I have chosen  D L Ennis’ work in relation to my project due to the surreal qualities of his landscapes.   As it happens he was born in Yorktown, Virginia, which is not far from where I grew up.  I also enjoy the fact that he’s not just a photographer, he also writes and plays music.  I think being multifaceted is useful in this day in age.  I’ve been experimenting with video and sound design myself.   I had been thinking of trying to integrate sound and video into my project, but after meeting with Lauren I don’t think it is really important to do this.  The images are good enough on their own without the supplemental material.   Ed Maxim made this commentary “Impressionistic landscape photographers use photographic techniques that result in images that have elusive, surreal qualities. These photographs may seem less tangible and more unreal than other photographs, giving the impression of a landscape rather than the tangible reality of one.[1]”  By his definition I would certainly place some of D L Ennis’ work, as well as some of my own, into this category.  We both use High Dynamic Range techniques that push the boundaries of reality to some degree. I try to keep mine in the middle so it doesn’t call much attention to itself. I think D L Ennis work does this as well.

 [1] Maxim, Ed. "Landscape photography | Visuallens." Visuallens | Just another visual and world for WordPress.com weblog. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2010. <http://visuallens.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/landscape-photography/>.

Biography -
About D L Ennis

Art is the quintessence of emotion, civilization, and thought!

D L Ennis is a freelance writer born in Yorktown, Virginia in 1952. Since then he has lived and worked in many places and done many things to make a living. D L worked as a musician until the age of 30 at which time he met his lovely wife, Dawn; they now live with their five dogs in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.              

Music took him all over the United States, parts of Canada, and Mexico. Throughout his years as a musician, he was doing some freelance writing and photography. Since his marriage to Dawn, he has settled down making writing/photography a full time endeavor. D L is published both in print and on-line. 

D L’s photography has been shown all over the world and his work is now in countless private and public galleries and collections. Many of D L’s images have been used in educational materials…software, books, PowerPoint presentations, magazines, etc.

Images -

 all images © D L Ennis

Links
Artist’s Site - http://dlennis.wordpress.com/
Other - http://mydigitalphotographyblog.com/d-l-ennis-one-of-the-best-landscape-photographers/

Artist Blog XIII - Brain Matiash

In relation to my project I have chosen to highlight Brain Matiash, a high dynamic range artist. His work primarily focuses on architecture and urban exploration. I feel that my furniture images have similar qualities to many of his urban photographs. He is looking at urban decay and destruction in the eyes of making beautiful photographs and I think he is successful. High dynamic range is technical, because it requires using bracketing and post-production software to stitch the photographs. Brain said “in my experience, nine brackets gives me all of the tonal information that I need plus some insurance on the highlight and shadow ends of the range[1].” In my own personal experience I find that often times negative two stops, zero, and plus stops tend to work well for a bracket. However, there are times when a lot more stops are necessary. For the most part I feel 9 shots would definitely encapsulate the detail in even the most difficult scenes. I often debate whether or not to include people in my project; however I must agree with Brain when he says, “I wholeheartedly appreciate and admire photographers' abilities to capture those insanely fleeting moments of life that would altogether dissolve into the ether had it not been for that one timely shutter release. I just don't subscribe to the notion that only people can create these moments.[2]” I don’t believe people are necessary to have an emotional impact, but I do think including them makes it easier to get an impact. I enjoy the challenge of trying to do it without people.

[1] "The School of Bracketology with Brian Matiash - Blog - LensProToGoBlog.com | LensProToGo Studios Blog." Blog - LensProToGoBlog.com | LensProToGo Studios Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2010. .

[2]Matiash, Brian . "Urban Elements." Welcome to ProPhotoResource.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2010. .

Biography

A little bit of Brian
Thank you for visiting my Photo Blog. I hope you enjoy your stay and welcome your return.
I am a commercial architecture photographer, writer, and lover of all things social media. When I am not out photographing the ever-shifting trends of exterior and interior design
, I am roaming around and exploring the city to capture the forgotten corners and loose ends that so often get overlooked.

