The Self-Portrait Project document provides instructions for a class assignment to create a self-portrait that conveys more than just physical appearance. Students are directed to take at least 200 photos manually, showing their essence and identity rather than just how they look. They will select a final image to print and mat for a critique, and also submit a self-evaluation. The goal is for students to learn portraiture skills through self-portraiture that can be applied to portraits of others.
This document provides information and instructions for students to create a self-portrait inspired by famous artists and art movements. It introduces key artists such as Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and Pablo Picasso who worked in movements like Pop Art, Surrealism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, and Cubism. Students will choose two movements to research, select one to influence their own self-portrait, and provide a justification discussing the techniques used from the chosen movement and artist. The document includes examples of famous self-portraits, planning templates, and assessment criteria.
I will produce portraiture photography exploring themes of discovery. Subjects will pose with various expressions to depict discovering new aspects of themselves, ranging from depression to creativity. The photos could show viewers discovering peoples' lives and feelings. I will photograph my classmate Shania posing to represent being happy but sad inside and that not everyone is what they seem. I will also photograph my friend Alix posing for several images representing themes like being a child at heart and keeping things locked up. In post-production, I will dodge and burn photos, adjust levels and exposure, blur backgrounds, and modify contrasts and colors. When shooting, I will use a central vantage point, consistent camera settings depending on lighting, low key lighting with
The document proposes a portraiture photography project with the theme of discovery. The photographer will take images of subjects in various poses and expressions to convey discovering new things about oneself, ranging from depression to creativity. Influenced by Annie Leibovitz and Erik Almas, the images will be post-produced using dodging and burning to highlight areas. Two subjects, a classmate and friend, will be photographed in various poses suggesting themes like not judging by appearances. The images will be used in galleries, websites, and for a college presentation.
- Students chose photography genres and questions to explore for their Unit 3 personal study
- Exhibition details were discussed, including display setup and artist statements
- Additional volunteering opportunities were mentioned, including event photography
- Next steps included gathering research materials, visiting exhibitions, and creating moodboards over the summer
Portrait photography focuses on capturing the expression, personality, and mood of its human subject. We see portrait photographs everywhere, from family homes to magazine covers, showing both amateur photos as well as professional shots. Some famous portrait photographers mentioned include Robert Cornelius, who took one of the earliest photos of a human in 1839, as well as David Bailey, Mario Testino, Steve McCurry, and Jo McNally. When taking portrait photos, techniques like using long lenses, unusual angles, off-camera flash, backlighting, and finding silhouettes can help create striking portraits. It's also important to use a fast shutter speed and tripod to avoid blurry images from camera or subject movement.
David Hockney is a British artist born in 1937 who was an important contributor to pop art. He is known for his experimentation with photomontages in the 1970s and 1980s, creating collages from multiple photographs. The document discusses Hockney's technique of taking many close-up photos of a subject and arranging them to form a composite image. It also explains how modern photographers can create photomontages digitally using Photoshop.
This document provides an overview and schedule for an A2 photography course in June 2013. It outlines tasks for each week including completing a genres of photography handout, creating stop motion videos, and planning a summer photo project. Students will work on a personal investigation project and controlled assignment that make up their final A2 grade. The schedule also references a planned trip to Paris and technical workshops on night photography and skills. Genres of photography are defined and examples provided. Students are instructed to complete and submit the genres handout.
Cindy Sherman was born in 1954 in New York City. She is an American photographer known for using herself as a model to challenge images in popular culture and examine how women are viewed by society. Her early work featured herself in various costumes, but she later explored themes like pornography, Old Master paintings, and fairy tales. Sherman worked with photographers Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano and produced the disturbing yet funny Sex series in 1989 using medical dummies.
This document provides information and instructions for students to create a self-portrait inspired by famous artists and art movements. It introduces key artists such as Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and Pablo Picasso who worked in movements like Pop Art, Surrealism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, and Cubism. Students will choose two movements to research, select one to influence their own self-portrait, and provide a justification discussing the techniques used from the chosen movement and artist. The document includes examples of famous self-portraits, planning templates, and assessment criteria.
I will produce portraiture photography exploring themes of discovery. Subjects will pose with various expressions to depict discovering new aspects of themselves, ranging from depression to creativity. The photos could show viewers discovering peoples' lives and feelings. I will photograph my classmate Shania posing to represent being happy but sad inside and that not everyone is what they seem. I will also photograph my friend Alix posing for several images representing themes like being a child at heart and keeping things locked up. In post-production, I will dodge and burn photos, adjust levels and exposure, blur backgrounds, and modify contrasts and colors. When shooting, I will use a central vantage point, consistent camera settings depending on lighting, low key lighting with
The document proposes a portraiture photography project with the theme of discovery. The photographer will take images of subjects in various poses and expressions to convey discovering new things about oneself, ranging from depression to creativity. Influenced by Annie Leibovitz and Erik Almas, the images will be post-produced using dodging and burning to highlight areas. Two subjects, a classmate and friend, will be photographed in various poses suggesting themes like not judging by appearances. The images will be used in galleries, websites, and for a college presentation.
