Lacock Abbey – Home of Henry Fox Talbot Inventor of Film Based Photography
I finally made it to Lacock Abbey during my recent trip to England. I teach about Henry Fox Talbot in my Photo Appreciation class and visiting the abbey has been … Continue reading
Photographs and Memories
I’ve been making photographs since I was about 19 and accumulated thousands of pictures, negatives, Polaroids and slides over the past 40+ years. I love looking back at old photographs. … Continue reading
Society for Photographic Education Conference Presentation – Is Photography Dying
OR….Has the Selfie Stick Replaced the Tripod I am giving a presentation at the upcoming Society for Photographic Education Regional Conference this coming November and before my talk would like … Continue reading
Teaching History of Photography in the Online Environment
For the past few years I’ve had the pleasure and challenge of teaching the history of photography in the online environment using a very sophisticated and user friendly instructional delivery … Continue reading
Is Photography Really Dying?
I recently came across an article in The Guardian called “The Death of Photography: Are camera phones destroying an Artform? After reading it I thought it would be a good … Continue reading
Evaluating Art and Photography
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we as viewers evaluate art and photography since my online art history classes started up last month. For the past few years year … Continue reading
Best of Both Worlds – Analog vs. Digital Photography
Best of Both Worlds – Analog vs. Digital Photography I was thinking how incredibly lucky I’ve been to have started my photographic career in the early 70’s working with film … Continue reading
Slovakia’s Castles, Cathedrals and Chateau’s
Travel gives you insight into so many layers of the cultural fabric of a country. You learn things you don’t get from books or in school. Lifestyles, local cuisine, language, … Continue reading
They said…”Painting was Dead!
It is interesting to note that soon after the invention of the daguerreotype French history painter Paul Delaroche supposedly declared that PAINTING WAS DEAD! In some ways I suppose it … Continue reading
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