Student exhibition spring 2013 by FUA Catalogs

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Final Exhibition Spring 2013

DIVA IDEAS

STUDENT exhibit catalog SPRING 2013

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Gabrielle Preziose

Holmdel, New Jersey SUNY Binghamton University. Untitled Digital print 50x70

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ChloĂŠ Mehring Burlington, WI St. Norbert College Untitled Digital print 50x70

This picture was taken for a project about people in relation to the streets along the Arno River. I took this photo because I liked the way the arch framed the subject while the light streamed through in front of him, reflecting off only a handful of the cobblestones.

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Nicolette Sarzosa Kinnelon, NewJersey Montclair State University â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fedoraâ&#x20AC;? Digital print 50x70

For my final project I chose to create a series of images for Fedora located in Firenze, Italy. The goal was to make photographs that combined what Italy is best known for: Food and Fashion. The Head Pastry Chef, Simone De Castro, constructed a series of chocolate headpieces for the photo shoot, along with his assistant, Christian Casini. The images shown here are meant to be a direct reflection of the Fedora Company. The area surrounding the shop is what you would typically expect of Firenze; old buildings and cobblestone streets. Upon approaching Fedora, you are instantly struck by the grandiose frosted window bearing the logo, only to step inside to a pristine, white atmosphere. When creating these images for their company I had that setting in mind, and wanted to make photographs that were modern, glowing, and had full emphasis on the chocolate.

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Nikki Scioscia Charleston, South Carolina College of Charleston Night Child Digital print 50x70

I wanted to play with digital photo manipulation in a way that is not supposed to look real or believable but like a composite of the countless images and influences we are confronted with in our society. I want my work to show that our personalities are composites of our most extreme experiences, like my experience exploring Europe this semester.Â

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Meredith Leigh Noles

Fort Worth, Texas, USA Baylor University Untiteld Digital print 50x70

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Renee Puno Manila, Philippines FUA Faces Digital print 50x70

In capturing each glance, whether they be those of complete strangers or the closest of friends, I am reminded that in every one there exists a spark of joy- a light that never goes out.

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Victoria Haleba Sofia, Bulgaria FUA Untiteld Digital print 50x70

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Yun-Yen Chuang Taiwan FUA way out Digital print 50x70

About attract by the light the first picture to the end itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the time

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Alexandra Diana USA Merrick, NY University Adelphi Untitled gelatin silver print, 30x40

This photo was a surprise encounter with a street performer at Sacre Coeur In Paris France. In the style of Henri Cartier Bressonâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s decisive moment I tried to capture the spontaneity and vivacity of Parisian daily life, that is so evidently found within such various acts that take place every day around the city. I enjoyed the surrealist gesture of cropping the body so that the dangling legs are all that remains in the bottom right hand corner of the frame.

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Holly Phelps

Ethany College Unreliable Beauty gelatin silver print, 30x40

This photo is timeless and interesting to me. I had gone on a school trip to Arezzo to look at the Churches and the towns delights and we had gone on a weekend where it was the Antiques fair which is held on the first week of every month. After our education time was finished we received the opportunity to stay and look around at all the overwhelming “stuff” people had brought to their tables. For shooting photography, I was focused on taking photos of things,places, and people that guard themselves or other people. For example gates, locks, doors, building, and people. So that including the owners of each ones personal belongings at this antique fair. I came across this man as I rounded the corner and was invited into his moment of relaxation. Standing in this door way with his elbow propped against the door with a cigarette in his hand become a picturesque moment that i could not resist. I wanted to know more of what life like was as an owner. It made me interested in his character and what his story was. Why did he have all of this stuff? Did he collect it himself? Was it passed on to him? A burden? Did this outfit show his still childlike personality of desiring to “play” dress up? Most of these questioned remained unanswered but I got a great photo.

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Erin Kirkland Detroit, MI University of Michigan Market Day Digital print 50x70

I’m intrigued by Florence’s two worlds—the one centered around tourism and the typical Italian life amidst the English menus and street vendors. For me, one of the main elements of the Italian life is market day, a place where you can no longer rely on English to describe what you want. My first weekend in Firenze, I walked right into a thrifter’s haven, otherwise known as the once-a-month Ciompi Antique market. Tables line the streets and broken Italian fills the air. Elderly women with faces caressed by wrinkles who are decked out in oversized fur coats sell family heirlooms as their own cigarette smoke engulfs the stands. Men in tweed caps peruse each antique book with care. And I try my best to subtly document the scene without being caught invading their world.

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Evin Leek

Williamsburg, Virginia UNC Wilmington â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fight or Flightâ&#x20AC;? Digital print 50x70 I shot these photos with a Sony a NEX 5 camera in the photography studio. I opted for natural instead of artificial light. The model is a dancer and FUA student named Jessica Jennings.

