Introductions
Hello and welcome to Digital Photography!
You will receive an invite to join the blog (If you do not receive it, check your SPAM folder) and you’ll be prompted to set a new password.
We will use this site to post assignments for feedback and critiques. We will also use the blog for daily entries designed to explore and reflect on a wide range of styles and themes in photography.
Due to the fact that this is an entirely remote class, it is more of a challenge to create a studio community online. I’d like to have everyone post a brief introduction on the blog prior to the first class meeting.
I’d like to have your intro images in a post (using the categories of “your name” & Introduction) and I’ve set up a demo post on the blog for reference.
Please include the following information in the post:
A photo of yourself. A few images of any art or creative projects you’ve done (if applicable)
Some brief background info: What you’re studying at Lehigh. Where you’re from (and/or where you will be residing during the fall semester). Why you’re interested in taking the Digital Photography 1 course (pursuit of possible major/minor; general interest etc.). You can also list other studio courses you have taken or note if this is the first one.
Monday, February 1
1. Find an online article on how to improve your shooting – your focusing, your lighting, or your exposure. Include a link to that article in your blog with a full citation.
2. Read the page on Aaron Siskind, American Photographer
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-siskind-aaron-artworks.htm#pnt_2 Gallery blog: You will be assigned a slide from the LUAG Artstor Siskind collection. https://library.artstor.org/group/8f9064c0-0c28-4026-a1c9-e72e47cd376b?token=_TItAv4YQ7yxOE9TnVYmMw For your blog, post the photograph. Record the title, date and location. Describe the content and analyze the composition.
Wednesday, February 3
From the artists listed choose two examples of depth of field. Find one example of short depth of field. Post it to your blog. Find one example of long depth of field. Post it to your blog. In both, analyze the strengths of the composition and describe how the artist’s choice for depth of field contributes to the composition. Be sure to credit the artist under each photograph.
Ansel Adams:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=ansel%20adams&perPage=20&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&offset=0&pageSize=0
Diane Arbus: http://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/
Saïdou Dicko, La Bouilloire (The Tea Kettle), 2014. © Saïdou Dicko. Courtesy of ARTCO Gallery, Aachen, Global Photography p. 161 Google Books https://www.google.com/books/edition/Global_Photography/hmfqDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Dicko
https://www.widewalls.ch/artists/saidou-dicko
Monday, February 8
1. Upload 4 Texture shots to the course blog
2. Choose one example from an artist on this list and describe/analyze the strengths of the composition and lighting. Post the example to your blog with a full citation.
Robert Frank: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/robert-frank-the-americans#slideshow
Paul Strand: http://www.metmuseum.org – search for paul strand
Edward Weston:
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/286226
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/285784
Wednesday, February 10
Each of these photographers enhances content with strong composition. Choose one of the three photographs to discuss how composition underscores content. Then discuss the content of the work based on your readings from the website.
Mitra Tabrizian, Tehran 2006: https://unframed.lacma.org/2014/05/02/new-acquisition-mitra-tabrizian-tehran-2006
James Rodriguez: Guatemala: Life After Genocide. https://www.mimondo.org
Joseph Koudelka Shu’fat Refugee Camp, overlooking Al ‘Isawiya, East Jerusalem.
https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&ALID=2TYRYDX7YF2P
Monday, February 15
Look at the examples of photographic commentary on child labor provided by photographers Roberto Romano and Lewis Hine. Find another example online of an artist or organization documenting a social justice issue today either in photography or video. Post a link to the site. Explain what made the work effective in communicating its message.
Roberto Romano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFGLqkDnSVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwMFYqmHI5g
Lewis Hine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqEBO3Fimek
Wednesday February 17
1. Find a good Photoshop tutorial for your level and include the URL in your blog with a full citation and a summary of what you learned. Include a snapshot of a sample file if relevant.
2. Maplethorpe, Mann and Serrano produced bodies of work that were highly controversial when they were exhibited. Choose one example that might be controversial and describe both sides of the controversy. Post the example with a full citation on your blog.
