The Notion of Home
During these uncertain times, how can we find complexity, beauty, and mystery through photographs made in and around our home?
Photographers have long investigated notions of home in their work; a kitchen table, books, paintings, wooden carvings, flowers in vases, intimacy, and family. During these uncertain times and with the limitations that are in place, how can we find complexity, beauty, and mystery through photographs made in and around our home? In this webinar, we will explore these concepts by looking at artists who work similarly and talk about their process. Also, we will speak about the importance of image-to-image relationships, commonly used in photo books, by using Adobe Bridge to arrange and rearrange a sequence of pictures. The goal of this webinar and course is to provide students with a conceptual and technical fluency that they may apply within their practice.
About the Instructor
Eduardo Rivera (b. Phoenix, AZ) is an artist who works with photography, video, and performance. He has exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States including the Tucson Museum of Art, the Houston Center for Photography, and the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. His work has been featured in various web and print publications with commissions by The Financial Times Weekend Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. Eduardo was a recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in photography, a winner of the Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Award, and a runner-up for the Aperture Portfolio Prize. Most recently, he was an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture with a forthcoming studio residency at MASS MoCA. Eduardo received a B.F.A in photography from Arizona State University and an M.F.A in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art. He currently works and teaches in the department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard.
Image: Shades of Azul, 2016, archival pigment print, 30 in. x 38 in.
During these uncertain times, how can we find complexity, beauty, and mystery through photographs made in and around our home?
Photographers have long investigated notions of home in their work; a kitchen table, books, paintings, wooden carvings, flowers in vases, intimacy, and family. During these uncertain times and with the limitations that are in place, how can we find complexity, beauty, and mystery through photographs made in and around our home? In this webinar, we will explore these concepts by looking at artists who work similarly and talk about their process. Also, we will speak about the importance of image-to-image relationships, commonly used in photo books, by using Adobe Bridge to arrange and rearrange a sequence of pictures. The goal of this webinar and course is to provide students with a conceptual and technical fluency that they may apply within their practice.
About the Instructor
Eduardo Rivera (b. Phoenix, AZ) is an artist who works with photography, video, and performance. He has exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States including the Tucson Museum of Art, the Houston Center for Photography, and the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. His work has been featured in various web and print publications with commissions by The Financial Times Weekend Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. Eduardo was a recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in photography, a winner of the Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Award, and a runner-up for the Aperture Portfolio Prize. Most recently, he was an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture with a forthcoming studio residency at MASS MoCA. Eduardo received a B.F.A in photography from Arizona State University and an M.F.A in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art. He currently works and teaches in the department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard.
Image: Shades of Azul, 2016, archival pigment print, 30 in. x 38 in.