Our AP 2-D Design Studio Student of the year is Michelle Henneberry! Our Photography Student of the year: Kendall Wallin! Thanks to all who attended, enjoyed, and generously participated.
A Sampler of the 2012 Portfolios
Sixteen solid portfolios flew out the door and up into cyberspace yesterday at the huge school. These images were included. A picture apiece by Zach Rowe, Victoria Taylor, Rachel Parker, Michelle Henneberry, Melissa B. Jones, Matt Wloch, Margaret Rajic, Kendall Wallin, Justine Kaszynski, Joyce Gaffney, Jesse Filian, Jamie Gray, Emma Haney, Corey Nguyen, Chanelle Biangardi, and Caroline Horswill. Here they are, finishing the paperwork:
Your N. T. A. W. Is Now
From an op-ed piece by Charles M. Blow: “As Albert Einstein once said: ‘Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school’” and “She showed me what a great teacher looked like: proud, exhausted, underpaid and overjoyed.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/opinion/blow-teaching-me-about-teaching.html?hp
You Were Expecting, Maybe, Usher Fellig?
It’s about time you checked in. You should probably subscribe right now to this here blawwg (I think it’s done on the other page), so that you can know when posts appear about photography, BHS, the “AP Photo” class, jazz, le cinema, modnot, darkroom 411/info/secrets, bon mots au les auteurs, one’s rostromedial prefrontal cortex, the [...]
Where Would We Be?
…without Bert Weeden? You’ve probably never heard of him, but read on: we owe him. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/arts/music/bert-weedon-guitar-teacher-to-a-generation-dies-at-91.html?hp
The Law (well… some laws, somewhere)
This is not event-specific or timely or a reaction to anything, simply something of which to be aware. http://thestreetphotographymanifesto.com/2011/12/08/street-photography-and-the-law/
Color Reversal Transparencies (aka “slides”)
Kodak has announced: “Due to a steady decrease in sales and customer usage, combined with highly complex product formulation and manufacturing processes, Kodak is discontinuing three Ektachrome (color reversal) films.” This means that, after 77 years, the Great Yellow Father is no longer in the business of making slides. ‘Tis a pity: slides can’t be beat [...]
Eleanor Callahan, Muse 1916-2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeESWp9XgA http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/arts/design/eleanor-callahan-photographic-muse-for-harry-callahan-dies-at-95.html?_r=1&hpw
The ACLU Says
Simply to remind ourselves from time to time (like, say, before a field trip): Police officers may not generally confiscate or demand to view your photographs or video without a warrant. Much more at http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/02/13/aclu-says-know-your-rights-photographers/ including, for instance: If you are arrested, the contents of your phone may be scrutinized by the police, although their [...]
An end-of-the-year Top 15 (+21) List (as well as 20 or so “MIA”)
Surf this; find something that you can use: http://lpvmagazine.com/2011/12/top-photography-websites-of-2011/ …and surf these for what remains: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-memoriam-photoblogs-2011_26.html
