Pool. Athens, GA from series, ‘a part’ August, 2011 …and here we go again, the beginning of a new semester and academic year. This time, I’m teaching at both UGA and Sewanee.
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from a note to Robin
My Mother, on her morning walk July 7, 2011 I sent this image to my friend and fellow teacher/photographer, Robin Gillanders. We were going back and forth about cameras and lenses, but ultimately, all this dicussion boils down to what really matters. I hope Robin does not mind me sharing part of the correspondence: “Dear [...]
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Lexi in Peru
My student, Lexi Namer, leaves for Peru tomorrow on a self-initiated Summer project. As she writes in her blog: “Last summer, I spent 6 weeks in Peru, 4 of which were spent in Ayacucho with an organization called Cross Cultural Solutions. During this time, I volunteered at a soup kitchen and later [after a disastrous [...]
frozen car project
Mary Carothers and Sue Wrbican continue their collaborative work with this current project. Commenting as they do with much of their work on Americana, and the rub between the ephemeral and the mythic, Mary and Sue provoke, amuse and confound with The Frozen Car project.
visual clutter = danger
There is a growing and interesting trend in Europe to completely remove urban traffic signage and regulations. Given Sewanee’s already minimal traffic signage, should we consider following the Hans Monderman model? Perhaps we can extend this design philosophy to reducing administrative and academic ‘signaling’ and prescriptions that are increasingly clogging up some of the most [...]
