This year's class of thirteen artists concern themselves
with the intricacies and consequences of perception.
Whether it is through use of the symbolic "I" of their own
subjectivity, or through investigation of the perceptual
operations of the physical eye itself, these investigators
use the tools of photography to lay bare an uncomfortable
truth: that looking and being looked at implicate and change
us. Their imagery is wide-ranging: demolition derbies,
family archives, bodily fluids, digital constructions, wary lovers.
Their pictures and installations show moments of joy, anger,
peace, and squalor. But always there is the sense of people
acting and being acted upon, of a web of association and
emotion that continues to support and guide their work.
In their choice of photographic tools, these students are
free-wheeling—they've employed everything from the
pinhole to the iPhone. The resulting works take a variety
of forms: short films, printed broadsheets, books, slide
projections, and websites take their place alongside more
traditional photographic prints. What unifies their work is a
quality of human concern and intellectual curiosity that sets
them apart from their peers.
Nayland Blake
Chair, ICP-Bard Masters Program in Advanced Photographic
Studies
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