Photo Diary List

Hi Guys,

Today is a workday in photography. I will also be demonstrating how to compose the photo book. Here is a list of the assignments and number of photographs that need to be included.

1. PORTRAIT OF A PLACE / shot in style of Walker Evans or William Eggleston / 5 photos out of 36 / must be in color
2. PORTRAIT OF PERSON AND POSSESSIONS / shot in style of Jason Travis / 2 photos (one of person and one of possessions) / color
3. DIRECT LOOK / shot in style of Yo Imae (dark background, direct look of subject, no smile) / 1 photo / black and white
4. PERSON BEFORE AND AFTER / shot in style of Rineke Dijkstra (subject before and after something on a background that is related but simple...think planes of color) / 2 photos / color
5. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE AT WORK / shot in style of Lewis Hine (subject and machine look to be one, someone you don't know working) / 1 photo / black and white
6. PERSONALITY PORTRAIT / shot in style of Richard Avedon (no smile, direct stare, white background and optional black border like Avedon) / 1 photo / black and white
7. STORY / DIGNITY PORTRAIT / shot in the style of Diane Arbus (shoot a person you don't know that has character and a story to tell...find out their story and include in photo to give dignity) / 1 photo / black and white or color
8. STAGE / shot in the style of Eugene Atget (look for a stage and actors coming in and out) / 1 photo / black and white or color
9. DECISIVE MOMENT HUNTING / shot in the style of Henri Cartier Bresson (hunt for the decisive moment...set up shot in an interesting composition and wait - look for layers of geometry) / 1 photo / black and white
10. PEOPLE AT PLAY OR MOTION / shot in style of Henri Cartier Bresson / 1 photo / black and white
11. BUSY AND QUIET / shot in the style of George Tice (shoot a place that is busy and shoot again while quiet) / 2 photos / black and white
12. PERSPECTIVES OF AN OBJECT / shot in the style of Edward Wesson (shoot 10 perspectives of an object) / 5 photos / black and white

Please have these printed out and bound into a book for your final. You will also need a digital copy of these images. Have them on a stick in a folder labeled with your name. These will be archived for the art department and you if you ever need them.

Thursday, Dec. 1

Please have your rough for Thursday printed out and ready to go in your job folder. If you don't have your photos done please have a box to mark where a photo will be placed in the layout. Have this ready to go for Thursday.

Final Assignment

FINAL ASSIGNMENT - Pick a photographer from this website....http://www.mocp.org/collections/mpp/. These are contemporary photographers working in the field of art photography. Please look through these and pick a photographer to mimic that shoots in a similar style of a subject that you would like to explore. Please be sure to write your design summary as an artist statement that mimics this site. You will turn in two photographs with your negatives and contact sheet for this final. It will be due at the time of the final slot for the class. We will critique only one image from these two assignments (best of story assignment and or best of landscape) during the final time slot. Also be thinking about getting your images around for the photo diary. I will have a complete list of photographs to put in there after break. HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE THANKSGIVING! I'm thankful for my camera and hopefully after this class you are too. Do yourself a favor and shoot your thanksgiving or what you are thankful for over break. (this is not a homework assignment...just something to remind yourself of how lucky you are:) Take care!

NEWS BULLETIN!!!

Hey guys!

BAD NEWS! The photo house is currently without heat. The facilities management has been called is looking into it but not sure if they can get the heat on over the weekend. Due to this our assignment has been postponed because I can't get new chemicals to replace old ones until the week after Thanksgiving. So in other words...you will have two assignments due at finals. This one of landscape (realized and abstracted) and your final assignment. I'm going to introduce this on Monday so if you would like you can shoot over break and following week. I'm sorry this not the ideal way to do this assignment but only way that we can get this done before break. We will be meeting in the resource room in the art department (walk in the art department past the gallery this is the room on the left past the cases with the ceramic pots in them. This is just so the facilities workers can work over there if they have to without dodging students. Again...thanks for your understanding and I'll see you on Monday.

Wednesday, Nov. 16th

Wednesday will be one last work day for us. Make sure that you come to class ready to print and work in the lab. See you then!

New Project - Landscape

PHOTO PROJECT 3 - Realized and Abstracted Landscape

This photo project is to get you thinking about the macro (large environment / vistas) and the micro (small environment / intimate). You will be expected to turn in two photographs one realistic landscape and one abstracted landscape / contact sheet / film. This will be due in class on the Monday, Nov. 21st.

Here are a few examples of the abstracted landscape







Here are some contemporary examples of artistic landscape photography











Here are some clips that we are going to discuss in class on Monday. Please watch these...
Ansel Adams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb394OmUoD0
Ansel Adams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MmykbMTvDM&feature=related
Robert Adams - http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/robert-adams

Monday, Nov. 7th

PHOTO DIARY / IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Shoot the portrait of a place in the style of William Eggleston / Walker Evans. You need 36 exposures. You can edit as you shoot on this assignment. Come prepared to bring these photos to class on Monday. We will be looking over them in class. Bring both your cameras to class on Monday we will be starting shooting the next assignment next week but for this weekend enjoy no homework:) See you Monday!

One more thing, I just finished grading your folders. You can pick them up outside my office door anytime you are in the PAC.

Here is an interesting video on William Eggleston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OuILnb3GE8