I have spent the past several years learning and mastering the use of High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging to provide my photos with a level of realism not normally captured with conventional photography. I am the author of monthly columns on ProPhotoResource and Lensflare35, where I shares tips, tricks, and techniques to gain the most out of HDR photography. I am also an editor at 'HDR Spotting', the leading gallery/resource dedicated to showcasing HDR images.
My images have been published in a variety of news and magazine publications, as well as displayed in various art galleries in Boston, MA and New York, NY. Some of my work has gained media recognition and has been published in the Boston Globe, the Improper Bostonian, and several online Photography and Travel Blogs. I was also the winner of the 2008 and 2009 Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk Contests for the cities of Boston, MA (2008) and Brooklyn, NY (2009), and was featured as the Boston Globe’s ‘Photographer of the Week’. I was most recently featured as the Lightroom Featured Photographer in the July/August issue of Photoshop User Magazine, put out by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
For a little bit of my biography – I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY but currently live in Framingham, MA with my wife, Lisa, and two dogs, Zilla and Chaca.
Matiash, Brian. "My Portfolio | Brian Matiash PhotoBlog." Brian Matiash PhotoBlog. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2010. .

Links -
Artist’s Website - http://matiashstudios.com/ , http://brianmatiash.com/blog/
Reviews/Interview - http://www.lensprotogoblog.com/blog/2010/7/28/the-school-of-bracketology-with-brian-matiash.html
http://www.prophotoresource.com/home/item/600-urban-elements.html
http://vimeo.com/10690679

Images -

All Images © Brain Matiash

Lecture - Conversations with Sally Mann

I feel fortunate to have had the honor to see Sally Mann at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.  The presentation was in the form of a conversation between a panel and Sally Mann, rather than the typical artist presentation.  The panel included leading photography scholars Vince Aletti of the New Yorker and Brain Wallis from the International Center of Photography. Unfortunately, the flight which Melissa Harris of Aperture Magazine was taking was delayed and she didn’t make it. Initially they introduced Sally Mann and talked about connections to other artists, particularly in relation to the controversial nature of Mann’s work.  Mann’s earlier works which involved her children were often argued to be pornographic.  Although still controversial to some people, on a whole people have seemed to get past this, on the basis that Mann was the mother of the children and had seen them in all stages of life. Besides the nudity, there is nothing really pornographic about the images.  The main themes of her work seem to be sexuality, mortality, and vulnerability.  The talk was presented in connection with a collection of her works titled “Sally Mann The Flesh and The Spirit.” The collection featured her newest work, pictures of herself and her husband which comment on  themes of mortality and vulnerability.   It was also mentioned that the pictures of her husband were interesting from the standpoint of the human gaze on the male, which is something not usually touched upon in photography.  One thing that really struck me was just how humble a person Mann really was.  She said making a perfect print with a 8x10 format camera was really difficult, and she was just lazy, so that’s why she used equipment that didn’t function perfectly.   I don’t think this is really true.  I think she uses methods that will enhance her projects' themes. One thing that I thought was interesting was her take on when to release projects and how to never lose motivation.  She said, “Never put out a body of  work until you are one-third of the way into a new body of work.”  She also mentioned that you should have more than one project going at the same time, in case you get bored with one of the projects.  That was interesting to me in relation to my own project, because I’m trying to work on two different projects now and have ideas for other projects as well.  I think this helps me to keep my ideas fresh and allows me to back off from one project if I get bored with it and work with the other.  Ms. Mann said that she draws the line on her work when dignity is lost.  I think that it is important to know when to stop and draw the line, because there are some things which, ethically, should never be photographed.

