Monday August 24
Read the page on Aaron Siskind, American Photographer http://www.theartstory.org/artist-siskind-aaron-artworks.htm#pnt_2 You will be assigned one of Aaron Siskind’s works from the PowerPoint slides (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_QsthL8MKZatX_OWKLEyVwBdb96DQvaA/view?usp=sharing). For your blog, post the photograph. Record the title, date and medium. After having read about Siskind, in what category would you place this work? Abstraction? Documentary? Describe the content and describe the composition.
| Monday August 24 Read the page on Aaron Siskind, American Photographer http://www.theartstory.org/artist-siskind-aaron-artworks.htm#pnt_2 You will be assigned one of Aaron Siskind’s works from the Aaron Siskind slide page. For your blog, post the photograph. Record the title date and location. After having read about Siskind, in what category would you place this work? Abstraction? Documentary? Describe the content and describe the composition. |
| Wednesday August 26 Choose a portrait that you think is particularly effective and explain why you chose it. Post the example with a full citation on your blog. |
| Richard Avedon: Portfolio, the American West http://www.richardavedon.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=7&a=0&at=0 |
| Gertrude Kasabier http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1950/gertrude-ksebier-american-1852-1934/ |
| Seydou Keita http://www.seydoukeitaphotographer.com/en/photographs/ |
| Irving Penn https://www.irvingpenn.org |
| Monday August 31 |
| Post 4 texture shots to your blog. What were the criteria you used to narrow your selection down to these four? |
| Comment on your classmates textures (from the list of students choose the name directly below yours. If yours is the last name, choose the top name)– What would make a good example of a large abstract painting or print (larger than 6 feet)? Which ones would make good examples for a small series of two or three miniatures (10 inches or less)? Are there examples that are good compositions that fit neither category – large format or miniature? |
| Wednesday September 2 |
| From the artists listed choose two examples of depth of field. Find one example of short depth of field. Post it to your blog. Find one example of long depth of field. Post it to your blog. In both, analyze the strengths of the composition and describe how the artist’s choice for depth of field contributes to the composition. Be sure to credit the artist under each photograph. |
| Diane Arbus: http://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/ Saïdou Dicko, La Bouilloire (The Tea Kettle), 2014. © Saïdou Dicko. Courtesy of ARTCO Gallery, Aachen, Global Photography p. 161 Google Books https://www.google.com/books/edition/Global_Photography/hmfqDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Dicko Robert Frank: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/robert-frank-the-americans#slideshow Walker Evans: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/evan/hd_evan.htm Paul Strand: http://www.metmuseum.org – search for paul strand |
| Monday September 7 (Labor Day) |
| Look at the examples of photographic commentary on child labor provided by photographers Roberto Romano and Lewis Hine. Find another example online of an artist or organization documenting a similar concern today either in photography or video. Post a link to the site. Explain what made the work effective in communicating its message. |
| Roberto Romano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFGLqkDnSVI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwMFYqmHI5g Lewis Hine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqEBO3Fimek |
| Wednesday September 9 |
| 1. Post your best short depth of field and best long depth of field portraits with captions and brief descriptions of the assignment. 2. LUAG Blog. Screen copy one of the images that is a particularly exceptional treatment of The Motion of Light in Water. Cite the artist, title, date and medium. Briefly describe the content and composition. How did the artist approach motion in this photograph? |
| Monday September 14 |
| Find a good Photoshop tutorial for your level and include the URL in your blog with a full citation and a summary of what you learned. Include a snapshot of a sample file if relevant. |
| Wednesday September 16 |
| Post an example of motion blur photography with a full citation from the first link. From the second link, list techniques to try to avoid having too much light when you use long shutter speeds. 45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/24/45-beautiful-motion-blur-photos/ http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-capture-motion-blur-in-photography |
| Monday September 21 |
| Gallery blog: Choose a street photograph from the LUAG collection in Maginnes Hall that is particularly strong. If you cannot be onsite, go online to Lehigh University Art Galleries, Current Exhibitions, Taking it to the Streets. Post your selected image to the blog with a full citation. Write a description of the photograph and an analysis of the composition. Why did you choose this piece? |
| Wednesday September 23 |
| Choose an example of street photography from one of these artists and describe the qualities that make it unique as a type of photography. Post the example to your blog with a full citation. Gary Winogrand http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1834 http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Garry-Winogrand.html Joel Meyerwitz https://www.joelmeyerowitz.com/index.html Gerd Ludwig http://www.gerdludwig.com |
| Monday September 28 |
| Upload 3 samples of your work from the water project with a brief description of the assignment and process |
| Wednesday September 30 |
| 1. Upload your street photographs with a brief description of the assignment and process. 2. Comment on 2 of your peer’s water photographs. Don”t comment on anything that already has two comments. |
| Monday October 5 |
| Each of these artists sets up full–scale tableaux to shoot. Some composite multiple shots. Choose an example from one of the artists to describe and interpret. Post the example to your blog and provide a full citation. Read biographies and artists statements or watch videos when provided to get an understanding of the artist’s background and concepts. Use this information to help you with our interpretation. Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison Amazing Surreal Work from Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison: https://fstoppers.com/portraits/amazing-surreal-work-robert-shana-parkeharrison-4009 Wang Qingsong, Competition, 2004 http://www.wangqingsong.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=16 Joel Peter Witkin http://www.ethertongallery.com/html/artist_detail.php?recordID=10 Jeff Wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yG2k4C4zrU http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/magazine/25Wall.t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Cindy Sherman http://www.cindysherman.com |
| Wednesday October 7 (Blog part 1 due) |
