Category Archives: The Photo Elective

Photo Elective • Applying Lipstick

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau of Tina Garceau! As I’ve written before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would shoot and process 35mm black and white … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Restoration, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Photo Elective • Denim and a Braid

Posted on March 3, 2024 by Joe

Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau of Tina Garceau! As I’ve written before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Femme Fatale

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Joe

Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve written before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Black and White and Read All Over

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Tina Garceau

Newsstand in the vicinity of 15th and Locust circa 1981. The Photo Elective All students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process black and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

17th and Walnut

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Tina Garceau

Here’s another Photo Elective shot taken of a reflection in a florist’s window in the vicinity of 17th and Walnut in downtown Philadelphia, PA. I took this photograph as a sophomore at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Photo Elective … Continue reading →

Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Old Homestead

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Joe

Here is a shot of my parents’ house in Westville, NJ that I took sometime during the Fall of 1982. The Sears branded SLR camera I shot this with was borrowed from my Father and was loaded with either a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Caturday

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Joe

This is a combination Caturday / Photo Elective post. Illustration majors at the school formerly known as The Philadelphia Collage of Art were required to take a photography elective where students would shoot 35mm film; process the film and make … Continue reading →

Posted in Caturday, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment