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Loose ends

Course Overview

In between and alongside the development of long-term photographic projects, a lot of other work gets made, work that may not be substantial enough for a book or easily assimilated into a larger project. This course is dedicated to making something out of these other pictures—the “minor” works, one-off series, and various odds and ends that have yet to be properly articulated. Participants will look at a range of small, economical artist’s publications and discuss various readings around practice, brevity, imperfection, and play. The class will share their lingering sets of pictures and discuss ideas for how they can be developed into a physical form. Most importantly, the course will conclude with each participant producing their own modest publication and sharing it.

Images © Alan Huck

Alan Huck (b. 1990) is a photographer, writer, and educator currently based in Chicago. He received his MFA from the University of Hartford’s international low-residency program in 2018 and his first book, I walk toward the sun which is always going down, was published by MACK in late 2019. The work was shortlisted for the 2020 Rencontres d’Arles Photo-text Book Award and exhibited as part of the Hungarian Month of Photography. A Narrow Foothold, a collaborative artist book with German photographer Jonas Feige was published by Another Earth in the Spring of 2024. He teaches various interdisciplinary workshops through the Penumbra Foundation and is an adjunct instructor in photography at Loyola University.

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