All Images © Sally Mann

Idea Blog XIV - Urban

The word urban defines much of what my project is about, which is town or city life. In both Artific and Abandoned I introduce the influence of human growth and modernization. When one searches for the urban landscape, links often relate to construction. I find that images of construction are very interesting because each shot is unique. A few minutes or hours later the building has completely changed. On the other side of the rope, when things start to decay you also are likely to not be able to get the same shot. Abandoned buildings and objects are far from static. They are always changing. I tried to focus my projects on the impact of human consumption that comes after the main construction. Tim Davis said in The New New Topographics: Photographs Man-Altered Landscape that images showed places “whose most visible quality seemed a lack of visibility, a sense of unattendedness, of life that has escaped being chronicled—of spaces waiting to be photographed.” It’s interesting to think of buildings that are being constructed as places waiting to be photographed. I wouldn’t think that my furniture was waiting to be photographed but maybe it is, maybe it just takes the correct individual to recognize its beauty. I think that urban photography has the ability to show more than just the material of the environment. Miriam Paeslack states in an article about Maria Sewcz, Wiebke Loeper, and Elisabeth Neudörfl “Their work deals not with the material urban environment and its transformations, but with their use of architectural shapes and urban signifiers as individual psychological topographies. These images hint at notions of loss and transformation, revealing to us subjective, highly selective glimpses of the post-reunification German city [2].” To me this touches on my desire to want more than just to have a traditional landscape. I seek deeper meaning in the ideas that these landscapes are man-made and not natural occurrences.

[1] Davis, Tim. "The New New Topographics." Aperture Magazine Sep. 2010: 16-17. Print.

[2] Paeslack, Miriam. "A country disunited? Urban photography in post-reunification Germany." Journal of Architecture 11.5 (2006): 543-550. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Dec. 2010.

Idea Blog XII - Origin

Origin -

While thinking about both my project and the recently reviewed artist Ferit Kyas, I began to consider origins.  I haven't shot very much outside of the city, but most of the shots that were outside of Richmond had been shot around my home town.  I feel that there is always a strong connection to one's roots that tends to be expressed by artists.  Even though I have been in Richmond for a while, I wouldn’t say I have the same viewpoint toward it as I do toward my hometown of Williamsburg, where I have spent most of my time.  Ferit Kuyas' work “has auto-biographical roots: I got to know the connections and spent quite some time here.[1]”  Kuyas also commented that although the photographs in “City of Ambition”  are documentary, showing the progress of Chongqing city development after receiving municipal status, he doesn’t consider himself a documentarian.  He said the ability to express his emotions in his images is very important to him.  I hope that my images are expressive of my emotions. 
Photographs are expressive when it “interprets, rather than describes, what we see to others. It tells a story, going beyond conveying information for its own sake. It often becomes metaphorical.[2]”  Hopefully my images are telling the story of the impact humans have on the natural surrounding environment.

[1] Kuyas, Ferit. "CITY OF AMBITION." gallerybook. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. <feritkuyas.com/city_of_ambition/>.

[2] Douglis, Phil . "Photograph as Expression. ." PSA Journal 76.3 (2010): 30-32. Print.

Ferit Kuyas

The series by Ferit Kuyas that caught my eye was “CITY OF AMBITION,” a series that takes place in Chongqing.    What drew me to this series was the atmosphere.  The images often feature a foggy background.  Apparently it is called the town of fog and is constantly foggy.  I have always been very attracted to images that are shot in the fog.  To me it conveys a timeless emotion that’s almost mystifying.  Ferit Kuyas said “Like most of my work also this project has auto-biographical roots: I got to know the connections and spent quite some time here.[1]”  I can relate to shooting what I am familiar with. I went back to my home town the other day and happened to be there during a magic hour. I shot a lot of photographs and some time-lapse video.

[1] Kuyas, Ferit. "CITY OF AMBITION." gallerybook. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. <feritkuyas.com/city_of_ambition/>.

Biography

Ferit Kuyas (1955) was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He studied architecture and law in
Zurich, Switzerland and graduated 1982 in jurisprudence from the University of Zurich.
1986 he started his career in photography and is working mainly on personal projects
since. His most recent project is City of Ambition – Fast Forward in China, a book with
cityscapes from Chongqing, China.

Kuyas, Ferit. "Biography | Newsletters & Infos." gallerybook. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. <feritkuyas.com/portfolio/info/?page_id=32>.