Robert Mapplethorpe
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mapplethorpelinks.html
Sally Mann
http://sallymann.com/selected-works
http://sallymann.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Extended-Bio.pdf
http://voices.yahoo.com/sally-manns-immediate-family-unflinching-unafraid-100113.html?cat=9
Andreas Serrano
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/18/andres-serrano-piss-christ-shock
http://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_thumbnail.asp?aid=424202827&gid=424202827&cid=121254&works_of_art=1
http://www.artnet.com/awc/andres-serrano.html
Monday, February 22
Choose one example from each artist and briefly describe their contributions to documentary photography. Post the examples to your blog with full citations.
Sebastião Salgado
https://www.artsy.net/artist/sebastiao-salgado/works?period=1990
Robert Capa
http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353
http://www.skylighters.org/photos/robertcapa.html
Wednesday, February 24
1. Choose a street photograph from the LUAG collection in Maginnes Hall that is particularly strong. (If you cannot go in person, go online to Lehigh University Art Galleries, Current Exhibitions, Taking it to the Streets.) Post the image to the blog with a full citation. Write a description of the photograph and an analysis of the composition. Why did you choose this piece?
Monday, March 1
1. Post a Gallery of your Sculpture shots – with captions
2. Write an Artist Statement for 3 images that you will submit to the D-Art Exhibition: https://www.graphicslink.co.uk/GALLERY.htm and add it to the submission form
Prepare the images as you would for the blog. 2000 pixels on the longest side. JPEG, high quality. All three must be your original work completed while you have been a college student. At least one of the three must have been produced in this course.
3. Prepare the permission to use images form on course site with your signature.
Email to Anna Ursyn and copy me. (address at bottom of submission form)
Wednesday, March 3
- What can you take away from these series as inspiration for book ideas? Brainstorm some possible directions you might take as a result of seeing these examples – even though you don’t have the same resources (helicopter and pilots in Laforet’s case) or live in the same era as in the other two examples.
- Henri Cartier-Bresson https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/henri-cartier-bresson-the-decisive-moment
- “Then They Came For Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II” https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/then-they-came-for-me-incarceration-of-japanese-americans-during-world-war-ii
- AIR by Vincent Laforet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnS3HDB9BiM
Monday, March 8
1. Post an example of motion blur photography with a full citation from the first link. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/24/45-beautiful-motion-blur-photos/
2. From the second link, list techniques to try to avoid having too much light when you have long shutter speeds. 45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos
Wednesday, March 10
Each of these artists sets up full–scale tableaux to shoot. Some composite multiple shots. Choose an example from one of the artists to describe and interpret. Post the example to your blog and provide a full citation. Read biographies and artists statements or watch videos when provided to get an understanding of the artist’s background and concepts. Use this information to help you with our interpretation.
Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison: https://fstoppers.com/portraits/amazing-surreal-work-robert-shana-parkeharrison-4009
Wang Qingsong. Competition. 2011. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/02/04/competition/
Cindy Sherman: http://www.cindysherman.com
Jeff Wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yG2k4C4zrU and http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/magazine/25Wall.t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Joel Peter Witkin: http://www.ethertongallery.com/html/artist_detail.php?recordID=10
Monday, March 15
1. Upload 3 to 4 samples of your work from the street project with a brief description of the location you selected and your approach. Make sure to include captions in the titles.
2. Comment on the street photography by two of your classmates. Be sure to select peers who do not already have comments.
Wednesday, March 17
Doing Democracy: Photography from the George Stephanopoulos Collection – Luag Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center
https://library.artstor.org/#/collection/100038021;colId=100038021;term=%22LUAG%20Exhibition%20-%20Doing%20Democracy%22;size=72
Take notes from the wall label and in your own words, describe the content recorded in the image you select. What is the significance of this image and how has the photographer framed the event?
Monday, March 22
Choose a portrait that you think is particularly effective and explain why you chose it. Post the example with a full citation on your blog.
