Tibeau Ferguson Concrete Monsters: The Beauty of Brutalism Brutalism is an architectural style created right after the second world war. It comes from the word ‘Béton brut’, in French this[…]
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Critical Reflection #6 – Amouri Edwards
For my senior project I looked into the questions How does street art impact NYC, from its culture to its residents as well as How I can further my animation[…]
Critical Reflection #6: Final Reflection – Tibeau Ferguson
At the start of this journey, I wanted to be able to take interesting photos of brutalist buildings. I didn’t really know why I wanted to, it just came to[…]
Critical Reflection #5: Metacognition – Tibeau Ferguson
Over this course, I learned that when it comes to doing projects that I feel fully invested and intrigued in, I will lose my idea of time while working on[…]
Street Sense, Entry 8 – Amouri Edwards
May 17, 2020 So this is officially the last entry to my project. We’ve hit highs, we’ve hit lows. In recap, the first three weeks ran smoothly, they flowed[…]
Critical Reflection #4: Connect to Outside Sources – Tibeau Ferguson
Throughout this entire process of creating a book, I have learned and looked at multiple sources. All of them are books. One is called “This Brutal World” by Peter Chadwick.[…]
Street Sense, Entry 7 – Amouri Edwards
May 13, 2020 Today was cohort meeting so I was able to share some more of my work. My peers and cohort leaders seem to be impressed so that’s[…]
Street Sense, Entry 6 – Amouri Edwards
May 12, 2020 Though it’s barely begun I can tell this a slow-moving week this week. Cohort went well yesterday, it’s good to see everyone on track and making[…]
Critical Reflection #5 – Amouri Edwards
My essential questions were How does street art impact NYC, from its culture to its residents as well as How I can further my animation skills through this form of[…]
Street Sense, Entry 5 – Amouri Edwards
May 9, 2020 I had my conversation with Niceo earlier this week. While it was insightful, I feel I didn’t gather as much from it as I did the other[…]
Ari Week 4
I have finished many smaller projects but have been putting off my larger documentary. I think it is because it’s been difficult to keep up with. I’ve been trying to[…]
Sofia’s CR #4
May 5th, 2020 Sofia Sharp My essential question: What is the connection between photography and painting? I am about five paintings into senior project and have been photographing the entire[…]
Ari Cer 3
When originally making the video I had not known the meaning or message behind it. After the shoot, Reggi realized how he had portrayed himself in an inaccurate way and[…]
Critical Reflection #4 – Amouri Edwards
My essential questions were How does street art impact NYC, from its culture to its residents as well as How I can further my animation skills through this form of[…]
Ari Cer 2
The impact of the virus and the evolution of this pandemic has taken many turns since I first began writing and crafting my film. As my message is still the[…]
Critical Reflection #3: Describe a moment and analyze – Tibeau Ferguson
Through my experience this trimester and senior project, I have learned a lot about both brutalism and photography. My essential question is: How can I depict brutalism through photography? I[…]
Blog Post #7: Cover of Book – Tibeau Ferguson
It took me such a long time to actually make a cover I enjoyed. I think this is because of the variety of fonts and pictures I can use. Overall[…]
Street Sense, Entry 4 – Amouri Edwards
May 1, 2020 Long story short, made progress on the project, no luck getting in contact with SuckyBat, one of the graffiti artists, but I’ve planned to have a phone[…]
Critical Reflection #3 – Amouri Edwards
With the essential question of How does street art impact NYC, from its culture to its residents as well as How I can further my animation skills through this form[…]
Sofia’s CR#3 At Eternity’s Gate
Similar to my second Critical Reflection, I want to discuss what steps during the painting process are helpful. Yesterday I was not motivated, maybe because I was losing confidence in[…]
Blog Post #6: Film Part 5 – Tibeau Ferguson
Even more film! The Rockefeller University 909 3rd Avenue
Blog Post #5: Film Part 4 – Tibeau Ferguson
More film Cadman Towers:
Blog Post #4: Film Part 3 – Tibeau Ferguson
More film from buildings North Town, Rosevelt Island: Fashion Institute of Technology: Leon Lowenstein Building Fordham University
