{"id":148,"date":"2020-06-08T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T14:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2020-06-08T10:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T14:17:34","slug":"klaus-schnitzer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/klaus-schnitzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Klaus Schnitzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column two-thirds\">\n<p>Professor, Art and Design<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A recent George Segal Gallery retrospective of Klaus Schnitzer\u2019s work, <em>Fifty Years of Inspiration and Impact: The Photographic Legacy of Klaus Schnitzer and His Students<\/em>, showcased images and captured testimonials reaching back a half century. As students described Schnitzer\u2019s influence, one word came up again and again: <em>think<\/em>. Since 1971, Schnitzer has been making art and photography students think \u2013 about everything from technical details to existential issues. \u201cProfessor Schnitzer provided me with a valuable lifelong tool in thinking and working with light and the creation of images,\u201d says Chad Mooney \u201914. For Bridget Laudien \u201907, \u201cKlaus was the one who taught me to think through my art, instead of making images for the sake of aesthetics. He approached the artistic end with the broadest of minds and a big heart.\u201d All agree: There was no faking it in Schnitzer\u2019s classes. \u201cHe called upon us to think beyond the technicalities that made a good photograph,\u201d according to Rex Thomas \u201912 MA. \u201cWe were asked to think about ourselves and why we make the art that we do. In the end, what I gained are the possibilities of what I could be as an artist, an educator and a person.\u201d Recalls Daryl Lancaster \u201977: \u201cKlaus Schnitzer was probably my most challenging professor. And the one that made me truly look at my work and never settle for mediocrity. Klaus Schnitzer taught me to see.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\"><figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/lasting-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/06\/030520_4169_CART-Klaus-Schnitzer.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/lasting-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/06\/030520_4169_CART-Klaus-Schnitzer.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Klaus Schnitzer\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":19,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/lasting-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}