Materialized Photography - Spring – 2021

Materialized Photography - Spring – 2021

First-year students have been tutored artist Rachel de Joode into using a more plastic approach in the way they conceive and display physical images.

Studio project (2021) with Rachel de Joode

Students
Emma Bedos, Alexey Chernikov, Clemens Fischer, Nikolai Frerichs, Mahalia Taje Giotto, Hikaru Hori, Augustin Lignier, Sophie Schreurs, Alisa Strub, Yang Su
1st year
2nd semester

First-year students have been tutored artist Rachel de Joode into using a more plastic approach in the way they conceive and display physical images.

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Project by Emma Bedos
Project by Sophie Schreurs
Project by Alexey Chernikov

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Project by Nikolai Frerichs
Project by Nikolai Frerichs

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Project by Nikolai Frerichs
Project by Nikolai Frerichs

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Project by Yang Su
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Project by Yang Su
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Project by Alisa Strub

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