Anisha Arora: Shoes

  Photography and Text by Anisha Arora, Copyright 2018 . BOOK REVIEW . JOHN SZARKOWSKI: LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS . SHOES . When talking about Lewis W. Hine, one of the photographers included in the book, the author writes that “he conceived of the medium as a means of studying and describing the social conditions around … Read more

Eileen Ko: A Work of Heart

.     Photography, Text and Video by Eileen Ko, Copyright 2018 . A WORK OF HEART . When I was thinking of a theme for this assignment, I wanted to take photographs of things I see and work with every day but do not take the time to really pay attention and consider their … Read more

Wenjia Guo: Architectural Gift

  Photography and Text by Wenjia Guo, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski:  Looking at Photographs . When I first got this book, I was wondering why we need to look at such a “history” book to learn photography. The book I rented from Cornell University first surprised me with its date due … Read more

Bob Shell: Letters From Prison 2018 #3

    Letters From Prison: Part 3, 2018 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . Maybe my readers will be interested in what a typical day in prison is like. But of. course I’m not really in a prison. Virginia doesn’t have prisons anymore, they have “correctional centers.” The organization is no longer called … Read more

Rongrong Liu: Emotional Fluidity

    Photography and Text by Rongrong Liu, Copyright 2018 . EMOTIONAL FLUIDITY . The first acquaintance with the word “schema” was in my psychology class. Referring to a pattern of thoughts that people use to categorize information, schema is like a tree. When thinking of emotion, our thoughts branch out to pleasure, anger, sorrow … Read more