For your second shooting assignment, you will shoot a roll of film that documents what you find the most haunting, fascinating, unbelievable, or beautiful about the night, and about darkness. How do you photograph darkness? By using slow exposures and experimental lighting of course!
Below is a collection of photographers who embrace darkness, and take pictures of interesting phenomena they find at night. Some of them actually go out at night and photograph what they find. Some of them create interesting set-ups using light sources like TV screens, car headlights, and flashlights. Take a look at the slideshow below for inspiration:
Your handout on your master photographer must include the following:
1) At least three examples of his/her work, with titles and dates of each work. 2) Title (name of photographer) 3) Responses to all questions on the assignment sheet below. Break up hand-out into three sections: "Major Contributions, Biographical Info, and Origins and Influences." 4) Three works cited sources, typed in the format specified in the assignment sheet below. 5) Your name. 6) Your handout should use two pages, using both the back and front of the paper.
The handout will be graded according to the following criteria:
1) Ability to research and translate information into your own words, (no plagiarism! use your own words and thoughts, this is not a cut-and-paste operation!) 2) Sufficient research and response to all questions, inclusion of three images, titles/dates, and works sited. 3) Clarity in layout. Organize the images, text, and categories neatly, (consider how newspapers are organized!) 4) Legibility- information has been typed, correct spelling and grammar. 5) 25 copies! Make your own, or submit handout Thursday for me to make copies for Friday!
Below is a student presentation on the photographer/artist Gabriel Orozco
Your powerpoint must include the following: 1) Title Page with your name & master photographer's name 2) Five works, each filling entire space of one slide, (low resolution imagery only please!) Include titles and dates of each work on the slide! 3) Simple notes or interesting quotes/fatcs, avoid too many words! We have a handout for the main info!
To turn in your powerpoint, you must email it to Mr. La Londe. Please make sure that you save it in the correct file format before attaching it to an email. Make sure it is a .ppt file and not a .pptx (or I won't be able to read it!)
Your next shooting assignment will be inspired by a master photographer. You will try to mimic that photographer's shooting style, work with similar subject matter, try similar compositional strategies, or even attempt to recreate his/her photographs.
First, you must choose a photographer you really like. It should be someone who photographs subjects that you like to photograph too, or has a style that you really like. Don't choose someone with a "cool" name or someone you haven't even looked at.
Choose your top three photographers from the list below. Take time to use the links below the list (in purple), or image browsers like google to really look at a lot of his/her work before making a final decision. No two people in class will be assigned the same photographer, so the earlier you tell me which photographers you like, the better your chances you'll get your first pick.
Tell me your top three picks, and I'll assign you one of them. Then, revisit the links below and print 5 or more examples of his/her work and store them in your sketchbook. You must also find the title of each photograph, and the date it was made.
