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La Jetée

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Still off on Spring Break, but thought I would put a little something up. La Jetée is a 26 minute short film that has been repeatedly mentioned at school by different teachers and peers as being a must-see. So, here it is:

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Video of Thomas Ruff Speaking at Aperture NY

Friday, February 26, 2010

A 7 minute edit of Thomas Ruff’s February 12th, 2010 talk at Aperture NY:

And the whole shebang in four parts:

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Photographer Jessica Dimmock’s New Video For Moby

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Jessica Dimmock is a talented photographer, a good person and a part of the VII Network of photographers. For several years, Jessica followed the lives of a group of heroin addicts living in a building in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The photographs are intimate and haunting, conveying the pain and insanity of the addicts’ lives.
The work, [...]

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Week 20 Course Update

Monday, February 15, 2010

A short school week this past week on account of the snow day we had on wednesday.
Monday in digital imaging I was introduced to the pen tool. I had never used it before as it had always intimidated me. Turns out it’s actually really, really useful and isn’t too scary once you get the hang [...]

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Cotton Carrier Camera Systems Holds Your Cameras AND Gun!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Seriously?? What if you shoot large format and prefer a sawn-off shotgun? What am I supposed to do??

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Week 18 Course Update

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Week 18 is now just a fading memory, but, thanks to this blog, it’s a memory I’ll be able to recall down the road.
In digital imaging we worked more with quick masks. It is a really useful tool to know how to use and even more useful if you have a lot of patience. It [...]

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Nadav Kander “Yangtze, The Long River” Video

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Here’s an audio slideshow of photographer Nadav Kander talking about his “Yangtze, The Long River” series that won this year’s Prix Pictet:

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Simon Roberts Video Interview (via lensculture)

Saturday, January 2, 2010

A great little interview with photographer Simon Roberts:

found at lensculture.
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Movies about Photography

Monday, November 30, 2009

I haven’t seen most of these, so feel free to add any reviews to the comments.
Documentary:
1: War Photographer (James Nachtwey)
2: An American Journey: In Robert Frank’s Footsteps
3: The Photographers Series: Debbie Fleming Caffery
4: Manufactured Landscapes (US Edition) (Edward Burtynsky)
5: Berenice Abbott: A View of the 20th Century
6: Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project
7: [...]

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26 Important Movies We Should All See

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Film Critic and SVA faculty member Amy Taubin recommends that all incoming students be familiar with the following movies. Taubin explains “These lists are impossible to make but if you see every one of these films, you will have a start at being film literate. I’ve tried to include films that are not only ‘great’ but have [...]

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