Blog Post #3: Film Part 2 – Tibeau Ferguson
Some more photos of mine The New York Public Libray for the Performing Arts: Lincoln Plaza Towers: The Guggenheim Museum
Critical Reflection #2: Describe a moment and analyze – Tibeau Ferguson
My Dad and I were driving up to White Planes to take photos of some buildings there. We got there and we started taking photos of the Verizon building. We[…]
Street Sense, Entry 3 – Amouri Edwards
April 24, 2020 Today I got a burst of energy and creativity which was nice. It’s become a rarity to get such spurs of motivation but I’ll take them as[…]
Ari Cer 1
My essential question is, How can I learn to tell a story that is successful and authentic through the median of film and photography? So far in answering my essential[…]
Ari Week 3
This week after focusing some much on the videography of my project I tried using photography as the other key component in visual storytelling. Not only is this an unprecedented[…]
Critical Reflection #2 – Amouri Edwards
Through the entirety of this project, I have been improving my animation skills. The second half of my essential question, How can I further my animation skills through this form[…]
Sofia’s CR #2
My idea for my second critical reflection came to me while I was in my photography cohort meeting. In this meeting it was the first time that I shared my[…]
Sofia’s Blog Post #4
I am starting to think about how I am going to present the photos I took and my paintings, specifically visually. I worked a bit in photoshop to see how[…]
Sofia’s Blog Post #1: First 3 Rolls
I started photography at the beginning of this year in Susans class. For the majority of high school I have taken studio art but for senior year I tried something[…]
Ari Week 2
This week I began writing interview questions that I will be asking specific demographics of people. These questions are all geared towards my own personal experiences of this pandemic and[…]
Street Sense, Entry 2 – Amouri Edwards
April 18, 2020 Senior Project has been very difficult this week. I’m losing ambition, mostly due to the current COVID-19 situation. If we were not held in isolation I[…]
Blog Post #2 : First Film – Tibeau Ferguson
Tibeau Ferguson Blog Post #2: First film A few days ago I received my film I handed in. The photos were of Fort Tilden in Breezy Point, Silver Towers, Civic[…]
Blog Post #1: Timing and maping – Tibeau Ferguson
Blog Post #1 Timing for the blog posts is going to be hard. I am going out every day, taking photos. I am going to have to get over this[…]
Critical Reflection #1: What I Know vs What I Don’t Know – Tibeau Ferguson
Tibeau Ferguson CR #1 My essential question is “How can I depict brutalism through photography?” There are many things I don’t know about brutalism, which I am finding out through[…]
Critical Reflection #1 – Amouri Edwards
What are the other questions that are lurking just beneath the surface of your guiding essential question? My essential question is, How does street art impact NYC, from its[…]
Sofia’s CR #1
My essential question: What is the connection between painting and photography? Initially I thought the only connection between a photo and a painting was how you can paint a photo.[…]
Ari Elgharsi Week 2, Post 2
I began the online course that takes you step by step through documentary film making and completed the first 20 minutes of it. I shot again outside for an hour[…]
Ari Elgharsi Week 1 , Post 1
For the first steps in creating my documentary, I began as always with a script. I initially spent two hours getting out all my ideas on paper after being inspired.[…]
Street Sense; Entry 1 – Amouri Edwards
April 4th, 2020 It is day three of the Senior Project. So far I have learned a lot about editing, multitasking, and scheduling in this short span of time.[…]
Tibeau’s Final Project Proposal
FINAL PROPOSAL Name: Tibeau Ferguson Project Name: Concrete Monsters: The Beauty of Brutalism Essential Question : How can I depict brutalism through photography Statement of Definition For my Senior Project,[…]
Sofia’s Blog Post #1: Research and Prepping
Starting my project week of March 30th. Taken about 100 photos and began planning for drop off at The Color House: Applied gesso, sanded and wiped down with a wet[…]
Street Sense, Final Project Proposal
Through my project, I am answering the question How does street art impact NYC, from its culture to its residents. Through answering that, I’d also like to discover: How I[…]