ps - worth noting that I just misspelled Galassi and don't know how to fix it, and that, not knowing how to add links to this site, I have added some to my own, connected blog - hughspacehugh. Needless to add, I haven't done this kind of thing before...

research for mon 23 Feb

Next week, we will discuss the work of Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander and Stephen Shore. In preparation take a look at the following books in the library: Garry Winogrand, Figments of the Real World; Peter Galassi (ed) Lee Friedlander, Lee Friendlander, Sticks and Stones: Architectural America; Stephen Shore, Uncommon Places. Read Lynn Tillman's interview with Shore at the back of the book. (Also see Interview with Shore by Schuman, and Lynne Tillman on Stephen Shore's roadtrip) You could also read the introductions to the Winogrand and Friedlander monographs. There is an interesting interview with Joel Meyerowitz at the end of Westerbeck and Meyerowitz, Bystander in which he discusses his experiences of working with Winogrand.

research for mon 16 feb

The assignment for next week is to look at 2 projects in detail and familiarise yourself with the other.

-William Klein - Life is Good and Good for you in New York

copy on temp reserve (careful with it please!)

-Robert Frank - The Americans

ditto - also read Kerouac's short intro

I addition read Chapters 17 and 18 of Bystander, which deal with Klein and Frank respectively

-And take a look at programme 4 in the Genius of Photography (dvd copy from Alice) which features William Klein extensively

-In addition please look at Helen Levitt, A Way of Seeing, and read the introduction by James Agee (mate of both her and Walker Evans-writer of 'let use now praise famous men')

copy on temp reserve