Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Rashid Johnson Exhibit



I personally enjoyed the Rashid Johnson exhibit. I was drawn to the photography because that is my medium. I was particularly interested in his Van Dyke brown prints. Johnson is using a process that dates back to the 1800s and the early beginnings of photography.  I was impressed that he chose to spend hours working on each individual print. Experimenting with this process changes the aesthetic quality of the prints we viewed.  His photography is documentary portraiture, intimate life, and deadpan. I think he is versatile in his work and that is a great quality to possess in any medium.

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