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Links-
Artist’s Site - http://www.feritkuyas.com/
Reviews -
http://elizabethflemingphotography.blogspot.com/2010/01/ferit-kuyas.html
http://huffphoto.blogspot.com/2010/09/fog-ferit-kuyas.html
Gallery-
http://www.luxphotogallery.com/photographers/-bffe6dba87/

Alexandre Singh - Questions / Experience

Alexandre Singh was by far the best lecture that I have ever attended at VCU. The fact that he actually gave a performance to start the lecture not only struct me as being unique, but an intellectually engaging and useful way to spend my time.  In his presentation he spoke about the  thought process that is associated with a dream state or intoxicated state of the mind.  I would describe his work as intellectual, story-telling, and performance art.  At first I was having a lot of trouble following because I was frantically trying to take notes about the lecture. When I stopped taking notes and just sat back and tried to take in the whole presentation I found it was a-lot more enjoyable.  The interesting thing about his performance was how there would be stories inside stories inside stories.  Many times through the lecture he would reference pop culture.  At one point he referenced the movie "Inception" in relation to the planting of ideas within dreams and how the mind works. He talked about many types of mental associations, including linear, cross-linear and tangential.  I really had a sparked interest in learning about the mental process in relation to dreams after his presentation.  Besides his lecture presentation, he has a very interesting body of work.  The project which probably had the most relation to mine was the “School of Objects Criticized.”   In this project he had selected many objects to display in a gallery setting. All were named and personified via a voice over and spotlighting.  Watching a movie of people engaging with the objects who were talking about the 20th century art was certainly interesting.  One thing that was mentioned on the web as well during his speech was his interest in making a full length film.  He didn’t really stress that he was getting closer to actually doing it, but that is his goal and by doing each project he learns something and gets closer.  He said the audiences role in relationship to his lecture isn’t really important; however, he hopes that he is educating people about how the brain operates.  He did say that he makes art for himself first and everyone else second.  This is really how it should be. if you are not happy with the work but everyone likes it,  then I personally feel you are failing as an artist. Your art should reflect something about you.

Questions - 
Do you think your progressing near making a full length film?
What do you think the audiences roll is in relation to your work?

Contests Entered -

in-habitation:
Well got an email back, maybe next time!

Dear Eric,

We at Booksmart Studio wanted to thank you for your submission to "In-Habitation". It was a long and difficult selection process with submissions from all over the Country and In the end only a small selection of images could be accepted. Unfortunately your work was not selected for this Exhibition.

We encourage you to visit us for the Opening of the show to be held on January 7th 2011 from 6-9 to meet other artists and guests.
The final selection has been posted to our blog. click the link below to check it out.
http://www.booksmartstudio.com/blog/

Sincerely,

David Ohl
Booksmart Studio
250 North Goodman St.
Rochester, NY 14607

flowers-trees-birds-bees:

Nanpa Summit: 

Idea Blog XI - Artfic as Installation

Artfic as Installation

This week I had the idea that if I could make HDR time-lapses with subtle movements, it would enhance the  properties of “Artific” by making it even more surreal. “Films and movies for entertainment, send our minds into a fantasy zone whether it be that of tension and suspense, horror, action violence, sexual titillation, or comedy. It is a retreat, an escape, at times, an intellectual experience [1].” Films have a magical way of taking us to another world, an imaginary world painted in the eye of the director.  There would also be a score to the films.  "Music does many things for the human body including, masking unpleasant sounds and feelings, slowing down and equalizing brain waves, affecting respiration, affecting the heartbeat, pulse rate, and blood pressure, reducing muscle tension and improving body movement and coordination, affecting the body temperature, regulating stress-related hormones, boosting the immune function, changing our perception of space and time, strengthening our memory and learning, boosting productivity, enhancing romance and sexuality, stimulating digestion, fostering endurance, enhancing unconscious receptivity to symbolism, and generating a sense of safety and well-being[2].”   I think sound could be a really important part of my work. Music is definitely known to have an emotional impact on the listener.

[1]artwork, creating, learning a language, and mental balance.. "The Psychology and History of Movies | Horror Films | Psychological." Mental Health | Natural Psychology | Self Help | Child Psychology | Depression Help. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. <http://www.winmentalhealth.com/movies_psychological.php>.
[2]"Music's Affects on the Human Body." Music's Affects on the Human Body. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. <hs.riverdale.k12.or.us/~dthompso/exhib_03/jasonc/Music%27s_Affects_on_the_Huma

