tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296174722024-03-13T11:14:57.944-05:00My Photo LifeRandom photo-related musings along with my joys and woes as a photographer trying to manage teaching, making photos, family, and life.Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.comBlogger742125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-45677211105007294432024-03-12T14:06:00.001-05:002024-03-12T14:06:36.594-05:00Yearly Spring Break Darkroom JobA few days ago, this memory popped up on Facebook:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/spring_break_shamwow_01.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>At that very moment (1 year later), I had those Sham-Wows washed and drying on my drying rack in the basement... because that's apparently what I do over spring break. Being my first day back after spring break was today (teaching some Tues/Thurs classes this semester), I loaded up the clean Sham-Wows in the back of my car to use in the lab:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/spring_break_shamwow_02.jpg" border="1"><br>Sitting in a 16x20 tray. Still needing to be folded.<br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-29687689519212649252024-02-22T18:01:00.000-06:002024-02-22T18:01:00.141-06:00Exhibition Photos from the Concordia University Faculty ShowHere are some pics from the faculty exhibition that I was in a few months ago at Concordia University:<br><br>[click each image to enlarge]<br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_01.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Megan, Richard, Hannah, and Erin's pieces in the first gallery space.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_02.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_02.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Megan and Carrie.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_03.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_03.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Erin.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_04.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_04.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Carrie and John.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_05.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_05.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Entering the main gallery, there's John, a piece by Keith, and some prints of mine.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_06.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_06.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Keith's work with mine in the background.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_07.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_07.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Priya and Keith.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_08.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_08.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Priya and Keith.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_09.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_09.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Keith in the foreground.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_10.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_11.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_11.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_12.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_12.jpg" border="1"></a><br>A bunch of my prints behind another piece of Keith's.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_13.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_13.jpg" border="1"></a><br>My prints were all from <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-minnesota-state-fair-at-4-am.html" target="_blank">the mini State Fair series</a> I had shot the previous summer/fall.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_14.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_14.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_15.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_15.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_16.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_16.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Two larger prints on their own wall.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_17.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_17.jpg" border="1"></a><br>A selfie to show the scale of these prints - the largest I've made.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_25.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_25.jpg" border="1"></a><br>My artist statement on the wall.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_19.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_19.jpg" border="1"></a><br>A view of some of my pieces.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_20.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_20.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_21.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_21.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_22.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_22.jpg" border="1"></a><br>A panoramic image of the main gallery.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_23.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_23.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Back in the first space.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_large_24.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/concordia_fac_show_23_small_24.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br></div><b>Related posts:</b><br>- <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2023/11/upcoming-faculty-exhibition.html" target="_blank">announcing the exhibition</a><br>- my <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2023/11/tomorrow-night.html" target="_blank">image on the poster</a><br>- a few <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-faculty-exhibition-at-concordia.html" target="_blank">pics from right before the opening reception</a><br>- more pics from <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-minnesota-state-fair-at-4-am.html" target="_blank">the mini State Fair series</a><br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-20937478291085148002024-02-08T22:04:00.001-06:002024-02-08T22:04:47.860-06:00Film ProcessingWe've had a few successful days of processing film in class this week:<br><br><div align="center"><iframe width="456" height="810" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qkg7V4OjfbQ" title="Film Processing in Class This Week" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><br>Direct link: <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/qkg7V4OjfbQ?si=5inWKXCouZtxjxFx" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/qkg7V4OjfbQ?si=5inWKXCouZtxjxFx</a><br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-28968557065531890212024-01-22T10:17:00.000-06:002024-01-22T10:17:31.335-06:00"Photography is a foreign language..."I found this outside of the art room at Blake High School in Minneapolis:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/photography_is_a_foreign_language.