- Students chose photography genres and questions to explore for their Unit 3 personal study
- Exhibition details were discussed, including display setup and artist statements
- Additional volunteering opportunities were mentioned, including event photography
- Next steps included gathering research materials, visiting exhibitions, and creating moodboards over the summer
Portrait photography focuses on capturing the expression, personality, and mood of its human subject. We see portrait photographs everywhere, from family homes to magazine covers, showing both amateur photos as well as professional shots. Some famous portrait photographers mentioned include Robert Cornelius, who took one of the earliest photos of a human in 1839, as well as David Bailey, Mario Testino, Steve McCurry, and Jo McNally. When taking portrait photos, techniques like using long lenses, unusual angles, off-camera flash, backlighting, and finding silhouettes can help create striking portraits. It's also important to use a fast shutter speed and tripod to avoid blurry images from camera or subject movement.
David Hockney is a British artist born in 1937 who was an important contributor to pop art. He is known for his experimentation with photomontages in the 1970s and 1980s, creating collages from multiple photographs. The document discusses Hockney's technique of taking many close-up photos of a subject and arranging them to form a composite image. It also explains how modern photographers can create photomontages digitally using Photoshop.
This document provides an overview and schedule for an A2 photography course in June 2013. It outlines tasks for each week including completing a genres of photography handout, creating stop motion videos, and planning a summer photo project. Students will work on a personal investigation project and controlled assignment that make up their final A2 grade. The schedule also references a planned trip to Paris and technical workshops on night photography and skills. Genres of photography are defined and examples provided. Students are instructed to complete and submit the genres handout.
Cindy Sherman was born in 1954 in New York City. She is an American photographer known for using herself as a model to challenge images in popular culture and examine how women are viewed by society. Her early work featured herself in various costumes, but she later explored themes like pornography, Old Master paintings, and fairy tales. Sherman worked with photographers Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano and produced the disturbing yet funny Sex series in 1989 using medical dummies.
The document outlines plans for a pre-production client project involving interviews asking the public about art masterpieces. It discusses setting up camera angles, lighting experiments, possible interview questions, and interactive exhibition elements like a "mini masterpiece" where the public completes sections of a painting puzzle, and a "Be the Masterpiece" photobooth recreating famous works. The goal is to make art appreciation more fun, engaging and accessible for younger audiences through these hands-on activities at a gallery event.
Nir Arieli is a contemporary fine art photographer who focuses on capturing movement through layered images and long exposures of dancing. John Stezaker is a historical photographer who creates collages by combining found images, such as combining portrait photographs with landscape images placed over faces. Luca Biada is a contemporary landscape photographer whose work is edited through heavy post-production to look like miniature worlds.
Photorealism is a type of painting made to look like a photograph using extreme detail. It emerged in the 1960s-70s as a reaction to abstract expressionism. Photorealist painters carefully studied photographs through a gridding process to recreate scenes with hyperrealistic precision, often depicting urban or mundane subjects. Major photorealists included Chuck Close, known for his large-scale portraits; Richard Estes, who painted urban landscapes quickly; and Ralph Goings, who precisely recreated scenes from a single photo to find beauty in the ordinary. Sculptor Duane Hanson also created extremely realistic sculptures of everyday people.
Wes Naman is a Mexican experimental photographer known for his "scotch tape photography" where he uses tape to manipulate facial expressions in unusual ways. One series involved taping subjects' noses, which gave Naman the idea to further explore this technique. John Stezaker is a British conceptual artist who creates surreal collages by combining multiple existing images, often portraits, to form new composite images with unfamiliar meanings. Both artists experiment with manipulating portraits through techniques like taping in Naman's case and collaging in Stezaker's, showing different approaches to experimental photography across eras.
This document provides information and guidance for an A2 art exam on the theme of "Truth, Fantasy or Fiction". It outlines the structure of the exam including a 10 week preparatory study period and 12 hour timed exam. It provides tips for each of the four assessment objectives and suggests sub-categories to help with research and brainstorming ideas. Examples of artists are also given to illustrate different interpretations of the theme through their work.
The document outlines a production plan for a school magazine photoshoot over several days in December. It will involve shooting photos of students portraying musicians at various on- and off-campus locations like the recording studio and performing arts areas, as well as their homes. Equipment like cameras, software, and props will be needed. Different models from the media class will be assigned persona names and photographed in roles like a musician holding instruments or using studio equipment to populate the magazine before it is finished and proofread by mid-December.
Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Man Ray, and David Hockney were experimental photographers who used traditional methods to create abstract and conceptual pieces. Hoch created paper collages exploring concepts of beauty, race, and gender. Heartfield used illustrations and ink in anti-Nazi propaganda. Coburn developed abstract photographs using mirror systems. Man Ray created cameraless photograms using direct exposures. Hockney composed abstract images from multiple Polaroid photos exploring shutter speeds and movement. While using film and traditional techniques, their work pushed the boundaries of photography and conceptual art.
Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Man Ray, and David Hockney were experimental photographers who used traditional techniques to create abstract and conceptual works. Hoch created photomontages exploring concepts of beauty, race, and gender. Heartfield used anti-Nazi propaganda. Coburn developed abstract photographs using mirror systems. Man Ray created photograms or "Rayographs" by placing objects on light-sensitive paper. Hockney structured Polaroid photos to form abstract compositions. Their work would be found in galleries and textbooks rather than for commercial uses like advertising.
