Summertime...

Sorry for the gap in posts, the end of the semester gets a bit crazy. We had a very successful Photo Contest and Open House - the winners are on display over the summer at the Kbuilding on the Liberal Arts Campus.

For this next year we're making a lot of changes, bringing digital into the entire program in a much more active way, increasing the professional content of our courses and instruction and just looking at many ways to create a photo community here at the college.

Have a great summer, consider signing up for a Phot 281 or 291 lab over the summer to keep your skills up. The lab will be open 5 days a week - mostly mornings - it should be a fun place to be.

Check out the following websites for interesting photography:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/slideshow/page/0,,2083188,00.html
Peter Walker talks to North Korea expert Nick Bonner and photographer Charlie Crane, who have produced a book of photographs from the country's capital, Pyongyang. The pair travelled to the city three times to photograph people, tourist sights and hotels.Laid out as a guidebook, the pictures in Welcome to Pyongyang are accompanied by commentaries from North Korean tourism guides.

http://pdnedu.blogs.com/
This is the Photo District News educational blog site. There are many contests listed as well as a very interesting list of blogs.

http://www.horvatland.com/pages/entrevues/07-moon-en_en.htm
When I was starting out in photography (before the dawn o'time) my favorite photographer was Sarah Moon. When everyone else was doing very straight glossy imagery, she was doing these grainy little narrative images that gave me the freedom to go my own way. Here's an early interview with her where she talks about working with models on location.

http://www.davistim.com/
Tim Davis, a graduate of Yale University, has a very interesting take on what might be quite mundane objects/locations.

Best to all...