I use the H2 Zoom, iPod Belkin mic & iPod, and cell phone for recording. I used to use a Sharp minidisc (R.I.P).
Ashely is one of three students I interviewed from Metropolitan Community College. I also interviewed their professor, Larry Gawel. Those interviews coming soon. Ashley discusses her process and the photos featured below.
I had this conversation with Emily Momohara (photographer & professor) after I saw one of the images from her Koden project during the In the Mix: Opportunities for Artists of Color panel discussion at SPE 08. Emily talks about Koden and her residency at The Center for Photography at Woodstock.
From Koden Artist Statement: " Through the use of shadows and funeral home settings, I create self-portraits that represent haunting aspects of those who have passed on." You can find the artist statement HERE.
Lissette Schaeffler (photographer & professor) talks about two different projects the two very different portraits that you can see below come from. See an article about Lissette's Master Thesis HERE.
Simone talks about photographing Russian Immigrants & double-decker freak bikes. I had to look that up on Google. You should too. You'll be "in the know." The photograph below is from her Russian Immigrant project, Faces of Wisdom.
I talked to Zack Bent (www.zackandgalabent.com)after his presentation on Saturday morning at SPE. I had to decide whether to stay and listen to the other presentations or catch Zack. I decided to talk to Zack. Here is our conversation. He talks about the projects these two images come from.
Deborah Jack (www.deborahjack.com) and I had this short conversation right after the raffle drawing on the last day of SPE. Deborah is an assistant professor at New Jersey City University. She describes the work that I saw on Friday night of SPE when everyone had their portfolios out. She had these tiny transparencies (not really tiny, the size of slides) of big white mountains matted and illuminated by light boxes. I tracked her down the next day. . .
John Kelley, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of psychology and math at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. His office is right across the hall from mine. He also practices psychotherapy. Right before winter break I cornered him in the hall and asked him if I could ask him a few questions about the use of family photos in therapy. Here is our conversation.
Daniel Minnick does amazing things in the photo booth. He offers the viewer more in a 4 frame photo strip than many can do with an entire memory card. That's it really. 4 frames, a few seconds. . . to act out these wonderful scenes. After seeing the first image below (The disco ball) I emailed him and asked him if he'd do a phone interview with me. So here it is. The Daniel Minnick Interview. To see more of Daniel's work visit his Flickr HERE. And his website HERE. The images below are from Daniel's Flickr gallery.
This is an interview with Dena Gilby (Art History Professor at Endicott College) about the Gerhard sisters. The Gerhard Sisters owned a photography studio in St. Louis. They were also active in the 1904 World's Fair. Don't know the Gerhard sisters? Don't know why they are (or should be) important? Listen to this interview.
3622 Olive Branch, St. Louis
An image taken by one of the children working in Matteo's project.
Here is a link to Matteo's blog
Matteo Vergani's poster was right across from mine this summer at IVSA in New York City. We shared double-sided tape. He had this great presentation on the computer with lots of graphics and images and sounds. Matteo spent 3 months in favela Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro working with kids. He gave them cameras. They took photographs. Matteo writes: "Kids themselves took the pictures using discardable cameras. They used them to tell the story of their lives, of the faces they see everyday, of the spaces they inhabit, of their parents, their neighbors, their brothers and sisters." Also see: Kids-with-cameras.org