Photorealism was an art movement from the 1960s through 1972 known for creating highly detailed, photorealistic paintings and sculptures that were often indistinguishable from photographs. Key characteristics included using photographs as references, transferring the photographic image to the canvas through mechanical or semi-mechanical means, and achieving a high level of technical skill to make the finished work appear photographic. Notable photorealist artists mentioned include Duane Hanson, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell, Denis Peterson, and Ron Mueck.
PhotoRealism is a style of painting using photographs to create hyperrealistic images. Artists precisely replicate the details of a photograph using tools like cameras, projectors, and airbrushes. Popular in the 1960s-70s, PhotoRealist works depicted mundane urban environments and focused on technique over expression. Pioneering artists included Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, and Duane Hanson, who created photo-realistic sculptures. While initially controversial, PhotoRealism influenced later hyperrealistic styles and can still be seen in video games and movies today.
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer known for her self-portraits depicting different types of women. After graduating college in 1976, she moved to New York and began taking photos of herself in various roles and disguises, commenting on femininity and media portrayals of women. Sherman's work has evolved over the decades as she explores different series using prosthetics, dolls, and herself in various guises. She continues to find success internationally with her unique style that uses photography to examine womanhood and identity.
David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer born in 1937 who lives in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, and Kensington, London, as well as maintaining two residences in California where he lived for over 30 years.
Fred Holland Day was an American photographer and publisher born in 1864 in Boston who was the first in the U.S. to advocate that photography should be considered a fine art.
Jerry Uelsmann is an American photographer born in 1934 in Detroit who creates composite photographs using multiple negatives and extensive darkroom work, and is known to reuse negatives in different images. He aims to portray the dark side of imagination and dreams
The group created a pop art style image based on the horror clown character Art the Clown from the movie The Terrifier. They gave the image a cartoonish look using filters and adjusted the colors to be darker with red highlights. They added a spiral background and pop art dots before including the text "Art the Clown!" popping out in an orange color. The group worked well deciding compositions and giving feedback to improve the project by adding more colors and elements from pop culture as suggested by their tutor.
Chuck Close is an American painter known for his photorealistic portraits. He creates life-sized portraits of faces by enlarging photographs using a grid system. Close began using photography in his work and believed photographic images were more real to people than actual objects. After becoming paralyzed in 1988, Close continued painting large scale works with assistance and adapted equipment. His portraits focus on surface details rather than emotional qualities.
A2 Photography Exam 2016: Truth, Fantasy and FictionMelanie Powell
Olivia Parker's still life photographs emphasize the complexity of natural forms like shells and feathers. Photographs can document reality objectively, but they may also explore truth, fantasy, or fiction. John Hilliard's work shows how cropping a single photograph in different ways can tell different stories and provide unreliable evidence. Nick Knight uses composite imagery to create surreal visuals that are closer to paintings than photographs, questioning photography's role in telling the truth.
Man Ray was a leading figure in the Dada movement in New York who experimented with photography techniques. He accidentally created "Rayographs" by placing objects on photosensitive paper in his dark room, pioneering a cameraless photography technique. Man Ray also had success as a fashion photographer, shooting images for Vogue magazine, while continuing to create innovative photograms through dark room experimentation and solarization without using a camera.
This document outlines plans for an art gallery project involving interviews with the public. It discusses:
- Equipment needed, including cameras, tripods, lights, and batteries.
- Conducting informal voxpop interviews asking what makes a masterpiece.
- Experiments with camera angles and lighting setups for the interviews.
- Additional engagement activities like having the public collaboratively recreate a masterpiece or pose as one.
- Using a contemporary artist's modern twists on classic works to appeal to younger audiences.
Cindy Sherman began taking self-portraits in 1977 for her series known as the Untitled Film Stills, where she portrayed herself in various roles and personas inspired by B-movie actresses. Through these portraits, she commented on and questioned the representation and stereotypes of women in society and media. Rather than traditional self-portraiture, Sherman used performance and different costumes and personas to assume roles constructed by social and cultural values rather than her own identity.
The document provides guidance for a photography unit that focuses on transformation. It outlines four assessment objectives:
1) Develop - Students must analyze 5 images by relevant photographers and use the research to inform their own work.
2) Experiment - Students must take 3 sets of observations in response to 3 ideas, showing refinement over time. They must include contact sheets, edits, and enlargements.
3) Record - Students must complete a minimum of 8 sets of observations/recordings over the duration of the unit. They should demonstrate technical skills like composition, exposure, etc.
4) Realize - Students must further develop and refine their best ideas, working towards a 10-hour examination period exhibition at the end
A2 Art Exam 2016: Truth, Fantasy or FictionMelanie Powell
This document provides instructions and examples for brainstorming ideas around a title related to truth, fantasy, or fiction. It encourages generating many wild ideas without judgment. It discusses artworks like Picasso's Guernica and Magritte's The Treachery of Images that explore representations of truth. Students are tasked with choosing objects that represent truths or fictions in different forms, like Joseph Kosuth's piece. They are meant to consider how artists like Goya in The Disasters of War convey difficult truths through their work.
