Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Class meets at the Post-Standard, Tuesday, April 24


Our class will meet at the Post-Standard on Tuesday, April 24 @ 6:30pm.

The Post-Standard is located at One Clinton Square in downtown Syracuse. It’s a big white building across from Clinton Square.
You can park on the street, or in the parking lot on the Salina Street side of the building.

Please enter the building from the door on Clinton Street. Tell the guard you are there to see me. He will be expecting you.

If you get lost, or have any questions, call my office phone. 470-3037

Here are directions from the OCC campus:

2.Go east on W Seneca Turnpike/RT-175.

0.9 mi 3.Turn slight left onto South Ave/RT-175. Continue to follow South Ave.
• South Ave is just past Onondaga Rd
• If you reach Lawndale Dr you've gone about 0.2 miles too far

2.0 mi 4.Turn slight right onto Cortland Ave.
• Cortland Ave is just past W Kennedy St

0.8 mi 5.Turn slight left onto S Salina St.
• S Salina St is 0.1 miles past Tallman St
• New Long Cheng is on the corner

0.9 mi 6.Turn left onto W Genesee St/RT-5.
• W Genesee St is just past Erie Blvd E
• First Niagara Bank in 100 Clinton Square is on the corner
• If you reach E Willow St you've gone a little too far

0.07 mi 7.Take the 1st left onto N Clinton St.
• Lao Village Restaurant is on the corner
• If you reach N Franklin St you've gone a little too far

0.03 mi 8.1 CLINTON SQ.
• If you reach Erie Blvd W you've gone a little too far

I was in New York City this weekend and went for a stroll around a flea market and I happen to capture this view. I really like the vantage point which shows in this picture. I think it looks interesting :) Carla

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Photo Essay - Lollypop Farm




Sorry to post these late! These are a few pictures I was able to take at the Humane Center this past weekend. I was very lucky to get beautiful weather. I think it is coming along fairly well although so far no one official at the shelter is willing to let me interview them or even take pictures of them. =/ Just the property and the animals. But I still believe I can work with it. =)
-Emily Byrne

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Jenn Wademan,

Becky Warren Photo Essay Image




This my sister, Melissa. She is blind but own her own little store inside the State Building downtown. I want to document my sister because I want to show that just because she is blind she is not "normal." She lives on her own, cooks, cleans, runs a business, all by herself. My sister is a strong woman.

In this photo I visited her at work and took this of her. She was putting money in the register. She uses her hand to know what bill goes where. The little red nubs on the cash register is to help her know what buttons she needs.

Photo Essay


This is Sam here, and I am going to post a picture or two that I have taken for my Photo Essay. Before doing so I need to say that my original plans fell through, because my subject (my friend and his band 'to-be') had a death in the family. So, with that said, I have resorted to my other idea.

I am going to document what life is like for one of my best friends, named John. I have known him for almost 10 years now. He identifies as a Transgendered Woman. To put it simply, he feels like a woman trapped in the body of a man. His chosen name is Alice, and he prefers to be referred to as what he feels he is, a woman, so I will do that from now on.

Alice is still in the transition process- she wears women's clothing, makeup, and will be taking hormones soon to aid in this process. I guess what I want to show is this process of transition (even though it won't be finished by a long shot) and have her explain how she knew this is the right path for her and have her talk about some of the struggles in her life. Even though she is different- she is still a person.

Some photo ideas I have for this are:
1) Shooting at least one photo of Alice as a man (done)
2)Shoot some of the things in her personal space (ex. her room)
3)Maybe video of her getting ready for her day (ex. putting makeup on)
4)at least one photo of the hormones she will be taking

Joe L-C - Image from my Photo Essay

Before posting my image, I'd like to remind the class of what my photo essay is about. I'm documenting a resident in a home for disabled adults. He has a job, enjoys bowling and bocce ball, goes out for dinner, hangs out with his friends, and he loves to perform and sing on stage. Just like us, he has his emotional ups and downs, his frustrations, and his goals. My hope is to be able to document this and show people who may not be aware, that disabled individuals aren't anything to be afraid of or to make fun of. I want people to see that they are, like you and I, individualistic, unique, beautiful people, that can bring amazing amounts of joy into your life.

