Interview w/ Dick Blau
Runtime: 2'32"
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Notes: Dick Blau (b. 1943) is a photographer, filmmaker, and Professor Emeritus of film at UWM. He cofounded the school's department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres and served as its chair for twenty years (1979-1999). His own body of work includes a series of psychological portraits of his family members taken over the last fifty years (entitled Thicker Than Water.)
In this selection, Dick shares an anecdote about the role that his photography plays in his relationship with his partner, critical theorist Jane Gallop. The book he is referring to is Living With His Camera by Gallop, in which she analyzes his work in relation to key texts of photographic theory. Below is the photograph he is describing.
The full interview lasted 1.5 hours, in which time we discussed his life and career, the history of the UWM film department and the Milwaukee film scene, and his own photographic work. Click here for an in-progress transcript.
(We recorded in his studio overlooking the street, so please forgive the occurrence of a traffic sound.)
Questions asked:
Talk about your life growing up, and how your work was influenced by your childhood.
How did you transition from English/American Studies to photography?
Tell me about the formation of the department.
Why Milwaukee?
What was the environment like in Milwaukee for experimental media at the time?
Who were some of the people who played a pivotal role in the department's development?
Were students initially interested in making experimental work?
How has the film scene changed in the city since then?
What are you currently working on?
How do your family members feel about your representation of them in your work? Has your photographic practice impacted or interfered with your personal relationships?
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Runtime: 2'32"
Original files: mp3 | wav
EQ'd files: mp3 | wav
Compressed file: wav
Notes: Dick Blau (b. 1943) is a photographer, filmmaker, and Professor Emeritus of film at UWM. He cofounded the school's department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres and served as its chair for twenty years (1979-1999). His own body of work includes a series of psychological portraits of his family members taken over the last fifty years (entitled Thicker Than Water.)
In this selection, Dick shares an anecdote about the role that his photography plays in his relationship with his partner, critical theorist Jane Gallop. The book he is referring to is Living With His Camera by Gallop, in which she analyzes his work in relation to key texts of photographic theory. Below is the photograph he is describing.
The full interview lasted 1.5 hours, in which time we discussed his life and career, the history of the UWM film department and the Milwaukee film scene, and his own photographic work. Click here for an in-progress transcript.
(We recorded in his studio overlooking the street, so please forgive the occurrence of a traffic sound.)
Questions asked:
Talk about your life growing up, and how your work was influenced by your childhood.
How did you transition from English/American Studies to photography?
Tell me about the formation of the department.
Why Milwaukee?
What was the environment like in Milwaukee for experimental media at the time?
Who were some of the people who played a pivotal role in the department's development?
Were students initially interested in making experimental work?
How has the film scene changed in the city since then?
What are you currently working on?
How do your family members feel about your representation of them in your work? Has your photographic practice impacted or interfered with your personal relationships?
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