Simon Tarr

Simon Tarr is both a teacher and an experimental film maker working with many different types of techniques.  He seems to primarily work with 16mm film.  In my opinion many of the films are glitchy, dreamy sequences that, without spoken context, I probably wouldn’t be able to follow.  I wonder somewhat if the context is really important or not to the work.  In relation to one of his newer pieces, "Interrupt  us", which he described as a glitch video, he said, “it may or may not be hardcore pornography.”   The most interesting work to me was his remix of “Nanook of the North” entitled “Tia Mak.”   I was intrigued that he was  VJing or doing a live performance of his version of the story of “Nanook of the North.”   Simon controls the apects of the vido: what to show and when, what effect is on the video and text overlays.  In his version he makes us aware of the fabrication of the original by overlapping different scenes in the movie to show they where filmed in exactly the same place. Personally I wouldn’t have understood this without an explanation. Regarding that, an important question was brought up by a student: “Do you always preface the performance by explaining the original?”, to which he answered that he generally did. I think that knowing the context of the piece certainly helps put it in better perspective.

Graduate School #2 - The University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico’s graduate program is more traditional.  US. News and World Report magazine ranked the photography school 4th in the country in 2008. In addition, New Mexico is a very beautiful location and a great place for producing work.  What is most interesting about the school is the option to also develop other areas of interest that I have. There are several areas of focus for the MFA degree besides photography, with the option to do work in other areas besides the selected focus.  I would anticipate being interested in some of the offerings from the electronic arts department.  My background includes computer science, computer animation, and website development.   Another area of interest outside of the studio art departments would be the The Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory.  “ARTS Lab seeks to support innovation and growth in areas such as film, new media, simulation, telehealth, game technology, image processing, scientific visualization, national security applications, and new markets for content.” An area of recent interest for me is scientific visualization and image processing.  I am excited by new techniques and methods in the digital era.  I am also interested in using my art as a tool to educate, for example with visualization techniques.  I think the University of New Mexico would give me a chance to diversify my skills and greatly expand my current knowledge.

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Faculty Work
Claudia X. Valdes teaches in the electronic arts division of the studio art program.  Her photographic work ‘TRINITY SITE SERIES’, much like mine, is a commentary on the impact of human destruction.  This series of images was photographed at the Trinity test site.  Claudia's image “exposes the ‘radioactive’ landscape and explores notions of place, memory and history[1].”  It is clear that Claudia Valdes used special techniques to stylize her images in order to achieve her goals. It’s always been a focus of mine to try to stylize images in such away that they transcend past just being a straight photograph.  I’m always trying new things and trying to find a style that works for me.  I thnk Claudia’s photography stylization certain drives one to think more seriously about the damage done by nuclear missiles.

[1]Valdes, Claudia. "CLAUDIA X. VALDES: Trinity Site Series." CLAUDIA X. VALDES. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. <http://claudiaxvaldes.com/photo/trinityseries.html>.

Biography -

Claudia X. Valdes was born in Santiago, Chile. Her family moved to the United States when she was three years old. Her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley included architecture, modern dance and fine art. In 2001, she received an M.F.A. from UC Berkeley.

Between 2001-2009 Valdes’ art practice exclusively focused on the history of U.S. nuclear arms. Her creative response to this subject was coupled with research into military and scientific documents, media-produced responses, conversations with nuclear physicists, examination of literary and video documentary accounts of A-bomb survivors, the collection of present-day text-based memories by the general public about the Cold War, and visits to historic nuclear sites in the US.

She has created over 40 nuclear-themed artworks that she collectively calls TEN MILLION DEGREES - single channel digital videos for installation and cinematic contexts, hybrid print/video works, digitally produced photographs, paintings, watercolors, performances, and an interactive networked installation designed to elicit participant performances.

Works from TEN MILLION DEGREES (2001-2009) have exhibited internationally including at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; WRO Center for Media Art, Wroclaw, Poland; the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; Mills College Art Museum, Oakland; the UCR/California Museum of Photography; Centro Multimedia/Centro National de las Artes, Mexico; the Werkstätten und Kulturhaus, Austria; the National Centre for Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia; San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CA; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook; Exit Art, NY; Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany; San Francisco Art Institute/Walter McBean Gallery; and the Instituto Chileno Norteamericano, Santiago, Chile. A 5,000 ft2 solo retrospective, entitled TEN MILLION DEGREES, was featured at Lawrimore Project in Seattle, WA (2009).

