Archive for the ‘Harrisonburg’ Category

Eliza’s Ballet Recital 2009

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Eliza’s dance group

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The lights come up on another dance group.

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After the performance

Grain elevator, Harrisonburg, Virginia

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The view from an EMU Balcony, April 3, 2009

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Balcony overlooking Massanutten Ridge, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Vietnam Traveling Memorial comes to Harrisonburg

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Vietnam Traveling Memorial comes to Harrisonburg accompanied by hundreds of bikers.

Working in the College Garden – Eastern Mennonite University

Tara Kishbaugh and I co-taught a senior seminar called Relating to the Land. We spent one class planting cover crops in the college garden.

Light Painting and Long Exposure Demonstration, February 2009

EMU students waved their cell phones in the air to make this virtual graffiti. Zooming in the iMacs in the Digital Media Lab.

Working with the Digital Photography class on light painting and long exposures (Eastern Mennonite University). This last one is inspired by the vortograph.

Leslie Banta – Art Exhibition at Eastern Mennonite University

Leslie Banta displayed her luminous paintings, stereoscopic photographs, and otherworldly sculptures at the Hartzler Library gallery. We met Leslie and her husband Rob when we wandered in to their art store in Staunton on opening day. It was a fortuitous meeting.




Self-Portrait, Feb 4, 2009

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Turning the camera around …

Cyndi Gusler – Artist

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Cyndi Gusler, my colleague in the Visual and Communication Arts department at EMU, makes hybrid objects that explore the intersection between the natural world and consumer culture. Here are a few sculpture examples I photographed for her recently.

View a slide show of Cyndi’s recent work or visit her web site.

Sharp Cyndi and the Rest of the Blurry World

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The world through my my lenses. The world outside my lenses.

Sarah in Chartreuse

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At the art opening, Anna Maria noticed that Sarah, a Visual and Communication Arts Student, had a shirt that very closely matched the library shelf behind her.

Andrew's Art Opening

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Our good friend Andrew recently had an opening at EMU. Beautiful work! You can see his images at his web site: Andrewhuth.com. We were grateful to have him as a visiting artist, and we thoroughly enjoyed late evening discussions with Andrew and Heather during their stay at our home.

Joel the Student

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This is Joel. He is a visual and communication arts student at EMU. We were working on a multiple flash set up in the lighting studio. This is what it looked like.

Oakwood No More

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The end of Oakwood dorm at Eastern Mennonite University

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demolition of oakwood dorm

Sparklers at Hannah and Ian's Wedding Reception

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Getting the sparkler line ready

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The scene at Showalter’s barn

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Ian and Hannah make their way through the sparkler line.