Photography News
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Grossmont College Photography – Spring 2010 Schedule of Classes
The Spring 2010 schedule of photography classes is now online. Click on Grossmont College Photography Course Schedule for more information and link to register.
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I see fine art photography as hemmed in by three ‘P’s: painting, poverty, and Pentax.
From its inception, photography established itself as art by trying to move into the space abandoned by painting.
“Poverty” describes a voyeuristic urge to claim that the same authenticity that is projected on to the anguish of a suffering face applies reciprocally to the image, its maker, and its viewer.
And, last but perhaps most widespread, “Pentax” denotes the fetishization of equipment, techniques, and software, everything from pinhole cameras and photograms to clever Polaroid processes to high-end old-timey analog large-format film cameras to elaborate exposures to messing with reality in Photoshop.
from Bert Stabler’s provocative essay on the current state of photography, I Don’t Like Photography, in Proximity Magazine Issue #5.
for additional discussion on the current state of contemporary photography and the fetish of photographic process, click on Contemporary Art Photographers Mess With The Medium, by Martha Schwendener in the Village Voice.
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Duane Michals Lecture
The San Diego State University Art Council presents, Duane Michals : A Visual Journey, an artist talk and evening with Duane Michals on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7:30 pm, Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Drive, in La Jolla.
Thanks to the San Diego State Art Council, Grossmont students with College ID or proof of enrollment can attend for $10.
For additional information, click on Duane Michals Flyer
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Some Additional Semester Reading on Photography
Here’s three books I’d recommend reading:
Photography After Frank – Essays by Philip Gefter
Words Without Pictures – Alex Klein and Charlotte Cotton | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
After Photography – Fred Richin
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Photography Exhibitions and Events in Southern California
Preview of some interesting photography exhibitions currently showing in San Diego and Southern California:
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San Diego
Fazal Sheikh : Beloved Daughters | October 10, 2009 – January 31, 2010
Picturing the Process: The Photograph as Witness | August 1, 2009 – February 6, 2010
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Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla
Full Moon : The Apollo Missions | October 17 – December 5, 2009
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Lyceum Theatre Gallery in Gaslamp District of San Diego | August 29 – November 1, 2009
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Los Angeles
© Irving Penn
In Focus: Making A Scene | June 30 – October 18, 2009
Irving Penn: Small Trades | September 9, 2009 – January 10, 2010
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Mona Kuhn: Native | October 24 – December 5, 2009
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Grand Avenue)
Robert Frank’s The Americans (viewing of entire series of The Americans from MOCA’s permanent collection) | June 14 – October 26, 2009
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art | LACMA
New Topographics – Photographs of a Man-altered Landscape | October 25, 2009 – January 10, 2010
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UCR / California Museum of Photography
Lewis Baltz : The Park City Portfolio | September 26, 2009 – January 2, 2010
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For other photography exhibitions throughout Southern California, click on the following link for current exhibitions:
Photograph | Exhibitions in Southern California
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