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...that one of my goals is to shift the focus to the study of performance. There are always acts of performance going on in the documentary process, but they are often veiled.Carlin E. Wing ’02Carlin Wing, who will teach “Introduction to Still Photography?? this fall, is currently working at the Open Art Performance Festival in Beijing, bouncing squash balls off Olympic architecture. After graduating from Harvard with a joint degree in VES and Social Anthropology, Wing became a photographer. She currently examines spaces such as elevators or parking lots as sites...
...ACCESS HARVARD BOOKSThough the restoration process of the Sargeant murals was made accessible to the public through video footage, the results often remain carefully protected from spectators for fear of further harm. Yet for the technicians at the Weissman Preservation Center–who preserve books, paper and photography??their efforts extend beyond physical restoration. Stabilizing these delicate books and images to a state where they can be readily accessed and distributed throughout the Harvard community is one of the Center’s primary aims. “This is all about access; it is not about...
...with the rest of the world and criticized it as a harmful and misused force. In later years (and after a long-term relationship with photographer Annie Leibowitz), she quite openly stated that she no longer believed much of what she wrote. Another statement from “On Photography?? portends this reversal of thought, and I believe it speaks to a belief held by the tinyvices crew. “Photographs don’t seem beholden to the intentions of an artist,” she writes, “rather, they owe their existence...
...cameras and equipment every which way, and developed their negatives (gasp!) with chemicals (with what?) in the “field” (the what?). This drudgery is now largely myth (much like secretaries who write in shorthand), propagated by chroniclers of the few intrepid adventurers who braved photography??s inconvenience for its verisimilitude . Janet E. and Frederick R. Wulsin, Jr., explorers with the National Geographic Society, were such mythical characters. Their photographs, a selection of which are on display in the Peabody Museum’s “Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China...
...Else Fails”) or William Jensen (Phillip Winchester, “Thunderbirds”) display their flaws, insecurities, and fear of flying. “Flyboys” surprises again with its cinematic originality and well-shot scenes. Its lengthy shots of dogfights—amazing, even dizzying photography?? make “Top Gun” look like child’s play. These are juxtaposed with restful, poetic shots of the French countryside that allow the audience a few moments’ respite from the hand-wringing scenes of battle. There are rowdy ruts...