Photos on display at Baldwin Gallery
throughout summer
MURFREESBORO — MTSU’s
Photography Student Show is on display at the Baldwin Photographic Gallery,
giving aspiring photographers a chance to display their creativity to a large
audience.
The summer
showcase officially kicked off with a mid-June grand opening that organizers
say attracted over a hundred visitors on the first day.
Students
were allowed to submit a maximum of five photos for the show that are displayed
in the gallery located on the second floor of the John Bragg Media and
Entertainment Building. The gallery is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
A
searchable, printable campus parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap. Off-campus guests
visiting the Baldwin Gallery should obtain a special one-day permit from MTSU’s
Office of Parking and Transportation at www.mtsu.edu/parking/visit.php.
The
gallery will remain open throughout the summer and will give students even more
opportunity to have their work viewed by outside parties — which was part of
the goal for the faculty committee that oversaw the organization of the show.
Photography
professors Tom Jimison, Jonathan Trundle and Jackie Heigle all played vital
roles in helping students prepare for the show, providing feedback throughout
the spring semester to those students wanting to display their work.
According
to spring graduate Hannah Allen, who was participated in the show for a number
of years, such a showcase is a great opportunity for students needing a chance
to get their work displayed as well as build their professional portfolios.
“It’s
just the fact that the student body can walk in here and see all the hard work
we’ve done,” Allen said, “I’ve seen people in here work so hard for this so
it’s just amazing to see all of this up on the wall.”
Allen
submitted four photos to the gallery that combined digital and analog
formatting. Her composites included portraits of students combined with
photographs of nature Allen had taken in various places.
“It was
all about making the images look like they were one. The digital person in the
studio and the intimate moment I had with nature by myself. I wanted those
images to represent that person,” said Allen.
Trundle
described the style of Allen’s composites as “double exposure” and was overall
pleased with her and her classmates’ submissions. With a full gallery on
display, the turnout for the opening event was one of the best in recent years,
he said.
“This
semester there were definitely more submissions than usual, especially looking
at the past few years,” he added. “The fact that we’ve also allowed freshman
classes and others to participate has certainly helped with the submissions as
well.”
The
show’s primary goal however is still to serve as a finale to the college’s
photography students.
“In my
four or five years of doing this, the show has been very beneficial. It gives
them the ability to see what it takes to get a portfolio together. Displaying
their work on the wall also allows (them) to analyze their presentation and
other things they could improve upon,” said Trundle.
The
preparation and experience students gain from participating in the show is valuable,
particularly for those graduating students like Allen who will be preparing to
take their work into the real world as they seek employment opportunities.
“When
they go out to look for a job, an interview, or another gallery show, they have
a little bit of experience as well,” Trundle continued. “This is a real life
experience that still allows them to take chances with their photography as
they continue to try and make a name for themselves.”
With a
successful show in the books, Trundle and the rest of the photography
department faculty will turn their attention to the next set of events that
will be held in the McFarland Building, which was renovated last year to
accommodate the department’s move from their previous outdated headquarters
near the quad.
For more
information on the show and entries, contact professor Jonathan Trundle at
Jonathan.Trundle@mtsu.edu or 615-898-2084.
MTSU’s Photography
concentration is in the Department of Electronic Media Communication. The
program boasts brand new facilities that include a new digital lab, two digital
classrooms, two traditional darkrooms, two daylight-capable photo studios, a
student gallery, and a camera obscura.
The program also includes
the nationally recognized Baldwin Photographic Gallery. Jimison is the
gallery’s curator. For more information about the gallery, visit http://baldwinphotogallery.com or www.facebook.com/BaldwinPhotoGallery.
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