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"Morning Routine," Grace Cherubino
Meaning arises out of context—and lack of context. A new course at COA, Multiples in Photography: Creating Context, explores this dynamic of understanding. Works from the course utilize double, triple, and multiple presentations of images (in the forms of diptychs, triptychs, quadtychs, and even quartychs and books!) as a means of developing photographic narrative technique; thinking about multiple ways of seeing; and ultimately, in the words of fourth-year student James Liepolt, “creating a photograph that conveys a greater message than any single photograph can.”
Visiting artist Denise Froehlich, who is teaching the course, says that a photographer can often “say more” with multiples—creating narrative tension and fields of reference (more…)
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Historical Research, Fiction, and “The Life of a Samurai Woman”
Featured COA sophomore, Brianna Larsen
Brianna Larsen (’11) is a classic COA student—curious, resourceful. “One of the most important things I’ve learned at COA,” she says, “is that it’s not only okay to ask questions, but that it’s essential to the learning process that we ask hard questions—even if the answers to those questions aren’t out there yet.” So Brianna asks and asks. Accordingly, she has been a broad seeker during her time in college: Brianna’s favorite courses at COA so far include Introduction to the Legal Process, Modern Afro-Caribbean Dance, Marine Biology, Theater Workshop, and the currently-underway Maine Woods “Monster Course”—which combines courses in amphibian biology, experiential education, (more…)
