The Power of the Portrait:
Portraits, Self Portraits and Identity
Experiment with different layouts and designs.
Use black and white and colour, text, illustration, double exposure etc.
PROJECT 2
SKILLS AND CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
Deadline:
Fri 11 Nov
Complete a MINIMUM of 6 workshops with artists research, a photoshoot for each one and a series of edited outcomes and critical reflection.
Expressive Portraits
Research the work of Andy Gott and other portrait photographers who use different types of lighting.
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Experiment with facial expressions and how they show emotion.
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Use different lighting techniques to show how 'mood' is expressed through the lighting you use. Use the lighting guide to help you.
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
Self Portraits
Research the work of Cindy Sherman and other photographers who use themselves as their subject eg. self portraits
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Explore yourself as your own subject, creating alter egos and other strerotypical characters you have experienced.
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
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Typology
Research Typology in photography and set yourself a challenge to document 'types' of objects, architecture etc.
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You could document a collection you or someone you know may have.
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
Formal Elements
Research the formal elements of photography
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Base your photoshoots on Line, Texture, Pattern, Colour and shape.
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Create a series of abstract images that show all the different elements.
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
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Present your best images as you see here, together in grids
Creative Portraits
Using what you know about studio lighting and portraiture, explore the idea of creative portraiture.
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Use props, make up, Mirrors, unusual framing, pieces of magazine, bubble wrap and anything else you can think of.
Think about using different camera angles and other locations as well.
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
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Use my portraits
pinterest board
for ideas.
Typography in Portraits
Explore ideas surrounding typography and text in photography.
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Research the artists Shirin Neshat and consider how you could use words and text to create a narrative in your images.
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You could use poetry, lyrics from a song, a story, a social issue etc.
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
Light Graffiti/Trails
Research the technique of Light Graffiti or light trails and consider how you could interpret this technique.
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Use a tripod and different light sources, complete a series of images experimenting with these ideas.
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
Ordinary/Extraordinary
Research the Work of William Eggleston and Martin Parr.
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Analyse how they document their worlds, making ordinary objects and scenes, extraordinary.
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Consider your everyday lives and surroundings, composition and framing, camera angle and post production editing techniques
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
Reflections
How does water and reflective surfaces change an image?
Research reflections and find imagery and an artist that explores this idea. Artists like Vivien Maier, Lee Friedlander, Suzanne Saroff
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Consider, puddles, windows, rain, mirrors water in glasses/bottles/jars etc
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Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
The Female Gaze - Feminism in Photography
"Violence against Women and Girls is at Epidemic levels" and has been called the "shadow pandemic" by the World Health Organisation.
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We are currently experiencing a crisis of violence against women. This is calling into question accepted social structural establishments like the Police Force and Education.
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Looking at the world through a feminist lens can help to identify gender based issues and can also help to raise awareness.
Research the work of artists like Maisie Cousins and Barbara Kruger and other artists who explore Feminist themes in their work.
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Produce a photoshoot that expresses a feminist narrative that you feel strongly about.
Complete at least one photoshoot and Present your edited photoshoot with at least 6 of your best images larger with annotation and critical reflection.
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