Web work #9 - Meg Ojala

For those of you who like to support local artists, here is one for you:

Meg Ojala is a professor of art at St. Olaf College. She teaches Foundation Photography, Intermediate Photography, Senior Studies in Studio Art, and A History of Photography.

Ojala received her BA from the University of Minnesota and her MFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Ojala’s recent work involves closely observing and photographing the banks of the Cannon River near her studio in Dundas, Minnesota.

You can check out Ojala’s website here: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/ojala/

“Ojala is a recipient of the 2005 University of Minnesota/McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowship for Photographers. Other earned grants include Minnesota State Arts Board Artists Assistance Grants, Film in the Cities/McKnight Photography Fellowships and Faculty Development Grants from St. Olaf College including “Place and Landscape” and “Photographing the Undine Region: Mapmaker Joseph N. Nicollet's 1838 expedition route through southern Minnesota.” (http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/art/faculty/ojala.html)

Here are some examples of her work:

Prairie Burn
Twigonometry
Scotch Pines

Web work #8 - Look Magazine

The Look Magazine photograph collection contains an astonishing 5 million photographs, most published between 1937 and 1971. It includes both color and black-and-white photographs—published and unpublished—accumulated by the magazine during its thirty-four-year history.

Look was originally a tabloid magazine (think Star or National Enquirer), full of sensational articles. After World War II, the magazine shifted its’ focus to become an interesting source of entertainment for the whole family and, especially, women. The magazine included articles about fashion, celebrities and popular culture, but also more serious topics such as the civil rights struggle, health issues, education, and international affairs.

Here are some examples from the magazine's photography collection:

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/34/2008/07/look18nov1969.jpg

http://hardblogcafe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/marilyn_monroe_10_100710_a_p.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53035820@N02/5040297669/in/set-72157624945694927/