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Monthly Masters' Discussion - January 2020 - Grant Wood's "American Gothic"

Last post by minniev « Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:39 am

by minniev » Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:39 am

Introduction
This month we will consider an image familiar to almost everyone, Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic .
It was exhibited publicly...

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Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:39 am
Monthly Masters' Discussion - December 2019 - Marc Adamus' Embrace of Light

Last post by minniev « Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:24 pm
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by minniev » Sun Dec 01, 2019 4:20 pm

Introduction

Marc Adamus is an American landscape photographer based in Oregon. His pursuit of landscape images has taken him around the world...

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:24 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - November 2019 - Millet's "The Angelus"

Last post by minniev « Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:42 pm
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by minniev » Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:15 pm

As we approach the season of Thanksgiving, here is a familiar painting for us to respond to. You may find it interesting to look at all the...

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Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:42 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - October 2019 - Travel Photography - Eric's Hudson's Monhegan

Last post by minniev « Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:32 pm
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by minniev » Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:52 pm

Introduction

I offer this unusual Masters from the island of Monhegan, off the coast of Maine, where my husband and I are spending the week with...

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Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:32 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - September 2019 - Can Surrealism Inform Photography? Dali's Melting Clocks

Last post by Charles Haacker « Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:49 pm
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by minniev » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:02 am

Introduction
This month we will look at a painting by Salvatore Dali, one of the masters of surrealism in art. Dalí was born on in 1904 in Figueres,...

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Last post by Charles Haacker
Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:49 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - August 2019 - Frans Lanting's "Ghost Trees"

Last post by minniev « Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:49 pm
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by minniev » Thu Aug 01, 2019 2:34 pm

Introduction
It's about time to discuss a Modern Master. This month we'll look at Frans Lanting, who has been hailed as one of the great...

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Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:49 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - July 2019 - Thomas Kincade - Kitsch or Classic?

Last post by minniev « Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:02 pm
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by minniev » Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:01 pm

Introduction

Those of you who’ve followed the Masters posts from the beginning knew I’d get to Thomas Kincade one of these days. His work is too...

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Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:02 pm
Monthly Master's Discussion - June 2019- Welty's "Window Shopping" - Photography or Literature?

Last post by minniev « Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:56 pm

by minniev » Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:56 pm

INTRODUCTION
I confess that this is the Masters’ Critique offering I have most wanted to write. i began ruminating on the concept soon after I took...

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Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:56 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - Monet's Water Lilies

Last post by minniev « Mon May 06, 2019 10:37 pm
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by minniev » Wed May 01, 2019 11:08 am

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This month we will look at one of the famous water lily paintings by Claude Monet, the French painter whose work gave a name to the art...

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Mon May 06, 2019 10:37 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - April 2019 - Edward Curtis's "Chaiwa"

Last post by minniev « Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:09 pm
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by minniev » Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:42 pm

Introduction

Between 1900 and 1930, Edward Curtis traveled deep into Indian territories and lived among dozens of Native tribes. He captured the...

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Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:09 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - March 2019 - Friedrich's "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog"

Last post by PietFrancke « Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:10 am
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by minniev » Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:58 am

Introduction

This month we will look at “Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog”, a painting by 19th Century German artist Caspar David Friedrich. Friedrich...

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Last post by PietFrancke
Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:10 am
Monthly Masters' Discussion - Jack Dykinga's "Stone Canyon"

Last post by PietFrancke « Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:25 pm
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by minniev » Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:29 pm

Introduction

This month we will look at Stone Canyon, an image by Jack Dykinga, a modern master in editorial photojournalism and...

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Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:25 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - January 2019 - David Kennerly's Body of Work - and Yours

Last post by minniev « Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:44 pm
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by minniev » Tue Jan 01, 2019 3:26 pm

Introduction
This month we will look at a tiny portion of a Body Of Work rather than a single image. We’ll be considering the work of modern master...

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Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:44 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - December 2018 - Bruegel's "Census At Bethlehem"

Last post by minniev « Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:13 pm
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by minniev » Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:45 am

Introduction

For our December Masters, we will consider “The Census of Bethlehem” by Pieter Bruegel, an artist of the Northern Renaissance whose...

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Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:13 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - November 2018 - Fan Ho's "Approaching Shadow"

Last post by minniev « Sat Nov 10, 2018 9:45 pm
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by minniev » Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:38 am

Introduction

Born in Shanghai in 1931, photographer Fan Ho won nearly 300 awards from international exhibitions and competitions worldwide between...

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Sat Nov 10, 2018 9:45 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - October 2018- Stephen Shore's "Presidio, TX"

Last post by minniev « Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:36 pm
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by minniev » Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:53 pm

Introduction:

Stephen Shore's work has been widely published and exhibited for the past forty-five years. He was the first living photographer to...

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Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:36 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion- April 2018 - Gordon Parks' "Drinking Fountains"

Last post by minniev « Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:10 pm
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by minniev » Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:31 pm
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About the Artist and the Image

Gordon Parks was one of the seminal figures of twentieth century photography. A humanitarian with a deep commitment...
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Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:10 pm
Monthly Masters’ Discussion - Sept. 2018 - Bierstadt, the Hudson River School & Us

Last post by minniev « Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:42 am
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by minniev » Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:51 pm

Introduction

Albert Bierstadt was one of a group of American landscape painters known as the Hudson School. In the second half of the 19th century,...

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Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:42 am
Monthly Masters' Discussion - August 2018 - Edward Steichen's "Moonlight"

Last post by minniev « Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:10 pm
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by minniev » Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:26 pm

Introduction
This month we'll be discussing the confluence of photography and painting. Study this image by one of the most influential...

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Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:10 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - July 2018 - From Picasso to Pulitzer, Art and Violence

Last post by minniev « Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:28 am
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by minniev » Sun Jul 01, 2018 1:54 pm

Introduction
Art has forever had its voice to address issues of societal violence. Photography, of all the arts, has risen to the forefront in this,...

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Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:28 am
Monthly Masters' Discussion - June 2018 - Julia Margaret Cameron's "Beatrice"

Last post by minniev « Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:22 pm
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by minniev » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:19 pm
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I confess I had never heard of Julia Margaret Cameron until last week when Steve posted this link I was astounded at her work and knew...
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Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:22 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion: Sep 2017 - Weston's Pepper

Last post by minniev « Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:28 pm
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by minniev » Fri Sep 01, 2017 2:14 am
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Edward Weston was one of the most innovative and influential of American photographers and one of the masters of 20th century photography. A couple...
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Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:28 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - JMW Turner's "Snowstorm" - Let's Talk About Water and Light

Last post by St3v3M « Mon May 21, 2018 4:14 pm
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by minniev » Tue May 01, 2018 12:17 pm
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Born in humble circumstances in 1775 in London, JMW Turner became one of Britain’s most treasured painters. His life and his body of...
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Mon May 21, 2018 4:14 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion - "Ghandi At His Spinning Wheel " by Margaret Bourke White

Last post by St3v3M « Tue Mar 20, 2018 4:15 pm
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by minniev » Sun Mar 04, 2018 12:42 pm
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Margaret Bourke-White was a pioneering photojournalist who started her photographic journey as a hobbyist and developed expertise in architectural...
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Tue Mar 20, 2018 4:15 pm
Monthly Masters' Discussion: Nov 2017 - Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring

Last post by St3v3M « Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:39 am
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by minniev » Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:23 pm
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This month’s Master’s Discussion will tackle a complex subject from several different angles with a wide variety of resource materials. Pursue those...
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Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:39 am

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