Artist Lectures

Patrick Kelley

His photographs capture his entire surroundings, 360 around and up and down. It is an impossible space because we cannot see all of this at once like the picture is showing. It must be manipulated on a computer. We have to move around to see everything and the only way for a camera to capture the entire space is to take multiple pictures. His work shows us everything, not just pieces like photographs usually do, so in a sense it is more realistic. If we were to go where the photo was taken, this is everything we would see, it is distorted, but it is everything. It does not really have a frame like a regular photograph, which only shows us one view of the place.

Richard Avedon Lecture

Frank Good year talked about how Avedon took his pictures and how he treated the people he photographed. It is interesting how he can capture such a personal portrait of someone when he only wanted a few minutes with the person and did not want to get to know him or her. He tried to have a "brief, intense intimacy" with each person and he did not tell them what to do or how to pose. I guess this could capture the truth of a person better than a posed portrait or one taken by someone who knows the person well because Avedon does not have any previous ideas of the person or who they are or should be in front of the cameras.

Paul Roth talked about Avedon's work and how it changed throughout his life. Avedon's pictures challenge people's belief that they know famous people. He photographed people when they were not at their best. His portraits were a surprise to the public because they usually saw famous people at their best.