Books on how to evaluate photographs and galleries in NYC

[cliveh]

Perhaps when going to exhibitions of any art medium, she should ask the question what images she likes or finds interesting and then to write down why. This may help her to develop a critical appreciation to art in general.

 

[warden]

My concern is that although she is at Parson's which has a good reputation, so far, there has not been any technical approach to the teaching in the courses she already has undertaken such as drawing.

I wouldn't worry about that too much. Often the first year for art students is dedicated to foundation studies before they are allowed to declare or interview for a major. If Parsons is like other art colleges she should get a chance to experiment before committing to a course of study.

Edited to add: Your daughter's upcoming sophomore year looks like a blast. She'll be learning analog and digital photography at the same time in two 3 credit courses, plus photo theory and history. If she likes photography she'll be getting a lot of it!

 

[warden]

Can’t really recommend Fotografiska.
They were boring and seemed to harbour an overall woke agenda, from the exhibition when I was there in august and looking at past and current ones.
Very typical of a particular brand of current Swedish pop culture really.

I don't know, if the student happens to have an interest in portraiture, especially of performers, she might want to check it out.

Hip-Hop - Conscious, Unconscious - Exhibition at Fotografiska New York | Fotografiska New York

"Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious" explores the people, places, and things that hip-hop has delivered unto us.

www.fotografiska.com

 

[MurrayMinchin]

I wouldn't worry about that too much. Often the first year for art students is dedicated to foundation studies before they are allowed to declare or interview for a major. If Parsons is like other art colleges she should get a chance to experiment before committing to a course of study.

That's a great point. We had drawing, painting, sculpture, design, and ceramics classes. Almost made a hard turn after discovering the primitiveness/beauty of Raku pottery, but stayed with photography.

 

[Helge]

IMO AND FWIW....

Its not helpful to use maximalist terminology ("for certain" "greatest gift" etc) when discussing anything, particularly aesthetics and education and child rearing.

One great gift would be "Alfred Stieglitz Camera Work" ... full of beautiful images, mostly printed for reproduction by Alfred Stieglitz himself. It's especially valuable IMO because we spend so much time worrying about modern tech (such as Kodak Paper and the lenses we lust for and images presented to us online) and almost never do we see foundational photograpic beauty, like that in this affordable Taschen book.

You were just aching to use that half understood term? Even if it didn’t fit.
One could say that in the context it’s was the complete opposite of maximalist.

 

[Helge]

I don't know, if the student happens to have an interest in portraiture, especially of performers, she might want to check it out.

Hip-Hop - Conscious, Unconscious - Exhibition at Fotografiska New York | Fotografiska New York

"Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious" explores the people, places, and things that hip-hop has delivered unto us.

www.fotografiska.com

I just know that I’ve been gravely disappointed by Fotografiska on more than one occasion and in both Stockholm and New York.