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div><i>"Photography is a foreign language everyone thinks he speaks"</i> -Philip-Lorca diCorcia<br><br>Is he saying people THINK they are good at photography (or think they can "understand" photography) when they really don't? Is this a bit of an elitist take on amateur photographers? Is he talking about the proliferation of cameras in our society over the last few decades? Without knowing where diCorcia places his emphasis in that quote, I can't get a solid grasp of what he's trying to say, but I'm still intrigued...<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-64631486245828313572024-01-01T14:51:00.002-06:002024-01-01T14:51:51.547-06:00Movie Poster ProjectI teach a "pre-design" class at the University of Minnesota geared toward first-year graphic design majors. We cover basic design elements and principles, but then also discuss a lot about how designers can "control" how a viewer relates to imagery based on how it's communicated to them. It's part "2D Design" and part "Visual Conceptualization"... sort of.<br><br>After basically 1 type lecture and an hour intro to Adobe Illustrator, here are a few movie poster projects from this past semester:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/poster_projects_f23_01.jpg" border="1"><br>Simple but effective from Gus.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/poster_projects_f23_02.jpg" border="1"><br>Nice use of negative space by Kaemon.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/poster_projects_f23_03.jpg" border="1"><br>Very photographic from Natalie.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2024a/poster_projects_f23_04.jpg" border="1"><br>And a good take on this documentary from Leah<br>(with the tag line pseudo hidden as a green line in the code).<br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-11635671154010324602023-12-17T22:26:00.000-06:002023-12-17T22:26:15.613-06:003-in-1 Lego Camera SetA <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jeansversion" target="_blank">Lego Ambassador</a> shared this sweet 3-in-1 camera lego set that's coming out in a few weeks:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/lego_camera_set_01.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/lego_camera_set_02.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/lego_camera_set_03.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-8729251767037313082023-11-22T16:32:00.003-06:002023-11-22T16:33:07.155-06:00The Faculty Exhibition at the Concordia GalleryThe <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2023/11/tomorrow-night.html" target="_blank">2023 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition</a> opened last week at the Concordia Gallery. I snapped a few photos with my phone before it was busy:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fac_show_23_01.jpg" border="1"><br>My 2 larger prints to the right, and 9 smaller prints on the far wall.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fac_show_23_02.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fac_show_23_04.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fac_show_23_05.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>Here are few pics of some of the corners of the gallery - I didn't take any photos in the Teaching Gallery, but there's more work in there as well:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fac_show_23_06.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fac_show_23_07.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fac_show_23_08.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>I'll take some "real" photos with my "real" camera in the upcoming week or 2, so stop back to see better images that you can enlarge.<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-26490244025036502322023-11-15T08:48:00.000-06:002023-11-15T08:48:00.154-06:00Tomorrow Night!Here's the poster for the Faculty Exhibition that opens tomorrow night:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/2023_fac_show_poster.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>You can find a little more info <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2023/11/upcoming-faculty-exhibition.html" target="_blank">in this post</a>, but stop on by to the reception: Thursday, November 16, 5 – 7 p.m., at the Concordia Gallery (301 Marshall Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104).<br><br>
Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-82183884733952172892023-11-13T20:48:00.001-06:002023-11-13T20:48:17.404-06:001961: John Drysdale Tried to Photograph a Kangaroo...... but this happened instead:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2021a/kangaroo_camera_john_drysdale_1961.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>I can't be certain, but that appears to be a Hasselblad, so I feel a little bad for smirking.<br><br>(Oh yes... and I hope he's OK too... but we all know we worry more about our cameras than our own well-being in situations like this.)<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-45678231574850324842023-11-01T22:08:00.003-05:002023-11-01T22:08:27.202-05:00Upcoming Faculty ExhibitionThe <a href="https://www.csp.edu/events-calendar/category/concordia-gallery-exhibitions/" target="_blank">Concordia Gallery website</a> currently looks like this:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/csp_facshow23_web_01.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>That's one of my <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-minnesota-state-fair-at-4-am.html" target="_blank">4 a.m. photos from the MN State Fair</a> last year. I hope to be showing a few of those in this exhibition. Here's the exhibition page with my image larger:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/csp_facshow23_web_02_small.jpg" border="1"><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/csp_facshow23_web_02_large.jpg" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a larger version.<br><br></div>On View / Exhibition Run Dates: Thursday, November 9 – Monday, December 18<br><br>Public Reception: Thursday, November 16, 5 – 7 p.m.<br><br>Concordia Gallery: 301 Marshall Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-91131504494784763372023-10-24T14:39:00.000-05:002023-10-24T14:39:00.138-05:00Using a View Camera in PublicThis is 60 seconds of truth:<br><br><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8SQwxOBDplc?si=67a3iXjrxQHD7WDr" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><br>Direct link: <a href="https://youtu.be/8SQwxOBDplc?feature=shared" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/8SQwxOBDplc</a><br></center><br><i>"Who taught you that word?..."</i><br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-32330723975429584302023-10-10T18:31:00.001-05:002023-10-10T18:31:15.387-05:00Successfully Processing FilmLast week, I <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2023/10/passing-out-35mm-cameras.html" target="_blank">posted about handing out 35mm cameras</a> to my Photo I students. Today, we processed film! We had a 100% success rate for these students processing film for the first time. 🎉📷❤️<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/film_processing_oct10_01.jpg" border="1"><br>I love it when the "drying sink" is overflowing!<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/film_processing_oct10_02.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-87264541843164968622023-10-02T18:29:00.000-05:002023-10-02T18:29:00.145-05:00Passing Out 35mm CamerasMy students are currently shooting a project on 35mm film. So I came to class like this last week ready to hand out cameras to everyone:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/concordia_cameras_f23_01.jpg" border="1"><br>Ten cameras. What's extra funny is that I'm wearing the<br>same shirt <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2023/01/new-semester.html" target="_blank">as when I handed out cameras last semester</a>.