tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21512724942919725172024-03-13T06:44:11.554-04:00Joanne Dugan's Photography and Writing BlogThings that inspire me. And occasional current news.Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-55799721955725455452013-05-28T10:21:00.003-04:002017-03-12T16:46:24.439-04:00January 1, 2016: This blog is currently under renovation...feel free to read through the archive below for past entries and inspirations. For the most up-to-date information about my work, including exhibitions and teaching, please check my site at <a href="http://www.joannedugan.com./">http://www.joannedugan.com</a>.Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-25297514787470592232012-10-20T20:38:00.002-04:002012-10-20T20:38:51.824-04:0041 Union Square West Open Studios<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-77861143291894610412012-08-13T21:59:00.003-04:002012-08-13T22:03:46.168-04:00Great Work from The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
The "On Seeing What's Right in Front of You" class keeps evolving. I recently had the honor of working with a group of inspiring students at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. The Thursday night open studio, as photographed here by student Mark Farber, was especially popular this year. The students, who ranged in photo experience from professionals to well-versed amateurs, filled the walls with more than 300 images created over a 72 hour period. Creative risks were taken by all. Very inspiring. Will post some more images soon.</div>
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Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-55100033390670830532012-04-11T16:27:00.001-04:002012-04-11T16:27:34.904-04:00Thanks Martha!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Very happy to have my book ABC NYC featured in Living Magazine this month.
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February 9, 2012, Lexington Avenue, 5:59pm </div>
<br />Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-25665472561635196162012-02-09T14:30:00.004-05:002012-03-28T11:13:56.925-04:00Right Now, 5:59pmI give an assignment to my students that involves shooting an image at the exact same time every day. I created this exercise years ago as a way to keep the images flowing. It also has the added benefit of automatically creating a visual diary of daily life and when pieced together, becomes a story. I will occasionally publish the recent ones here, all shot at exactly 5:59pm. 5:58 or 6:01 doesn't count.<br />
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February 4, 2012, East 34th Street looking West, 5:59pm</div>
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<br />Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-91802192207154206082012-01-16T22:30:00.002-05:002012-01-16T22:30:52.845-05:00This MomentI have been writing in the mornings. I document the exact moment that my pencil scratches the paper (yes, a pencil. A Ticonderoga #2. Not a keyboard.) I write about what I see, where I am or how cold my feet are. I try not to think back to what has already happened or ahead to what might be. I don't get too deep. I don't try and figure things out. I just write. And then stuff comes.<br />
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<br />Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-81407859131401391642011-11-11T06:45:00.001-05:002011-11-11T06:47:37.697-05:00View, Through My Morning Water Glass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-65232931047121714752011-11-04T17:42:00.003-04:002011-11-05T09:58:53.965-04:00Et VoilaI have collected many photography books over the years. They surround me in my studio and I just have to turn around and pick something off the pile behind me to find something beautiful to gaze at.<br />
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Today's book views were especially inspiring. I've had the pleasure and honor of knowing the creators of two of the books I was purusing (Jayne Hinds Bidaut and Paul Himmel).<br />
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And I only wish I had been around to know Steiglitz and Mapplethorpe, who worked in the neighborhood.<br />
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Apps are cool, but nothing beats the touch, smell and overall tactile experience of a large gorgeous photo book. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Paul Himmel, from "Paul Himmel, Photographs" (Assouline) </span></div>
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Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-71094646407979770422011-08-13T22:46:00.001-04:002011-08-13T22:48:38.827-04:00Childhood<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">It would be good to give much thought, before you try to find words for something so lost, for those long childhood afternoons you knew that vanished so completely -and why?<br />
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After a little memory-jarring research, it turns out that the passage came from a contribution I did for the International Center of Photography's newsletter in 2008. In re-reading what I wrote, I realized that the thoughts are still relevant today in relation to both teaching and my own photographic pursuits:<br />
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The composer Ernest Newman wrote that "The greatest composer does not sit down to work because<br />
