Comments on: Week 19 Course Update

By: Geoff Scott

Geoff Scott — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:47:16 +0000

No 500 words from me. Too many essays to write for my own program. I would’ve picked the Avedon photo of Chaplin and would’ve wrote about the motion in the photo, the simultaneous making fun of the public perception of him and the reality of him being devilish, and that smile, too.

I always liked that Dorothea Lange photo. My favorite English teacher in high school had a copy of it on his classroom wall.

Have fun.

By: joseph michael lopez

joseph michael lopez — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:12:43 +0000

Keep making photographs.

By: James Pomerantz

James Pomerantz — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:11:35 +0000

Hey Geoff,
I chose the Dorothea Lange photo. You want to see my 500 words? Where are yours?!

B, Mike.
I’ve lived in NYC my whole life and have shot here a lot, both for personal work and for newspapers. I’m very inspired to shoot several projects I have going on right now, they just aren’t in NYC. With my current commitments, I can’t go work on them as I’d like to. I have a good idea of how I like to shoot and what themes I’m interested in and right now they aren’t in NYC.

By: B

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:34:54 +0000

“I figure if I go through the motions, something will happen.”

You’d be surprised, it works more often than not. One way to look at it is that if you don’t go out and shoot, you definitely won’t get anything. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” as Gretzky said.

I’d also like to know which of the four photos you chose…

Haley, that’s the New York State Museum, in Albany “This Great Nation Will Endure” is running through March 14, and a collection from the George Eastman House starts on Feb. 12. They also had a Berenice Abbott exhibit last year. Not sure who’s curating these but having this series of photo exhibits is awesome. I can toss out a few restaurant suggestions too if anyone visits.

By: Geoff Scott

Geoff Scott — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:09:26 +0000

I’m interested in reading about which image you chose and your 500 words. I’m guessing you wrote about the Robert Frank photo.

I’m a grad student at SVA in the MPS Digital Photo program (the online version). I’ve been reading your blog and comparing. It’s interesting to read about the differences.

Have fun.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:49 +0000

Sometimes you just have to go thru the motions and just take photos hoping something will click(no pun intended)

I’ve always felt you can’t wait for inspirations/creativity to strike sometimes you have to go out and find it.

By: Haley Wulfman

Haley Wulfman — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:12:56 +0000

The Albany State Museum is hosting an exhibit of FSA photography right now. They have all 6 of Lange’s prints of the Pea Pickers; you can see how she edited out a thumb in the right corner of the image, and also, the other prints which were NOT selected and made so famous.

ALSO: I am hosting a free give-away of a fine art photo print at my website, http://the-second-look.blogspot.com

-Haley Wulfman