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/concordia_cameras_f23_02.jpg" border="1"><br>Wrapping up notes that day in class.<br><br></div>Happy shooting, class!<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-23609003898242036922023-09-25T20:31:00.001-05:002023-09-25T20:31:35.616-05:00Printing James DeanMagnum Photos recently posted this on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/magnumphotos/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/magnum_james_dean_01.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>Here's the final image:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/magnum_james_dean_02.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>And here's an overlay of the 2 images:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/magnum_james_dean_03.gif" border="1"><br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-5021203461863851802023-09-13T19:37:00.000-05:002023-09-13T19:37:00.142-05:00Fall Semester is Underway!It was a hot start to the Fall 2023 semester last week. My first day of class at Concordia University was the last in a 5-day stretch of 90+ degree days, so I wore shorts to the first day for the first time ever:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fall_semester_2023_01.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>But then my first day at the University of Minnesota the following day was much cooler, so I wore pants as one normally does:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/fall_semester_2023_02.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>Happy fall 2023!<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-45190115387312053372023-09-11T17:11:00.000-05:002023-09-11T17:11:47.154-05:00You Are What You ArtThis was found in the window to the Digital Media Art's Printshop at Hamline University:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2021b/you_are_what_you_art.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-64757720663992889292023-08-17T20:34:00.001-05:002023-08-17T20:35:00.108-05:00Italy Trip: Uffizi Gallery My wife and I got back a week ago from a 10-day anniversary trip to Italy! On the day we left Florence for the coast, we bought early morning tickets for the world famous Uffizi Gallery. Here are some photos:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_11.jpg" border="1"><br>In the courtyard between the gallery buildings before it opened.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_12.jpg" border="1"><br>My wife heading up.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_01.jpg" border="1"><br>Because we were there early, we had many places to ourselves!<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_13.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_14.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_15.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_16.jpg" border="1"><br>"Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza" by Piero della Francesca.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_03.jpg" border="1"><br>"Spring" by Botticelli.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_04.jpg" border="1"><br>"The Birth of Venus" by Botticelli.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_17.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_18.jpg" border="1"><br>This room was amazing.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_19.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_20.jpg" border="1"><br>Still pretty quiet as we worked our way through.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_05.jpg" border="1"><br>"The Baptism of Christ" by DaVinci.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_06.jpg" border="1"><br>"The Madonna of the Goldfinch" by Raphael.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_07.jpg" border="1"><br>"Tondo Doni" by Michelangelo (his only surviving easel painting).<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_21.jpg" border="1"><br>"Madonna of the Pear" by Durer.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_22.jpg" border="1"><br>Rembrandt.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_23.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_24.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_26.jpg" border="1"><br>"Portrait of a Young Man" by Rembrandt.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_25.jpg" border="1"><br>The view of the Ponte Vecchio from the Gallery.<br>(Our hotel was basically attached to Uffizi behind that construction to the right.)<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_08.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_09.jpg" border="1"><br>"Judith Beheading Holofernes" by Artemisia Gentileschi.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_10.jpg" border="1"><br>"Medusa" by Caravaggio. (I didn't realize how convex it was,<br>and my wife snapped a photo of me inspecting it.)<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/uffizi_gallery_2023_27.jpg" border="1"><br>Selfie on the way out!<br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-20999676971057614402023-08-03T10:12:00.001-05:002023-08-03T10:12:00.139-05:00Picasso on Hard WorkThere's a good chance this story <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/01/14/time-art/" target="_blank">isn't 100% historial fact</a>, but it's still a good reminder to those in the arts:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2022a/picasso_art_story_01.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2022a/picasso_art_story_02.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2022a/picasso_art_story_03.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2022a/picasso_art_story_04.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2022a/picasso_art_story_05.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2022a/picasso_art_story_06.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2022a/picasso_art_story_07.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-14744301840159167422023-07-13T10:47:00.000-05:002023-07-13T10:47:00.140-05:00North Shore Trip with my Family and my HolgaLast month, my boys and I took my Mom up to Ely and then farther north along the north shore of Lake Superior than she'd ever been before. Here are a few Holga shots from the trip.<br><br>[click each image for a larger version]<br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_01.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_02.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_02.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_03.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_03.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_04.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_04.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_05.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_05.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_06.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_06.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_07.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_07.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_08.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_08.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_large_09.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/north_shore_june23_09.jpg" border="1"></a><br>My boys at Black Beach.<br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-23073413465840151692023-07-02T15:24:00.000-05:002023-07-02T15:24:00.138-05:00Buzz Lightyear Quote<br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/to_infinity_and_beyond_photography.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-41670536525248617352023-06-22T11:17:00.001-05:002023-06-29T18:28:08.313-05:00Thoughts on the Power of Early Photography (From a Mathew Brady Bio)The start of Chapter 3 in <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-photo-book.html" target="_blank">"Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation"</a> mentions something that I've pondered a lot. And it shares 3 points that I have brought up in my photography classes for years: the inital importance of early photographs can't be comprehended today; photography was a subtle way to level out different classes of people; and because photography was considered to be more of a "truthful" science, it took a lot of work for it to be accepted as "art:"<br><br><blockquote>Americans in the 1840s and '50s embraced the new and growing art of photography. The availability of images from the most distant places on earth made the world a more knowable place, a revolution in human knowledge comparable to the invention of moveable type or the Internet. But of more immediate personal value was the possibility of having images of yourself and the people you loved fixed forever in a form you could possess and pass on. Suddenly a kind of immortality previously available only to the rich, who could aford to have their portraits paint, or to those with the means to commission a miniature from an itinerant painter, was now within the reach of almost everyone. Even if you could afford a painted portrait, the result would be another person's impression or interpretation of what you looked like. This new medium, it was generally agreed, portrayed you as you really were. At a time when children often did not survive childhood and might be remembered only by a posthumous photo taken of them in burial clothes, or when a son who went out west in search of gold had little hope of communicating with the family he had left behind, or they with him, or a husband went to sea leaving a wife and family whose images he might gaze upon and who themselves could not know when or if he would return, the small daguerreotypes that people in the 1840s and '50s rushed to have made had a value that we can only guess at today.<br></blockquote><br>Wilson also makes an interesting point 2 paragraphs later in the same chapter:<br><br><blockquote>Photography was also among the first examples (along with the telegraph and the railway) of a phenomenon that has become almost commonplace in our time - an advance in technology that transforms rapidly from a state of inconceivable mystery or even magic to something that everyone would and must have access to. In his 1853 dictionary, Noah Webster ended a brief description of the daguerreotype process with "and then the images appear as by enchantment." Photography was at first as surprising as the possibility of wireless telephone communication seemed to us two decades ago, and then as urgent a necessary as the smartphone today.<br></blockquote><br>This book was published nearly a decade ago, so you might change that last sentence to THREE decades ago as Wilson writes about "wireless telephones." But the point still stands.<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-38704932381366562642023-06-13T16:03:00.000-05:002023-06-13T16:03:00.130-05:00A Memorial for a Photography MentorI <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-loss-of-photography-mentor.html" target="_blank">posted last summer</a> about the sudden loss of John Marshall, the head of the Photography Department at CVA when I was a student there. This past weekend, his wife hosted a memorial event for him at their home in Red Wing:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_01.jpg" border="1"><br>A young punk.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_02.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_03.jpg" border="1"><br>There was a short ceremony in the yard under a tent.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_04.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_05.jpg" border="1"><br>Ellen took over for John in CVA's final years, and we worked side-by-side!<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_06.jpg" border="1"><br>Heidi, an undergrad photo friend.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_07.jpg" border="1"><br>Barb and Carol, the computer ladies at CVA.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_08.jpg" border="1"><br>CVA friend Graham.<br><br></div>His house was filled with his artwork, and Lisabeth told everyone to take a piece of his before we left:<br><br><div align="center"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_09.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_10.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_11.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_12.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_13.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_14.jpg" border="1"><br>John loved alternative processes - there were some large cyanotypes on clotheslines in the yard as well.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_15.jpg" border="1"><br>My senior thesis invite (from 2003!) was out on display! He'd kept a lot of student work.<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_16.jpg" border="1"><br>The infamous "beefcake calendar."<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_17.jpg" border="1"><br>I'm not showing any more beyond this. :)<br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_18.jpg" border="1"><br><br><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023b/john_marshall_19.jpg" border="1"><br><br></div>You were one of a kind, John. We shared some laughs and goofy stories in your name this past weekend. Thanks for all you taught us.<br><br>More about John <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-loss-of-photography-mentor.html" target="_blank">in this post from last summer</a>.<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-2747947429786420882023-05-31T16:29:00.000-05:002023-05-31T16:29:00.130-05:00Faculty FeedbackMy reviews are in from my 3 classes this past semester. And it was all really solid, so I just had to share. First, here are all the comments in 2 sections from my class in the Design Department at the University of Minnesota:<br><br>[click to enlarge]<br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/review_big_01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/review_small_01.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br></div>I'm really happy to see so much about my students getting good feedback.<br><br>And here are some final comments from my students in my 2 classes at Concordia University:<br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/review_big_02.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/review_small_02.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/review_big_03.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/review_small_03.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br></div>In that first one, I'm not surprised to read something about "challenging" but "low stress" because that's sort of my vibe.