Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York

This course examines ways of looking and ways of seeing, both personally & professionally as artists and in a larger cultural context. Through field trips to contemporary art and other cultural sites, conversations with visiting critical thinkers and practicioners, readings, discussions, and visual & written responses, we will examine how we look, think, act, create and respond--critically questioning our own artistic practices and ways of looking at the world.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

People in Situations


I like to photograph people in Situations. Here, while the phony advertisement clashes with people's emotions, it also high-lights these peoples' emotions. The picture was taken last summer on Broadway somewhere in the 60's. I wish I had had a color film in my camera for the billboard was bright red with white letters. I hid behind a newspaper stand so the people could not see me until I had already snapped the photo.
Does the New York stroller in the image at the top care about new-age meditation philosophy? Or, do the teenagers care more about friends than money? I don't know, but I think it illustrates our society at the same time as it poses questions.
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