DIRECTIONS:
First, develop the new images as your artistic sensibilities dictate.
Then, POST the old and the new images (developed) side-by-side in a post on your blog.
Then, ON YOUR OWN, answer the following questions on your blog (written):
A. What project did you choose to revisit?
B. What was it about this project that drew you to re-do it?
C. How did approach the project differently? Or not? Why?
D. How do new photographs differ from the first time you photographed the project/subject?
E. What have you learned ABOUT YOUR OWN WORK from revisiting the project?
Then, WORKING WITH A PARTNER, complete the following:
A. Ask that person to spend some time looking at the images on their own
without input from you.
B. Ask that person the following questions:
-How do the two different versions of the project/subject differ?
-Which group (past or current) of photographs are you more drawn to, and why?
-What questions do you have for how/why/what/where/when/etc. do you have about the project/subject. (Use your "Reading A Photograph" questions if you are bereft of inquisitive thought).
NOTE:
AS THE PERSON REVIEWING THEIR OWN WORK: Be thoughtful and self-examining when looking at/comparing your own work.
AS THE PERSON REVIEWING OTHERS' WORK: The more inquisitive and questioning you are, the more that person ]will get out of this process. Think about asking questions that will stump them - not to "trick" them, but to get them thinking about their own work and why they have done what they have.
FINAL STEP:
Once this process is complete, AS THE PHOTOGRAPHER, write a blog post about what you have learned, been enlightened to, and otherwise become aware of about your work.
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READING A PHOTOGRAPH:
Describe
it.
What kinds of things do
you see in this photograph? What else do you see?
What words would you
use to describe this photograph? What other words might we use?
How would you describe
the lines in this picture? The shapes? The colors? What does this photograph
show?
Look at this photograph
for a moment. What observations can you make about it?
How would you describe
this photograph to a person who could not see it?
How would you describe
the people in this picture? Are they like you or different?
How would you describe
(the place depicted in) this photograph?
Relate
it.
What does this photograph
remind you of?
What things do you
recognize in this photograph? What things seem new to you?
How is this photograph
like the one we just saw? What are some important differences?
What do these two photographs
have in common?
How is this picture
different from real life?
What interests you most
about this work of art?
Analyze
it.
Which objects seems
closer to you? Further away?
What can you tell me
about the colors in this photograph?
What color is used the
most in this photograph?
What makes this photograph
look crowded?
What can you tell me
about the person in this photograph?
What can you tell me
about how this person lived? How did you arrive at that idea?
What do you think is
the most important part of this picture?
How do you think the
artist made this work?
What questions would
you ask the artist about this work, if s/he were here?
Interpret
it.
What title would you
give to this photograph? What made you decide on that title?
What other titles could
we give it?
What do you think is
happening in this photograph? What else could be happening?
What sounds would this photograph
make (if it could)?
What do you think is
going on in this picture? How did you arrive at that idea?
What do you think this photograph
is about? How did you come up that idea?
Pretend you are inside
this photograph. What does it feel like?
What do you think this
(object) was used for? How did you arrive at that idea?
Why do you suppose the
artist made this photograph? What makes you think that?
What do you think it
would be like to live in this photograph? What makes you think that?
Evaluate
it.
What do you think is
good about this photograph? What is not so good?
Do you think the person
who painted this do a good or bad job? What makes you think so?
Why do you think other
people should see this work of art?
What do you think other
people would say about this work? Why do you think that?
What grade would you
give the artist for this work? How did you arrive at that grade?
What would you do with
this work if you owned it?
What do you think is
worth remembering about this photograph?
