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fort de baux

We had class on top of a mountain today. I was generally unprepared for this rather hard hike in my black jeans and air force ones but ma...

glanum and arle

We did a lot but somehow it didn’t feel like it, I think because I was actually having fun. We started at Glanum which was a bunch of old...

the provençal colorado in rustrel

Traveling with the aesthetics class is always a big ordeal of sorts. There are many of us and three vans and a lot more coordinating. Rig...

critiques/ critical thinking

Critique as critical thinking is something that I haven’t really thought about. I guess it should be common sense but I always thought of...

blachère foundation: a disconnect

I’m usually pretty good about appreciating art and if I don’t understand an exhibition I work to figure it out. However, this exhibition ...

aix

We started our day at the Chateau La Coste which was a hike through fields and hills to find a bunch of contemporary art sculptures. I di...

black and white and luck

Black and white and luck: Harry Callahan is a photographer that unless somewhat forced to (like I am for class now) I would ignore. His w...

frustration and critique

Before Critique: I don’t like my project again. I am already bored by what I’m creating and I haven’t even created it all yet. I am frust...

a field guide to getting lost/ the blue of distance

Getting lost is an interesting concept to me as I feel like, especially while traveling, there isn’t a moment where I am not lost. Even o...

paris: day 5

After very few hours of sleep we had to leave at 7:00 am to leave Paris, and go to Monet’s gardens. The gardens were beautiful and luckil...

paris: day 4

The MEP was by far one of the best photography museums I have ever been to. Maybe it was the work that was there or maybe it was the way ...

paris: day 3

Another day to sleep in left me feeling a little better on our third day in Paris. Our class started the day at Jeu de Paume, where I spe...

notre dame

At around 2:30 all 103 SCAD students arrived at Notre Dame and waited in line to see the incredible architecture and history that was ins...

paris: day 2

Whenever I get to a new city all I want to do is wander. I feel that the best way to get to know a place is to experience at your own pac...

paris: day 1

I’ve had chronic migraines since I was in third grade and they are notorious for happening at the most inconvenient times. Due to this th...

avignon: abbey, castle, collection lambert

Another Friday morning another ELO of being bused around and herded like sheep through a French town. Maybe I’m being a little harsh but ...

le'Andra r. leSeur

Le’Andra LeSeur had an extremely warm and kind personality that I was not excepting based on the weight and pain that is portrayed in her...

the writing life, annie dillard

This writing was interesting. As someone who photographs for other people and writes for themselves, I found a weird connection to what D...

a change of plans

I did a shoot for my previous idea but decided I didn’t like the direction it would have gone in, so I came up with a new one and wrote t...

nimes and carre d'art

We went to Nimes, France yesterday. Another bright and early wakeup call took me to a cute little historic city that I wish I got to see ...

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