Thursday, September 26, 2019

Visiting Artist presentation today

In class we will be joined by Angilee Wilkerson and Jana C. Perez, to discuss their work and how to use photography to construct narratives. 


Project 3 Narrative




Anja's Release - Angilee Wilkerson and Jana C. Perez

Basic Summary

You are to create a series or a single image that implies a narrative.  You can decide to construct one staged tableaux (one image), or create a narrative sequence of multiple images (3-5).  

You must use at least one directional light source in your images.
Your images must show understanding of strong composition and contain no distracting elements
Each image must be of high quality, lighting, composition, storytelling.
Consider the symbols you use in the image.

You may partner up on this, but you each have to turn in your own images.

What do I want you to turn in an how?  

Bring your images to class on Tuesday,  October  8th.  We will discuss how to prepare them for critique and possible exhibition.  

Suggestions and ideas to get started

A staged photograph is like a snapshot from a movie. It’s a ‘scene’, an event which you have constructed and captured at the perfect moment as a still photograph. It can be a simple ‘moment’ like a glance between two strangers on the street (Jeff Wall’s Mimic, 1982) or an elaborate recreation of a dramatic event (Jeff Wall’s A Sudden Gust of Wind, (after Hokusai), 1993).

A narrative sequence can be like a storyboard or comic strip that tells a story in a series of images. The story may be mysterious or humorous like Duane Michals Things are Queer (1973). It can be a fleeting moment or a monumental event. But there’s always the sense of time passing and an event unfolding.

By imply a narrative, I mean you can choose how literal or open ended you want the narrative to be. Images can only explain so much in terms of storytelling, but remember this is a powerful limitation. Generally the more obvious your narrative is, the less interesting it is. You must consider ever part of your image to offer clues as to the what the setting, conflict, and possible resolution of your narrative is.    I do suggest you pick a narrative that you find has a parallel with a personal narrative you have in your own life.  Your narrative must be original, it may be inspired by past works but not slavishly reproducing them.  Use your own life and work experiences as a source of ideas. Or use your dreams. 


Limits:
No toy characters unless you get approval from instructor

Ideas
http://lenscratch.com/narrative-photography/

https://www.lensculture.com/search/projects?fallback=not-found&q=narrative+photography


Architect's Brother: passage Robert and Shana Parkeharrison




Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Reading Assignment Blogpost - Chapter 3 - Photography Changes Who We Are (due 10/3)


Which essay from the assigned chapter spoke to your own experience the most?  Summarize the main points of the essay and give a personal anecdote that elaborates on why this article spoke to you the most. Which essay made you think about photography in a new way, or spoke to experiences you may not have been as familiar with?  Again, summarize the article and explain why this essay has reshaped your ideas about photography. Write your 200 word (minimum) response below.  Make sure to put your name in the comment. 

Presentations
10/3 Kristen McCallister
10/8 Lee Taylor


Thursday, September 19, 2019

Reading Assignment Blogpost - Chapter 2 - Photography Changes What We See (due 9/19)



Which essay from the assigned chapter spoke to your own experience the most?  Summarize the main points of the essay and give a personal anecdote that elaborates on why this article spoke to you the most. Which essay made you think about photography in a new way, or spoke to experiences you may not have been as familiar with?  Again, summarize the article and explain why this essay has reshaped your ideas about photography. Write your 200 word (minimum) response below.  Make sure to put your name in the comment. 

Presentations
9/19 Claire Rodgers
9/24 Alvaro Munoz

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Project 2 Cyanotypes


 After an introduction to the production of digital negative using the ink-jet printer, you will produce four small prints, using the cyanotype process.

4 prints are due at the end of class Tuesday 9/24

One image must be a photogram, one must use the digital negative.  

"A" quality work will be given to those students who do one of the following

  • experiment with brush strokes
  • explore toning their prints
  • shoot images specifically for the this project


Cyanotype tutorial

Tea Toning (we will cover this on tuesday)


Thursday, September 12, 2019

Instructions for Digital Negatives


To create a digital negative:

Using Photoshop, create the artwork that you want to cyanotype, 
sized appropriately for the piece of knitting. The finished will be the same size as the negative.

