01 Everyday Activities
Photographers sometimes record everyday activities such as travelling, eating or shopping. Robert Doisneau observed social change. Richard Billingham observed family life. Bruce Davidson recorded aspects of urban life. Make reference to appropriate contextual material and produce personal response.
Photographers sometimes record everyday activities such as travelling, eating or shopping. Robert Doisneau observed social change. Richard Billingham observed family life. Bruce Davidson recorded aspects of urban life. Make reference to appropriate contextual material and produce personal response.
02 The Digital Image
Nancy Burson and Beomsik Won create images of people and objects and that could not exist in reality. Their work is the result of purposeful employment of digital technology. Make reference to relevant work by others and consider the possibilities of digital image construction. Create your own work where the image could only exist digitally.
Nancy Burson and Beomsik Won create images of people and objects and that could not exist in reality. Their work is the result of purposeful employment of digital technology. Make reference to relevant work by others and consider the possibilities of digital image construction. Create your own work where the image could only exist digitally.
03 Self-Identity
Some photographers have used their own image to express ideas about their identity or to document an aspect of their lives. The work can often be reflective and engaging. Examples can be seen in the narrative images of Vivian Maier, in the surreal work of Herbert Bayer and in the constructed images of Chantal Michel. Research appropriate examples and respond in your own way.
Some photographers have used their own image to express ideas about their identity or to document an aspect of their lives. The work can often be reflective and engaging. Examples can be seen in the narrative images of Vivian Maier, in the surreal work of Herbert Bayer and in the constructed images of Chantal Michel. Research appropriate examples and respond in your own way.
04 Available Light
Many photographers and filmmakers such as Imogen Cunningham, Jan Groover and Bill Brandt have created successful images only using available light. Their work often includes clearly defined areas of light and shadow, which reveal aspects of the subject that may otherwise have been unnoticed. Research relevant examples and produce your own work.
Many photographers and filmmakers such as Imogen Cunningham, Jan Groover and Bill Brandt have created successful images only using available light. Their work often includes clearly defined areas of light and shadow, which reveal aspects of the subject that may otherwise have been unnoticed. Research relevant examples and produce your own work.
05 Documenting Contemporary Life
Lewis Hine, James Ravilious and filmmaker John Grierson have documented aspects of contemporary life in personal ways. They have drawn attention to issues that concerned or interested them. Investigate relevant examples and make a personal response to an issue or an aspect of contemporary life that concerns or interests you.
Lewis Hine, James Ravilious and filmmaker John Grierson have documented aspects of contemporary life in personal ways. They have drawn attention to issues that concerned or interested them. Investigate relevant examples and make a personal response to an issue or an aspect of contemporary life that concerns or interests you.