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Photo Study- Art Photography
Photo Study #28- due May 10
Photographer:
Martin Parr
Title & Date:
The Last Resort, New Brighton England, 1983
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What do you think the photographer is trying to get us to think about in terms of our humanity?
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If you could ask the photographer a question about this work, what would it be?
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Photo Study #27- due May 3
Photographer:
David Levinthal
Title & Date:
Wild West Sheriff
, 1994
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What are your first impressions of this image? Does the title change your understanding? What does the image remind you of?
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Levinthal worked exclusively with toys to create scenes from history and popular culture. What historical event or pop cultural scene would you recreate through toys?
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The Wild West and the game "Cowboys and Indians" used to be popular toys/games for children, but seem to be less popular now. What games do children play now?
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Photo Study #26- due April 26
Photographer:
Laurie Simmons
Title & Date:
Walking House
, 1989
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What are your first impressions of this image? Does the title change your understanding? What does the image remind you of?
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Simmons wants to challenge our assumptions of gender roles. What do you think she's calling into question?
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Do you think gender roles can be confirmed through toys designed specifically for boys or girls? Why or why not?
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If you could ask the photographer a question about this work, what would it be?
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Photo Study #25- due April 19
Photographer:
Bill Brandt
Title & Date:
View from Van Gogh’s room , Asylum of St. Paul de Mausole, Saint-Remy-de-Provence
, 1950
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What are your first impressions of this image? Does the title change your understanding? What does the image remind you of?
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Describe the view from the window and your impressions of the room.
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What else do you notice?
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What do you know about Vincent Van Gogh, his art, and his struggles with mental health?
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What do you think the photographer is trying to get us to think about?
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If you could ask the photographer a question about this work, what would it be?
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Photo Study #24- due April 12
Photographer:
Adeolu Osibodu
Title & Date:
Even when the thrill is gone
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2021
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Photo Study #23- due April 5
Photographer:
Tanapol Kaewpring
Title & Date:
Fire in a Box,
2017
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This image revolves around the idea of physical impossibility and control of the elements. Which element would you control if you could? (Think Avatar: The Last Airbender for inspiration)
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What do you think the photographer trying to get us to think about?
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If you could ask the photographer a question about this work, what would it be?
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Photo Study #22- due March 28
Photographer:
Kirsty Mitchell
Title & Date:
The Guidance of Stray Souls (from the Wonderland series), 2013
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If you could choose a fantastical story to illustrate, what would you choose and why?
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Photo Study #21- due March 22
Photographer:
David Hockney
Title & Date:
Henry Moore
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1982
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What are your first impressions of this collection of images? Who was Henry Moore?
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What stands out the most when you see this work/what is the focal point?
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Imagine if this was a single image of Henry Moore? Would you prefer it over this or not? Why?
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What do you think the photographer trying to get us to think about?
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Photo Study #20- due March 8
Photographer:
Duane Michals
Title & Date:
Death Comes to an Old Lady
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1969
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What are your first impressions of this series? Does the title change your understanding? What does this series remind you of?
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Thinking about the title and the narrative of the series, how would YOU depict a sensitive subject like death?
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What do you think the photographer trying to get us to think about?
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If you could ask the photographer a question about this work, what would it be?
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Photo Study #19- due March 1
Photographer:
Óscar Muñoz
Title & Date:
Línea del destino
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2016
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Explain what's happening in the image sequence and how it relates to the idea of a fate line/ linea del destino.
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What do you think the photographer trying to get us to think about?
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If you could ask the photographer a question about this work, what would it be?
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Photo Study #18- due February 23
Photographer:
Patrick Gookin
Title & Date:
Typology of Trees in Lima, Peru
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2014
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What are your first impressions of this collection of images?
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Imagine if this was a single image of a tree on a sidewalk? What is the impact of seeing it as a multiple?
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What do you think the photographer trying to get us to think about?
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If you could ask the photographer a question about this work, what would it be?
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Photo Study #17- due February 15
Photographer:
Harold Edgerton
Title & Date:
Milk Drop Coronet,
1957
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Photo Study #16- due February 9
Photographer:
Andy Goldsworthy
Title & Date:
Japanese Maple Leaves, Ouchiyama-Mura, Japan
1980
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Photo Study #15- due February 2
Photographer:
Matthieu Bourel
Title & Date:
Skinned/Beauty,
2013
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What images did he use to make this collage (list all of the components you can spot)?
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What do you think the photographer trying to get us to think about?
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Photo Study #14- due January 26
Photographer:
Cal Redback
Title & Date:
Treebeard #5
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2015
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How has the artist used digital manipulation to alter the appearance of the subject?
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Photo Study #13- due January 12
Photographer:
Mariano Peccinetti
Title & Date:
Cosmic Cube,
2019
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Photo Study #12- due December 8
Photographer:
Alfred Stieglitz
Title & Date:
Hands and Thimble, 1919
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This is a photograph of his wife Georgia O'Keeffe's hands. Stieglitz believed that portraiture concerned more than just the face and that it should be a record of a person's entire experience, a mosaic of expressive movements, emotions, and gestures that would function collectively to evoke a life. From this image, what can we learn about how Stieglitz viewed his wife?
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Photo Study #11- due December 1
Photographer:
Vivian Maier
Title & Date:
Untitled, 1956
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Photo Study #10- due November 17
Photographer:
Barbara Kruger
Title & Date:
Untitled (Thinking of You), 1995
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Does this image contain a positive or negative message? Explain.
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Photo Study #9- due November 10
Photographer:
Robert Frank
Title & Date:
Trolley, New Orleans,
1955
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Photo Study #8- due November 3
Photographer:
William Eggleston
Title & Date:
En Route to New Orleans,
1971
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Photo Study #7- due October 27
Photographer:
Edward Weston
Title & Date:
Cabbage Leaf,
1931
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Photo Study #6- due 10/13
Photographer:
Lalage Snow
Title & Date:
From the series
, We are not the dead,
2012-2013
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Photo Study #5- due October 6
Photographer:
Diane Arbus
Title & Date:
Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park,
1962
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What kind of story is Diane Arbus telling us about this little kid?
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Photo Study #4- due September 29
Photographer:
Annie Leibovitz
Title & Date:
Leonardo DiCaprio with a Swan
, 1997
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What kind of story is Annie Leibovitz telling us about Leonardo DiCaprio?
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Photo Study #3- due 9/1
Photographer:
Dorothea Lange
Title & Date:
Migrant Mother
, 1936
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Photo Study #2- due August 25
Photographer:
Henri Cartier Bresson
Title & Date:
Hyères, France
, 1932
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Photo Study #1- due August 18
Photographer:
Mary Ellen Mark
Title & Date:
Amanda and her cousin Amy
, Valdese, North Carolina, 1990
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Who was your Art I teacher (if you did not take Art I, please let me know here)?
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