{"id":2280,"date":"2016-03-08T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/professor-rekindles-love-of-photography-during-sabbatical-in-rome\/"},"modified":"2020-10-13T18:30:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T18:30:47","slug":"professor-rekindles-love-of-photography-during-sabbatical-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/professor-rekindles-love-of-photography-during-sabbatical-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Rekindles Love of Photography During Sabbatical in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little over a year ago, Thea Scott-Fundling<\/a> found a box of 35mm film negatives that had been packed away for decades. What developed surprised her. The associate professor of interior design at Marymount University realized the shots\u00a0\u0096\u00a0ranging from portraits to landscapes to architectural space and form \u0096 were very good.<\/p>\n

\u0093And what made them so good was how obvious it was that the images came from a place of pure inspiration and fun,\u0094 Scott-Fundling said.<\/p>\n

She remembered the fun she once had of shooting and developing images.<\/p>\n

\u0093It is just a fleeting second of discovery through the camera lens when the shutter clicks. That is then further investigated in the darkroom when developing black and white prints,\u0094 she explained.<\/p>\n

After that, she got out her old camera and began taking pictures on film again.<\/p>\n

\u0093This is something I loved and missed,\u0094 she said, noting that she earned a bachelor\u0092s degree in art from the University of Texas before getting her master\u0092s degree in architecture. \u0093Once I went to architecture school, I boxed up all my photography stuff and put it away. As an architect, architecture is all you do.\u0094<\/p>\n

The timing of the film negatives discovery was perfect: She was looking to reinvigorate the \u0093passion for looking and seeing\u0094 that she had 30 years earlier.<\/p>\n

\u0093It was obvious that the passion I held when I took those photos spilled over into all the things I pursued at that time, including art, architecture and design,\u0094 she said.<\/p>\n

So when Scott-Fundling went on sabbatical in Rome this past semester, she rented a dark room and used photography to help her explore Italian architecture, particularly its interstitial space.<\/p>\n

\u0093This is the space, between the interior and the exterior, where the drama of life can take place in unplanned ceremony,\u0094 she explained.<\/p>\n

She recorded spaces in black and white, color film, and digital photography. She especially liked the black and white film.<\/p>\n

\u0093I like the slowness of the medium, the way you have to think about things like changing for the lighting,\u0094 she said. \u0093It\u0092s a more purposeful act. I think you see more and the composition becomes much more visual. It\u0092s so much fun that I\u0092m going to do it for the rest of my life.\u0094<\/p>\n

Other highlights of the sabbatical included being a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome, a short stay with the British School at Rome, and several lectures on sustainability. Because of visa restrictions limiting her time in Italy, she also traveled to the United Kingdom, where she spent a few weeks in London and went on a driving tour.<\/p>\n

\u0093It was great,\u0094 she said. \u0093Not only was I immersed in Italian culture but I was in a community filled with a lot of interdisciplinary discussion and learning.\u0094<\/p>\n

Scott-Fundling\u0092s confident the sabbatical will help her teaching.<\/p>\n

\u0093I\u0092m a designer and also an architect,\u0094 she said. \u0093I draw on different disciplines. This semester I\u0092m teaching furniture design.\u0094<\/p>\n

She\u0092ll show her students Italian modern and Italian historic designs and explain the context of the place where this type of furniture came from. She also teaches a studio class for seniors, where she draws on her time abroad.<\/p>\n

\u0093The whole experience was very enriching,\u0094 she said. \u0093I wanted to change. I wanted to change my trajectory. I\u0092m not sure it would have been as enriching if I hadn\u0092t gone away and immersed myself in a different culture.\u0094<\/p>\n

The inspiration remains.<\/p>\n

\u0093Already as I begin to return to photography as an art form and method of research I\u0092m feeling the benefits of this exploration in my personal creative practice,\u0094 she said. \u0093Pursuing something purely for the sake of individual discovery has re-ignited my creative energy toward all of these passions.\u0094<\/p>\n

\nPhoto captions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo 1<\/strong>
\nThea Scott-Fundling, an associate professor of interior design at Marymount University, during her fall sabbatical in Italy.<\/p>\n

Photo 2<\/strong>
\nScott-Fundling rented a darkroom to develop 35mm film negatives and to print black-and-white pictures during her time in Italy.<\/p>\n

Photo 3<\/strong>
\n\u0093I like the slowness of the medium, the way you have to think about things like changing for the lighting,\u0094 Scott-Fundling said of photographing with film.<\/p>\n

Photo 4<\/strong>
\nScott-Fundling was particularly interested in Italian architecture\u0092s interstitial space. \u0093This is the space, between the interior and the exterior, where the drama of life can take place in unplanned ceremony,\u0094 she explained.
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