<br><br>And I love the final comment of that last one: <i>"Free spirit, nerdy, amazing instructor who knows his stuff"</i> - happy to be labeled that! :)<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-56995263239752711242023-05-18T14:01:00.001-05:002023-05-18T14:01:18.397-05:00End-of-Semester ScenesJust before finals, I was walking around both of the universities where I’m currently teaching, and I found myself snapping some pics with my phone. Sort of for memory’s sake.<br><br>First in McNeal Hall at the University of Minnesota:<br><br>[Click each image to enlarge]<br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_01.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_02.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_02.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_03.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_03.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Book jacket designs up in the hall.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_04.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_04.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Album cover designs.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_05.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_05.jpg" border="1"></a><br>McNeal Hall is a funky amalgamation of buildings.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_06.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_06.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_07.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_07.jpg" border="1"></a><br>My classroom for this past semester.<br><br></div>Next are some of the empty halls of Concordia University:<br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_08.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_08.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_09.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_09.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Looking back towards the art building.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_10.jpg" border="1"></a><br>The odd little tunnel to the art building.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_11.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_11.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Outside the library.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_13.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_13.jpg" border="1"></a><br>My classroom for both of my classes this past semester.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_14.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_14.jpg" border="1"></a><br>I’ve always loved these crammed bulletin boards outside of the Mac Lab.<br>There’s an old <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2017/08/upcoming-exhibition-rise.html" target="_blank">CVA Action postcard</a> back there if you can spot it.<br>(See also <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2017/09/photos-from-opening-reception-of-rise.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2017/10/rise-exhibition-photos.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2017/11/final-photos-from-rise-exhibition.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_15.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_15.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_16.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_16.jpg" border="1"></a><br>I've always enjoyed this.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_17.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_17.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_18.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_18.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Outside the darkroom.<br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_19.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/end_of_semester_s23_small_19.jpg" border="1"></a><br>Just outside my office - some shots from <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2022/06/every-piece-from-4-am-exhibition.html" target="_blank">solo exhibition last year</a> (see also <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2022/04/exhibition-photos-from-4-am.html" target="_blank">this post</a>).<br><br></div>Happy summer break!<br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29617472.post-975201215023774972023-04-26T19:49:00.005-05:002023-04-26T19:49:00.129-05:00Concordia University Juried ExhibitionThere’s an exhibition up at the Concordia Gallery for the next few days that closes out the school year. It’s a juried exhibition of student work. Every student from my Photo II and Advanced Photo classes had work accepted to the exhibition, so that was great news for them! Here are a few quick iPhone shots from around the gallery:<br><br>[Click each image to enlarge}<br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_01a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_01a.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_02.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_02.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_03.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_03.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_04.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_04.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_05.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_05.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_06.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_06.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_07.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_07.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_08.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_08.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_09.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_09.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_10a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_10a.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_11.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_11.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br></div>Down the hall from the gallery, there’s a spot with a few more pieces. It’s called the “Salon des Refusés:”<br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_16.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_16.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_12.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_12.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_13.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_13.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_14.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_14.jpg" border="1"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_large_15.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.stevestenzel.com/photos2023a/concordia_juried23_small_15.jpg" border="1"></a><br>This "Tensegrity" table was made by one of my students. It's magical.<br><br></div>One of my former students won the $100 third prize, and one of my current students took home $500 for first! And I think there's at least one photograph of my students' in each of the photos above (including some from <a href="https://stevestenzel.blogspot.com/2023/03/44-prints.html" target="_blank">this printing post from last month</a>). Congrats young artists! Happy end-of-the-semester!<br><br>Steve Stenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419298404210612118noreply@blogger.com0