"Identity, Mediated"
Paired up randomly, students take two pictures to represent their partners after interviewing each other.
The black & white portrait imitates the style of one of the following photographers whose work we have discussed in class: Julia Margaret Cameron, David Octavius Hill, Oscar Gustav Rejlander, Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Etienne Carjat, or Gaspard Félix Tournachon Nadar. Students choose their own style and approach they deem appropriate to portray their partners in the color picture.
Students are encouraged to use the essay to help the viewer understand who their partners are, or the essay can even contradict the way their partners are portrayed in their photographs. Alternatively, the photographs and words can give their partners a constructed identity that might be different from their own perception.
*Students: when commenting on the b&w pictures, think about whether or not the evocation of a specific photographer's work is successful. Consider how much effort the photographer/model put into staging the shot (dress/costume, props, lighting, etc.) and what you think should have been done to make the picture better. Consider the composition, contrast, saturation, and image/text relationship when commenting on each photograph.
(Note: the texts and comments have not been redacted, edited, or corrected for typos or errors)
Paired up randomly, students take two pictures to represent their partners after interviewing each other.
The black & white portrait imitates the style of one of the following photographers whose work we have discussed in class: Julia Margaret Cameron, David Octavius Hill, Oscar Gustav Rejlander, Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Etienne Carjat, or Gaspard Félix Tournachon Nadar. Students choose their own style and approach they deem appropriate to portray their partners in the color picture.
Students are encouraged to use the essay to help the viewer understand who their partners are, or the essay can even contradict the way their partners are portrayed in their photographs. Alternatively, the photographs and words can give their partners a constructed identity that might be different from their own perception.
*Students: when commenting on the b&w pictures, think about whether or not the evocation of a specific photographer's work is successful. Consider how much effort the photographer/model put into staging the shot (dress/costume, props, lighting, etc.) and what you think should have been done to make the picture better. Consider the composition, contrast, saturation, and image/text relationship when commenting on each photograph.
(Note: the texts and comments have not been redacted, edited, or corrected for typos or errors)
Sherwin A.
The sun was shining through the window. It seems to be empty, empty of students that had previously been in the room. Most of the chairs were all over the place, with no sense of order, enthalpy they say. A table seems to be out of place, turned to its side with an obvious damage to its foot. This is the place we chose to do our work, a kind of art Baudelaire famously criticized. The room, with all its chaos had the qualities for a perfect photo session; a window with just enough light, and a background for portrait photography. A retractable curtain was present in the room which offered a instantaneous fix to our varied lighting requirements. The room happened to be classroom building 113.
The camera was ready, the weather was perfect, and the time was right. With a slight push the camera triggered a quick shutter capturing an image frozen in an instant in time an space. Clouds floating on a background of blue was projected onto the camera?s light sensitive silicon sensor. The image of nature captured in a machine created by man. This a fusion of both worlds projected onto a screen enables our ability to comprehend the importance of saving something we ourselves cannot make.
The sun was shining through the window. It seems to be empty, empty of students that had previously been in the room. Most of the chairs were all over the place, with no sense of order, enthalpy they say. A table seems to be out of place, turned to its side with an obvious damage to its foot. This is the place we chose to do our work, a kind of art Baudelaire famously criticized. The room, with all its chaos had the qualities for a perfect photo session; a window with just enough light, and a background for portrait photography. A retractable curtain was present in the room which offered a instantaneous fix to our varied lighting requirements. The room happened to be classroom building 113.
The camera was ready, the weather was perfect, and the time was right. With a slight push the camera triggered a quick shutter capturing an image frozen in an instant in time an space. Clouds floating on a background of blue was projected onto the camera?s light sensitive silicon sensor. The image of nature captured in a machine created by man. This a fusion of both worlds projected onto a screen enables our ability to comprehend the importance of saving something we ourselves cannot make.
Sherwin A.
The sun was shining through the window. It seems to be empty, empty of students that had previously been in the room. Most of the chairs were all over the place, with no sense of order, enthalpy they say. A table seems to be out of place, turned to its side with an obvious damage to its foot. This is the place we chose to do our work, a kind of art Baudelaire famously criticized. The room, with all its chaos had the qualities for a perfect photo session; a window with just enough light, and a background for portrait photography. A retractable curtain was present in the room which offered a instantaneous fix to our varied lighting requirements. The room happened to be classroom building 113.
The camera was ready, the weather was perfect, and the time was right. With a slight push the camera triggered a quick shutter capturing an image frozen in an instant in time an space. Clouds floating on a background of blue was projected onto the camera?s light sensitive silicon sensor. The image of nature captured in a machine created by man. This a fusion of both worlds projected onto a screen enables our ability to comprehend the importance of saving something we ourselves cannot make.
The sun was shining through the window. It seems to be empty, empty of students that had previously been in the room. Most of the chairs were all over the place, with no sense of order, enthalpy they say. A table seems to be out of place, turned to its side with an obvious damage to its foot. This is the place we chose to do our work, a kind of art Baudelaire famously criticized. The room, with all its chaos had the qualities for a perfect photo session; a window with just enough light, and a background for portrait photography. A retractable curtain was present in the room which offered a instantaneous fix to our varied lighting requirements. The room happened to be classroom building 113.
The camera was ready, the weather was perfect, and the time was right. With a slight push the camera triggered a quick shutter capturing an image frozen in an instant in time an space. Clouds floating on a background of blue was projected onto the camera?s light sensitive silicon sensor. The image of nature captured in a machine created by man. This a fusion of both worlds projected onto a screen enables our ability to comprehend the importance of saving something we ourselves cannot make.
