C.R.I.T.: Eric Dietrich

Monday, March 4, 2013

Eric Dietrich: U.S. Naval War College

Eric Dietrich served in the United States Marine Corps from 2001 - 2005 before taking up photography. In 2008, he attended the New England School of Photography studying photojournalism and started working for himself in 2009. In October of 2010 he began working for the U.S. Navy as a mass communication specialist and then became the staff photographer for the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Eric writes, "I worked at the U.S. Naval War College as a staff photographer for much of 2012 and during that time I photographed a number of guest speakers. As I sorted through them later, it occurred to me that I could put together a small collection. Some of the photos are of the style that, if they were of a politician or celebrity, might have graced the pages of a newspaper. In others I tried to capture moments that one might overlook. Altogether, I tried to display a facet of military life that people might never know existed."

NEWPORT, R.I. (Oct. 23, 2012) Adm. James Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command and supreme allied commander, Europe, addresses students from the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) and Senior Enlisted Academy during a visit to the NWC. Above him is a photo of Stavridis with Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 8, 2012) U.S. Naval War College (NWC) Professor Emeritus Porter Halyburton holds up a photo of his wife and daughter during a lecture at the NWC about his time as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Halyburton was held captive for seven years in a number of prisons, including the infamous “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Hanoi Hilton.” (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 10, 2012) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Juan Garcia III addresses sailors and Marines during an all-hands meeting at the U.S. Naval War College. Garcia spoke about the 21st Century Sailor and Marine program and the future of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 23, 2012) Audience members listen to Swanee Hunt, the Eleanor Roosevelt lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, deliver her lecture “Inclusive Security: Vital or Vacuous?” at the U.S. Naval War College. Hunt spoke about the importance of including women in security and peace processes. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

NEWPORT, R.I. (August 29, 2012) Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff and 1997 U.S. Naval War College (NWC) alum, speaks to international students at the NWC. Kawano visited the NWC as part of a weeklong tour of the United States as a guest of the U.S. Navy chief of naval operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 18, 2012) Retired Air Force Master Sgt. John Almeida, 91, is recognized as the oldest service member present during the Air Force’s 65th birthday celebration at the U.S. Naval War College. Almeida is a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich/Released)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

C.R.I.T 6/5/11

Sam Quinn is doing a study on space with industrial landscapes in 4x5 black & white Polaroid and color negatives. Sam likes the instant gratification of Polaroid, but has the intention to primarily shoot this project in color. He also showed portraits in a deadpan style, and his signature typewriter shots which involve photographing a typed message and the machine.

Eddy Pula has been shooting with a twin lens medium format camera. He wanted to change up the format from his usual 4x5 aspect ratio. Quickly after switching to digital, he concluded, "Digital equals instant disappointment". Eddy's next logical format was the square, so he could have more shots than a 4x5 camera would allow, but still not the disappointment of digital.
Eddy... critiqued himself, and also accepted others' feedback of course. He has been shooting portraits, his muse as of late being Puffer's Pond in Western Massachusetts. Eddy said that he has been trying to divide his space in the photographs into thirds, and focus more on the background and foreground. An avid street photographer, Eddy has usually stuck to photographing centered subjects, with most of the focus on the individuals.

Eric Dietrich is enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and is a documentary photographer for them. He has been photographing Naval events as his day job, photographing a list of required shots. Once the list has been met, he shoots photos that express his artistic expression. The Navy has strict rules about no editing. Some of his photographs were changed from color to black & white, which is considered editing to the Navy. He did this for his own personal use. The photographs he shoots for himself are images that the Navy may not desire because of aspects that are imperfect; i.e. motion blurs, creative cropping, shooting from unconventional vantage-points. This all caused us to question the ownership of his photographs, and what that means for his work. The Navy owns his work, but he gets credit for it. Eric is shipping off to Afghanistan at the end of July.

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