Personal Photojournalism project

Personal Photo Project DUE Sunday, June 9

DUE Sunday, June 9. We will immediately begin presenting on Monday, June 10.

You will be working primarily on your personal photo project outside of class. If you manage your time effieciently next week, you will have time in class on Thursday for your write up and putting your images on a power point.
Personal photo project details.

Part 1: select your theme from the list below. Send along by Monday, June 3

Part 2:  sharing out your project: (class participation) 

Part 3: Reflection: Photojournalism Project written component   (Share by 6/10)                 Name____________________________________________

Photo project objective statement: What was your theme?  Describe your process of taking the photos, including any pleasures, frustrations and obstacles you encountered.  Reference specifically some of your images. (250 words).

Of what will your photo project consist?

    You may, of course, take as many pictures as you wish, but you will share only 10 images with the class.

Can I have more?
   No.

How will these be shared?
    You may have them on a Prezi or a Power Point or some other similar program.

So what are the parameters for taking these pictures?
      You must have an theme, that is a clearly defined point to unify your series of photos. This is not to be a haphazard collection or arrangement of images or a visual summary of a holiday or trip, but a thoughtfully planned out goal that unites an idea and demonstrates your proficiency in using various photo techniques to convey your ideas.

  

 Can it be from some place I already took pictures?

      No, these are new images that demonstrate you have an understanding of the rules of composition, as used to express your photo objective.

What type of pictures must these be exactly?

  You may organize these how you wish, but within the pictures you must demonstrate your understanding the following:

        close-up

        medium-range shot

        establishing shot

        accurate use of phi grid or rule of thirds 

         AND  Fibonacci spiral

        horizontal and vertical format

        understanding of the horizon line placement

        conscious use of lighting

        varied perspective (tilting up or down to convey meaning)

        conscious framing
        awareness of depth of field, symmetry, pattern, texture, lighting 

       

       
  PART 1 

  By Monday, June 3, please send along your thematic choice. Once you have made a selection, you will start to see opportunities to capture the idea. As it is very important to have a focus, I am counting the receipt of your thematic selection as a homework grade. Anything not received by tonight is only worth 50 points. 

Below is a possibility list:

• Beauty of simplicity
• Capitalism – effect on the individual
• Change of power – necessity
• Change versus tradition
• Chaos and order
• Character – destruction, building up
• Circle of life
• Coming of age
• Communication – verbal and nonverbal
• Companionship as salvation
• Convention and rebellion
• Dangers of ignorance
• Darkness and light
• Death – inevitable or tragedy
• Desire to escape
• Destruction of beauty
• Disillusionment and dreams
• Displacement
• Empowerment
• Emptiness of attaining false dream
• Everlasting love
• Evils of racism
• Facing darkness
• Facing reality
• Fading beauty
• Faith versus doubt
• Family – blessing or curse
• Fate and free will
• Fear of failure
• Female roles
• Fulfillment
• Good versus bad
• Greed as downfall
• Growing up – pain or pleasure
• Hazards of passing judgment
• Heartbreak of betrayal
• Heroism – real and perceived
• Hierarchy in nature
• Identity crisis
• Illusion of power
• Immortality
• Individual versus society
• Inner versus outer strength
• Injustice
• Isolation
• Isolationism – hazards
• Knowledge versus ignorance
• Loneliness as destructive force
• Losing hope
• Loss of innocence
• Lost honor
• Lost love
• Love and sacrifice
• Man against nature
• Manipulation
• Materialism as downfall
• Motherhood
• Names – power and significance
• Nationalism – complications
• Nature as beauty
• Necessity of work
• Oppression of women
• Optimism – power or folly
• Overcoming – fear, weakness, vice
• Patriotism – positive side or complications
• Power and corruption
• Power of silence
• Power of tradition
• Power of wealth
• Power of words
• Pride and downfall
• Progress – real or illusion
• Quest for discovery
• Quest for power
• Rebirth
• Reunion
• Role of men
• Role of Religion – virtue or hypocrisy
• Role of women
• Self – inner and outer
• Self-awareness
• Self-preservation
• Self-reliance
• Social mobility
• Technology in society – good or bad
• Temporary nature of physical beauty
• Temptation and destruction
• Totalitarianism
• Vanity as downfall
• Vulnerability of the meek
• Vulnerability of the strong
• War – glory, necessity, pain, tragedy
• Will to survive
• Wisdom of experience
• Working class struggles
• Youth and beauty

PART 2: Sharing beginning on Monday, June 10. I must have your images by midnight on Sunday, June 9.

Part 3: Photojournalism Project written component                    Name____________________________________________

Photo project objective statement: What was your theme?  Describe your process of taking the photos, including any pleasures, frustrations and obstacles you encountered.  Reference specifically some of your images. (250 words)

    

           

There will be a total of 11 slides

Slide 1- your photo

 with full name This may be formal or

 informal and written out and the 

thematic title of your project.

