窪做惇蹋厙 Mind’s Eye ‘An Ordinary Day’ exhibit displays 24-hour photographic portrait of Pocatello, Chubbuck
April 29, 2010
Two-dozen students in 窪做惇蹋厙 Associate Professor Tom Terry���s photojournalism course spent Wednesday, March 10, fanning across Pocatello and Chubbuck in the darkness, the daylight and the winds. The results of their 24-hour photographic portrait of the two towns will be showcased at the Mind���s Eye Gallery in the Rendezvous Complex on the 窪做惇蹋厙 campus throughout May.
The show���s title is ���An Ordinary Day,��� because, according to Terry, the day was selected and the assignment designed to just capture whatever was going on that day. A reception will be held to launch the show on Monday, May 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery.
���The emphasis is just on life, not catastrophe or special occasions or news events. Just what was going on during a representative day,��� Terry said.
Thirty-three photographs, at least one by each of the participating photojournalism students, will be displayed.
���The results were spectacular,��� Terry explained. ���Truly remarkable. Some students didn���t sleep at all for nearly 48 hours and the results are poignant, beautiful, gritty, and inspired.���
Terry���s course focused on using photography as a tool of journalism.
���It is about the profound effects that the visual image can produce, either through political change or by altering attitudes. Photojournalism isn���t about art or beauty ��� though some of the photos are gorgeous ��� it is about making a difference,��� Terry stressed.
���There were students who had never picked up a camera and delivered startling images,��� continued Terry. ���And there were students who have been working in photography for years and produced amazing things, building on their earlier experience. As a teacher, it was a deeply satisfying project.
���And for observers and historians of Pocatello, Chubbuck and 窪做惇蹋厙, these student photojournalists produced a very important cultural document.���
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