Tuesday, April 28, 2009

How did the project go?

Please write a brief description regarding your experience with the project give over the break!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Image Exercise

As we begin to explore the power of images, over the vacation capture images that best demonstrate your life taking into consideration some of the genres we discussed:
People (friends, family, job) , Landscapes, Places, Objects
* Staged Photography
* Still Photography

Be prepared to present/discuss your images after vacation.


** Also, based on our discussion of contemporary photographers in class, you will profile a contemporary photographer and talk about their body of work.

VIK MUNIZ: KEITH
ANDREAS GURSKY: BRITTANY
SALLY MANN: TERESA
DAVID LACHAPELL: MADSON
NIKKI S LEE: ERIC
NAN GOLDIN: NICOLE
CINDY SHERMAN: PRISCILLA
PHILIP-LORCA DICORCIA:DAN
WEEGEE: BRENDAN
HERB RITTS: EDDIE
HYPE WILLIAMS: BLISS

CREATE IN GOOGLE DOCS:
IMAGES
* WHO IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER: WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL?
* LINKS:WEBSITES
* LINKS:VIDEOS
*ANY OTHER INFO YOU FIND INTERESTING

Resources:
International Center of Photography
VIDEOS ON PHOTOGRAPHY
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Contemporary Photography Blog #1
Contemporary Photography Blog #2
Ms. V's Photoblog
MOMA Photography
Memorable Photographers

SOME PHOTOGRAPHERS TO LOOK AT:
Tina BARNEY
http://mocoloco.com/art/barney_jill_polly_dec_06.jpg

Andre Gursky
gursky99cent.jpg image by americansuburbx

David LaChapelle

Friday, April 3, 2009

Shepard Fairey & WGBH

In preparation for our field trip on Thursday April 9th this weekend gather information about your subject and you will present your findings:

Nicole: WGBH
Madson: Shepard Fairey
Dan: WGBH
Eric: WGBH
Brendan: Shepard Fairey
Keith: Shepard Fairey
Bliss: Shepard Fairey
Eddie: WGBH
Pricilla: ICA
Teresa: WGBH
Brittney: ICA

Some helpful resources:
http://obeygiant.com/
http://www.icaboston.org/
http://www.wgbh.org/


Presentations must be in "power point" format
At least 5 slides (more won't hurt)!
Topics to cover: History of organization/artist, shows featured, additional programs, controversy and any other topics you find of interest.
You must include pictures, text, links, and examples of subject.
These presentations and power points will be graded starting Monday.