The document summarizes Jemima Witt's summer assignment and self-review from her first year of study. It includes summaries of her initial research project looking at different portrait styles. It then discusses her experiments creating compositional sketches and small portrait paintings. The document concludes with reflections on her first year, plans to develop new skills, and goals for her future studies in set design.
The document outlines various summer tasks for photography students. The first task involves creating a body of work that tells a story, taking inspiration from the styles of Tim Walker and Miles Aldridge. The second task involves documenting a journey over the summer through photography. The third task involves planning a hypothetical photography exhibition, including selecting themes, photographers, works, exhibition spaces, and creating a mock exhibition leaflet.
The document outlines plans for a pre-production client project involving interviews asking the public about art masterpieces. It discusses setting up camera angles, lighting experiments, possible interview questions, and interactive exhibition elements like a "mini masterpiece" where the public completes sections of a painting puzzle, and a "Be the Masterpiece" photobooth recreating famous works. The goal is to make art appreciation more fun, engaging and accessible for younger audiences through these hands-on activities at a gallery event.
Nir Arieli is a contemporary fine art photographer who focuses on capturing movement through layered images and long exposures of dancing. John Stezaker is a historical photographer who creates collages by combining found images, such as combining portrait photographs with landscape images placed over faces. Luca Biada is a contemporary landscape photographer whose work is edited through heavy post-production to look like miniature worlds.
Photorealism is a type of painting made to look like a photograph using extreme detail. It emerged in the 1960s-70s as a reaction to abstract expressionism. Photorealist painters carefully studied photographs through a gridding process to recreate scenes with hyperrealistic precision, often depicting urban or mundane subjects. Major photorealists included Chuck Close, known for his large-scale portraits; Richard Estes, who painted urban landscapes quickly; and Ralph Goings, who precisely recreated scenes from a single photo to find beauty in the ordinary. Sculptor Duane Hanson also created extremely realistic sculptures of everyday people.
Wes Naman is a Mexican experimental photographer known for his "scotch tape photography" where he uses tape to manipulate facial expressions in unusual ways. One series involved taping subjects' noses, which gave Naman the idea to further explore this technique. John Stezaker is a British conceptual artist who creates surreal collages by combining multiple existing images, often portraits, to form new composite images with unfamiliar meanings. Both artists experiment with manipulating portraits through techniques like taping in Naman's case and collaging in Stezaker's, showing different approaches to experimental photography across eras.
This document provides information and guidance for an A2 art exam on the theme of "Truth, Fantasy or Fiction". It outlines the structure of the exam including a 10 week preparatory study period and 12 hour timed exam. It provides tips for each of the four assessment objectives and suggests sub-categories to help with research and brainstorming ideas. Examples of artists are also given to illustrate different interpretations of the theme through their work.
The document outlines a production plan for a school magazine photoshoot over several days in December. It will involve shooting photos of students portraying musicians at various on- and off-campus locations like the recording studio and performing arts areas, as well as their homes. Equipment like cameras, software, and props will be needed. Different models from the media class will be assigned persona names and photographed in roles like a musician holding instruments or using studio equipment to populate the magazine before it is finished and proofread by mid-December.
Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Man Ray, and David Hockney were experimental photographers who used traditional methods to create abstract and conceptual pieces. Hoch created paper collages exploring concepts of beauty, race, and gender. Heartfield used illustrations and ink in anti-Nazi propaganda. Coburn developed abstract photographs using mirror systems. Man Ray created cameraless photograms using direct exposures. Hockney composed abstract images from multiple Polaroid photos exploring shutter speeds and movement. While using film and traditional techniques, their work pushed the boundaries of photography and conceptual art.
Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Man Ray, and David Hockney were experimental photographers who used traditional techniques to create abstract and conceptual works. Hoch created photomontages exploring concepts of beauty, race, and gender. Heartfield used anti-Nazi propaganda. Coburn developed abstract photographs using mirror systems. Man Ray created photograms or "Rayographs" by placing objects on light-sensitive paper. Hockney structured Polaroid photos to form abstract compositions. Their work would be found in galleries and textbooks rather than for commercial uses like advertising.
Photorealism was an art movement from the 1960s through 1972 known for creating highly detailed, photorealistic paintings and sculptures that were often indistinguishable from photographs. Key characteristics included using photographs as references, transferring the photographic image to the canvas through mechanical or semi-mechanical means, and achieving a high level of technical skill to make the finished work appear photographic. Notable photorealist artists mentioned include Duane Hanson, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell, Denis Peterson, and Ron Mueck.
PhotoRealism is a style of painting using photographs to create hyperrealistic images. Artists precisely replicate the details of a photograph using tools like cameras, projectors, and airbrushes. Popular in the 1960s-70s, PhotoRealist works depicted mundane urban environments and focused on technique over expression. Pioneering artists included Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, and Duane Hanson, who created photo-realistic sculptures. While initially controversial, PhotoRealism influenced later hyperrealistic styles and can still be seen in video games and movies today.
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer known for her self-portraits depicting different types of women. After graduating college in 1976, she moved to New York and began taking photos of herself in various roles and disguises, commenting on femininity and media portrayals of women. Sherman's work has evolved over the decades as she explores different series using prosthetics, dolls, and herself in various guises. She continues to find success internationally with her unique style that uses photography to examine womanhood and identity.
