Corky Lee’s Photographs Helped Generations of Asian-Americans See Themselves

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/corky-lees-photographs-helped-generations-of-asian-americans-see-themselves
 

Portraiture Resources, Art 21

We are currently taking advantage in FA 381 of Art 21's great selection of videos for our current cprojects centered  portraiture. 

Elle Perez

https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/elle-perez-works-between-the-frame/

LaToya Ruby Frazer

https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/latoya-ruby-frazier-makes-moving-pictures/

Layla Ali 

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s3/laylah-ali-in-power-segment/

Cindy Sherman: Transformations

We are moving into the theme of Portraiture for the next 5 weeks in FA 381. Our first viewing is Cindy Sherman on Art 21. 

 https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s5/cindy-sherman-in-transformation-segment/

“The Social Photo: On Photography And Social Media” by Nathan Jurgenson

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The Social Photo: On Photography And Social Media” by Nathan Jurgenson

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2947-the-social-photo

 Frieze Article

"Photos don't just depict the self but are a procedure for self knowledge, a mode of thinking about the self. This identity work is deciding to remember something as quintessentially me, a choice, a performance, memorialized within the frame." -Nathan Jurgenson 

Week 5: Trevor Paglen and Hal Foster

Final week exploring the theme of place (except for semester long place studies). Please review Art 21 video and Hal Foster Article. 

https://art21.org/watch/extended-play/trevor-paglen-limit-telephotography-short/

Hal Foster, You Have New Memory 

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v40/n19/hal-foster/you-have-a-new-memory

Meadowlands

Bryan Zanisnik Goes to the Meadowlands

 https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/bryan-zanisnik-goes-to-the-meadowlands/

During our recent Critical Practices Class, 1st year Graduate Student Allen Vu recommended Fergemanden as as an artist to check out. 

website Fergemanden

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Within an interdisciplinary practice of painting, sculpture, installation, film making, and performance art, Nikesha Breeze investigates the inter-relationality and resilience of the black and queer body in relationship to power, vulnerability, the sacred, and the ancestral. Her work is deeply ritual and process based, often employing her entire physical body into the action of her work. Originally from Portland, Oregon Nikesha Breeze lives and works in the high desert of New Mexico, she is an American born African Diaspora descendant of the Mende People of Sierra Leone, and Assyrian American Immigrants from Iran.

FA 381: Weeks 1-5, Theme: Place

As part of FA 381, Intro to Photography, we will be focusing on 3 different themes throughout the semester. During weeks 1-5, while learning basic camera fundamentals and formal / compositional techniques, we will also be focusing on the theme of place. Assignments include a semester long study of a specific place, a "photo" treasure hunt, and more. 

Art 21 currently allows access to all seasons including Sally Mann's segment about the importance of place in her photographic works.  

Sally Mann 

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/sally-mann-in-place-segment/

Resurrecting the WSU FA Photo Blog

After almost two years of quite, we are resurrecting the WSU Fine Art Photoblog. Stay tuned for new postings and content. Also, take a moment and check on the archives including fabulous student work by WSU alumni.  

WSUPHOTOWORKS

The photography area is now on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/wsuphotoworks/.

WSU Fine Arts on Instagram

While the WSU Fine Art Photography area occasionally creates posts here, consider following the WSU Department of Fine Arts on Instagram. 

https://www.instagram.com/wsufinearts/

Good Boy Series by Megan Rowe

Mega Rowe Final Project FA382 Intermediate Photography


Megan writes

"What happens to a moment after it is captured by a camera? These moments are gone, never to be lived again. What remains are the reproduced memories on a photograph. Good boy is a series that manipulates memories and gives them new meaning. By using old photographs and applying colored thread, these memories compel the audience to place new meanings to them."

Photo FA 382/483 Students participate in WSU International Art Festival.

Students from the intermediate and advance class got the opportunity to experiment with outdoor portraits with a studio lighting setup during WSU's international Art Festival. 

Elk Creek Falls Field Trip

Photos: Yilun Xu

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/nezperceclearwater/recreation/recarea/?recid=80110&actid=50

Compositing Demo

Summer FA 367, Field Trip Snaps

Week 1 field trips were centered around the WSU campus and included the Abelson Greenhouse, the WSU Eggert Family Organic Farm, and the WSU Arboretum and Wildlife Conservation Center. 

A selection of MFA/ BFA works, which will be featured in the 2016 Pingyao International Photo Festival, China

WSU Fine Arts Participating Artists

Aidan Terry, BFA, 2016

Annie Cunningham, MFA, 2017

Elizaveta Luzina, BFA, 2015

Hao Zhang, BFA, 2016

Phillip Mudd, MFA, 2015

Zach Kolden, MFA, 2015

Elberton

http://www.inlander.com/spokane/haunting-a-ghost-town/Content?oid=2194859

http://www.ghosttownsofwashington.com/elberton.html

Special thanks to Gary Jorgen for telling us about Elberton

2016 MFA Thesis Exhbition

2016 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Dani Brooks, Alx Dockter, Kayleigh Lang, Nicole Nee, Dylan Steinmetz, and Kayla White
Exhibition: April 4 – May 7, 2016
Reception: April 8, 6-8 p.m., MOA Gallery

The Washington State University Museum of Art is excited to share the talents of MFA graduate candidates in our upcoming Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, April 4 – May 7, 2015. Gallery reception begins at 6:00 p.m. Friday, April 8 in the Museum of Art/WSU.

Hao, FA 483 Final Project

Hao, 6 images, each 24x30, Archival Pigment prints, 2016

Organic Communication

Alex: FA 382 Final

Alex, final portfolio, archival pigment prints, 2016

Julia: FA 382

 

Julia, Final FA 382

Recent Aritcles on Photography

In the Future We Will Photography Everything and Look at Nothing
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/in-the-future-we-will-photograph-everything-and-look-at-nothing

A Renewed Case for Blogging
http://cphmag.com/blogging/

About Criticism
http://cphmag.com/about-criticism/