Monthly Archives: May 2012
THE IMPACT OF PHOTOGRAPHY OVER TIME
Dr. Rudolph, I have enjoyed your articles about photography and psychology! I’m wondering if you could answer a question for me? I am doing a speech in my public speaking class about why we should hire a professional photographer for … Continue reading
New York Photo Festival 2012 Coming Up
So, the New York Photo Festival 2012 will be held in a few days from May 16 through May 20 in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Not too far from our CityTech. And what’s most exciting is that all New York Festival exhibition … Continue reading
Remembering Wordsworth Donisthorpe, Inventor of the Kinesigraph
Wordsworth Donisthorpe was an English individualist anarchist and inventor, pioneer of cinematography and chess enthusiast. On 9 November 1876 Donisthorpe applied for a patent for the Kinesigraph, an apparatus ‘to facilitate the taking of a succession of photographs at equal … Continue reading
Announcement: FINAL EXAM notes and TERMINOLOGY
Reminder, the FINAL EXAM is next Thursday, May 17th at 11:30 AM. Please be on time, arrive early! Thank you for a semester of stimulating discussion, in class, and on the blog. Below is a review of the exam format. … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Street Art and Photography
In 2011, the French street artist JR launched a global art project called Inside Out Project that uses photographic images to address issues of social identity. Everyone is invited to participate. Individuals or groups send in their black and white photographic portraits … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Old is New Again with the iPhone-Nina Katchadourian’s airplane bathroom photos
What do you do when you’re stuck on a long plane ride without wi-fi or a good book? If you’re the performance artist Nina Katchadourian, you construct a good photo with airline magazines, sugar packets, or toilet paper, which she … Continue reading
The Greatest War Photograph and Capa
Capa’s photograph “Falling Soldier” is considered by many to be one of the greatest war photograph of all times. And it has been that way for nearly 80 years. Yet about 40 years ago some photographers decided that they can … Continue reading