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No matter what kind of photographer you are or want to become, be sure to shoot your own life often and shoot it candidly. Often a simple, regular documentation of the daily can open up ideas for new projects. Don't worry if it's "art" or even it it's "good." Just be sure to put aside a certain amount of time to shoot for no other reason than to enjoy yourself. This will keep the ideas flowing.<br />
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Joanne Dugan, NYC<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div>Joanne Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735012971055647799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151272494291972517.post-30284834683417138952011-08-05T06:43:00.001-04:002011-08-06T10:13:22.829-04:00Things I've Learned to Be True in Teaching: Part TwoI am just finishing up an intensive week of teaching at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. My students took a big leap of faith together and the results were phenomenal. A few observations about the week:<br />
- A group dynamic, when it's a supportive one, can propel photography work forward at an incredibly rapid rate. The process of sharing, showing and talking changes the work, usually for the better.<br />
- Letting go of the outcome when working also changes the work for the better.<br />
- Just doing something, imperfectly, is best. Shoot first, think later.<br />
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Here, in no particular order, are the top ten thoughts about the photographic process I had while there: <br />
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1. The best work generally starts with an idea. Or at least an approach. Working in collections is a great way to realize an idea. And it's OK, actually preferred, to have several collections going at once. And they don't have to all work out.<br />
2. It's also OK to not know exactly which direction you're headed when you start. The direction comes clearer as you go. <br />
3. What matters most is to start, even if you don't feel ready.<br />
4. What matters second most is to continue.<br />
5. The right group dynamic can help to push the work further. Way further.<br />
6. Technically speaking, framing and light matter most, assuming the subject is what you want it to be.<br />
7. Bad pictures lead to good pictures.<br />
8. The best inspiration often comes from places other than photography.<br />
9. Sometimes writing about it all helps to clarify it all. And no one has to actually see the words.<br />
10. Shoot. Listen. Repeat. Or, in the words of rapper Baba Brinkman: Performance, Feedback, Revision.<br />
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Supreme thanks to Maren, Nancy, Pearl, Kim, Gabrielle, Maury, Rex, Marilyn, Louise, Margorie, Debra, David, Oren, Cynthia and Clare. You all rocked it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Brutalist" architecture...from the French 'beton brut' (raw concrete). Its exteriors were featured on the "Mary Tyler Moore" show of my childhood, which is maybe why I couldn't stop looking. Some locals call it the "crack stack." I call it beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I love the Wikipedia entry: "Gehry is very much inspired by fish."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Many of my friends have been photographed on the streets over the years by Bill Cunningham. I still hope and pray for my turn, maybe someday. A girl can dream, right? : )<br />
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As I sit here at my desk this morning to plan my week, I feel compelled to look at the varied projects I'm working on and to recognize the clan of people who are helping them to get realized. Without naming names, I want to send thanks to all of those who are directly responsible for helping to further what's on my desktop: the children's book editor, the gallery director, the web programmer, the creative director(s), the art buyer, the creative services provider, the magazine art editor, the students, the corporate communications director, the designer, and the academic program directors.<br />
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You truly are champions and I am so appreciative of the support you give.<br />
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<u><b>NYC: The International Center of Photography</b></u><br />
"On Seeing What's Right in Front of You: Photographing Your Own Life with New Eyes"<br />
April 11 - May 16, 2011<br />
Monday nights, 6:30 - 9:30pm for five weeks<br />
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"Taking It to the Streets: Lessons in Intuitive Urban Photography"<br />
June 11 - June 19, 2011<br />
Two weekend workshop<br />
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<u><b>Minneapolis, Minnesota: Split Rock Arts Center, University of Minnesota</b></u><br />
"On Seeing What's Right in Front of You: Photographing Daily Life"<br />
July 11 - July 15, 2011<br />
One week workshop<br />
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On Seeing What's Right in Front of You: Photographing Your Own Life with New Eyes"<u><b> </b></u><br />
July 31 - August 5th, 2011<br />
One Week Workshop<br />
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