Lucas Blalock ’02 Interviewed in To Be Magazine
Lucas Blalock ’02. Photo by Gertraud Presenhuber. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich/New York
Lucas Blalock ’02, assistant professor of photography at Bard College, was interviewed in To Be Magazine. In conversation with Jasime Penman, Blalock discusses the interplay between new technologies and photography, his thoughts on meme culture, and what it’s like to teach in the same program where he once studied as a student. “In 2009, when I started leaning into working with Photoshop in a more evident way, photography had really great boundaries,” Blalock told Penman. “It was clear what was a photograph and what wasn’t a photograph, and it just wasn’t nearly as porous as it has become. As the technology changed, the potentials of my practice changed along with it, all the way up to the present. The markers I can pinpoint are digital printing, Photoshop, the smartphone and Instagram, and now, AI.”
When asked about what it is like teaching at the school where he studied, Blalock said, “I was thrilled to get the position. Bard has an amazing photography program and there are so many great artists who teach there. I was happy about it, but I don’t think I was ready for the level of uncanniness of teaching in a room I used to study in or being in the darkroom that I’d spent so many hours in.”
Post Date: 07-29-2025
When asked about what it is like teaching at the school where he studied, Blalock said, “I was thrilled to get the position. Bard has an amazing photography program and there are so many great artists who teach there. I was happy about it, but I don’t think I was ready for the level of uncanniness of teaching in a room I used to study in or being in the darkroom that I’d spent so many hours in.”
Post Date: 07-29-2025