David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer born in 1937 who lives in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, and Kensington, London, as well as maintaining two residences in California where he lived for over 30 years.
Fred Holland Day was an American photographer and publisher born in 1864 in Boston who was the first in the U.S. to advocate that photography should be considered a fine art.
Jerry Uelsmann is an American photographer born in 1934 in Detroit who creates composite photographs using multiple negatives and extensive darkroom work, and is known to reuse negatives in different images. He aims to portray the dark side of imagination and dreams
The group created a pop art style image based on the horror clown character Art the Clown from the movie The Terrifier. They gave the image a cartoonish look using filters and adjusted the colors to be darker with red highlights. They added a spiral background and pop art dots before including the text "Art the Clown!" popping out in an orange color. The group worked well deciding compositions and giving feedback to improve the project by adding more colors and elements from pop culture as suggested by their tutor.
Chuck Close is an American painter known for his photorealistic portraits. He creates life-sized portraits of faces by enlarging photographs using a grid system. Close began using photography in his work and believed photographic images were more real to people than actual objects. After becoming paralyzed in 1988, Close continued painting large scale works with assistance and adapted equipment. His portraits focus on surface details rather than emotional qualities.
A2 Photography Exam 2016: Truth, Fantasy and FictionMelanie Powell
Olivia Parker's still life photographs emphasize the complexity of natural forms like shells and feathers. Photographs can document reality objectively, but they may also explore truth, fantasy, or fiction. John Hilliard's work shows how cropping a single photograph in different ways can tell different stories and provide unreliable evidence. Nick Knight uses composite imagery to create surreal visuals that are closer to paintings than photographs, questioning photography's role in telling the truth.
Man Ray was a leading figure in the Dada movement in New York who experimented with photography techniques. He accidentally created "Rayographs" by placing objects on photosensitive paper in his dark room, pioneering a cameraless photography technique. Man Ray also had success as a fashion photographer, shooting images for Vogue magazine, while continuing to create innovative photograms through dark room experimentation and solarization without using a camera.
This document outlines plans for an art gallery project involving interviews with the public. It discusses:
- Equipment needed, including cameras, tripods, lights, and batteries.
- Conducting informal voxpop interviews asking what makes a masterpiece.
- Experiments with camera angles and lighting setups for the interviews.
- Additional engagement activities like having the public collaboratively recreate a masterpiece or pose as one.
- Using a contemporary artist's modern twists on classic works to appeal to younger audiences.
Cindy Sherman began taking self-portraits in 1977 for her series known as the Untitled Film Stills, where she portrayed herself in various roles and personas inspired by B-movie actresses. Through these portraits, she commented on and questioned the representation and stereotypes of women in society and media. Rather than traditional self-portraiture, Sherman used performance and different costumes and personas to assume roles constructed by social and cultural values rather than her own identity.
The document provides guidance for a photography unit that focuses on transformation. It outlines four assessment objectives:
1) Develop - Students must analyze 5 images by relevant photographers and use the research to inform their own work.
2) Experiment - Students must take 3 sets of observations in response to 3 ideas, showing refinement over time. They must include contact sheets, edits, and enlargements.
3) Record - Students must complete a minimum of 8 sets of observations/recordings over the duration of the unit. They should demonstrate technical skills like composition, exposure, etc.
4) Realize - Students must further develop and refine their best ideas, working towards a 10-hour examination period exhibition at the end
A2 Art Exam 2016: Truth, Fantasy or FictionMelanie Powell
This document provides instructions and examples for brainstorming ideas around a title related to truth, fantasy, or fiction. It encourages generating many wild ideas without judgment. It discusses artworks like Picasso's Guernica and Magritte's The Treachery of Images that explore representations of truth. Students are tasked with choosing objects that represent truths or fictions in different forms, like Joseph Kosuth's piece. They are meant to consider how artists like Goya in The Disasters of War convey difficult truths through their work.
The document summarizes Jemima Witt's summer assignment and self-review from her first year of study. It includes summaries of her initial research project looking at different portrait styles. It then discusses her experiments creating compositional sketches and small portrait paintings. The document concludes with reflections on her first year, plans to develop new skills, and goals for her future studies in set design.
The document outlines various summer tasks for photography students. The first task involves creating a body of work that tells a story, taking inspiration from the styles of Tim Walker and Miles Aldridge. The second task involves documenting a journey over the summer through photography. The third task involves planning a hypothetical photography exhibition, including selecting themes, photographers, works, exhibition spaces, and creating a mock exhibition leaflet.
This document discusses what makes a good photo by listing 12 elements: intimacy, human interest, mood, camera angle, spontaneity, contrast, drama, light and shadow, luminosity, realism, innovation, and creativity. It then provides examples and further explanation of each element. Intimacy involves close relationships while human interest draws the viewer in. Mood sets the atmosphere and camera angle provides unique perspectives. Spontaneity comes from natural feelings. Contrast includes variations in many attributes while drama creates emotional impact. Light and shadow, luminosity, and realism depict scenes realistically. Innovation introduces new perspectives and creativity comes from original expression.
