SPHS Digital Imaging

BIENNIAL SOUTHEASTERN COMPETITION at Birmingham-Southern College

Congratulations to the artists who have their work featured here. These are the images that I have selected to enter into the upcoming BIENNIAL SOUTHEASTERN COMPETITION at Birmingham-Southern College.

This is a prestigious competition and it will be an honor if any are selected to be in the show. I personally hope that all of the images are picked.

To me, each artist has created a unique image that is an excellent and artistic example of photography or digital art.

Good Luck, I hope your work gets selected and wins!
*I had to make some very hard decisions to narrow down my selections to the limit of ten images per teacher.

Contributed by T Williams - Black/White Photography - Portrait assignment

Contributed by T Williams - Digital Art - Pinhole Collage Assignment

Contributed by L Williams - Digital Art - Pinhole Collage Assignment

Contributed by E White - Color Photography - Portrait Assignment

Contributed by S Baker - Color Photography - Portrait Assignment

Contributed by J McDaniel - Digital Art - Rauschenberg Collage

Contributed by R Lemier - Pinhole Photograph

Contributed by A Ledbetter - Pinhole Photograph

Contributed by I Medina

You may have noticed that I still have one more to pick, I am still waiting to see what happens in the studio each day so do a great job!

Art Show Invitations - Winter 08

Here is the proposed invitation for the Winter art show - December 9thHere is the proposed invitation for the Winter art show - December 9th

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Spring Art Show 08

The following images are the finalist in each category as chosen by our jurors. The images are not in any particular order, you will have to come to the art show to see who won top honors. Congratulations to all of these artists for having your work recognized by our judges.
Art I - Digital Self Portraits-
Bennett

Holt

Graham

Tucker

Moncrief

Art I Studio assignment-Object Made Special
Lewis

Morgan M

Leffert

Friar

Glass

Art I Political/Social Posters
Carr

Hopkins

Newport

O'Neil

Art I Rauschenberg Collages
Rice

Alston

Newport

Walmsley

Cartledge

Farmer

Photography II - Outside Assignments
Schmelzle

Crocker

Jones

Schmelzle

Jett

Spring art show 2007

Monday the 14th is our Spring student art show. Here are the winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mentions) in NO PARTICULAR ORDER. You will have to come to the show to see who won what. Congratulations to these students and to all my students on an excellent year. I hope you learned a lot and had some fun while you were at it. ~Myers
Warhol inspired triptychs.
W Hopkins

B Murphy

R Mims

C Mackin

P Holt

Studio Color Still Life Photography
A Carnegie

R Davenport

E Jones

T Sakamoto

E Stone

Chuck Close Portraits
C Chrane

J Swanson

T Finch

Robert Rauschenberg influenced digital collages
A Johnson

G Reburn

E Sshmelzle

E Stone

B Murphy

Flowers in the Studio
C Chrane

A Agoucha

K Bomer

M Elliott

J Hagen

E Smith

Art III Advanced Students independent Photography
F Flanagan

F Flanagan

L Bates

F Flanagan

N Jackson

F Flanagan

L Bates

SPHS Fall Student Art Show '06

The 06 art show is shaping up to be the best ever. My students have produced a lot of great work this semester and I know the art from the other art classes is going to be great. Here are the works from digital photograph I and II that were chosen for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and honorable mention.
The first category is the black/white portrait assignment. It is the students first use of the class camera and studio equipment. The goal of the assignment was to capture a unique image of your subject. The image needed to be in good exposure, focus, composition. The images are in no particular order. Feel free to offer your picks in the comments section.
C McGinnis

M Meads

H Yawn

A Sukar

J Bailey

T Carnes

P Holt

The next images were from the pinhole camera assignment. The pinhole images were scanned and edited in Photoshop
P Holt

C Weber

E Stone

M Bevis

C Makin

C Massingill

These images are from the pinhole collage assignment
Kr Stewart

R Kaemmerer

P Holt

The final category in Photography I is a collage assignment that uses images from stock photography found on the internet. The object of the assignment was to create a collage that creates the illusion of space.
C Mattox

E Schmelzle

Ki Stewart

E Jones

Photography exhibit

Now showing at the Birmingham Museum of Art is a show of southern photographer William Christenberry.

"Since the early 1960s, photographer William Christenberry has plumbed the regional identity of the American South, focusing his attention on his homeland, Hale County, Alabama. William Christenberry Photographs: 1961-2005 offers a retrospective view of his photography from his earliest use of the camera as a means to provide studies for painting to its evolution as a vital means of personal expression. Christenberry's theme is singular: the history, the very story of place, is at the heart of his project.
Christenberry has been a professor at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C. since 1968. He is world renowned for his photography, sculpture, drawings, and paintings that pay tribute to his roots in rural Alabama. His work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art in New York; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art." From BMA press release

When I worked at the museum I was lucky enough to meet William Christenberry and help him instal one of his sculptures downtown. He is a very interesting artist and person. I have also seen the current show at the museum. It is a great exhibit and well worth a trip downtown. The show is open until December 24th

Spring art Show Winners

The Spring art show is May the 9th. Here are the winners (1st -3rd and honorable mentions) in no particular order. I will post the winners after the art show. Congratulations to those students who had their works selected. The judges had many great works to chose from.

First category is for the Warhol triptych

by M. Columbus