Franco-phile

http://www.slashfilm.com/james-franco-movies-unused-footage-gus-van-sants-private-idaho/#more-98817

PGY2442C Figure/Ground
Austin Reeves
Areeves@ufl.edu
Handed Out: 2/17/11
Contact Sheets Due: 2/24/11
Blog Post Due: 3/3/11
Critique: 3/15/11

Assignment 3
Deconstruct-Reconstruct

In chapter 18 of The Photography Reader, we touched upon the subject of appropriation with photographers such as Richard Prince, Louis Lawler, and Sherrie Levine, as one genre of postmodern photography. Chapter 17 delves further into the topic of postmodern photography specifically highlighting the work of Barbara Kruger, Richard Prince, Vikky Alexander, Silvia Kolbowski, and Sherrie Levine. For your third assignment, you are to reconstruct 3 photographs or photographic images (art or news related) and alter them in some way. This could be through changing the scale of objects, altering the figure/ground relationship, moving objects around or switching subjects, or even combining two different images of one event into one photograph. How you go about altering the image is your choice. For the critique you will choose the best of the three prints. Some things to keep in mind: What does it mean to take a photograph? Or to make a photograph? Is an image less important/meaningful if it is based directly from a well known work of art? Do both artists deserve to be credited for the final product?

Due on 3/15/11: 3 contact sheets
1 artist statement
1 print on fiber paper
MUST BE SHOT IN BLACK AND WHITE FILM AND MUST BE A PRINT FROM THE WET LAB!!! SIZE OF FILM IS UP TO YOU.

Laurie Simmons interesting new work!

http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/71627/

Why do most female artists get labeled as feminists in some way at some point in their careers?

How does Sherrie Levin question ideas of originality and authorship?

How does the number of times a photograph is reproduced affect its value?

How does the knowledge that an image is appropriated affect its meaning?

What are the parallels between the struggle to call photography “fine art” today and during the late 1800’s?

chap 17

1. Can Levine be given 100% credit of the reproduction of Weston's original work? 2. Is there a certain degree to how much appropriation is actually appropriation and not just plagiarism? Or is it just subjective? 3. How different wold the impact be if a student appropriated the image like Levine? I just think its interesting that since Levine "appropriated the image" its creates a debate, however I feel like if a student did it, people would just say its plagiarism. Even know students and professors have a certain standard in a university, I still just think its interesting that we learn about artists who does work that we would get in trouble for. 4. Does Levine's work really not have authorship? The book states that "To refuse authorship itself functions to puncture the ideology of the artists as the bearer of a privileged subjectivity." I disagree because I feel like she is still have authorship because it is still her photograph that she subjectively chose to photograph. 5. is it considered plagarism is a photographer, painter, drawer all created the same exact composition and image?

Chapter 17 - Solomon-Godeau Article

1)How was the physical printing and manifestation of the image on paper become problematic int he search for the real thing, according to Solomon-Godeau's statement on page 153?

2)the idea of appropriation becomes the central topic in this chapter, when talking about Levine's copy photographs and how the are "made to seem" to be able to capture the idea of something as broad at 'Nature', it would be a worth while experiment to appropriate some image by continuously recopying the image through various modes of copying and displaying these images.

3)Why has photography become the ideal scapegoat from things like copyright infringement and what does that say about its presence within an artistic realm? does the social and governmental recognition of the notion that the image, namely a photograph, needs to be protected by and for the photographer?

4)With the technological advances of photography being anything less than exponential in the past two centuries, in what ways might you think societal views of appropriation will change due to the introduction of post-modernism and photography?

5)In terms of actually appropriating an image, do you think that the photographing on an already existing image is where post-modernism lies or would it be fair to say that in a post-modernist point of view, the appropriation of the already existing image could be valid through ANY mode of means of transference or reproduction

http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/pomo.html

Art Photography and Postmodernism-stuff

1) I like the idea of making the viewer aware of what is being observed by photographing and appropriating something.

2) I had never really thought of what Sherrie Levin does as something that goes beyond the exploration of what an 'original' is. By appropriating, she refuses authorship and rejects notions of originality and subjectivity.

3)Why is the notion of the author linked with patriarchy? It seems like he simply declares this and does not explain why.

4)Solomon-Godeau concludes that Levine is a type of feminist, which seems to be an inescapable label for most female artists.

5)I find it interesting that the present state of photography is not that much different from the state of photography in the 1880's, when they faced the threats posed by increased ubiquity and ease in the photographic process. We see this same trend presently but on a much larger scale and in even larger quantities. With the inception of digital photography and the invention of the internet, issues relating to the ubiquity of images and the question of photography as a legitimate art form are amplified.

chapter 17 questions

1. Can you declare Weston's study of Neil as "the real thing," as well as Sherrie Levine's study of Neil?

2. Do you think the number of prints made of a certain image detract from the "realness" of the photo?

3. If Levine rejects authorship of her photos, does that still place copyright regulations on it? Or no because the image itself is illegal?

4. Is Levine's purpose of duplicating images to contest her power with the authors of the original images?

5. I disagreed when they stated, pg. 156 "...what we might consider as its methods or ideology, have remained substantially unchanged throughout all its carious permutations - stylistic, technological, and cultureal - that is has undergone during its hundred and fort year history." Then I went back and read this was written in 1983, so a lot of things have changed since then, including Flicker accounts, Photoshop, the accessibility of digital cameras etc.

:) Steph

Richard Prince article

https://elearning2.courses.ufl.edu/access/content/attachment/4753a109-a862-4b69-9852-2dc0f8ea60ee/Assignments/ba2214e0-23a0-4ecf-a4f6-2527194845dc/Richard%20Prince%20Spiritual%20America.pdf

Instant Photography

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2011/02/08/133111598/boxcameras

Sally Mann

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/17/133595585/from-lens-to-photo-sally-mann-captures-her-love

More Important Stuff (this is actually relevant)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmUhpxUn9QA

important stuff

http://www.youmightlikethis.com/2011/01/this-is-america/

Guten Tag

Just experimenting with the large format so I can get used to it. This is stuff. Stuff in my life.

Project 2.

With this project, I plan to have creepy vibe within the composition. These images I took so far are ideas for the narrative before I shoot in coloured film (yes, I spelled it with a 'u' so get over it -- keke~).

Pink Girl

These are character sketches for Pink Girl, a persona I created and intend to expand upon during this class. I'm very much influenced by color meanings, which I am currently using to help shape this character. I would like to thank Jamie for helping me shoot these.

Project 2 Preliminary photos

project 2

These are just a few colour ones I have. The ones I like the most are black and white and are drying right now so I'll put them up when they're dry :) 

-Sarah

I've been experimenting with my new Diana, soooo here it is.

These are my images so far. The image is flipped on accident so just imagine him on the other side. There are going to be three more guys to the right (really the left) of him starting from standing to slowly crouching down until him...whose sitting.

narrative project.

For my project I wanted to shoot a moment to form a narrative. I wanted to shoot a moment where the subject is not present, but you gather information and characteristics about the subjects through the objects present. The objects themselves don't become as important, but together they represent the characteristics of the person and reveals information about the subject in which you can form a narrative. It makes viewers wonder who the person is, what do they like, where did they go..

Not sure if I'll go with this idea, just tryin stuffs

Do you think that maybe we should post our questions on the blog instead of writing them down so as to save paper and make the blog more useful?

Project 2

Project 2

These are just a couple of the images I shot for the narrative series. I prefer to have a story in my mind and work from there, rather than using symbols and icons to display the story. I have only shot one roll so far so I am not sure if I will use these or not.

Jorts Photo shoot