In conjunction with the American Colors exhibition, we will host a photo-walk/ meet up.
If you are a photographer or are interested in learning more about the wonderful time capturing device known as a camera, then consider joining us! This is a great opportunity to meet fellow photographers from around the country!
Bring your cameras and snap away!
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We will also host a series of discussions led by local photographers. These events are free and open to anyone!
1:00-1:20 pm: Illustrating Through Archiving and Collecting | Led by Larissa Sattler
This collection of photographs begins to challenge the idea of threshold and acknowledge that a threshold for one individual is not a threshold for everyone. As a work in process it has already become apparent that the definition of a threshold is not universal and in some circumstance instead poses obstacles for people of different physical abilities, racial and ethnic backgrounds or differing social and economic status. The intention of this work is to illustrate, through archiving and collecting, the multiple aspects in which people may have the permission to enter a space or access denied.
Larissa Sattler is currently working toward her Master of Architecture degree at Washington University in St. Louis and is using photography as a medium to explore her interests in architecture as well as social and community engagement projects. Her recent work through the Divided City research fellowship has lead her to explore a common thread of segregation by design in our cities, which is being developed further through photography.
1:40-2:00 pm: Black & White Photography: Content Over Color | Led by Adem Sibic
Using his own practice as a reference, Adem Sibic will explain his thought process behind using black and white over color to capture an image. This discussion will highlight how limiting photographic tools can transform content and re-shape the dialogue.
I'm 25 years old, originally from Bosnia but have lived in St. Louis my entire life. Art has been a part of my life from a very young age and I gradually moved from traditional drawing to photography. My camera is always with me and I would describe my photography as an ongoing free verse poem.
2:20-2:40 pm: From action sports photography to the documentation of skateboarding lifestyle | Led by Wil Driscoll
Driscoll will focus on early influences of photographers/artists through skateboarding both on a local and national scale. Tying these themes into his current work, he will discuss how he has moved away from the "action sports photography" to the documentation of skateboarding lifestyles, and the moments that occur between the tricks.
Wil Driscoll is a St. Louis based photographer, with a BA in photography from Webster University. Primarily drawing from subcultural aesthetics and the ever changing suburban landscape, Wil documents fleeting moments as well as assembling objects to create his own curated alternate reality, a reality that is only slightly off from our own, and that feels timeless. Beginning at a young age, Wil found photography to be a bridge between temporary moments with friends with more permanent documentation of the shared experience of skateboarding.
3:00-3:20 pm: Tracking the Female Self-Portrait Through Photographic History | Led by Emily Mueller
In this discussion, Mueller will address the female self-portrait throughout photographic history, noticing how the female body is often depicted based on gender binaries or defining oneself against or in relation to masculinity. How can we look forward to a post-gender way to
depict the body? Is this at all possible? Mueller will discuss how she considers these questions within her own practice.
Emily Mueller is a multimedia artist currently working in black and white analog photography and ceramics. She photographs her nude body interacting with domestic objects in an attempt to adopt their neutrality and undermine sexualized aspects of the female body. She completed her undergraduate degree in Fine Art at the University of San Diego and is currently an MFA candidate at Washington University in St. Louis.
3:40-4:00 pm: Body and the Landscape | Led by Shabez Jamal
Shabez Jamal be speaking about the body as it relates to landscape within photography and the role it plays in reclaiming space within his own work.
Donny Bradfield (b. 1992, St. Louis) better known as Shabez Jamal, is an interdisciplinary artist based in St. Louis Missouri. His work, rooted in still portraiture and experimental video, interrogates physical, political, and social-economical space by using queerness, not as a means of speaking about sexuality, but as a catalyst to challenge varying power relations. Focusing his lens on fat, black, queeer, male identified persons, who are often seen as the antithesis to blackness/queerness, his work acts in radically redefining the parameters of racial and sexual identity.
4:20-4:40 pm: Spontaneous Photographing | Led by Austin Roberts
Austin Roberts will discuss the broad nature of photography as a medium and how it relates to his personal practice and identity.
Austin Roberts is a photographer, musician and multi-media artist from St. Louis, Missouri. Specializing in people and documentary photography, his subject matter ranges from punk bands and protests to expressive views of everyday life.