Presentation 1 review:
I really appreciated these presentations because we had more
time to delve deeper into a select few artists and their work that we had not
been able to during class. Everyone brought
more information about the artists they researched than I had previously known
about them and I appreciated everyone’s presentation for that reason. It is
hard for me to choose a “best” presentation because everyone has their own
style and personality and all the photographers are very unique. One of the
presentations I enjoyed most was Laura’s presentation on the life and work of
Thomas Struth. She was a very animated speaker who smiled often. It was
apparent to me that she had practiced her presentation and knew what she was
going to say because she spoke smoothly. Her interest in the topic was apparent
by her enthusiasm and that made me interested in the topic more too. Her voice
was loud and clear and I appreciated that she stood during her presentation so
I could see her face from where I was sitting behind the computers. In her presentation when she showed some of
Thomas Struth’s photos, Laura pointed out great observations and defended her
statements that gave me new viewpoints on his work. Finally, I really enjoyed how she talked
about the photographer’s process and style development.
A presentation that did not captivate me as much was Kelsey’s
presentation on Lorna Simpson. I think
she chose a great photographer and talked about some of her works, but I feel
like she could have just expanded more and had more photos on her slide as
opposed to going to the artist’s website.
The website had poor navigation, which was nothing Kelsey had control
over, but because of that I think she should have put the images in her own
presentation. She talked about the
photographer’s main concept well, but I wish she would have pointed out aspects
of the photo to defend details of the concept.
All in all, I still learned from Kelsey’s presentation and she still
gave important information, I just think she could have organized a bit more.
The artists I am interested in presenting from greatest to least:
1. Jennifer Garza-Cuen
2. Abelardo Morell
3. Zeke Berman
