Tuesday, September 29, 2009

CSR wallets


Cristina gave Cain and I beautiful handmade wallets as a wedding gift 4 years ago... now tattered they have last a long while and now adorn our walls as art. Cristina just made more available on her blog. I've already made my order... be sure you do too!

Monday, September 28, 2009

5 of 10

The Historical Perspectives lecture this week considers the ephemeral. It is the fifth lecture in the series of 10 (maybe 11... still thinking) that encourages students to think thematically while making connections between historical and contemporary works in photography...






Sunday, September 27, 2009

kertesz....


I am working on this week's lecture and I am loving revisting Kertesz's SX-70 polaroids from 1979.

Monday, September 21, 2009

off the road and on to intimacy

Sorry its been a full week - didn't post the ROAD lecture... I imagine you can guess who we covered... I was pleased to have Anthony Lane's New Yorker article on Frank for the students to read...

this week ... considers intimacy - take a peek...






(yes, I realize that all of these themes could/should be a class in themselves... )

Monday, September 14, 2009

Saturday, September 12, 2009

the studio...

Dreaming of time at the studio... waiting for the dust to settle from the beginning of the semester. Eager to get into some kind of working grove again...
thanks Jane for the pic!

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

these birds walk - TBW books

Some days getting mail- real mail- is the most exciting part of my day. I was pleased to receive the third book of my subscription from these birds walk. Noon by Marianne Mueller is a provoking series in and of itself but also as a companion to the Hido book OHIO that was previously mailed from this series.

After focusing the camera on herself and her surroundings, Marianne Mueller presents Noon, a provocative exploration of the abstracted human form and its myriad connections to the objects around us. Marianne Mueller was born in Zurich in 1966. She graduated from the School of Art & Design Zurich in 1991 and currently teaches at Zurich University of the Arts. She has had more than 25 solo exhibitions in Europe and North America, and has received numerous awards and grants, including the Swiss Art Award in 2002. Previous books include The Proper Ornaments, published by Edition Patrick Frey in 2008, The Flock, published by Steidl in 2005, Standing Still/Traveling Slowly, published by Electric Mermaid in 2002, and A Part of My Life Photographs, published by Scalo in 1998. Marianne enjoys falling asleep and smoking cigarettes (not simultaneously).