Valdes has received numerous honors for her creative work including a 2008 Scholarship from the Santa Fe Art Institute; a 2007 Artist Grant from the Puffin Foundation; Honorable Mention at the 2006 Transmediale festival for art and digital culture in Berlin, Germany; and a 2006 Creative Capital Professional Development Retreat at the Santa Fe Art Institute. In 2001 she received UC Berkeley’s highest honor in art, the Eisner Prize, and she was an Affiliate Artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts from 2001-2003.

She developed and taught digital media art courses at UC Berkeley, the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media at the University of Washington, Seattle, UC Santa Cruz, and at Mills College and Stanford University as a Visiting Artist. Academic honors include a Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities faculty appointment within the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington.

Valdes is Assistant Professor of Electronic Arts at the University of New Mexico. Between 2006-07 she was Associate Director of the Arts Technology Center within the College of Fine Arts at UNM.  Between 2007-2009 she was also Associate Director of UNM’s university-wide interdisciplinary research center, ARTS Lab (The Art, Research, Technology & Science Laboratory).

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Graduate Student - Mark Geil
Mark Geil's images seem to take on similar qualities to my own work. He seems to deal with objects that combine human presence in a relationship to natural environment.  He also has other shots that seem to be a commentary on the desire of humanity to showcase natural settings via artificial means such as museum displays.   There are currently no statements on Mark Geil's website so I can only speculate what he is trying to accomplish.  I hope that soon the statements will be up so I can get a better understanding.  I have put a link to his CV which gives a good idea of his background.
Images -

http://www.markgeil.net/http://www.markgeil.net/Geil_CV.pdf

Graduate School #1 - Hartford Art School

The Hartford Art School MFA Program is a very interesting graduate school possibility for me. The majority of the course work takes place in the Summer allowing people to hold a job throughout the rest of the year.  I’m very interested in assisting professionals and learning the business side of running a photography business. The flexibility to do this, as well as expand my knowledge by interacting with other creative persons, is extremely enticing.  The program schedule includes short sessions that happen in the fall and in the spring that take place in remote locations.  I feel that meeting in new areas and trying to produce a body of work while there could be very uplifting and motivating.  Whenever I visit new locations, I am always really excited.  The idea of seeing something for the first time with a group of creative artists could lead to great work.  I also like that a-lot of the course work is geared towards producing a photo-book. This is something that has interested me for a long time.  I would love to make a book that tells a story.

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Faculty - Mary Frey
Mary Frey’s work has a very unique quality to it.  In particular I find this to be true in her latest series, “Imagining Fauna”.  This is definitely due to both her subject matter and choice of process.  Her use of dynamic range photography elevates the picture and doesn’t call attention to itself.  Mary Frey’s work uses a very old process know as wet processing where she uses E6 film to create unique wet plate images.  I was struck by the "strange, ghostly and beautiful [1]” qualities of the pictures.  Although our subject matter may be rather different, our ideas and goals have similarities. The qualities of being strange, ghostly, and beautiful are all aspects that I hoped to show in both “In our Wake” and “Artific.”

[1] Frey, Mary . "Mary Frey." Mary Frey - Photographer. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2010. <http://www.maryfrey.com/fauna/index.htm#title>.

biography - 

Mary Frey received her MFA from Yale University in 1979 and is currently a professor of photography at the Hartford Art School.

Frey has attained numerous awards for her work, most notably a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984 and two photography fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1980 and 1992. She was the recipient of a Te Foundation Fellowship in 2004. During the 1994-95 academic year Mary Frey was the Harnish Visiting Artist at Smith College, Northampton, MA and in the spring of 2001 she completed an artist’s residency at the Burren College of Art, County Clare, Ireland.

Her work has been exhibited extensively and is part of many public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Chicago Art Institute and the International Polaroid Collection.

Frey, Mary . "Mary Frey - bio." Mary Frey - Photographer. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2010. <http://www.maryfrey.com/bio/index.htm>.

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Graduate Work

Unfortunately with the program being very new I was unable to find a link to the graduate students' work.  In a sense this may be discouraging, as it would be nice to know what people have been producing and what they think of the program.  I may try to email them and see if they can give me any information about current students and what they have don