2008 Woodie Awards
Journalism department showcase sparks conversation
Dan Sleva
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: Web Extras
Free food usually is the biggest draw for college students to attend events on campus. On Thursday, as a testament to the quality of black and white photographs on display outside of the JVH Auditorium, there were more students and faculty lining up to view the exhibit than in line for the buffet.
Two student photographs in particular from the two sections of Advanced Black and White Photography II seemed to draw the largest crowds while provoking the most conversation.
One was Dawn Paula Diperna's image of graffiti scrawled on a large pipe visible from the steps leading up from the Mon Wharf parking area. The graffiti read "No Justice Anywhere." A lively discussion began about what could have been the graffiti artist's motivation and the artistic way that Diperna captured her image.
Emily Ann Sniegocki's representation of "Sloth" was the other image that that captured a large audience. It depicted an emaciated looking boy in bed with his arms duct-taped to the mattress. Sloth was spelled out in behind him in a haphazard way.
These images were one part of the multimedia celebration held in and around the JVH Auditorium as students in the Journalism and Mass Communication Department also displayed print and broadcast work they completed this semester.
Sniegocki's image was part of an installation titled "Seven Deadly Sins" in which students in Assistant Professor Chris Rolinson's class interpreted the sins in black and white.
Rolinson said that the idea came from an in-class brainstorming session. "They just shouted out words, and I wrote them on the board." He said that a lot of dark words were written on the board, and "the idea for the deadly sins was born."
Each sin had two or three students trying to capture it with the best results being displayed. An interesting note, according to Rolinson, is that the two students who picked "Pride" did not complete their assignments.
And Diperna's image depicting the graffiti was from the other section, taught by Jim Schafer. The presentation was entitled "Best of BW2." Unlike the other class that had a theme, Schafer said he let his students "go out and capture whatever they wanted." He said, "[The] assignments covered the technical aspects but content was whatever they chose."
Two student photographs in particular from the two sections of Advanced Black and White Photography II seemed to draw the largest crowds while provoking the most conversation.
One was Dawn Paula Diperna's image of graffiti scrawled on a large pipe visible from the steps leading up from the Mon Wharf parking area. The graffiti read "No Justice Anywhere." A lively discussion began about what could have been the graffiti artist's motivation and the artistic way that Diperna captured her image.
Emily Ann Sniegocki's representation of "Sloth" was the other image that that captured a large audience. It depicted an emaciated looking boy in bed with his arms duct-taped to the mattress. Sloth was spelled out in behind him in a haphazard way.
These images were one part of the multimedia celebration held in and around the JVH Auditorium as students in the Journalism and Mass Communication Department also displayed print and broadcast work they completed this semester.
Sniegocki's image was part of an installation titled "Seven Deadly Sins" in which students in Assistant Professor Chris Rolinson's class interpreted the sins in black and white.
Rolinson said that the idea came from an in-class brainstorming session. "They just shouted out words, and I wrote them on the board." He said that a lot of dark words were written on the board, and "the idea for the deadly sins was born."
Each sin had two or three students trying to capture it with the best results being displayed. An interesting note, according to Rolinson, is that the two students who picked "Pride" did not complete their assignments.
And Diperna's image depicting the graffiti was from the other section, taught by Jim Schafer. The presentation was entitled "Best of BW2." Unlike the other class that had a theme, Schafer said he let his students "go out and capture whatever they wanted." He said, "[The] assignments covered the technical aspects but content was whatever they chose."
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