We have been lucky to host a diverse and inspiring group of lecturers/guests during our travels. This past week, Danish filmmaker and photographer Ditte Haarløv-Johnsen talked with the class about her own experience as an artist-- her education, creative endeavors and unique approach to nonfiction work. Born in Copenhagen but... Continue reading

On Tuesday, Joachim Schmid started his lecture with a short introduction. An artist both formally-educated and self-taught, Schmid— born in Balingen and now based in Berlin— is a conceptual artist/photographer, but eschews any formal label or movement to his work. Since his school days, Schmid has done work cultivated by... Continue reading

This Tuesday our group made a trip to re-visit our fearless and feisty re-photography guide Natasha Christia at Kowasa, whose downstairs hosts one of the best photography bookstores in the world, and whose upstairs gallery includes more than 2,000 prints. Being mostly students of digital photography and fairly naïve of... Continue reading