From: Kris Erickson (kerickso@ryerson.ca)
Date: 10/24/02-08:53:24 AM Z
Hmmm
To make things difficult, some of the best books may be about something
entirely different; hence to search to find them out by subject or related
fields may prove fruitless or exhausting.
Case in point: The First Six Lessons in Acting, by Richard Boleslavski.
Truly inspirational, especially for people who intend to meaningfully
photograph people (or for those who intend to teach people how to
meaningfully photograph people--or both).
I would say that the writings of Sommer and R. Bruce Elder (an experimental
filmmaker and film-historian/theorist) and for that matter any other
practising artist who also holds a teaching position would also be
invaluable. A first-hand teacher-student dialogue (between Dave Heath and
Chris Buck) is available at
http://www.photographerinterviews.com/2001/heath/
More specifically, Alberto Manguel's "Reading Pictures" also seems
promising. The chapter on Tina Modotti (subtitled "the image as witness") is
an interesting train of thought.
kris
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Fulton [mailto:jefulton1@attbi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:57 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Book(s) query
Dear Group:
A student asked me yesterday if I knew of a book, or books, on teaching in
an art school or environment. Gee, good question . . so I am asking you.
They elaborated upon the question by saying, "You know, what is a student
supposed to learn? What is a teacher supposed to teach? What is expected of
the student in terms of their knowledge and practice?"
I thought of 'Criticizing Photographs' by Terry Barret but was stymied. Yes,
we know of the heuristic and/or empirical plan/method and I could go on and
elaborate regarding what I know, understand and feel. However, the question
remains asking are there books on the subject.
Thanks for any replies.
Jack Fulton
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