How do photographers explore the concepts of home and identity? See 5 examples of photographers who explored this theme.

1. A Mini-Unit

2. Describe your home in 3 sentences. You
can write about where it is, the spaces in it,
or how it makes you feel.

3. This coming Tuesday, at the Addison
Gallery, we will look at 2 exhibits:
1. Laurie Simmons: In and Around the
House
2. Walls and Beams, Rooms and Dreams:
Images of Home

4. As artists, we are ready to GO DEEPER.
For the past couple of months, you have
learned all about the technical and aesthetic
aspects of photography. Art is MORE than
that. It’s about communicating ideas and
telling stories.
You will see how the artists featured at the
Addison Gallery do that, and you will do it
too.

5. What do we
consider “home”?
Is home a place?
Is home where you
live now or where
you are from?
Is home a person
or group of people?
Can we feel at
home no matter
where we are?

6. What spaces in our homes are special,
meaningful, bring us peace- our OURS?
or
What spaces in our homes are sad, scary,
lonely, bring us challenges?

7. How can one’s home
shape one’s identity?
Of course, we’ll be doing this
through photography.

8. In class today, you’ll be using the chrome
books to complete a WebQuest (a guided
internet search) to explore how other
photographers made pictures in their or
other people’s homes.
For each webpage you explore, you will
answer some guiding questions. This is
located on the back of today’s handout.

9. 1. Look on page 2 of your handout for a url
which will bring you to an online version
of this slideshow.
2. Advance to slide 10, where you will begin
your WebQuest.
---click on the hyperlinks to go to webpages.
---answer the questions in your guided notes
sheet

10. William Eggleston is considered the
“Father of Color Photography” because of
his saturated color images from the mid-
20th Century (1960’s +).
Look at his images on the next slide and
answer the questions about his work on
your handout.

12. Click below to learn more about William
Eggelston.
William Eggelston Influences

13. Robert Polidori photographed houses in
New Orleans in 2005 after Hurricane
Katrina.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2006/09/
21/arts/20060922_FLOO_SLIDESHOW_5.h
tml

14. Look at the first image in this article about
Photo-journalist, Mary Ellen Mark.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/mary-
ellen-mark/

15. In his Where Children Sleep series,
Mollison explores children’s rooms from
around the world.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archi
ve/2011/08/where-children-sleep-a-round-
the-world-tour-of-bedrooms/243303/