Convert the image to grayscale.

Flip the graphic from left to right, so that any lettering is now backwards. 
You do this because when printing, the negative will be placed face down, ie. ink-side down.

Invert colors to make it a negative.

Print the finished graphic onto inkjet transparency film.

Get some Pictorico Premium Overhead Transparency Film (OHP) from Prof. Ireland. 
Using an inkjet printer, print the reversed image onto the OHP film 
at whatever size you want the final image to be but as big as letter size. 
Since this is a contact printing technique whatever size you make the negative will render 
the same size on the printing surface.

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Photo Exposure Review


You can find more online

Photocaddy app for android
or for Iphone


http://photography-mapped.com/index.html

More articles
Digital Photography 101

Society for Photographic Education Conference in Lubbock, TX



Hey there, I am being given some funding from TSU to bring students to the Society for Photographic Education South Central chapter Conference in Lubbock, TX from October 10-13th. If you are interested in going, let me know here or in person, as a can take a certain amount of students with funding help for registration and lodging. The conference includes presentations, workshops, portfolio reviews, events, exhibitions, visiting artist lectures, and great networking opportunities for graduate schools.

Ask Alex Huerta, Amanda Rashael Yowell or Julie Young about it, they had a great time last year.

https://www.depts.ttu.edu/art/landmark-arts/exhibit_folders/2019-10_SPE/index.php

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Reading Assignment Blogpost - Chapter 1 - Photography Changes What We Want (due 9/12)



Which essay from the assigned chapter spoke to your own experience the most?  Summarize the main points of the essay and give a personal anecdote that elaborates on why this article spoke to you the most. Which essay made you think about photography in a new way, or spoke to experiences you may not have been as familiar with?  Again, summarize the article and explain why this essay has reshaped your ideas about photography. Write your 200 word (minimum) response below.  Make sure to put your name in the comment.  

Presentations - 

9/10 Sara Watts
9/12 Olivia Teague

Semester Long Reading Assignment

Over the courses of Arts 3361 we will be reading the essays from Photography Changes Everything.  I will put a post on the website for each chapter that you are required to write a 200 word minimum response as a response to the earlier mentioned post that includes the following topics in some order.  

Which essay from the assigned chapter spoke to your own experience the most?  Summarize the main points of the essay and give a personal anecdote that elaborates on why this article spoke to you the most. Which essay made you think about photography in a new way, or spoke to experiences you may not have been as familiar with?  Again, summarize the article and explain why this essay has reshaped your ideas about photography.  

For an assigned date each semester, you will be required to present your topics to the class for a 10 minute presentation.  You may elaborate on the themes you discussed in your essay and include pictures to be shown to the class.  You must however present on essays included in the chapter that you are listed under.

(times subject to change)

Chapter 1 - Photography Changes What We Want (read by 9/17)

9/17 Sara Watts
9/17 Olivia Teague

Chapter 2 - Photography Changes What We See (read by 9/19)

9/19 Claire Rodgers
9/24 Alvaro Munoz

Chapter 3 - Photography Changes Who We Are (read by 10/3)

10/3 Kristen McCallister
10/8 Lee Taylor

Chapter 4 - Photography Changes What We Do (read by 10/15)

10/15 Hunter Island
10/17 Madison Morrow
10/22 Kenjinique Davis

Chapter 5 - Photography Changes Where We Go (read by 10/31)

10/31 Rachael Brasovan
11/5 Daniel Amador
11/7 Dan Adame

Chapter 6 - Photography Changes What We Remember (read by 11/12)

11/12 Rebecca Ross
11/14 Ezequiel Delgado


Class Text - Photography Changes Everything





https://www.amazon.com/Photography-Changes-Everything-Marvin-Heiferman/dp/1597111996

Try to have by week 3, there is only one version so it doesnt matter if you buy an older used version

Making a Pinhole Camera

Lensculture


Here is a site we will often use in class to show examples for projects, and you can look up photographers or subjects to look at works. 

https://www.lensculture.com/