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Greetings!
Welcome to our December issue! We
hope you had a great start to your holiday season and continue to
have a great month. Jeffrey Stockbridge (Alumni) placed third in the Taylor
Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 out of 2,400
photographers from around the world.
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Relationships
are Key
Alumni
 Joy Moody
says that relationships are the key foundation to great photographs
and her business. From wedding, to belly, to baby and beyond, her
clients are not just clients. They become friends. "The connection I have with my clients is
of utmost importance. My belly clients trust me fully to document
their bodies at such an amazing time in their lives and moodybaby
clients treasure all the little details and personalities that I
capture in their new families. In my Bride and Groom relationships
it is essential to me to have a meaningful connection and
friendship prior to the wedding day. My goal is to come to the
wedding feeling like a friend and knowing them as people and not
just a job, it is so much more than that," states
Moody.
From her home city of Philadelphia
to the beaches of Mexico, Moody is at home shooting at any
location. "I enjoy shooting in new and exotic places. There is a
thrill to being at a location for the first time, seeing it with
fresh eyes and making images unique to that specific experience.
For the Mexico Wedding, the day after shoot we took a boat taxi out
to Lovers Beach and only had 30 minutes to do everything we wanted
to do. Having a couples confidence to work that quickly to get
everything we wanted to get was a big part of that shoots success,"
says Moody in reference to the wedding that she shot in October in
Mexico.
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Outside
Insight
Guest Speakers
 The program has
had the luxury of having a number of guest speakers come to speak
with the students during the Fall term. David Leventi came
in and discussed his work and work flow with the Advanced Studio
class. Leventi is currently exhibiting his work Bjoerling's
Larynx: World Famous Opera Houses at Blue Sky Gallery in
Portland, OR. "Bjoerling's Larynx records the interiors
of world-famous opera houses, all photographed with 4x5" and 8x10"
Arca-Swiss cameras to maximize detail. Architecturally meticulous,
this body of work serves to historically document these national
and cultural landmarks." - Leventi, artist statement
James Rosenthal spoke to the Large Format
Photography sophomores about the Historical American
Building Survey, a division of the National Park Service, along
with two of his collegues. Rosenthal holds the position of lead
staff photographer and manages, executes, and delegates all
large-format photographic field assignments, and reviews donated
work to meet the Secretary of the Interior standards for archival
permanence. His field territory covers the entire country, and he
averages three to four months per year of cumulative travel
documenting the nation's architectural heritage.
Photo and Business Class students were exposed to a number of guest
speakers including Gene Mopsik ASMP's executive
director, Rick Davis, and
many others which gave them an inside look at the business side of
photography.
Seniors taking the History of
Contemporary Photography class went to the Philadelphia Photo
Arts Center for a tour of the exhibition
True Fiction. The exhibition featured photographers such
as Gregory Crewdson and Taryn Simon.
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Exhibition
Notices:
Noah Addis: Future Cities, The Center for
Emerging Visual Artists, 1521 Locust Street, Philadelphia,
PA.
Jeffrey
Stockbridge: Taylor Wessing
Portrait Prize 10, National Portrait Gallery, London. Now
through February 2011.
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Reminders:
This is the last chance for
Drexel Photography High School
Contest submissions. Get your
submissions in for your chance at a piece of the $1,000.00 in
awards.
Deadline: Monday, December 6th, 2010.
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I would like to personally wish you a
great holiday season. As the term is winding down, we are looking
forward to instituting a digital check out system and gearing up
for a busy winter term. Next month we will feature the outstanding
guest list for our Commercial Photo Production course being taught
by Beth Huerta, Executive Producer for Philadelphia based
advertising photographer Pier Nicola D'Amico and D'Amico
Studios.
Sincerely,
Paul Runyon,
Sr.
Program Director
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