judgement and fire! sounds like a fun night to me!

it is brag time for the bulb again.
this time, one of my aich students has work in an juried exhibition
and we would like you all to attend the opening reception!

jasmin hejazi has beautiful photographs in the showdown at the hart witzen gallery.
it is an interdisciplinary visual art competition for emerging artists.
the winner will be determined by the votes of you, the patron.

the opening reception and vote is
friday, february 4th from 6 to 10.
apparently, there will be a bonfire!
when there is art, refreshments, judgement and fire involved,
i cannot think of one good reason not to go!

so head out to noda next friday and look for the flames!

my blog's redheaded step children

image by courtney parlier

image by blake cyrier

image by sarah grantham

image by paul tilton

students taking the digital printing class that i teach at AiCH
get a little gypped when it comes to having their work exhibited on the blog.
the whole point of a printing class is to do just that... print.

printing requires a lot of practice & a lot of paper!
what some people fail to consider (even some students in the beginning)
is that in order to make a good print,
you still need to take a good photograph!
and this group of students is handling ALL aspects of the process well.

the assignment isn't the most thrilling,
but the students have accepted even the most banal project with gusto...

still life photographs in the traditional style of some of those old dutch masters like vermeer & van eyck.
learning to handle light tenderly... finding papers that compliment images... lovely work... even in their digital forms.