Richard Avedon: Portfolio, the American West
http://www.richardavedon.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=7&a=0&at=0
Gertrude Kasabier
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1950/gertrude-ksebier-american-1852-1934/
Seydou Keita
https://www.gallery51.com/index.php?navigatieid=9&fotograafid=16
Irving Penn
https://www.irvingpenn.org
Wednesday, March 24
Choose one photographer and select one photograph that captures a moment of the Civil Rights Movement. Describe the content and explain what makes the photograph so effective. Include the photograph in your blog with a full citation.Bruce Davidson https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_4&VBID=24PVHKKA2L9HD&IID=2K1HRGPD1IXK&PN=2
Charles Moore Photographer of the Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 79. Claire O’Neill. March 16, 2010. Photo Stories from NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/03/charles_moore.html
Danny Lyon. Civil Rights Series. Jackson Fine Art. http://www.jacksonfineart.com/danny-lyon-910.html
10 Essential Civil Rights Movement Photographers. Caroline Stanley. January 16, 2012. http://www.flavorwire.com/249320/10-essential-civil-rights-movement-photographers
Monday, March 29
Motion
You will each be provided with a slide to narrate. The Motion of Light in Water. Provide the artist’s name, the title of the work, date and location of the shot. Describe how motion is captured – is the movement crisply focused and is it frozen in time? Or Is there motion blur to suggest something that continually moves? Describe the contents as they are framed within the composition and discuss the most relevant design elements and organizing principles used: light, shadow, space, line, form, balance, tonal range, emphasis, contrast. Using Audacity, record your narration of the slide assigned to you.
Wednesday, March 31
Watch the video then search for an example from each artist to post to your blog with a brief description of his/her process based on the video. Provide full citations. Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor: This is Not Photography https://vimeo.com/69911353 – Feature-length
Monday, April 5
Choose a montage from: Fantastic Photomontage and its possible influences, 1857-2007: a timeline http://www.d-log.info/timeline/index.html
Post it to the blog with a citation (artist, title and date). Describe the strengths in the composition and how this approach might inspire your work with montage.
Wednesday, April 7
Choose an example from Greenfield’s “Thin” series or Mary Ellen Mark’s “Ward 81” to describe and interpret. Post the example with a full citation on your blog.
Lauren Greenfield: Thin, Lauren Greenfield, Joan Jacobs Brumberg. http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Lauren-Greenfield/dp/081185633X/ref=la_B001JS6DTO_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1357161181&sr=1-2
Mary Ellen Mark. Ward 81: http://www.maryellenmark.com/books/titles/ward_81/300B-026-13A_ward81_520.html
Monday, April 12
- Upload your water shots to the blog.
- List one example that really captures the look of miniaturized photography and briefly describe the technique used to get that effect. Post the example with a full citation on your blog.
50 Beautiful Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/16/beautiful-examples-of-tilt-shift-photography/
Wednesday, April 14
Choose a photograph from one of these film photographers to describe and analyze. What qualities drew you to this photograph? What makes it relevant today to a digital artist? Include a copy of the photograph in your blog with a full citation.
Henri Cartier Bresson: https://www.artsy.net/artist/henri-cartier-bresson
Imogen Cunningham: https://www.artsy.net/artist/imogen-cunningham
Alfred Stieglitz: https://www.artsy.net/artist/alfred-stieglitz
Monday, April 19
Upload the URL to you book along with a pdf and sample stills. Include your artist statement.
Wednesday, April 21
Well, Well, Well: Picturing Wellness from the LUAG Collection in Fairchild Martindale Study Gallery and Rausch Business Center. Post an image from the collection in your blog that captures the exhibition concept statement. Include a full citation and description of your choice.
Monday, April 26
Use one of these photographers and their work to discuss how they have used their art to make a social statement.
I-Lann Yee’s Artist Statement
Study of Lamprey’s Malayan Male I and II
https://www.silverlensgalleries.com/artists/i-lann-yee/series/study-of-lampreys-malayan-male
Read Eugene Smith Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath:
https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/tomoko-uemura-in-her-bath/
Wednesday, April 28
Each of these artists creates a set and photographs miniatures using the principles of tabletop photography. Choose an example from one of the artists and describe/analyze the qualities that make the work strong. Post the example to your blog with a full citation.
Lori Nix: http://www.lorinix.net
Four Artist Have the Same Idea with Mini Figurines http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/10/four-artists-have-same-big-idea-with.html
Julia Fullerton-batten Teenage Stories Miniature Villages and Teenage Girls
Bike Accident 2005: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/2491004588/lightbox/
http://www.juliafullerton-batten.com
James Casabere
http://jamescasebere.com
Paolo Ventura’s Winter Stories at Spoleto 2011 on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/24599999
http://www.paoloventura.com
Matthew Albanese
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/19/a-behind-the-scenes-glimpse-of-matthew-albaneses-magical-miniature-worlds/
Monday, May 3
1.Comment on two peers books.
Wednesday, May 5
- Upload your montage to the blog.
- Comment on two peer’s montages