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| The winter season is off to a great start. We have an Open House on March 5th. In the event that you cannot make it, we would still love to have you visit the facility. Feel free to contact Casey Cummings to set up a personal tour. |
2016 High School Contest
The 16th year of the Drexel Photography High School Contest will celebrate with an Opening Reception on Saturday, February 11th. We had a record-setting number of entries filled with fantastic work this year. We will be exhibiting the work at our photography gallery located at the Photography Facility at the NE corner of 33rd and Arch Streets (101 N. 33rd St.) through March 5th.
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University 101 - Civic Engagement
Program News
Freshman Photography students in University 101, lead by Paul Runyon, spent a Saturday in November volunteering with Friends of Carpenter's Woods as part of the Civic Engagement component of the class.
They planted trees along the edge of Carpenter's Woods in Fairmount Park. The students received a glowing review and much gratitude from the organization.
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Alumnus Michael LeGrand
Program News
Michael LeGrand created a
portrait project for St. Augustine, Florida in 2015 as part of their 450 year celebration. The project got a second life and is now being hung in the county Administration building as part of their art in public spaces program.
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Photographer Michael LeGrand's "Faces of the 450th" project
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The project, which highlighted the diversity and individuality of St. Augustine residents and public figures through a series of headshots, will be on display in the Rotunda Gallery at the St. Johns County Administration Building from February 7 through May 7, 2017.
"Faces of the 450th" drew inspiration from one of photography's most amazing portfolios, the "American West Series" by Richard Avedon, which captured subjects in various posed and non-posed moments against a white backdrop, which acted as a blank canvas, allowing the subject to stand out and be highlighted. Michael LeGrand's pseudo-improvisational headshots were shot at different community events such as Farmers Markets, Music in The Plaza, and other locations. Just as Avedon's American West photos captured a diverse subset of the American culture, LeGrand's photos captured a similarly diverse subset of our St. Augustine community. The final project was ultimately displayed on large mounted billboards in front of the Lightner Museum, the St. Augustine Visitors Center, and the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.
Michael LeGrand graduated with a BS in Photography from Drexel University, and has traveled the world perfecting his craft. After relocating the St. Augustine in 2002, he opened his own commercial photography studio, Michael LeGrand Photography. For the last 15 years, he has built an impressive client list in the areas of healthcare, architecture, advertising, higher education, and various others. Michael's clients often comment that his unique perspective and ability to capture a subject's character has a way of bringing their projects to life.
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Alumni, Faculty and Student News
Andrea Modica
, faculty, has a solo exhibition and lecture "Andrea Modica: Best Friends" at the Art Museum of the University of Kentucky in Lexington KY. The exhibition will be open January 28th-April 23rd with a lecture on Friday, February 10th at 4pm.
Andrea is also involved in a group exhibition "Due South" at Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, DE. The exhibition will be open January 28th-April 30th with an Opening reception on February 3rd from 5-9pm.
Andrea Modica will also be giving a lecture at The International Center of Photography in New York on March 4-5.
Mike Arrison, alumnus, is continuing his work documenting behind the scenes of various film sets and music videos, most notably having worked with Drexel alumni Jay Pray on his debut music video "Smile", directed by Drexel alumni, Joe Staehly. "Smile" won the grand prize at the Silver Sound Showdown Film Festival in Brooklyn.
Recently Mike has focused his personal work towards political activism, specifically on women's issues. He continues "Reclamation", a project which he started in college. He has started a new project entitled "Not For You", giving women an outlet to express their feelings over the outcome of last year's election and the legitimization of rape culture. He documented the protests in Washington D.C. on the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump, as well as the Women's March on Washington the following day.
Andrew Collins, sophomore, was recently selected as a finalist in the Photographer's Forum 37th Annual College & High School Photo Contest.
Niko J. Kallianiotis
, adjunct faculty, has a solo show at Mahady Gallery at Marywood University with an opening on Saturday, February 25th from 6-8pm.
His work was also featured in Phroom Magazine and his project "America in a Trance" was also part of a juried online exhibition by Terry Barrett in Light Leaked.
Michaela Michener,
senior, was recently selected as
a finalist in the Photographer's Forum 37th Annual College & High School Photo Contest.
Harris Mizrahi, alumnus, was sent to Hayward, Wisconsin to photograph The Lumberjack World Championships in July for Victory Journal. The story was released last month in their 12th print issue titled Odyssey with one of his photographs on the back cover. Victory Journal is a bi-annual large format magazine. It can be purchased on their website or found on magazine stands.
Peter Murray,
alumnus, has been growing his business recently by focusing on food and drink work for restaurants in the Philadelphia area and shooting the product photography at David's Bridal's studio. He continues to shoot stills and music videos for Philadelphia bands on the rise.
Jane Raese, alumna,
started a new job in Austin, Texas as
Cassi Segulin, senior, photographed her first editorial assignment for JUMP magazine. She photographed
drummer/journalist/activist Christopher "Flood the Drummer" Norris.
Ariel Skovera, senior, was recently selected as a finalist in the Photographer's Forum 37th Annual College & High School Photo Contest.
Ashley Smith, alumna and adjunct,
will have video work on view at the College Art Association NYC 2017 Conference. The videos will be screened as part of the Craft Action film series through their Media Lounge programming.
Jason Varney, alumnus and adjunct, has completed new advertising projects for Campbell's Soup, Swanson, Crayola, E.&J. Gallo, Honeygrow, and Kimpton Hotels as well as n
ew editorial published work for Food & Wine, Architectural Digest, AARP, Prevention, and Philadelphia Magazine.
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assandra Wang,
alumna, has her senior thesis project, "The American Dream," being shown at 983 Bushwick's Living Room in Brooklyn. The exhibit began in December and should be up for the rest of winter.
Anne Willis, alumna, is teaching Beginner Photography classes at Ritz Camera.
Matt Zugale, alumnus,
returned to the Philadelphia area in 2015, recently completing principal portrait photography for The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art's 2017 view book. He has worked as one of the principal still life photographers on coach.com for the last 4 years.
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| Alumni, please don't forget to let us know what you are doing. We would love to hear (and feature) any exhibitions, new work, contests, articles, or anything else that you have been doing. Send us an email or catch us on Facebook with your news today.
Sincerely,
Paul Runyon, Sr.
Program Director
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