| Choose one example from an artist on this list and describe/analyze the strengths of the composition and lighting. Post the example to your blog with a full citation. Ansel Adams: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/262553 http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/262589 Harry Callahan: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/267362 http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/266590 Edward Weston: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/286226 http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/285784 |
| Monday October 12 |
| What can you take away from these series as inspiration for book ideas? Brainstorm some possible directions you might take as a result of seeing these examples – even though you don’t have the same resources (helicopter and pilots in Laforet’s case) or live in the same era as in the other two examples. https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/henri-cartier-bresson-the-decisive-moment https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/then-they-came-for-me-incarceration-of-japanese-americans-during-world-war-ii AIR Vincent Laforet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnS3HDB9BiM |
| Wednesday October 14 |
| Each of these artists creates a set and photographs miniatures using the principles of tabletop photography. Choose an example from one of the artists and describe/analyze the qualities that make the work strong. Post the example to your blog with a full citation. Lori Nix http://www.lorinix.net Four Artist Have the Same Idea with Mini Figurines http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/10/four-artists-have-same-big-idea-with.html Julia Fullerton-batten Teenage Stories Miniature Villages and Teenage Girls Bike Accident 2005: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/2491004588/lightbox/ http://www.juliafullerton-batten.com James Casabere http://jamescasebere.com Paolo Ventura’s Winter Stories at Spoleto 2011 on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/24599999 http://www.paoloventura.com Matthew Albanese http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/19/a-behind-the-scenes-glimpse-of-matthew-albaneses-magical-miniature-worlds/ |
| Monday October 19 |
| Well, Well, Well: Picturing Wellness from the LUAG Collection in Fairchild Martindale Study Gallery and Rausch Business Center. Post an image from the collection in your blog that captures the exhibition concept statement. Include a full citation and description of your choice. |
| Wednesday October 21 |
| Choose one photographer and select one photograph that captures a moment of the Civil Rights Movement. Describe the content and explain what makes the photograph so effective. Include the photograph in your blog with a full citation. Bruce Davidson https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_4&VBID=24PVHKKA2L9HD&IID=2K1HRGPD1IXK&PN=2 Charles Moore Photographer of the Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 79. Claire O’Neill. March 16, 2010. Photo Stories from NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/03/charles_moore.html Danny Lyon. Civil Rights Series. Jackson Fine Art. http://www.jacksonfineart.com/danny-lyon-910.html 10 Essential Civil Rights Movement Photographers. Caroline Stanley. January 16, 2012. http://www.flavorwire.com/249320/10-essential-civil-rights-movement-photographers |
| Monday October 26 |
| Doing Democracy: Photography from the George Stephanopoulos Collection – Luag Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center Take notes from the wall label and in your own words, describe the content recorded in the image you select. What is the significance of this image and how has the photographer framed the event? |
| Wednesday October 28 |
| Maplethorpe, Mann and Serrano produced bodies of work that were highly controversial when they were exhibited. Choose one example that might be controversial and describe both sides of the controversy. Post the example with a full citation on your blog. Robert Mapplethorpe http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mapplethorpelinks.html Sally Mann http://sallymann.com/selected-works http://sallymann.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Extended-Bio.pdf http://voices.yahoo.com/sally-manns-immediate-family-unflinching-unafraid-100113.html?cat=9 Andreas Serrano http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/18/andres-serrano-piss-christ-shock http://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_thumbnail.asp?aid=424202827&gid=424202827&cid=121254&works_of_art=1 http://www.artnet.com/awc/andres-serrano.html |
| Monday November 2 |
| Choose one example from each artist and briefly describe their contributions to documentary photography. Post the examples to your blog with full citations. Sebastião Salgado https://www.artsy.net/artist/sebastiao-salgado/works?period=1990 Robert Capa http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353 http://www.skylighters.org/photos/robertcapa.html Richard Mosse, Rebel, Rebel, 2012, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York https://www.artsy.net/artwork/richard-mosse-rebel-rebel-1 |
| Wednesday November 4 |
| Choose a photograph from one of these film photographers to describe and analyze. What qualities drew you to this photograph? What makes it relevant today to a digital artist? Include a copy of the photograph in your blog with a full citation. Henri Cartier Bresson: https://www.artsy.net/artist/henri-cartier-bresson Imogen Cunningham: https://www.artsy.net/artist/imogen-cunningham Alfred Stieglitz: https://www.artsy.net/artist/alfred-stieglitz |
| Monday November 9 |
| Choose an example from this list or find an HDR example online that you think is both strong compositionally and is processed well. Post it to your blog with a full citation and a description of the strengths you see. 35 Fantastic HDR Pictures http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/10/35-fantastic-hdr-pictures/ |
| Wednesday November 11 |
| Choose an example from Greenfield’s “Thin” series or Mary Ellen Mark’s “Ward 81” to describe and interpret. Post the example with a full citation on your blog. Lauren Greenfield: Thin, Lauren Greenfield, Joan Jacobs Brumberg. http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Lauren-Greenfield/dp/081185633X/ref=la_B001JS6DTO_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1357161181&sr=1-2 Mary Ellen Mark. Ward 81 http://www.maryellenmark.com/books/titles/ward_81/300B-026-13A_ward81_520.html |
| Monday November 16 |
| Upload your time-lapse to the blog or an excerpt from it. |
| Wednesday November 18 |
| List one example that really captures the look of toy photography and briefly describe the technique used to get that effect. Post the example with a full citation on your blog. 50 Beautiful Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/16/beautiful-examples-of-tilt-shift-photography/ |
| Monday November 30 |
| Upload the url and pdfs from your book project with a summary of your research and process |
| Wednesday December 2 |
| Comment on two of your classmates books Blog 2 due Friday |