Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Joanna Tang's Scavenger Hunt


Joanna Tang's Paint Chip Scavenger Hunt


Bryant Koster - Scavenger Hunt


Brittany Ellenberg - Paint Chip




Brittany Ellenberg - Scavenger Hunt


Taylor Nelson's Scavenger Hunt


CHRISTLIEB Scavenger Hunt


Robbie Gilliam's Scavenger Hunts



Christlieb Paint Chip Scavenger Hunt


Merrill Paint Chip Scavenger Hunt


Art Events September 22


Gallery Openings and Events this weekend: 

September 22  DADA Fall Gallery Art Walk. 10:30 – 8:30pm http://www.dallasartdealers.org/events/dada-fall-gallery-walk/


September 22 Opening Reception for Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Pretty Much Everything and Kk8 Hardy at the Dallas Contemporary

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Semester Long Project


Semester Long Project: Self-Assigned

For this assignment you will be required to create a photographic project of your own choosing on a Single Theme. You will be working on this assignment throughout the duration of the semester. This should be a thoughtful investigation/exploration of something important to you or that you are interested in.  Your photographic project will include 15 final images and will be turned into a book using blurb on-demand printing.

Time Line Due Dates:

September 25, 2012: project proposal
            This proposal should be about a paragraph long and no longer than one page
            You should address:    a.  the subject matter/topic you are interested in exploring
                                                b.  why you are interested in the topic
                                                c.   ideas of how you plan to visualize/investigate these
ideas photographically

October 16, 2012: 4 digital files (in-progress photographs)
                                    Upload these images to the class blog.
           
November 20, 2012: Order your on-demand blurb book (allowing 2 weeks for printing and delivery)

December 4, 2012: Your Final Project is due

1.     Bring your 15 photographs in on a flash to turn into me and to project during your
critique. The files should be jpegs saved for screen resolution
2.     Bring in your book.
3.     Written Project Statement (optional to include in your book)
• This statement should indicate what topics/subject matter of your photographs
• Why you are interested in this topic
• What do we see when we look at your photographs
• If techniques used to create the photographs are important to the theme/topic
  explain how

Friday, September 7, 2012

Art Openings this Weekend!

There are several gallery openings this weekend. Take a look at the Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (CADD) website for a list and additional information: http://www.caddallas.net/
Susan K Grant's exhibition at Conduit will be a great show to see!


Everyday Project


Project #1: Everyday

For this assignment you will be required to shoot everyday. When making your daily photographs, consider photographing something that you weren’t expecting to see, something you enjoy seeing everyday, the places, people and things around you. Think about how photography can elevate the ordinary or how the camera can be used like a visual diary. Shoot several photographs throughout the day and select your favorite at the end of each day to turn in for critique. You will do this for ten consecutive days.

Look at artists: William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Sternfeld, Alec Soth, Byron Wolf, Whitney Hubbs, and Tracey Baran for inspiration.

This assignment will be discussed in class based on creative intention/concept, formal and technical ability to make your photographs and fulfillment assignment parameters.

For the critique:   Bring in all 10 files saved as screen resolution jpegs and named: LASTNAME_dayone.jpg, LASTNAME_daytwo.jpg and so on. We will project these images in class for critique.
                             DUE: September 25, 2012

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Welcome to Color Photography!

George Rousse was one of the photographers we looked at on the first day of class. If you enjoyed his work, take a look at his website to see more: http://www.georgesrousse.com/