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Bringing Home the Gold Again: Design Grad Wins Student Photographer of the Year For the Second Time

August 27, 2024 07:41 AM
Brooklynn Jarvis Kelson Was Awarded Student Photographer of the Year in the University Photographer’s Association of America Annual Photo Competition in 2023. This Year, She Won Again
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Department of Design Alum Kiana Bates Embraces Her Cultural and Religious Heritage Through Tintype Photography

July 01, 2024 11:13 AM
Kiana Bates ‘22 Offers Advice and Shares Recent Photography Projects
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Photography Grad Amanda Haag Draws Inspiration From “Certain Women” in the Scriptures

May 28, 2024 07:25 AM
Amanda Haag’s Photography was Displayed in Gallery 1313 As Part Of the 2024 Photography BFA Showcase
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Expectations vs Experiences: Anh-Thuy Nguyen Gives Lecture on the Importance of Belonging in Design

April 04, 2024 07:37 AM
Vietnamese American Artist Anh-Thuy Nguyen Discusses Her Artwork and Experiences in Design
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CFAC Experiential Learning: August 2022

September 08, 2022 06:00 PM
Students Across the College of Fine Arts and Communications Have Accepted the Invitation to Experience Learning Outside the Classroom
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Student Curatorial Team Joins Professor to Put On Show at Prestigious LA Arts Fair

July 19, 2022 03:59 PM
Students Malachi Wilson and Janessa Lewis Joined Forces With Faculty Member Christopher Lynn to Display Art by Nancy Rivera and BYU Alum Jacob Haupt
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Behind the Gallery: Student Educator Joseph Rowley Shares Insights on "Across the West and Toward the North"

January 27, 2022 12:00 AM
This new photography exhibit showcases the work of both Norwegian and American photographers—Rowley shares the surprising connection between the two
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A Window Into the Past: Photography Exhibit “Fields of Labor and Recovery” Now Open at the MOA

July 13, 2021 12:00 AM
These photographs document an important piece of Utah’s history from the Great Depression to World War II
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BYU Student Wins Award for Tintype Photography of Black Community in Utah

December 18, 2020 12:00 AM
Madison Casagranda submitted photos from her project, The Black Stories Project, to Communication Arts magazine and placed as a finalist
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FAR OUT: THE WEST RE-SEEN, PHOTOGRAPHY OF VICTORIA SAMBUNARIS

October 15, 2020 12:00 AM
EXHIBITION OVERVIEW A new exhibit will open up in the Museum of Art starting October 30 Victoria Sambunaris creates large-scale photographs that document the intersections of the natural and manmade within the American landscape. Each year, Sambunaris embarks on a lengthy journey on the road, using a large format wooden field camera to document what she encounters. With her photography, Sambunaris tries to capture the way in which humans inhabit the landscape, as well as highlight the beauty of the land and human interaction with it. Combining in-depth planning and research with a laborious mode of shooting and developing—sometimes waiting days for the right conditions—Sambunaris’s photographs communicate a deeply layered sense of place. Since 2002, Sambunaris has come to Utah numerous times to photograph the vast, complex, and beautiful terrain. This exhibition focuses on her photograph of Utah and the Western landscape. The large scale of her work simulates the actual environment, allowing minute details to materialize, subtle colors to emerge, and the viewer to feel as if they are standing in the place of the artist. This exhibition was made possible through the generosity of the: Marriott Daughters Foundation Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York The Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico Andrea and Patrick Lannan Michael Reynolds James Kelly Contemporary View more details at moa.byu.edu.
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FujiFilms Awards BYU Student for Photographic Story Series About Prosperity

October 05, 2020 12:00 AM
Emma Squire is a freshman at BYU with a passion for telling new, unique stories BYU freshman Emma Squire is a photographer, a storyteller and a finalist of the Fujifilms Students of Storytelling competition. Squire’s photo series about the history of prosperity is now being displayed on her own personal Fujifilms profile page. “The idea came during an art history class. I noticed in some paintings that items which symbolized wealth a couple hundred years ago are much cheaper and easier to come by today,” Squire said. “It started with just one specific image in mind, but it soon turned into a series.” Squire’s photo series was done in two parts. First, she researched different periods of history in various countries to identify items that portrayed wealth and status. She then photographed her interpretation of the modern equivalents of those items. Then, Squire shot images of modern prosperity, after interviewing individuals to get a feel for current symbols of affluence. “My art is either telling a story or trying to make a statement. I want the viewers to be caught up in the narrative, or to reflect on the message the image is trying to convey,” Squire said. Squire is one of 600 students to submit a project proposal to the contest. The 30 applicants who were chosen each received equipment to use in the preparation for their photo stories. Fujifilms held this contest as a way of discovering America’s next great storytellers. “I hope to be able to create work that I care about and can make a living off of. I don’t know what that looks like yet, but my ultimate goal is to create meaningful art that I’m proud of,” Squire said.
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Alumni Feature: Kendal Bryan

August 04, 2020 12:00 AM
Photographer Kendal Bryan seeks moments of quiet movement in her images
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BYU Photography Student Silvia Borja Announced as Winner of 2020 Photography Competition

May 19, 2020 12:00 AM
Borja’s winning piece “Fish Out of Water” was inspired by her experience adjusting to a new culture
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BYU Magazine: Nothing Gold Can Stay

May 12, 2020 12:00 AM
“There were puffins flying off the edge of the cliff,” says photography major Sylvia Busteed Magleby (BFA ’20), who worked feverishly to capture Múlafossur Waterfall and the Faroe Islands village of Gásadalur behind it, bathed in fading golden-hour sunlight. She carefully balanced her camera on the wooden stem of a fence to take the snap, bracing against the chilly seaside winds. “This image captures the magic of the Faroe Islands,” says Magleby. “I did not know such a beautiful place existed.” Read more at magazine.byu.edu
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Life Imitates Art: Design Graduate Brinnan Schill Reflects on BYU, Photography

April 09, 2020 12:00 AM
Schill — a South Carolina native — will graduate with a BFA in photography and a BA in sociocultural anthropology on April 24, 2020
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BYU Student Wins First Place in Renowned Photography Contest

February 27, 2020 12:00 AM
Graduating photography student’s winning shot will be published in acclaimed Photo District News magazine
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Documenting a Landscape

February 07, 2020 12:00 AM
Raised in Moscow, Idaho, John P. Snyder (’99) was shaped by the landscape around him. “The hills of the Palouse region of Idaho are the residue of violent processes. Airborne dust from volcanoes, massive floods, and glaciation built soil that has become one of the world’s most productive agricultural areas,” notes Snyder. “I grew up looking out into the undulating hills and wondering, ‘What is out there?’” It’s a question the former BYU photographer is still trying to answer. After years of shooting images of BYU’s campus, people, and happenings (1984–99), including innumerable images published in this magazine, he moved back to Idaho in 2007 to explore the contours and preserve the spirit of his homeland. Read the entire article in BYU Magazine's Winter 2020 issue.
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BYU Professor’s Full-Length Film Accepted to Sundance Film Festival

January 22, 2020 12:00 AM
Robert Machoian Graham has seen four of his past films make it to Sundance. The latest marks the first time one of his full-length films has been accepted.
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