Syllabus for Elementary and High School
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Objectives:
1. To learn about nine different famous photographers.
2. To practice taking different types of photographic images.
Elementary Requirements:
Review photographer information.
Learn about a type of photographic image.
Practice taking photos with that type of image in mind.
High School Requirements:
Review photographer information.
Write a one page paper about the photographer.
Look for scrapbook images of similar works by other photographers.
Explain the connections in scrapbook.
Practice taking 3-5 photos with the lesson in mind.
Lesson 1: Ansel Adams - Landscapes
Lesson 2: Annie Leibovitz, Yousef Karsh - Portraits
Lesson 3: Jay Maisal - Spontaneous Images, color, shapes and light
Lesson 4: Carlos Tarrats - Still Life Photos
Lesson 5: Dorothea Lange - Americana - theme work it to exhaustion
Lesson 6: Brassai - Everyday life
Lesson 7: Jules Shulman, Andrew Prolos - Architectural Photography
Lesson 8: Andy Rouse, Sharon Montrose - Animal Photography
Lesson 9: Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall - Narrative Photography
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Create a photograph that is based on a well known narrative or story. Your photograph can be based on either:
The idea is that when our brains process images, we automatically cross reference our ideas against cultural constructs, more specifically stories handed down over generations. You can see this, when thinkers like Freud and Jung, claim the "Oedipal Complex" or the "Electra Complex" which are based on the stories or "narratives" handed down, in those cases, from Greek Mythology. So I am asking you to make an image that is loosely or tightly, based on a myth, or well known narrative or fairytale, it can also be based on a previous work of art. You see this all the time in art, i.e. art that references previous works of art.
The goal of the image is not necessarily to achieve a realistic or faithful reproduction of a narrative story, but to achieve a metaphorical or allegorical re-interpretation of one. Think of it like quoting a famous fictional narrative but doing so subtly.
Turning it in:
Due date: Finals Week
1. To learn about nine different famous photographers.
2. To practice taking different types of photographic images.
Elementary Requirements:
Review photographer information.
Learn about a type of photographic image.
Practice taking photos with that type of image in mind.
High School Requirements:
Review photographer information.
Write a one page paper about the photographer.
Look for scrapbook images of similar works by other photographers.
Explain the connections in scrapbook.
Practice taking 3-5 photos with the lesson in mind.
Lesson 1: Ansel Adams - Landscapes
Lesson 2: Annie Leibovitz, Yousef Karsh - Portraits
Lesson 3: Jay Maisal - Spontaneous Images, color, shapes and light
Lesson 4: Carlos Tarrats - Still Life Photos
Lesson 5: Dorothea Lange - Americana - theme work it to exhaustion
Lesson 6: Brassai - Everyday life
Lesson 7: Jules Shulman, Andrew Prolos - Architectural Photography
Lesson 8: Andy Rouse, Sharon Montrose - Animal Photography
Lesson 9: Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall - Narrative Photography
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Create a photograph that is based on a well known narrative or story. Your photograph can be based on either:
- a myth (popular, cultural, literary, or urban),
- a fairytale,
- a famous scene from a movie,
- a famous work of art (like a famous painting or sculpture),
The idea is that when our brains process images, we automatically cross reference our ideas against cultural constructs, more specifically stories handed down over generations. You can see this, when thinkers like Freud and Jung, claim the "Oedipal Complex" or the "Electra Complex" which are based on the stories or "narratives" handed down, in those cases, from Greek Mythology. So I am asking you to make an image that is loosely or tightly, based on a myth, or well known narrative or fairytale, it can also be based on a previous work of art. You see this all the time in art, i.e. art that references previous works of art.
The goal of the image is not necessarily to achieve a realistic or faithful reproduction of a narrative story, but to achieve a metaphorical or allegorical re-interpretation of one. Think of it like quoting a famous fictional narrative but doing so subtly.
Turning it in:
Due date: Finals Week
