Final critique

It is almost over. The class presented their final projects on Wednesday and really did a great job. Each student got the chance to create their own topic for this project which produced some very interesting & wonderful images (I will post some samples over the weekend).

We had a great time eating food, drinking cider and discussing art.

Group photo of the class.

Leah talking about her portraits.

Debra discussing how photography has been a creative tool to help her express herself.

As a manager of a McDonald's, Leah documented the "behind the scenes" of the restaurant for her project.

An architect major, Robert's interest in shape, form and environment was present in his work.

Christen discusses how she documented her special quiet place in the mountains.

Inspired by the work of Elinor Carucci, Robin used this project to express the closeness between her and her fiance.

Kelly explored local landscapes.

Kaitlyn documented her cousin and her relationship to her grandmother.

Amie is hanging her project based on abstractions. We spent her critique guessing what each photograph was.


Cailin waits for the night to begin. For her assignment, she documented a local seed bank. She is very passionate about the work they do and it comes across in her images.

portraits

Debra

Leah

Cailin

Sid

Kaitlyn

portrait assignment: critique

thanks to Amie for taking these pictures during the critique on Wednesday.
The portrait work the students made will be posted soon.

Call for upstate NY female video artists ages 13-18

HOW DO I LOOK?

THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING
SUBMISSIONS FOR HOW DO I LOOK? A SCREENING OF FILM AND VIDEO WORK BY
TEENAGE GIRLS FROM NEW YORK STATE.

CALLING ALL GIRLS TO GET REEL!
How Do I Look? invites you to aim your lens, click your shutter, and press play! Zoom beyond "How Do I Look [in the Mirror]?" to "How Do I Look [at the World]"! What does your camera spy? What does your story tell? What is your frame of reference? How do you pan across the landscape? Show us your universe of strobes, cuts and dissolves! Give us your unique edit sequence!

This call for work is open to all types of girl-produced video and film including animation, diary, experimental, documentary, memoir and narrative.

The screening of selected work on Thursday, December 18th at the Center for Photography at Woodstock will be in conjunction with In-the-Works Film & Video Festival, a monthly event organized by Burrill Crohn where filmmakers show their works in progress to an audience of other filmmakers, film lovers, film producers and anyone interested in the creative process.

JURORS:
Kathleen Sweeney: Author of Maiden USA: Girl Icons Come of Age (2008), she has been a visiting artist to many youth media projects including DIA: Beacon & Reel Grrls. She currently teaches Media Studies at The New School. Her award-winning video art has screened internationally.
Liz Unterman: Education Coordinator at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and multi-media artist, she has exhibited her video and photography work in New York and Boston. She has been a visiting artist for the Massachusetts-based youth programs Girls Eye View, Get Up Get Out and the Video Vanguards and currently teaches photography at SUNY Ulster.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Must be female, age 13-18 and live in New York State.
One entry per person.
Attendance at the film screening in Woodstock on December 18th is recommended.
Send a mini-DV tape or DVD with 10 minutes or less of video/film, entry form & return postage to:
CPW
Attention: How do I look?
59 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498
DEADLINE:
Submissions must arrive no later than Friday, November 28th.
Winners will be notified by December 3rd.

contact me for more information or an entry form. Liz Unterman, liz@cpw.org, 845.679.9957

upcoming exhibitions & events

image by Toni Pepe

NOVEMBER 8, 5-8pm:

Opening Reception for new exhibitions at the Center for Photography at Woodstock.
6pm: talk with solo exhibition artist Toni Pepe
7pm: panel discussion about group exhibition Converging Margins with artists and curator Leah Oates.

Free food!
59 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498
learn more here.

NOVEMBER 20, 5-7pm:

FacultyWorks
art by SUNY Ulster's fine art faculty
Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery

Portrait Lighting

Portrait lighting demonstrations and shooting in class this week...

samples from assignment #1

This assignment was all about exploring how light & shadow shape the world around us. In a photograph, light & shadow can be used to represent our emotions and/or a narrative we are trying to tell.

For the first part of the assignment, students were asked to shoot 50-75 shots. For every one of these shots, they were to find a scene where shadows make interesting patterns or shapes.


I suggested that they would have the best luck with this assignment if they shoot when the sun is out and the light bright, but not directly overhead (not to shoot between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m).

After they finished Part 1 of this assignment, they were required to shoot another 50-75 shots. This time, they were to look at light and shadow as a tool to emphasize the elements of your picture and evoke a mood, rather than using them as a distinct design element.

We welcome your feedback and suggestions. Please leave comments.

This includes 2 selections from each of several students:

Tricia




Kelly

Robin

Emily

Adam

Phil

Debra

Leah

Amie

Sidney

Cailin