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©Daniel Gordon I want to continue the conversation from my previous post entitled “Galleries, Galleries, Galleries” on the realization I am having about photographers using “traditional” methods of manipulation in their work. This topic was brought up in my theory class this week and I would like to add a couple other shows to the list that reflect this theme. This time the shows are at two heavy-hitting museums, The Met and MOMA. The Met’s show, Surface Tension, is a … Continue reading →

©Corinne Schulze I am headed home this week to San Francisco and in an effort to share some of my knowledge of San Francisco, I am going to post my schedule this week for food and fun.

©Sarah Greenberger Rafferty This weekend I decided to hit up some photo shows that my Crit and Theory professor suggested I see. The goal was to hit up LES then Chelsea then the Upper East Side. Galleries: Rachel Uffner, Wild Project, Julie Saul, Aperture, Gagosian and the Whitney. Well, it didn’t exactly go as planned. The Lower East Side went smoothly. I saw Sarah Greenberger Rafferty’s show “Tears”, a body of manipulated images. Her process is as follows; she dripped … Continue reading →

Susan Sontag ©Jill Krementz The first assignment in my Criticism and Theory class this fall is to write the syllabus for the class. Twelve topics on contemporary issues in the theory of photography. Seems like it could be fun right? Wrong. This has been one of the most taxing assignments yet. The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about contemporary issues in photography are contemporary issues in general. The environment, war, politics, etc., all start to leap out … Continue reading →