24 February 2017
PROJ #5: PERSPECTIVE PLAY
DIRECTIONS.
Make photos that, when rotated, create an odd perspective moment.
RATIONALE.
Play. Because, well...play is very serious business.
HW: Do SIX or more of these with family and friends for next class.
22 February 2017
READING A PHOTO #1.
Nat Geo's Most Moving Photos of 2016. CLICK HERE.
DIRECTIONS.
1. Go to the link above.
2. Look through the slide show WITHOUT reading the captions.
3. Choose three "Reading a Photo" questions.
4. Take a screen cap, post the image to your blog (attributed).
5. Write your responses under the photo in your post.
6. Publish the post.
DIRECTIONS.
1. Go to the link above.
2. Look through the slide show WITHOUT reading the captions.
3. Choose three "Reading a Photo" questions.
4. Take a screen cap, post the image to your blog (attributed).
5. Write your responses under the photo in your post.
6. Publish the post.
PROJ #4: ABSTRACT SURFACES (after Aaron Siskind, 1903-1991)
RATIONALE: To exercise your artistic/creative seeing eye, and make photographs that are abstracted pieces of the wider view.
DIRECTIONS: Look at the surfaces around you. Really look. Notice how light falling on those surfaces creates light, shadow, and ultimately a visual texture. Photograph 8+ of these surfaces and bring to next class. Note: The philosophy of "less is more" does not apply to us now. If you see & do more, all the better. :)
AARON SISKIND.
Although he started his career as a documentary photographer, Aaron Siskind (American, 1903–1991) quickly became known for his abstract photographs. Socially and professionally close with many of the Abstract Expressionist painters in his native New York, Siskind created photographs in dialogue with painting, attempting to find a new language for photographic depiction that could transform an object into an image, a description into an idea. Across a decades-long career, his work explored what he called “the drama of objects,” imbuing forms with animism and rhythm. (From Art Institute of Chicago website)
Siskind's Peeling Paint at MoMA. CLICK HERE.
Siskind's Wiki Bio. CLICK HERE.
Aaron Siskind Foundation. CLICK HERE.
RISD bio. CLICK HERE.
DIRECTIONS: Look at the surfaces around you. Really look. Notice how light falling on those surfaces creates light, shadow, and ultimately a visual texture. Photograph 8+ of these surfaces and bring to next class. Note: The philosophy of "less is more" does not apply to us now. If you see & do more, all the better. :)
Although he started his career as a documentary photographer, Aaron Siskind (American, 1903–1991) quickly became known for his abstract photographs. Socially and professionally close with many of the Abstract Expressionist painters in his native New York, Siskind created photographs in dialogue with painting, attempting to find a new language for photographic depiction that could transform an object into an image, a description into an idea. Across a decades-long career, his work explored what he called “the drama of objects,” imbuing forms with animism and rhythm. (From Art Institute of Chicago website)
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| Aaron Siskind. Peeling paint. c.1950 |
Siskind's Peeling Paint at MoMA. CLICK HERE.
Siskind's Wiki Bio. CLICK HERE.
Aaron Siskind Foundation. CLICK HERE.
RISD bio. CLICK HERE.
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