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Keep It Straight
(Insert illustration here [if I don't]). “The piano is a [mysogenistic aspersion]… you gotta get underneath her skirts to get to the truth.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRjEpjd9S4&feature=relmfu We all know what a “bebop head” is, right?
Regina’s Statement
I am not a street photographer. I am not a photographer. I am a little girl pointing her finger at things and saying “Look at that!”. Sometimes almost questioning, wanting to unravel the mysteries of life, sometimes admiring those mysteries so much I hope they will never be explained. The camera helps me look with [...]
Advice for the New Semester
School is the perfect situation in which to take chances: you won’t go to jail, you won’t go to hell, and you won’t get beat up for trying and not succeeding. You have people around you who care, who are interested, and are there to help. Don’t think of this class as one which educates [...]
You can look all you want.
If you are an Illinois resident, the Art Institute of Chicago will admit you for no charge on weekdays through February 10. You’re still home? Go there!
Let’s Don’t Fixate on Kodak
Tri-X (or do you know it as 400TX) is beautiful stuff, and XTOL makes life simpler, but the corporate mentality went south long ago, and there is a history of dubious decisions and tenuous commitment to serious workers. “The demand for traditional monochrome films and papers remains strong. With Agfa no longer in the black and [...]
What’s New in the WWoP?
Not much.
Intrinsically Interesting
Gary Gutting makes important points about the worth of a college education, but much of what he says applies to life at BHS. “Teachers need to see themselves as, first of all, intellectuals, dedicated to understanding poetry, history, human psychology, physics, biology — or whatever is the focus of their discipline. But they also need to [...]
The Hamilton College Jazz Archive
Here is an exemplary archive of interviews with musicians who are gone, and who still walk amongst us. Monk Rowe, and some others (who should be canonized) assembled an admirable collection of recordings that preserve big chunks of Americana. First, familiarize yourself with, oh, for instance, Clark Terry and Joe Williams, if you need to, on [...]
Some Sentences
Which of the following statements by Torbjorn Rodland apply to your current work? The muteness of a photograph matters as much as its ability to speak. The juxtaposition of photographs matters as much as the muteness of each. All photography flattens. Objectification is inescapable. Photography cannot secure the integrity of its subject any more than [...]
