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Field Notebook

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Ginny Banks

This was by far my favorite project of the entire quarter. Here are the project outlines: All students will be expected to use a notebook to record their thoughts and ideas as they occur throughout the quarter. This notebook should include … Continue reading →

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Final Project: Documenting Georgetown

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Ginny Banks

This is from the final project description. We will be taking the following websites as models for our field trip and project. They are: http://www.seattleframebyframe.com and http://www.portlandgridproject.com We are going on a field trip where we concentrate on a several mile radius … Continue reading →

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Project #4: The Portrait as Document

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Ginny Banks

These are the words from the project description: For this project, you will concentrate on a portrait of someone else. It can be anyone from someone you know well to someone you would like to approach or even someone who … Continue reading →

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Project #3: Self-Portrait

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Ginny Banks

This project was to document how you see yourself. Note the following description: At this point in your life you may have discovered something about yourself that you would like to have the ability to express in a visual way. This … Continue reading →

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Project #2: Bloedel Reserve Field Trip

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Ginny Banks

Bloedel Reserve is an internationally renowned public garden and forest preserve on Bainbridge Island. The following is the description of what the project entailed: Students were given maps to explore the twelve distinct gardens and house. The field trip involved … Continue reading →

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Project #1: A Conversation

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Ginny Banks

The following is the description of the first project: This is an introductory project that deals with research and the finding of your own “voice” as a photographer. Words and photographs can be in a “dialogue.” They can each inform … Continue reading →

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Documentary Photography Spring 2018

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Ginny Banks

This is a hybrid class that is primarily online with the instructor and students meeting in a classroom or equivalent space approximately every other week including three field trip locations. Students will explore documentary photography from a historical perspective on … Continue reading →

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Calla Lilies.

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Ginny Banks

Sometimes a flower just says it all and I especially liked these latest images of Patrick Whitaker’s. It brings to mind Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston!

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Solace in Spirits.

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Ginny Banks

This series by Patrick Whitaker was best expressed through a poem! Autumnal spirits, dance in the wind, Subject to change of direction. Free though they are, they no longer live Usurped from natural indiscretion. Eventually they fall and scatter to … Continue reading →

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Figure in Landscape.

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Ginny Banks

Patrick had the idea of expanding on a figure in landscape that he had started with a friend several years ago but couldn’t finish since he moved. Patrick encountered Talon, a model and MMA fighter, through a modeling website. Talon expressed interest in … Continue reading →

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