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Reflections are an amount of light, heat or sound that is thrown back in such a way. Visually they are created by either glass or water. These two elements are everywhere and can easily alter our visual image depending upon how we look at them. For my project I have chosen to focus on capturing these reflections.

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Danielle Plush Untiteld Digital print 50x70

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Alexandra Diana USA Merrick, NY University Adelphi Minori - Amalfi Digital print 50x70

Italy is a country that is saturated by an abundance of architecture, fine art, articulated gardens. So many of these â&#x20AC;&#x153;beautifulâ&#x20AC;? spaces have been subject to the careful craft of man. In contrast to this fabricated, manipulated sense of beauty, there is something very appealing to me about the primal quality retained by the sea, and how it divides space and time. These pictures were taken at La Costa Amalfitana. I enjoy taking pictures with a graphical quality, selecting moments that speak mountains through their simplicity.

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Holly Ciocci

Mahwah, New Jersey USA Ramapo College Untiteld Digital print 50x70 M U LT I M E D I A F I N A L E X H I B I T I O N S P R I N G 2 0 1 3

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Kristen Ganci Endicott College A Journey Through Space Digital Print

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Jessie Sommer Bethel, Connecticut Virginia Wesleyan College Subsequent Realities Digital print 50x70

I treated the subject matter of this image as a medium for light painting. I wanted to show the unreliable qualities of sight, when affected by time.

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Nicholas Kai Gilroy

Marblehead, Massachusetts Salem State University Abandonment Digital print 50x70Â

This diptych was the exploration of a destitute space where time has gone to work. Â The setting in ex-Opsedale Banti, contradicts the idea of how Florence, a timeless city, is represented through art, architecture, the people and culture that inhabits it. Â If one looks hard enough, the veneer of this beautiful city can be broken down and those lost and forgotten spaces become prominent, telling a story that is now long forgotten.

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Ashley Pawlak

Baltimore, Maryland Endicott College The Four Elements â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Water, Earth, Wind, & Fire Portfolio Website These photos represent the four elements. I have combined my graphic design background with photography. I combined the two by placing four photos of each element in a quadrant square. The combination of the four photos of each element create a visual diamond in each.

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Brianna Button Greenland, NH Endicott College Untitled Portfolio Website

A portfolio website illustrating my typographic and aesthetic style to showcase my graphic design and studio work.

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Adelina Antal

Reykjavik, Iceland FUA Lovestory: 3 Hitchcock movies put together in a short humorous silent drama. Silence: A short story about the chaos around us told in a calm way. Digital Video A short timelapse showing me and Unnar Ari making a pizza from scratch

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Anna Saint Ange Rome, Italy FUA Untitled Digital Video

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Sebastian Hobbs

Nottingham, England FUA S.i.m.p.l.e Digital Video

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Unnar Ari Baldvinsson Reykjavik, Iceland FUA Trees - 3D Project. Digital Video

My first animation project. When i started i had no idea how 3D animation worked. After a year doing my course in 3D i leard the very basics of most aspects of the program. It is time consuming and there is a whole world behind everything you see that i created in 3D, Modeillin, texturing, lighting, animation and a million other details. My project was supposed to be about the connection between two entities. I wrote a story board and had a pretty solid idea, but the process of creating it was a lot more diifficult than i expected, so i ended up with this, TREES. My charecter was born from the trees in the forests, and this little piece is about him finding his way out. Babylon. This music video was created for an Icelandic band. They will be releasing their 2nd album in late may. They asked me if i could make them a dark and crazy video that was somewhat related to the lyrics of the song. The subject of the song is being somebody else that you truly are. Pretending to be someone else. The guys with the animal masks are them selves. they go from an innocent gathering in the park to this party where they want to let go of their identities and become what they’re not. one of them see’s that this world of pretending is not what he seeks so he runs away and tries to escape. He ends up on the beach, where is from, trying to let go of this experience. Belief A project that started out as a font design but took it’s own direction. “See statement from IVKA.”

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Yun-Yen Chuang Taiwan FUA Philip M azzei WIne label Digital Print 50x70

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The works presented are the result of a close collaboration between the class of Ethics in Communication and the social research company Sociolab (sociolab.it). In this series of works the class challenges the public on ethical issues. These posters designed by young Graphic Designers Joci Franci and Natalia Medvedeva are the sum of the research conducted in spring semester 2013 by the FUA students investigating a world where the boundaries of ethics are constantly shifting. FUA students involved in the project concept development are the following:

Megan Barrett, Tara Bassi, Elizabeth Blanchard, Cabrea Casey, Romy Chinich, Gabriella Conte, Rachil Davids, Caroline Davis, Cecily Doonan, Alex Ferda, Kara Fulgum, Meredith King, Blair Konczal, Jill Lieberman, Elizabeth Lopez, ChloĂ¨ Mehring, Gillian Murphy, Ashley Natera, Jessica Peurifoy, Crystal Pickar, Samantha Schoenbart, Margaret Sheridan, Stephanie Tramutola. M U LT I M E D I A F I N A L E X H I B I T I O N S P R I N G 2 0 1 3

