If you haven’t done so yet, drop by the lobby of The Museum at FIT where the Photography and Related Media BFA exhibition This Must Be the Place is on display. Comprising the work of 42 junior-level students, the exhibition was produced and created in the Photographic Concepts and Exhibition course, where throughout the semester, students produced photographs to push their technical and creative abilities, while working collaboratively to bring the show to life. It opened on November 2, and is closing on December 8.
This Must Be the Place showcases photos based on installations ranging from the documentation of intimate life, directed stage narrative tableaus, and visual representations of conceptual ideas. This vast scope of work reflects contemporary trends of fine art photography, showcasing individual creative vision while reflecting the time and place we all inhabit.
For most of the students, putting together this show is their introduction to thinking about exhibition and presentation and how their work changes when framed and/or projected.
“This class is the perfect example of the shift into something a little more in the art realm of photography rather than just the technical,” said Jessica Wynne, associate professor, Photography.
“We felt a shift from the technical to the conceptual and a lot more of those ‘breakthrough moments’ where they’re being inspired by one another,” added Alexandra Nelson, adjunct faculty member in Photography.
This Must Be the Place is on display in the lobby of The Museum at FIT, which located inside the Goodman Resource Center on the southwest corner of West 27th Street and Seventh Avenue. This exhibition is free and open to the public daily from 9 am to 5 pm. (The exhibition is not part of The Museum at FIT’s programming and does not follow the museum’s hours.)