Jerry Uelsmann is an American photographer born in 1934 who pioneered experimental composite photography techniques in the darkroom before the advent of digital editing. He combines multiple negatives and darkroom techniques like masking, burning and dodging to create surreal composite images. Christophe Dessaigne is a French photographer born in the 1980s who teaches himself photography and creates dreamlike photomontages using extensive digital editing techniques in Photoshop. Both photographers create surreal and symbolic images that challenge conventional perceptions of reality through experimental photographic processes.
Jerry Uelsmann originated experimental photography in the 1960s using darkroom techniques like multiple enlargers and masking to combine negatives into surreal composite images. He was influenced by his professor Minor White to trust his intuition and experiment creatively. Uelsmann's work is held in permanent collections of major museums worldwide.
Christophe Dessaigne is a contemporary experimental photographer from France who teaches himself photography. He creates dreamlike and surreal photomontages using extensive post-production editing in Photoshop. Dessaigne's work has an eerie and dark theme and has been used commercially on book and album covers. He considers digital editing an extraordinary way to experiment with images.
Jerry Uelsmann originated experimental photography in the 1960s using darkroom techniques like multiple enlargers and masking to combine negatives into surreal composite images. He was influenced by his professor Minor White to trust his intuition and experiment creatively. Uelsmann's work is in the permanent collections of major museums worldwide.
Christophe Dessaigne is a contemporary experimental photographer from France who teaches himself photography. He creates dreamlike photomontages using extensive post-production in Photoshop. Dessaigne's surreal images have been used commercially on book and album covers. His work uses digital techniques to distort scale and proportions, transporting viewers to a fantastical world.
What Is Fine Art Portrait Photography?Jeff Mohlman
This document discusses fine art portrait photography. It begins by defining fine art as visual art created for aesthetic or intellectual value rather than practical purposes. Fine art portrait photography captures a person's essence and character in an artistic vision. It requires skilled photography to manipulate elements like lighting, location and props. The document then discusses traditional portrait photography versus fine art portraits, which are intended as wall art. It provides tips for poses in fine art portraits, such as separating arms from the body. The goal of fine art portraits is to create images that evoke emotion and stand the test of time as heirlooms for future generations.
Photorealism is an art movement that originated in the United States in the 1960s involving the realistic replication of photographic images in paintings and sculptures. Artists such as Don Eddy, Chuck Close, Richard Estes, and Duane Hanson used photographs and careful technical skills to create hyperrealistic works. While initially criticized for its embrace of photography, photorealism challenged artistic conventions. It has had lasting influence and continues to fascinate viewers with its photo-like illusions.
Photorealism is an art movement that originated in the 1960s in the United States involving the realistic replication of photographic images in paintings and sculptures. Artists would use photographs as references to capture precise realistic details in their works. Some notable photorealist artists mentioned are Chuck Close, Richard Estes, and Duane Hanson. While initially criticized for its straightforward representation, photorealism challenged artistic conventions and focused on depicting American consumerism and popular culture. It has had lasting influence with contemporary photorealist artists continuing to push the boundaries of realism using modern digital tools.
The document provides details from research on various pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Roy Lichtenstein. It includes descriptions of specific artworks created by these artists along with quotes from and opinions on the artists. Research sources included web pages and a book about Andy Warhol located in the library.
Anna Ablett is creating an augmented reality app and is researching photography techniques. She practiced using aperture, shutter speed, and ISO settings. In a photo studio, she took pictures of bottles and learned lighting and composition skills. She edited the bottle photos in Photoshop, overlaying them on beach and bar scenes to create mock advertisements.
1) The document discusses an essay written by the author about how artists depict visual truths inaccurately and why they may choose to do so.
2) It provides an extract from the essay analyzing how William Turner depicted the decommissioning of the HMS Temeraire inaccurately in his painting by leaving masts on the ship and positioning the sun and ships differently.
3) The author argues these were conscious decisions by Turner to idealize the situation for stronger artistic representation, demonstrating his views of the fading British Empire rather than factual errors. The inaccuracies help convey certain messages and artistic representation takes priority over historical truth.
The document discusses the process of art criticism and analysis. It outlines Edmund Feldman's 4-step technique for analyzing art: description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment. It focuses on the analysis step, explaining that analysis involves asking "why" about various elements of the artwork based on internal evidence from the artwork itself and external evidence from context about the artist and time period. The document provides examples of analyzing Pablo Picasso's painting "Weeping Woman" using both internal and external evidence. It encourages analyzing art by carefully describing the artwork and asking questions.
This document provides context for Olivia Waller's final major project (FMP) in fine art photography. Originally, she planned to do landscape photography but became interested in fine art after researching other portfolios. She has decided to create a fine art photography portfolio to showcase her edited photos. She feels confident in this choice because she has successfully completed similar projects like a fanzine in the past. The document also discusses several artists - Jeremy Blincoe, Oleg Dou, Vee Speers, Lucia Emanuela Curzi, and Silke Bachman - that inspire Olivia's style and techniques. It analyzes books on portrait photography and using Photoshop to manipulate images. Finally, it considers the theories
Experimental photography is the manipulation of techniques or technologies to depict the impossible. It often reuses existing techniques in new ways. Photographers face difficulties as equipment and materials become discontinued. Experimental photography includes four categories: historical, contemporary, traditional, and non-traditional. Mariah Robertson is a contemporary experimental photographer based in Brooklyn known for her manipulated digital images that violate photographic rules. Kayla Varley is a Los Angeles-based photographer who produces intimate black and white self-portraits that tell personal stories. Ronny Engelmann is a German photo artist who creates strange but wonderful manipulated images to depict his fantastical ideas.
