Culture is the focus for this month’s photography contest! Good luck to all and happy photographing! Click the image below to see the full flier.
Focus Group
Digital Printing Workshop
This week, instead of a normal meeting, we are co-sponsoring the Digital Printing Workshop along with AIGA and SoA Print.
Come out and learn the ins and outs of making an excellent quality digital print!
It will be held in SoA Print, room 1011 in the Art and Design Building.
Look for these posters around campus!
Photo Challenge Winner: Time
This week, the winner of the Photo Challenge is Thanh Nguyen!
Artist of Interest: Angelina Chavez
Angelina Chavez was born in Germany in 1978, but now lives in Rome, Italy with her family. She’s received multiple international awards for her work. She has done contracted and personal work. Her current personal project is focused around her family and her daily interactions with them. Her photographs have a signature feel, and she is successful with both black and white and color photographs.
Be sure to check out her website: www.angelinachavez.com
Here are some samples of her work (her contracted work is not shown):
Photo Challenge: Fear
Congratulations to Ashley Pilkerton for winning the Photo Challenge: Fear.
Focus Group Show!
Focus Group is having a show at the Penn Camera in Fair Lakes!
12967 Fair Lakes Parkway, Fairfax, VA 22033
The show only lasts until the end of June, so come out and support Focus Group!
Artist of Interest: Jeremy Cowart
Jeremy Cowart is a well-known celebrity photographer, but that’s not all he does. He started out as a designer, then added photography. He realized how much he loved photography and hasn’t looked back since. He began the Help-Portrait movement (more to come about that in a future post), photographs celebrities, works with major clients for ad campaigns, television work, etc. He is an accomplished portrait photographer and has quite the portfolio. His creative vision is diverse and just about anyone can find an image of his to like. Learn more about him: http://jeremycowart.com/about/
Check out his recent work: http://jeremycowart.com/galleries/recent/
His negative space category is very cool: http://jeremycowart.com/galleries/negative-space/
Here are some samples of his work.
Photo Challenge: Silence
This week’s Photo Challenge was to interpret the idea of “silence” in an interesting way.
Congratulations to Lauren Brown as this week’s winner!
Featured Member: George Njiiri
Why do I photograph? Photography gives me a creative voice. I enjoy sharing the vision of how I navigate and perceive life. I don’t create anything original, instead I interpret the reality of God’s beautiful handiwork. I shoot images that resonate with my interests, landscapes, nature, people and buildings. To photograph, is to articulate my mood, complex thought process and culture. It is essential I have a mode and medium to do this. My current artistic tool is the camera and with it, I record, explore and make images of thought and intrinsic beauty.
Tel:571 455 0374
Email:gnjiiri@gmail.com
Bio:
Born in Kenya, East Africa, third culture kid and man of the world. Experienced a varied existence, on the southern coast, capital city and multiple years in the cool, countryside of Limuru. It’s there I developed an appreciation for clean, crisp air, unsettling silence and lush green landscapes. Currently residing in Virginia, but have spent 10 years in the states of Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania and a short stay in Berkeley, California. I have dabbled in black and white photography since high school, but just recently developed an interest in digital photography and nightscapes in particular. I am currently working on developing a portfolio and future business in the fashion and photography fields respectively.
Tel:571 455 0374
Email:gnjiiri@gmail.com
Featured Member: Olivier Giron
Bio:
Olivier Giron attended Rutgers University, where He received a Bachelors of Science in landscape architecture in 2006. Studying environmental science made him conscious of issues we face as we develop, and how we can better relate to our ecosystem. After graduating from his undergraduate studies, he worked in a small landscape architecture firm that focused on a variety of projects. During his time with the design firm he attended the Corcoran College of Art and Design for photography in 2007. As photography became a central focus, the desire to utilize the medium to promote ideas of stewardship became more prevalent. He is currently pursuing an MFA in photography at George Mason University School of Art.
Artist Statement:
My training in environmental design drives my artistic pursuits, with the end goal being the promotion of consciousness. As I get involved in different mediums my understanding of spatial relationships informs my exploration of materials. I often focus on the marginal spaces between designations: cultures, religions, politics, and definitions. My own lack of classification drives my curiosity to pursue the unfamiliar. Growing up in Colombia, my house was the last building before a wild mountainside, where I often explored. I see my work in a similar vein, where I explore ideas that I am supposed to accept. These sensibilities are always with me; whether I am focusing on environmental issues, or exploring more ephemeral spaces that haunt our psyche.
Website: www.oliviergiron.com
Email: olivier@oliviergiron.com
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Website: www.oliviergiron.com
Email: olivier@oliviergiron.com
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