Spencer Art Museum Visit

Today in my BDS 102 class we visited the Spencer Museum of Art on campus. We weren't looking at the galleries set up but rather photos in a room that our professor had the staff get out for us to look at the in some way connected with our current project; photo collage.

Right as I walked in I was intrigued by a piece called "12 Drive-Ins." Or at least I'm pretty sure that's what it was called, I'm starting to wish that I would have taken notes on the pieces that I liked haha. Anyways, these images drew me in because I loved how structured and grid like, yet simple it all was. It was all a kind of collage in a very geometric kind of way and I love it.

There was also some stop motion photos that I really liked as well, I think they play well with out project too. A lot of things I am doing, taking photos of my cat at least, deals with catching him in motion some times.

I also liked the collage/montage photos of the city one artist did. Not so much the "City Shell," although it was intriguing, but the other one really worked well with the project and had fun angles that drew in the viewer.

I also loved that Mark Klett was in the photos that we looked at. I've been seeing a lot of his work lately in other classes as well and I love how his idea of recreating photography can work with just about anything. I also just love the images and landscapes that he captured with that project.

Overall I think the visit was kind of worth the time and effort. It sparked some ideas, but it's more things that I think I'll do with later projects or things just on my own than for this project. I did like seeing other photographers though, that was very fun and interesting. You learn something new everyday, and today I learned that Mark Klett will be speaking on campus the day after my birthday for Hallmark and I'm pretty excited. GO PHOTOGRAPHY!!!