[alt-photo] Re: new MFA program in alt!

[Christina Anderson]

No way!  Kevin Logghe is your student!  TOO small world.
Chris

Christina Z. Anderson
christinaZanderson.com

On Apr 18, 2010, at 7:44 AM, francis schanberger wrote:

> Hey Chris!
> 
> I'll forward this to some of my students one of whom may be helping you out
> this summer in Pennland.
> 
> -francis
> 
>> 
>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> I am really excited about this.  As we all know, alt is fairly
>>> underrepresented in contemporary photography.  One friend said at Photo
>>> Fest, for instance, you could practically count on two hands the number of
>>> alt people in the crowd of hundreds if not thousands.  Same with such
>>> publications as Humble Arts, or Critical Mass, or whatnot. Alt is fairly
>>> niche. I mean, a certain amount of that is a good thing--that it isn't
>>> mainstream, but nevertheless, when photo programs start talking about the
>>> fetishism of the object that is the photograph when too much attention is
>>> paid to process blah blah blah you begin to feel like you should be listed
>>> in the DSM IV.
>>> 
>>> Well, I just found out today from a former student of mine that
>>> Christopher James, dean,  is starting an MFA at the Art Institute of Boston
>>> that has an emphasis in alt!  It will not start until all the paperwork is
>>> in place, projected date of Sept. 2011, but I am really pleased to hear this
>>> and thought you'd all appreciate this, too.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> Christina Z. Anderson
>>> christinaZanderson.com
>>> 
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