Photographs of People, Portraits, as Art (5+2 prints)
This may/will be our first attempt at taking photographs as "art" which may not be the same thing
as taking photographs for your family/friends to share on social media.
We will assume that it will be presented to "viewers" who may not know you.
Consider the artists and photographs, and specifically strategies you've seen in class and in the
readings, specifically Chapter 5 "Intimate Life" and Chapter 2 "Once
Upon a Time" of Cotton's book
Photograph as Contemporary Art.
Be prepared to provide an explanation of how you think your
photographs work. (eg. Why and how are these good photographs in your view?).
Technical requirement: Make conventionally good prints. Should be all
well exposed photographs. NO dust marks, no intentionally messy
photos. Clean uniform prints that do not draw attention to the 'bad'
print quality.
Conceptual requirement: Think about how one could organize multiple
photos to cohere as one. How does that work? Repetition/serial?
Chronological? Random? Poetic? This is the first of many attempts at
doing this. To make an argument and to communicate with photographs.
It may take a semester, but most likely more than a semester to figure
out what kinds of strategies work for you. It will be an incremental learning process - you show work.
You receive feedback.
You show work.
You receive feedback.
At least 5 darkroom prints that you consider part of the project. I
ask that you print and present 2 additional different photographs that you
considered to be part of the work but did not select as the final 5.
So at minimum, you should have 7 prints (5 that made the cut, and 2 rejects).
Present the extra 2 separately (clearly marked as not
making the cut). This is so that selecting is part
of the process to the end and can be part of the conversation. It will become more important as we go along.
(There is a reason why we have photo editors!)