Thursday, June 4, 2009

OPENING RECEPTION


"Saigon to Hanoi", MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition by Michelle Cornejo
June 4th to June 18th, 2009
Hall Street Gallery
212 W Hall St, Savannah, Ga

Opening reception Friday June 5th 6-8pm

Sunday, May 31, 2009

New Photo History Course To Be Offered Fall 2009

This upper-level elective can be taken by undergrads or by grads as an elective. For more information, contact Professor Fred Gross at fgross@scad.edu

ARTH 476 Documentary Photography and the Portrait 1945-Present

Course Description
Covering the history of documentary photography from ca. 1945 to the present, students will examine major photographic movements, styles, critics, and theoretical perspectives. The focus will be on the rich and varied critical and theoretical discourse circulating between photographs, or images using photography, and the texts which helped frame the most significant contributions to contemporary photography. Prerequisite: Any 300-level ARLH/ARTH course. [Waived with permission of instructor and completion of any 200-level ARLH/ARTH course]

Course Outline
Class 1: Introduction: Riis, Hine, the Social Document
Class 2: Lange, Evans, Sander
Class 3: War documentary, "The Decisive Moment"
Class 4: The New York School and Street Photography
Class 5: Harlem on My Mind: James Van Der Zee and Roy de Carava
Class 6: Life magazine and American documentary Photography in the 1950s
Class 7: The Family of Man Exhibition, Robert Frank's The Americans; William Klein
Class 9: The Counter-Culture of the Sixties and the Social Panorama: Arbus, Avedon, Clark
Class 10: New Documents: Arbus, Friedlander, Winogrand
Class 11: Documentary Photography and Performance Art in the 1960s
Class 12: Dark Suburbia: Michael Lesy, Les Krims, Bill Owens
Class 13: Color Suburbia: Eggleston, Meyerowitz
Class 14: Documentary Photography and Conceptual Art: Graham, Huebler, Rosler, Sekula
Class 15: Documentary, Portraiture and Fashion
Class 16: Personal Documentary: Nan Goldin, Wolfgang Tillmans
Class 17: Documentary and Postmodern Critique
Class 19: Portraiture and Identity
Class 20: 21st Century Documentary Photography and Portraiture

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Rachel Ormiston MFA Thesis Exhibition

Rachel Ormiston's thesis exhibition of photographs, The Geometry of Things, opens this Friday, May 29th, from 7 - 10pm at TruSpace.

Wedding Photographer Needed for June 6th Wedding

Date: June 6th, 2009
Where: Scarborough House/Ships of the Sea Museum. MLK Blvd.
What: Need photographer to take color/black and white photos of before wedding, during wedding and after.
Cost: We are on a tight budget so looking to spend around $1500.00
Contact:
Susan Murdoch
(912) 508-9288

Friday, May 22, 2009

Silver & Ink Publication



The Silver & Ink 2009 Publication has arrived!
The books are in Larry Murphy's office 201 (Bergen Hall), you may pick 1 copy up at your earliest convenience. Those of you who have an image in the publication may have 10 copies. Thank you for your hard work and patience throughout the quarter, we hope you all enjoy the book!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Photographer Needed for Halloween Wedding

Photographer needed to shoot a small Halloween wedding. For more information, please contact Karen Campbell at klc@fousearchitecture.com.

Michelle Cornejo Thesis Exhibition

"Saigon to Hanoi", MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition by Michelle Cornejo
May 22-27, 2009
Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Ga
Opening Reception May 22nd, 6-9pm

"Saigon to Hanoi" is a series of images documenting the artist's recent journey through Vietnam.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Greatest Show on Earth

Attend The Greatest Show on Earth
A Photography Exhibit by Senior Erin Riley
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 6-9pm
Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, 42 MLK. Jr. Blvd.


Monday, May 11, 2009

New Publication.





Prof. Scott Dietrich recently had numerous images appear in the first comprehensive book about Mary Nohl, a fascinating and eccentric Wisconsin artist. You can get more information and maybe even purchase a copy at: http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/books/4491.htm.

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