Slides 2-11: your picture and a cut line for each one. 

 There is to be nothing else on the slide. You should be able to explain WHY this image supports your theme.

Wed-Friday, May 29 through Friday, May 31

 Today through Friday is for presentations. You do not have access to Chromebooks.

Enjoy...ask questions of the presenter, if you wish. 

Presenters: face your audience- move your head / body to address everyone. 
                   Project your voice; speak slowly and clearly
                   Glance at your notes only. 
                   You've got this; you know your material.

Photojournalist Project Tuesday, May 21 through Tuesday, May 28

Your photojournalist (if you were absent, you have been assigned one.)

Please remember that the annotated bibliography is due this Thursday 5/ 23 by midnight. (five alphabetized, correctly cited (use citation machine) sources; under each are five sentences summarizing the article)

By midnight Tuesday, 5/28, the power points are due. Please follow the instructions. Your presentations are based on your knowledge. What is written on the slides is as follows:
slide 1: *large picture of photojournalist
              *name of photojournalist and life dates
              *quote by the photojournalist (be prepared to share orally a brief synopsis of the individual)
slides 2-6 * five large images and a cutline if there is one
                 (See handout for what you should be able to                         explain in terms of composition)
              

period 5
Elyse -Gordon Parks
Esther- Margaret Bourke-White
Phonemani - Stan Honda or ??
Ja'Miah- Eli Reed
Shania- Andre Kerterz
Rae'iona- Marcus Bleasdale
Jess-Pablo Barthomew
Rhanique-Roger Fenton
Tessa-Melissa Springer
Elizabeth- Lynsey Addario
Raina- Brice Portelanc
Genesis-Roman Vishniac
Faduma- Ahaf Qadri
Tayah-W. Eugene Smith
Mariangelis- Jamel Shabazz
Dakota- Timothy Allen
Giancarlo-Lee Miller
Ray- Paul Courvette
Trinity- Carrie May Weems
Timani- Felice Beato
Ryan Stephen Alvarez
Dameyia- Manoocher Deghati

Period 7

Julianna- Zoriah
Coralys- Sebastio Salado
Brandon- Dan Budnic
Jo D -Danny Lyon
Graham- Spider Martin
Fernando- Andre Kerterz
Amanda- Altaf Qadri
Tina- Sam Abell
Carla-Tim Hetherington
Abrianna- Tim Hetherington
Asher- Heisle (?)
Adi- Gordon Parks
Semaj- Thoman Allen Harris
Jaylyn- Jacob Riis
Nic- Robert Capa
Josh- Jamel Shabazz
Malikya- Eli Reed
Andrew- James Nachtwey
Joe V- Jim Richardson
Abigail- Lynsey Addario






Please read carefully!

Today (Tuesday) is an exploratory day. You will hand in a list of  three photojournalists that you have written on the 3 x 5 card I give you.  I'll let you know which one is yours. Make sure you have three you are interested in. The objective is not to have duplicates. If you have not made a selection, I will assign you one.


1. Spend some time today  exploring the works of the following photojournalists. The list is by no means exhaustive, so you might have some ideas of your own. As material can seemingly become copyrighted over night, make sure that you have access to the work.

2. Choose three that appeal to you and write down their names in order of preference.  Write it on  3 x 5 card I'm handing you. (Don't forget to put your name on the card)

3. Tonight I'll post who you will be researching.  There should be no duplicates. If you did not give me a name, I'll assign you one.

4. On Wednesday and Thursday you will have time in class to research and organize your project, which will consist of:

a. Researching the biographical information on your journalist, noting significant influences in their work and philosophical perspectives.  You must use five sources. Include correct citations at the close of your writing. (Forgot how to do this? ( http://www.citationmachine.net/mla) Write your information up as an annotated bibliography. (what does that mean, you ask?)  Alphabetize your five correctly cited sources and under each write a 3-5 sentence summary of the material covered in the article. 

 

b. Creating a power point or Prezi presentation consisting of six slides: a title slide that includes an image of the photojournalist with his or her name and life dates and a quote from the photographer (that is all on this slide),   followed by 5 images taken by the journalist. 
That is a total of 6 images....no more, the first being a picture of your photojournalist, with life dates and a quote, followed by 5 images that only contain the cutline.  Only one image should be on a slide, not a compilations.

c. Class presentation. These will begin on Wednesday, May 29. 
With accompanying notes only (no reading from a text), you will give an historical overview of your journalist (slide 1)  noting particularly the significance of their work. You will then review the five images you selected. 

