Shannon Ebner at UCSD

This Thursday Shannon Ebner will be at UCSD for its Visiting Artist Lecture Series. You can find more info here.

Photographic Clichés

"I think the point that I am making is that we nee to consider our subject matter more carefully. When I am looking through student folios I often say these things, and usually people look at me as if to say "how dare you question what I am shooting."

But if we think of what is going on in our world, there seems to be many subjects which are avoided, because we all need that echo of familiarity to help us have the confidence to make a body of work. We want to emulate the impact that these images had on us, and this can be as restricting as it can be liberating." Martin Parr

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