Photography at Bennington
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1969-05-13
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"There seems to be growing concern among the students that, for financial
reasons, FEPC has dropped the academic offering of photography at Bennington.
This is not true, and I feel this subject should be qualified immediately. FEPC
has not discussed the subject, nor has the art division. I resigned some weeks
ago from the teaching of photography for a variety of professional reasons.
Basically my reasons were that I have neglected my own photographic work; that
I find it necessary now to devote greatly increased amounts of time to the
College's publications; that photography, in order to be offered properly,
needs more faculty time and monetary expenditure than the College can now afford;
and , finally, that the art division is not convinced that the medium is valid as
a graphic art or that the teaching of photography at Bennington is as important
as architecture or ceramics or other art division studio courses."