Consuming Images

Been doing some research and writing today and came across this amazing series from Bill Moyers. Now more relevant than ever.

"The Truth is that which sells; if people buy it, it's right" - Stuart Ewen

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Part 5


Part 6

Teaching

Classroom, Art Institute of Chicago, 2007
I love dry erase boards. Perhaps this is my next project, (from my class earlier today).

Back to School Sale

Being a teacher still gives me the same feeling every August I had as a kid, the impending fall semester and its signals of the end of summer. Nowadays that means a lot more than just riding my bmx a lot less. The juggling of 3 classes, several shows, lectures and occasional editorial work can get a bit out of hand.
Luckily the work of the students is enough to forget about chores and get excited about the classes.
This summer I had the honor of working with a few MFA candidates from Columbia College for a several week intensive web design class. We looked at a lot of websites. We looked at even more photography websites. We came to the conclusion many photography websites follow a formula. (Some even sell a templete of that formula). We decided that the challenge for the class was not just to make a portfolio site but to make ones that appeared outside 'the formula'.
You vote:

Allison Grant

Brooke Berger

Nate Mathews

Grant Ray

Mike Reinders

Amy Wainwright

And for good measure (and following in the suburban theme of Bewersdorf), an earlier web student and recent Colum MFA grad just finally got his site all fine tuned:

Chris Schedel

ps. there are many many photographers on the internet.