Category: Photography

read the photo assigmmemts
carefully I will be posting the links need from the photos I have posted
Documenting Social Issues links below.

Witness the Death of the ’60s in Ken Light’s Era-Defining Photos

http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/02/19/exposing-a-tumultuous-era-photographer-ken-light/
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/ken-light-what-s-going-on

Ken Light: Continuing the Photo Documentary Tradition in the 21st Century

Featured Photographer: Interview with Social Documentary Photographer Ken Light

Ted Talk Links that may help you:

The instructions to the assignment will be posted on the photos. Follow the directions carefully I will be posting the links to the assignment below.
choose one of these artist name
Lehmann, Hans, G.
Leibing, Peter
Leibovitz, Annie
Leifer, Neil
Liebling, Jerome
Lyon, Danny

I will post pictures of the assignment
here is the links of the assignments
video

Discussion: Visual Analysis: Understanding what we see.
Video Lecture/Slideshow on Visual AnalysisDiscussion: Visual Analysis: Understanding what we see.
Video Lecture/Slideshow on Visual Analysis
https://youtu.be/mn3Bsdajunchttps://youtu.be/mn3Bsdajunc
Choose one of the four images below and apply the process of Visual Analysis to that image.
Description – describe the piece using concise technical language.
Analysis – how do all of the above facts relate to one another?
Meaning – what is the artist trying to communicate? This should be a considered statement about the photographer’s intentionality using only facts accumulated in your analysis as support of your thesis.
Judgment – this is where you can express your thoughtful opinion.
Note:
Pay attention to the title & date of the photograph. This can give you extra insight into the artists intention.
Do Not Look Up the Photograph!
Just write about what you see!
Use your own words!!

use this resource to answer the following questions:

Self- Portraits and Portraits of the Self Online

1. Are there parts of the article that you agree with or identify with? What are they? Describe why you identify or agree with them.
2. Are there parts of the article that you disagree with? What are they? Describe why you disagree with them.
3. Do you make a distinction between the photographs you take for this course and the photographs you would post on Facebook, Instagram or other social media sites? If so why? If not, why not?
4. After reading this article, what is your definition of a self-portrait? Is it the same as a selfie?
5. In the article, the author mentions American author Mark Twain and his affinity for self-portraits. Explain the reasoning given in the article for why Mark Twain liked self-portraits.
6. This is a quote from the article: “The way in which photographs are interpreted and understood is beyond the scope of what is ‘in’ the photograph: photographs are not simply the things they represent, but must be read through the culture that creates and consumes them.” Explain what this quote means to you.