Eileen Neff

Eileen Neff gave the lecture this week. I thought it was really interesting that she hand painted all of her photography work. She really emphasized that she has never gone back to painting since she got into photography, but I think it was still present in her work because they were hand painted. I was really amazed with her chair cut-outs, I couldn't believe that they were completely flat. She did a lot of work with Cezanne, and I loved the idea of the child's chair. She gave small canvases to children along with images of Cezanne's work, and allowed them to recreate them. Then she placed them on the chair, as if to symbolize his work as a child. I loved that concept. I think her landscape photography was really beautiful, but I didn't really appreciate all her photoshop work. Some was interesting and pretty, but I liked it better when it was mostly done by hand.