STA 370 FALL 2019

Watch these two documentaries on portrait photographers Nan Goldin and Steve McCurry. Total watching time is about 30 minutes, so allow yourself enough time to watch these both. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6nMlajUqU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGFCQ_rz1SQ McCurry and Goldin each have very different approaches to portrait photography, coming from both insider and outsider perspectives when documenting a particular group or culture. What can you tell about the different levels of intimacy that are shown when working with strangers/close friends?

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Portraits: friends and strangers OCTOBER 3: LAB DAY OCTOBER 10 : DUE for critique at the beginning of class, 8 prints plus contact sheets OBJECTIVE: For this project you will make portraits of people you know very well: a family member, friend or significant other, and people who are strangers to you.  The final product will be eight prints, three  portraits of friends and three of strangers and two self portraits. 1. Stranger 2. Stranger 3. Stranger 4. Friend 5. Friend 6. Friend 7. Self Portrait 8. Self Portrait Experiment with backgrounds, poses, lighting, distance from subject, expression and other ways to differentiate the images. Be as creative and experimental as possible.  MANDATORY:  For Each subject, (Including yourself) you need to take  1) Standard headshot portrait  2) Environmental Portrait  3) Faceless Portrait  TAKE YOUR TIME. Once someone has agreed to be photographed, ask them if they can hang out fo...

Topics Covered: Camera technical basics Histograms Depth of Field Analyzing a photograph

1. Per the syllabus, read the textbook, pages 116-121 and 140-145 2. Watch the following video on Phillip Lorca Dicorcia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpawWn1nXJo https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS704US704&ei=PpCrW57FLurPjwTntpHoBQ&q=philip+lorca+dicorcia+heads&oq=philip+lorca+dicorcia+heads&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0.12860.13931..14180...0.0..0.50.280.6......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i67j0i22i30.RMtkGLh3yWA

Please purchase your print cards for the semester this week BEFORE class on Thursday. We will be printing your best photo from your elevate the ordinary assignment. I'll need to check off that you have your card before you can print. Please also bring your paper with you to class for Thursday.

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elevate the ordinary Important Dates: January 21:   FIVE well crafted Digital Photos due at the beginning of class for critique . In total you should have 100 image captures that will be turned into contact sheets.  OBJECTIVE: Choose a person, place, or thing and use your camera to transform it into something extraordinary. You don’t have to go to exotic places to be a photographer. For this assignment we think about how to transform what is around us into compelling images. Notes: Think about LIGHT, Shutter speed, times of day and how ordinary objects can be elevated. Also look at abstraction.  Only ONE location for this entire assignment, please.  HOW DO I TRANSFORM THE ORDINARY? Andre Kertez   His clarity of style, emotional connection with his subjects and the geometric patterning of his photographs were evident from the outset.  For example,  Todd Hido  photographs banal suburban neighborhoods at night, using light from passin...

Read and respond to the following book excerpt from John Szarkowski's "The Photographer's Eye" Same deal as before, just a paragraph or two with what you took away from the article. I'll go over and break it down for the class during discussion on Monday. http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/pdfs/John_Szarkowski.pdf ALSO, per the syllabus read the following from the Class textbook London/Stone text  3-47, 52-69  79-80, 82, 86-89 text pp 146-159