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Megan Heidel Cincinnati, Ohio West Virginia University Untiteld Digital Print 60x40

This hanging desk object is handy for those unorganized desk job that become overwhelming with papers. Transparent polystryene plastic boxes come in all different shapes and colors. They are held together by metal rods connecting the top piece that slides onto the desk top. TheÂ sustainableÂ and light weight plastic allows the whole object to be transported to other desks that do not have enough storage. This desk organizer is able to hold papers and magazines properly so one can get their work done without confusion.Â

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Paige Peterson

Durham, ConnecticutÂ Parsons, New School for Design in New York City Untiteld Digital Print 60x40 The goal was to create a multifunctional Ipad case. The Ipad can be stored and transported in the case, while the case also becomes a stand when detatches Â and supports the Ipad upright. The object can be placed on every location, as it provides a flat supportive surace.

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Rebecca Hart Fort Collins, CO Colorado State University Stack-a-Boo Digital Print 60x40

Stack-a-Boo is a sustainable desk organizer made entirely of bamboo wood. This versatile design can be used to organize desk objects, portable devices, provide privacy as well as provide a space for plants.

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Sophia Greenbaum

University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Untiteld Digital Print 60x40

Cubo is a product that is designed to make office life more unique. Intended as a desk organizer, cubo is a square-shaped object that can be customized, allowing users to build their own experience in the work place. With its stacking ability, cubo can act as a form of privacy between coworkers without compromising too much desk space or the ability to communicate to one another. Cubo is an object that is sleek, colorful, and beneficial to everyone in the office environment. This project was intended to be a sustainable desk object for the workplace, specifically for the office. The object has a multitudeÂ of functions, including the construction of a space divider, cusomizeable organizers, and the capability to contain most, if not all desk objects. As the designer, my objective was to create something sleek and sustainable, as well as something that was fun and practical. It was important to have cubo represent an object that could make the professional work place a space more excitable.

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Anna Paola Keller Sarmiento Buenos Aires, Argentina Parsons,The New School for Design in New York City Desk Organizer Digital Print 60x40

This Desk Organizer gives the opportunity of extending your desk, adding “green” and “privacy” along with clear organization in a sustainable way. With the inspirations of George Nelson, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, the De Stijil Movement and Piet Mondrian, I designed this combination of 3 boxes attached to each other. The idea behind this design is to help keep in order the working atmosphere of a desk, while adding color to this environment. The colors will vary in the production but in this case, the red box holds pens, pencils, markers, an iPod/iPhone and ipad and a regular cup. The green box holds a plant making the work environment more aesthetically pleasing and allowing a certain privacy in the office. The orange box is a cubby for a few books. This box is moveable with an inner screw so that, depending on the width of the table, the object will always be safe and secure in the right position. The fact that this design can change color adds liveliness to the office and it can be considered a sustainable design because it will all be made of the same material.

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Chelsea Bimm Fort Collins, CO Colorado State University The Extorganizer Digital Print 60x40

The Extroganizer is a desk organizer that also functions as an extension of the work space. The features include a tablet holder that is accessible for any size tablet, a large cup holder, storage for writing utensils, and extra storage for any small objects that may cause clutter on a desk. The Extroganizer is aluminum cast metal with bamboo inserts for storage. It uses titanium screws to attach to the desk. The Extroganizer is the perfect solution for a cluttered desk.

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D I VA & I D E A S A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S GABRIELLA GANUGI PALAZZI President LAURA SOAVE Dean of Academic Affairs GIULIO VINCI DIVA & IDEAS Academic Coordinator DAVID WEISS DIVA Chair GRACE JOH Chair of Journalism, Communication and Publishing ENRICA QUARANTA SOFIA BARRIOS GILDARDO GALLO Lab Assistants

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LEONARDO ROSSANO Design by Nature

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JACOPO SANTINI Introduction to Digital Photography JACOPO SANTINI Introduction to Classic Photography NERI FADIGATI Intermediate Classic Photography DAVID WEISS Intermediate/Advanced Digital Photography JACOPO SANTINI Landscape and Architectural Photography JOSEPH COSTA Introduction to Photojournalism JERRY INGRAM Introduction to Fashion Photography JOSEPH COSTA IPhoneography JOSEPH COSTA Introduction to Creative Videomaking GIORGIO PAGNINI Advanced Web Design IVKA MARKOVIC Visual Communication Design II

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INGRID LAMMINPAA Ethics in Communication Thanks to Alberto SImoncioni Graphic office

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