Your analysis point for each of your five images is as follows:
  
 1) type of shot: close up, medium range, establishing

 2)  The organization of the photograph: rule of thirds, phi grid, 

         Fibonacci spiral

   3) where / what is the light source 

  4) Two items within the photograph that impact the aesthetics of the photo and help convey the message of the image: low / high angle, depth of field, lines, pattern, texture, symmetry and  placement of horizon line. You will be expected to explain why these are significant, not merely label.
  
 5) Note power point attributes: NO WHITE BACKGROUNDS
                                               On the slide with the picture of the photographer,                                                              you must   include a  quote from the photojournalist.
                                                One very large image per slide and a cut line only.
                                                Remember that the point of a power point  / prezi is to support you and your knowledge. Know your material and talk about it.
 You may use notes, but should absolutely not read off a piece of paper.  Engage the audience through your body language, eye contact and  voice. If you are prepared, this is very easy.                                            

TIME FRAME SUMMARY:
So what and when does everyone need to turn in?

1. On Thursday, May 23 send along your annotated bibliorgraphy with proper source citations. (See above.)

2.  On Tuesday,  May 28 you will have time to complete your visual presentation. Again, these will take place on Wednesday, May 29 through Friday, May 31. (If you plan on being in class on Friday, let me know and you can go at the end; otherwise,  we are going in alphabetical order, unless- as usual, some folks like to go to the head of the queue. 

  3.   Again, on Wednesday, May 29, you should be ready to share out your power point to the class. 

 
Possible topic choices. If there is someone else you wish to research, please let me know.

1. Eddie Adams
2. Timothy Allen
3. Stephen Alvarez
4. Moahmed Amin
5. Pablo Bartholmew
6. Felice Beato
7. Marcus Bleasdale
8. Margaret Bourke-White
9. Mathew Brady
10. Dan Budnik
11. Pogus Caesar
12. Robert Capa
13. Joseph Costa
14. Paul Couvrette
15. Manoocher Deghati
16. Sergio Dorantes
17. Clifton C. Edom
18. Roger Fenton
19. John Harrington
20. Deborah Copaken Kogan
21. Andre Kertesz
22. Russell Klika
23. Danny Lyon
24. Don McCullin
25. Spider Martin
26. Enrico Martino
27. Susan Meiselas
28. Hansel Mieth
29. Lee Miller
30. James Nachtwey
31. Sara Krulwich
32. Lucian Perkins
33. Dith Pran
34. Altaf Qadri
35. Reza Deghati
36. Jim Richardson
37. James Robertson
38. Ingac Sechti
39. Josef Jindrich Sechtl
40. W. Eugene Smith
41. Melissa Springer
42. Juliea Tutwiler
43. Roman Vishniac
44. Zoriah
45. Jacob Riis
46. Carol Guzy
47. Corky Lee
48. Stan Honda
49. Walker Evans
50. Lewis Hine
51. Robert Doisneau
52. Manuel Alvarez Bravo
53. Alfred Eisenstadt
54. Roy DeCarava
55. Sebastio Salgado
56. Timothy O’Sullivan
57. Oscar Rejlander
58 Eadweard Muybridge
59 Helmut Newton
60. Ansel Adams
61. Dorothea Lange
62. Alfred Eisenstadt
63. Edward Steichen
64. Galen Rowell
65. George Ngondo
66. Henri Cartier Bresson
67. Jim Brandenberg
68. Robert Capa
69. Margaret Bourke-White
70. Sam Abell
71. Gordon Parks
72. James Vanderzee
73. Addison Scurlock
74. Eli Reed 
75. Remi Ochlik 
76. Radhika Chalasani
77. Thomas Allen Harris
78. James Van Der Zee
79. Carrie Mae Weems
80. Jamel Shabazz
81. Lynsey Addario
82. Malin Fezehai

Photojournalist project   graphic organizer       This handout will be turned in with your presentation.                 

Your Name_____________________________________

Photojournalist ___________________________________

annotated*  bibliography	*_ This is to be shared with me by Thursday, May 23
IMAGE 1 Quote that accompanies the picture and life dates of your photojournalist	On this initial slide, you should include a large image of your photographer, a quote from the individual and life dates.    Nothing more.  Write the quote in this section.
SLIDE 2 Example photo taken your photographer	Include only the photo and cutline on the slide.  Type of shot: Organization: Light Source: Two items: Photographer’s message
SLIDE 3 Example photo taken by your photographer	Include only the photo and cutline on the slide.  Type of shot: Organization: Light Source: Two items: Photographer’s message
SLIDE 4 Example taken by your photograher photo slide 3: image	Include only the photo and cutline on the slide.  Type of shot: Organization: Light Source: Two items: Photographer’s message
SLIDE 5 Example taken by your photographer	Include only the photo and cutline on the slide.  Type of shot: Organization: Light Source: Two items: Photographer’s message
SLIDE 6 Example taken by your photographer