initial task - photographic heroes
As mentioned above, next year, you will be required to produce an up to 3000 word "personal study". It is essential that you choose an avenue of inquiry that interests you and you are prepared for September. In order for you to establish where this area of interest lies you are required to create a 5-minute presentation on three or more of your favorite photographers.
THE TASK: Who is your photography hero?
Who has inspired and influenced your own visual practice?
Using the web / Studio books / Library create a power point on three photographers whose work has really inspired you.
Try and think of a diverse range of genres and subject matter. This will make your later essay task of comparing and contrasting them far easier.
For each photographer, find at least 5 examples of their work, i.e. make sure it is an artist who has plenty of work and information to reference. For each photographer, choose one image to analyse in full using the form/process/content sheet.
Each of you will give a 5 minute presentation on your chosen Photographers, giving a brief outline of their life and work, along with why you have chosen them as your photographic hero. Be prepared to answer questions and suggest how they may link or influence your own work.
Present this how you wish on your new weebly page "A2 Summer Task". You may wish to create this as a Powerpoint and uplad it, or apply it straight onto your weebly page. Look at the below example links to help you.
Who has inspired and influenced your own visual practice?
Using the web / Studio books / Library create a power point on three photographers whose work has really inspired you.
Try and think of a diverse range of genres and subject matter. This will make your later essay task of comparing and contrasting them far easier.
For each photographer, find at least 5 examples of their work, i.e. make sure it is an artist who has plenty of work and information to reference. For each photographer, choose one image to analyse in full using the form/process/content sheet.
Each of you will give a 5 minute presentation on your chosen Photographers, giving a brief outline of their life and work, along with why you have chosen them as your photographic hero. Be prepared to answer questions and suggest how they may link or influence your own work.
Present this how you wish on your new weebly page "A2 Summer Task". You may wish to create this as a Powerpoint and uplad it, or apply it straight onto your weebly page. Look at the below example links to help you.
Watch the attached video to see a list of inspirational photographers and examples of their work if you are stuck.
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practical task - abstract photography
The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment.
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy What lives in pictures is very difficult to define... it finally becomes a thing beyond the thing portrayed... some sort of section of the soul of the artist that gets detached and comes out to one from the picture. Francis Bruguière When you view a completely abstract image it is usually meaningless to ask “what is it of?” Many people today still believe that to qualify as ‘Art’, an image or artwork must be representational – it must be of something found in the physical world. In the second half of the 19th century some artists began to break free of this constraint, attempting to produce art which was less of and more about the subject. |
summer tasks - to be completed for september
TASK 1 - Refining your work on the abstract
Select an artist from below to create your own focussed photographic response to. This task calls for the skills you used during the previous lesson - creating abstract imagery. Remember to focus on your use of line, colour, pattern, framing and lighting. Abstract painters have been providing photographers with inspiration for decades. The actual process of transcribing a painting into photographic imagery is an abstraction in itself. Photographer Eddy de Azevedo has created a series of photographs mimicking the colour planes of Mark Rothko's paintings. If you fancy a challenge and want to demonstrate a more ambitious level of thought then choose an abstract painter from the attached powerpoint to create photographic responses to. You should lay your weebly out in the following format: Artist introduction and analysis Contact sheet of own response (minimum 35 images) along with paragraph explaining your intentions, technical considerations, locations and reasons for these Upload minimum 5 edited enlargements to reflect a stronger link to your artist Own image analysis |
TASK 2: DOCUMENTING A MARKET
This project will encourage you to go out on location and to experience first hand the challenges of being a documentary photographer.
Across London different markets open on a daily basis all are unique and sell a variety of different things. From the flower market on Columbia road to vintage items and brick a brac in Portobello market. Each has a variety of extremly stimulating visual colours and sounds.
Task 1
Visit one of the markets listed and try and capture a sense of the location and the people that you come into contact with. Photograph the stall holders, the items they are selling, and all the different people in the market. Try and get as close as you can, paying particular attention to your framing. Belwo there are 6 reccomended markets but if there is another place you know then visit that.
Task 2
Upload your images as at least 3 contact sheets. Choose 6 to 10 to upload as enlargements. These should represent collectively the experience you felt at the market. You may need to edit (crop, enhance, saturate/desaturate) these photos to refine them. Analyse the final edits as a series and reflect on your experience photographing in this situation.
Barnet Market
Chipping Cl, Barnet EN5 4LP Saturday - 7.00 - 14.00 |
Portobello market
65 Portobello Rd, London W11 2QB Friday/Satuarday - 09:00 – 19:00 |
Borough Market, London from Trunk Films on Vimeo. |
Borough Market London from Michael Smith on Vimeo. |
TASK 3: GALLERY VISIT
Visit at least two exhibitions that link to the conclusion you raised at with your coursework project. This may be very specific, may be of a photographer you have looked at, or may be very loosely attached but appeal to you. Write an overview of each of the exhibitions you see (describe it saying what it is, where and why it interested you) and write a full analysis for 2 pieces of work you see. Don't forget to comment on how it was displayed and where in the gallery it was. Use the links to websites below to help you with your choice.