ICE-Related Photographs from 4 a.m.

With the current state of things in Minnesota, I felt moved to head out to make some more "4 a.m." photographs - something I really haven't done for about two years. Here are a few photos from some recent outings:

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Lake Street and Hiawatha Ave at 4:10 a.m.


Renee Good Memorial at 4:15 a.m.


Renee Good Memorial at 4:20 a.m.


Lake and Portland at 4:10 a.m.


Lake Street at 4:00 a.m.


One block from the Alex Pretti Memorial at 4:50 a.m.


Outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling
(headquarters of ICE’s “Operation Metro Surge”) at 4:45 a.m.

First B&W Prints from Photo I

Here are a few prints from the start of last semester's Photo I class at Concordia University. We had just finished "The Photographer's Eye" by John Szarkowski, and students worked to make photos in the 5 ways he wrote about in that essay. It was every student's first time working with a 35mm camera and printing photographs in a traditional darkroom.

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Ella: detail


CeeDee: detail


Raina: vantage point


Grace: detail


Emily: vantage point


Megan: the thing itself


Natalie: detail

Henry Cartier-Bresson Quote

A Design "Pop-Up" Exhibition at Concordia Gallery

It's nearly time for finals! Last week, the design department at Concordia University held a "pop-up" exhibition in the gallery showcasing work of current design students. Here are a some photos of the exhibition, including a few from the opening reception last week:

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The following are some pics from the opening reception.

Nice work, design students! I hope you were able to make some sales!

Comedian Demetri Martin on Digital Cameras

I like digital cameras because they allow you to reminisce immediately.

- Demetri Martin

Photograms from Concordia

Here are a few scans of some of my students' photogram projects. Many of these were considered "self-portraits:"

Natalie


Betty


Raina


Terra


Megan


Seojin


Emily


Natalie


Sky

You can see more projects like this in this post from 3 years ago, and this post from 2 years ago.

Printers

When to Start That "Dream Project"

This is too real...