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By Rachel Ellner, September 7, 2012 6:50 pm

From September 13 to November 11 photographic self-portraits will be on exhibit in the Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center  (D lobby), located on the corner of 7th Avenue and 27th St. They are the works of members of the Photography Club.

“For the past 18 years I have been a d.j. Whenever I’ve been alone, I’ve played records and recorded myself.  I’ve never thrown away a recording and now have thousands of mixes on reel-to-reel tapes, cassettes, mini discs, CDs and digital files.  I have in a sense, been creating self-portraits. Every recording captured a moment in my life, who I was at different periods throughout the years.”

“My interest has now shifted to photography and I’ve been concentrating on self-portraits again, but this time in a visual format. After all of these years of music playing in my ears, when I take photos,  sometimes for 10 hours at a time, I shoot in complete silence.

“I start with my surroundings, maybe a familiar place in my neighborhood. In a glimpse, I see the beauty of something quite ordinary and the space becomes my stage, a jumping off point for my imagination.  I run with my tripod, grab my camera and photograph myself. I pose without any thought, only instinct. I put myself in irrational inexplicable poses and places.

“When I look at the images afterwards, they  make sense to me. They reflect the inner depths of who I am. Subconscious feelings unintentionally come out in my photos. It’s a fascinating journey.”

Text and photo by Alison Tara, Photo club member.

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By Rachel Ellner, February 21, 2012 5:15 pm

“It’s slowing her down–she’s running back and forth re-composing, changing little things–She’s constructing her image,” said Curtis Willocks of Justyna Fijalska’s experience with the large format view camera with a Polaroid back. The photography club met this weekend to explore the capabilities of  the 8×10 camera.

Photo Club member, Justyna Fijalska w/ large format camera

“I remember mentioning to a class ’8×10 photography’ and 80 percent of the class had no idea what I was talking about,” said Willocks, adviser to the Photo Club.

“I feel like this type of photography will disappear one day,” said Justyna. “It’s more fun for me. I can control the process more,” she said pausing to wait for the image to form on the Polaroid film.

The photo club is open to all FIT students.

For more results visit: Justafi

To contact the Photography Club email:  Photography_Club@fitnyc.edu

photo by Rachel Ellner