MIDTERM SHOWCASE : CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE : INDECISIVE MOMENT : FINALS SHOWCASE
Section 001 MW 9:00-11:45 : Section 002 MW 1:30-4:15
 Jeff Wall, Detail from "A Sudden Gust of Wind" |
One Week Sketch In 1952, Henri Cartier-Bresson published a book called The Decisive Moment, a title that captures the reliance of his photographic oeuvre on the formal element of time. Theoretians such as Roland Barthes have pointed out how the photograph refers to a specific time and place. But what happens to the idea of a "decisive moment" in contemporary photography, where artists direct, stage, and composite their photographs? In this assignment, the artist is asked to create a series of 5 images that break the conventions of time and space in photography-- to create an "indecisive moment" that could not have existed without the will and hand of the photographer. Example artists: Jeff Wall, Anthony Giocolea, Arthur Tress, Patrick Nagatani |
