Process
This page includes our reflections on the process of making this exhibition - from exhibitions and articles to sketches and notes.
[Discussion Activity]
Discussion Activity: Write in the chat a word or phrase about the current role of photography:
Emeline:
express yourself, beauty, love, moments(sad, bad memorable), happiness
baby pictures
Jon:
represent - what your photo is trying to say or claim
symbolize - what your photo portrays about something or someone else
realize - what your photo is supposed to say to the viewer
Esther:
Reference, curiosity, joy
Reference - taking pictures as a piece to look back on in regards to anything and visualize an event you might want to tell someone about.
Curiosity - I could see a place with both my eyes but how would it be when i could just focus on one particular spot of that entire place? i take photos to see how they would be static instead of rolling my eyes in order to grab the entire area.
Joy - I take happy photos that i can look back on and be happy. like how I live far away from my mum now but when she visited, i took a photo of her and now i look back at it and i'm always happy
Anas:
I take pictures to show evidence I witnessed a rare occurrence.
Monty:
1. Documenting growth (people learning, having fun, connecting with one another).
2. Immortalizing my cat through pictures.
3. Memorieeeeeees
“"If not you who makes it work for you, then who?"”
― Esther
Emeline, July 29, 2021
[Book that reminds me of this class]
Description
Inspiration from Esther
SnapChat Inspiration from Esther
"There is nothing that you can't do. It's just that you don't want to do it." - Jon
― Jon
If you think you can't make a cake, then you're just not proving that you can't make a cake. You don't have to do it, but if you want to do it but you don't want to put effort on it then you aren't proving yourself. Also anyone can do anything. There is basically nothing impossible in this earth, we're just waiting for more advanced technology
[Class Resource List]
Watch
‘What Gordon Parks Saw’ (7min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcVOItrZX6U
Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (92min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZWSexAjgk
Photographer Andre D. Wagner’s essay. ‘On Being a Black Photographer’ (4min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RM0ESyIFRw
Everybody Street: Doc on New York Street Photographers (85min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGECoR7KCUE
Abstract: The Art of Design | Platon: Photography (43min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDpqt-haLLM
Deborah Willis Virtual interview: The camera’s role in documenting a critical social movement (7min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBhdkOXwff0
Listen
Got To Give It Up – Marvin Gaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayyy-03ITDg
Get What’s Yours – Children of Zeus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-zkPdRVIcw
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life – Nina Simone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5jI9I03q8E
Pink + White – Frank Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cHbvRUALrc
So Much Trouble in the World by Bob Marley & The Wailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtBInR6aW60&list=PLkVSzrKdeIKUznc9C_1SCbYS-bVYtP3YF&index=15
Read
Gordon Parks Foundation Photo Archive
https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/photography-archive
Look over Art At A Time Like This online nonprofit art space (website) https://artatatimelikethis.com/
The National Museum of Women in the Arts Wants You to Submit Your Family Recipes for a New Exhibition (article)
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/national-womens-museum-family-recipes-1931023
Facetime Photoshoot by Sydney Claire (image)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Nhf1IHvom/
Quarantine Chronicles: Virtual Street Photography (article)
https://museemagazine.com/features/2020/4/21/quarantine-chronicles-virtual-street-photography
Chapter 3: Work Makes Life Sweet ( p 53 - 64 ) from Sisters of the Yam by bell hooks
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1--STZ6vCn5g2LUZ1gjEVv2mSaLGCegDv/view
Res Artis, Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies (website)
Creativity in Crisis: How Some of Our Favorite Photographers and Visual Artists are Coping in Quarantine (article)
https://www.vogue.com/article/photographers-artists-coping-quarantine
Photography Resources and Ideas While in Quarantine (article)
https://www.theschoolofphotography.com/photography-ideas-while-in-quarantine
Artist: Lola Flash ‘Quartet’ (collection) http://www.lolaflash.com/quartet/y6757s0pkvsl03ow82xjzthgklx85n
Art in the Age of Quarantine: LA+D MFA faculty Panel (88min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jKP79C4QI
Virtual Thesis Shows 2020: http://www.thesisshows2020.com/
SMFA Virtual show at Tufts: https://smfa.tufts.edu/events-exhibitions/virtual-exhibits/mfa-thesis/2020#st
Theaster Gates and Alison Cuddy of the Chicago Humanities Festival (23min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6WehCetvSc
25 Inspiring Women in the Art World Who Overcame Obstacles to Accomplish Incredible Things in This Surreal Year (article)
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/inspiring-women-2020-1924907
Artist: Todd Gray
Quarantine Chronicles: Drive-By-Art and The Role of Photography (article)
Quarantine Chronicles: Home Alone Survival Guide (article)
https://museemagazine.com/features/2020/4/7/quarantine-chronicles-max-siedentopf
Paul Soulellis Queer Archive (website)
https://soulellis.com/work/queerarchivework/index.html
The Free Black Women’s Library (website)
https://www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/
The 10 Best Art Shows of 2020 (article)
https://www.vulture.com/article/best-art-shows-2020.html
Musée Magazine - Vanguard of Photography and Culture (website)