Photography

As a senior graduating in design with an emphasis in photography, Mario Alcauter knows that a great photo is all about perspective.

The lens of a camera does an incredible job of capturing the most nuanced detail within the scope of its frame. However, even the most sophisticated lens has limitations when compared to the human eye. BYU Professor Paul Adams found the same is true when taking on a seemingly straight forward photography assignment: there is often more than what you had expected to see through the lens.

Paul Adams, professor of photography, will be speaking Wednesday, Jan. 12, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

“Bill Owens: Suburbia,” a new exhibition at the Museum of Art, is a sly photographic study of suburban life in the 1970s — the second generation of the post-war suburban movement. This exhibition of 65 black and white photographs subtly illustrates the incongruities of a consumer culture that has culminated in the American lifestyle of the 21st century.