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This document discusses the photographer's pastiche research task. It includes summaries of photographers they chose to emulate, including discussions of specific photos. It also documents their own test photo shoots on topics related to mental health, including anxiety, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and depression. The photographer reflects on the edits they made to the photos and ideas for how to improve future shoots. They created a mock magazine cover focused on anxiety to represent their project. Overall, the document shows the photographer's process in researching photographers, planning test shoots on mental health topics, and editing the photos from those shoots as they work to complete the pastiche research task.
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The document summarizes an induction project for developing study skills. It includes tasks for research, idea generation, planning, production, and evaluation. For task 1, the document outlines research from web and book sources on the topic of pop art. It provides details on specific pop artworks. For task 2, it discusses plans for an individual pop art poster idea and a group action plan. It also includes a planning document. Task 4 links to a blog with final products. Task 5 covers problems faced, collaboration benefits, feedback, and active engagement. Task 6 discusses preferred learning styles and challenges.
The document discusses contextual research for an FMP in fine art photography. It summarizes the work of several photographers as examples, including Jeremy Blincoe who creates mysterious landscapes exploring the mind, Oleg Dou who manipulates faces between beautiful and repulsive, and Vee Speers who produces dramatic surreal portraits. It also outlines books on HDR photography, fine art portraits, and how Photoshop is used to manipulate photographs in various artistic styles. The research will help inform the selection of techniques for the FMP fine art photography portfolio.
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6. More than what you look like…
Juror's Statement for Self-Portrait Exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery:
As someone who avoids being in front of the lens, I'm not exactly sure why I love the
genre of Self-Portraiture so much. Perhaps it is because it allows for a truth-telling of
sorts, or a glimpse into a photographer's psyche. I also have to acknowledge the
bravery it takes to expose oneself, and in the end it brings us all a little closer as we
relate to the stories being told. This exhibition has work that ranges from poignant and
personal to humorous and magical. It was a complete pleasure and privilege to spend
time with so many approaches to revealing self.
As a juror, I look for work that delights and transports me. I look first at the quality of
the image. Is it in focus, is it unique, shot with intention, and has the photographer
committed to the concept? I also look for an element of beauty and a surprise. I
consider the exhibition as a whole, where it is important to showcase a range of work
that meets the criteria. In this case, I had to forgo dozens of images of hands over
faces and self portraits in window reflections, bird cages and white nightgowns, as I
could only select a few to round out the show. Keeping this in mind, when submitting
to a call for entry, think outside the box and bring something fresh and new to the
conversation.
— Aline Smithson
7. For the Juror's Award, I selected a powerful diptych, one image a portrait of a relationship, and
the other, a page torn out of a notebook sharing with the viewer a heart breaking story of living
half truths, bringing up for the rest of us, the roles we play and the masks we wear. I appreciated
the honestly and revelatory gesture of the work, reminding me the power of simply telling our
stories. For the Director's Award, I was drawn to the complexity of this image. The artist
submitted a number of excellent photographs, but this was a wonderful duality of our inner and
outer selves.
— Aline Smithson
24. Creator: Close, Chuck
Title: Self-Portrait/Composite/Nine
Parts
Date: 1979
Material: 9 internal-dye diffusion
transfer prints (polaroids)
mounted on canvas
32. Creator: Rineke Dijkstra
Title: Self-Portrait,
Marnixbad, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands, June 19, 1991
Date: 1991
In 1991, the photographer Rineke
Dijkstra made this self-portrait
after swimming a grueling thirty
laps as part of a self-proscribed
rehabilitation program to recover
from a bike accident that left her
with a broken hip. Exhausted and
too tired to contemplate a pose,
her assistant was directed to press
the shutter as soon as she was in
front of the camera.
38. Creator: Wearing, Gillian
Title: Album: Self-Portrait
at 17 Years Old
Date: 2003
Wearing used Photos of
immediate family for starting
point of series Album. She had
a mask constructed of each
person’s face based upon the
photos. Only her eyes remain
uncovered.
51. PHO-113: Photography 2
Project 1: Self-Portrait
Due Dates:
• By the end of lab on Feb. 4th or 6th submit your top three
images to the Class Server. Images should be in a folder
titled: LastName_FirstInitial_SelfPortrait and each image
should be titled LastName_FirstInitial_SelfPortrait#.jpeg
• Critique in Lecture Feb. 8th
• Week 4 & 5 (Feb. 11th, 13th, 25th, & 27th) will be used to
Print and Mat – 1 Final Image
• Matted Print is due for Critique at the beginning of Lecture
on March 1st
• Self-Evaluation of your self-portrait (2 paragraph minimum)
is due on Blackboard on March 1st by 10:00am
52. Description: The intention of this project is to think about how you
show more than what a person looks like in an image. I know what you
look like. There are images that serve the purpose of saying “this is
what this person looks like” but I want yours to say more, so how do
you do that? You will be applying things you learn to future portraits
you take.
