to form the unification of the medium, as we know it today. As informed and critical viewers of imagery, our knowledge base of the history of this medium will become an essential component of one’s arsenal for the development, direction, and execution of personal work.

Weekly Postings

WEEKLY READING REACTIONS

You are required to post a short (two – three paragraph) synopsis of the readings on the class blog. This synopsis should reflect your understanding of the text and present supporting questions to be addressed in class discussion.

In addition to each text synopsis you are to provide a brief autobiographical summation of the author. It is paramount to know the historical context the essay(s) were produced to improve our understanding of the theories and philosophies presented. This research is to be conducted independent of class, however, a brief introduction will be provided prior to the assigned reading selections.