Monthly Archives: March 2013
Rooms from Versailles to post-Katrina
I think Robert Polidori aestheticize the settings of his photographs. Some of his photographs reminded me of Fox Talbot’s “The Open Door” The idea of Talbot about photography was that some eyes will often be arrested where ordinary people see nothing … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Sleeping as Art
Is Sleeping an art form? A rash of current performances suggests sleep is an artistic performance worthy of exploration. Last week, the actress Tilda Swinton took naps in a glass box at MoMA. As part of Montreal’s winter Arts Festival … Continue reading
Announcement: AIPAD Photo Show Extra Credit and Blogging Deadlines
If you haven’t noticed yet, all extra credit assignments have been posted under the Assignments header. Also note that there is one special time-sensitive extra credit option that you can do this week. If you visit the AIPAD Photo Show … Continue reading
Response: Photography and Special Effects in Early Film
Throughout the short film there are times where some of the earlier practices of photography relate to that of the film. For example, there are multiple scenes in the film. Although the subjects in the film move, the camera doesn’t. … Continue reading
Response: Photography and Special Effects in Early Film
Clearly you can see that there are a few different setting in this short film. However, when the characters are in the scene, the camera never moves. This is similar to the way photographic cameras were in their early days. … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Nina Katchadourian’s iPhone 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
Rooms from Versailles to post-Katrina New Orleans
I think Robert Polidori photographs do aestheticize the settings of catastrophe especially in the photos of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. You can tell in that photo that something horrific had happened by just looking at how horribly maintained the … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Photography and Special Effects in Early Film
Georges Méliès released the first science fiction film A Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune) in 1902. The filmmaker spared no expense for special effects and is regarded as the “father of special effects.” Some of you may have seen … Continue reading
Reaction to Spiritual Photography
In honest opinion spiritual photography is both crazy and amazing. Taggart’s images of the vodou ritual being done in the basement, were highly intense. I’d must admit, even though the article did mention he does still photography its right, that … Continue reading
Response to: Connecting to Spirits via Photography
I do not consider that photography of spirits can be captured. We all know that with long exposures people can walk into a photograph and then leave before exposure time completes, so that they appear to look transparent. As we … Continue reading