I know this is a pretty specific goal, but that's what I aim to do. On top of that, I hope to make this more of an "art piece." Like the documentary work of Alec Soth and other photographers I admire, I hope to use my photographic skills to create a piece of art that will make people feel something special. I guess you can say that it's non-tradiional photojournalism. I found an example of a body of work by the photographer Timothy Archibald that accomplishes what I'm talking about. I would love to create something personal and beautiful like this: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/son-and-father-pierce-autisms-veil/

I'm honestly not sure if I'll be able to accomplish my goal of doing so. Judging by my first image, I think I'm far from what I want. In this image, I was limited by the type of lighting, which kind of ruined a lot for me and flattened the image. I shot this with a 4x5 camera and it looks like it could have been shot with 35mm, which is bothering me. I think I can still use this camera and achieve more of what I'm looking for, as long as really pay extra attention to my lighting sources.

Here's what I've got. I'm not sure if it will make it into my final edit of the essay.




Lenny at his birthday party

Spring is here!


I noticed these beautiful flowers down by East Genesee, thought it was a good way to show that spring is 'sort of' here. haha :) -Carla

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Another event for possible feature photo

Shakespeare’s Sisters: OCC’s Annual Poetry Reading

April 23, College Hour (11:15-12:30)

Coulter Library, 1st floor

All students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate. Come share a poem from your favorite female author, or just come to hear the poetry.
Light refreshments will be available.

Please contact Leean Hawkins (hawkinsi@sunyocc.edu) or Tracey Mead (meadt@sunyocc.edu) if you are interested in reading a poem from your favorite female author.

Sponsored by Coulter Library and English/Reading/Communication Department

Friday, April 6, 2012

Disability Awareness Fair at OCC

On April 20th in Gordon Great Room, there will be a disability awareness fair where students can experience what it might be like to live with a disability.

We will have representatives from several community organizations, and there will games, prizes, fun and great information. Please encourage your students to come.

Contact:

I Leean Hawkins
Assistant Professor
English / Reading / Communication
4585 West Seneca Turnpike
Syracuse, NY 13215-4585
315.498.2679
hawkinsi@sunyocc.edu
Office: M310N

Another Feature Idea


The 12th Installment of Songwriters Live at OCC.

Thursday, April 12th from 6:30 – 9:00pm in the Bistro (G-210) of the Gordon Student Center at Onondaga Community College.

Maka Rouge and Larry Hoyt will join me and Dan Cleveland in performing our original songs in the round and describing the songwriting process.

Feature Idea




Industrial steamroller to be used for April 9 printmaking event on SU Quad

Monday, April 9, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

By Erica Blust • (315) 443-5891

The printmaking program in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present its fifth annual “Steamroller Printing” event on Monday, April 9, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in a tent on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad in front of the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in SU pay lots.

Throughout the day, students and faculty in the printmaking program will print impressions of large-scale woodblock prints using an industrial steamroller. They will sling ink and make finely rolled editions of relief prints.

The printmaking program is located in VPA’s Department of Art and includes courses in relief, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, letterpress printing, hand papermaking and book arts. The program offers both bachelor and master of fine arts degrees; the graduate program was recently ranked No. 19 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as part of its 2013 specialty rankings for Best Graduate Schools in Fine Arts.

For more information, contact Dusty Herbig, assistant professor of printmaking, at dtherbig@syr.edu.

This story and other news about Syracuse University can be found on the Syracuse University News website (http://sunews.syr.edu).

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Squirrel



This lil guy really loves to hang around my house. I thought you guys would like to see him :)
~Stephanie Breckenridge

Out of Darkness Campus Walk

Out of Darkness Campus Walk

Support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention by participating in the "Out of the Darkness Campus Walk" on Saturday, April 28 at Onondaga.

Registration begins at 11 a.m. at the Gordon Student Center with the two-mile walk running from noon - 1:30 p.m.