Instructions:
• Shoot in manual. Be in control of your image.
• Take a minimum of 200 images. The more images you take and the
more you look at your images and reshoot the better they get.
Additionally, taking self-portraits isn’t easy so take as many as you
can. I will need to see a minimum of 200 images loaded into your
Lightroom catalog by the end of Lab on Week 4.
• Tell me more than just what you look like; who are you?
• This is Photography 2, so I expect well-lit, well-exposed, well-
composed, well-edited, and thoughtful images.
What is a Selfie?
sel·fie
/ˈselfē/
nounINFORMAL
a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media.
In her article Self-Portraiture in the First-Person Age, Lauren Cornell asks and tries to address some key questions about selfies versus self-portraits.
"How to distinguish art from selfies in the big scroll? … Amid this push and pull -- images in lockstep with Instagram's optimized-for-advertisers creativity competing with those who critique such blatent consumerism -- what does it look like to carve out space for abstraction, dissonance, and transgression: in other words, for art?"
For the Juror's Award, I selected a powerful diptych, one image a portrait of a relationship, and the other, a page torn out of a notebook sharing with the viewer a heart breaking story of living half truths, bringing up for the rest of us, the roles we play and the masks we wear. I appreciated the honestly and revelatory gesture of the work, reminding me the power of simply telling our stories. For the Director's Award, I was drawn to the complexity of this image. The artist submitted a number of excellent photographs, but this was a wonderful duality of our inner and outer selves.
— Aline Smithson
Creator: Hippolyte Bayard, French, 1801-1887
Title: Self-portrait as a Drowned Man
Date: 1840
Technique: direct paper positive
Creator: Raoul Hausmann
Title: ABCD: Portrait of the Artist
Date: 1923-4
Subject: Photomontage
Creator: El Lissitzky
Title: The Constructor, Self- Portrait
Date: 1924
Material: photomontage
Creator: Imogen Cunningham, American, 1883-1976
Title: Self-Portrait on Geary Street
Work Type: Photographs
Date: 1958
Material: Gelatin silver photograph
Creator: Andy Warhol, American, 1928-1987
Title: Photobooth Self-Portrait
Date: ca. 1963
Material: Gelatin silver print
Creator: Andy Warhol
Title: Self-Portrait (in Drag)
Work Type: Photography
Date: 1981
Material: Polaroid print
Creator: Lee Friedlander
Title: New York City, 1966
Date: 1966
Creator: Friedlander, Lee
Title: Colorado
Date: 1967
Location: United States
Creator: Mendieta
Title: Untitled (Self-Portrait with Blood)
Date: 1973
Creator: Lucas Samaras
Title: Photo-Transformation
Date: 8/19/76
Creator: Lucas Samaras
Title: Photo-Transformation
Date: 22-Apr-74
Material: Internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid film)
Creator: Samaras, Lucas
Title: Sittings 8x10
Work Type: polaroid
Date: February 16, 1979
Creator: Duane Michaels
Title: Self Portrait As If I Were Dead
Creator: Avedon, Richard
Title: Self Portrait
Creator: Avedon, Richard
Title: Self Portrait
Creator: Close, Chuck
Title: Self-Portrait/Composite/Nine Parts
Date: 1979
Material: 9 internal-dye diffusion transfer prints (polaroids) mounted on canvas
Creator: Robert Mapplethorpe
Title: Pictures/Self-Portrait
Date: 1977
Left:
Creator: Sherman, Cindy
Title: Untitled Film Still #13
Date: 1978
Right:
Creator: Cindy Sherman
Title: Untitled Film Still #14
Date: 1978
Creator: Cindy Sherman
Title: Untitled Film Still #21
Date: 1978
Creator: Goldin, Nan,
Title: Ballad of Sexual Dependency: Nan After Being Battered
Date: 1984
Creator: Coplans, John
Title: Body of Work: Back and Hands
Date: 1984
Critic, museum director and curator
Creator: Rineke Dijkstra
Title: Self-Portrait, Marnixbad, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 19, 1991
Date: 1991
In 1991, the photographer Rineke Dijkstra made this self-portrait after swimming a grueling thirty laps as part of a self-proscribed rehabilitation program to recover from a bike accident that left her with a broken hip. Exhausted and too tired to contemplate a pose, her assistant was directed to press the shutter as soon as she was in front of the camera.
Creator: Wearing, Gillian, 1963-
Title: Album: Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old
Date: 2003
Wearing used Photos of immediate family for starting point of series Album. She had a mask constructed of each person’s face based upon the photos.
Only her eyes remain uncovered.
Effect is uncanny and wearing is convincing as each individual
Creator: Gillian Wearing
Title: Self Portrait as My Mother Jean Gregory
Date: 2003
Creator: Sam Taylor-Wood
Title: Self Portrait Suspended III
Date: 2003
Creator: Sam Taylor-Wood
Title: Self Portrait Escape Artist
Work Type: Photographs
Date: 2008
Builds up on idea of suspension adding element of absurdity
Creator: Tracey Baran
Title: Today I’m Thirty
Date: 2005