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PHOTOGRAPHY: THE PORTRAIT

With Professor Jeffrey Basinger

Tinker, played by Chester Davis from New Jersey, is Valhallas Pirate's carpenter. Davis has performed in musicals and films spends the pirate off-season preparing for his December role as Santa Claus. (June 19, 2016)

DAY 10 AGENDA

Housekeeping:

Grades. Questions, let’s chat!

Grades. Can anyone see my comments?

Political/Government journalists?

The upcoming project:

 

PROJECT Short Photo Essay (Due Tuesday Oct 11): 

5-10 photos telling one story. It can be narrative or thematic. 

Document an event? Tell a behind the scenes story? Or do something conceptual?

Must write a caption for every photo (and put the caption in the metadata using Bridge).


Some examples of amazing photo essays:

 

   Narrative:

EUGENE SMITH

GORDON PARKS

   Thematic:

IRC

GABRIELLE GALIMBERTI

 

A photo essay I made covering a day of the Republican National Convention in 2016.

A delegate from Texas holds a stuffed elephant on the fourth day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH.
A woman carries a child along West Roadway in front of a wall lined with heavily armed California Highway Patrol. Officers from around the country came to Cleveland to reinforce the police presence at the Republican National Convention. (July 19, 2016)
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Jade Steinman-Ross, 14, of Delaware, pours water over Stevedore Crawford, Jr., of Columbus as he protests police violence during the Republican National Convention week in Cleveland, Ohio. (July 19, 2016).
The scene in Public Square as protestors prepare to gather during the Republican National Convention in Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday, July 19, 2016.
A woman walks slowly between two opposing groups of Jewish demonstrators, both for and against the state of Israel, on the last day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28.
A protestor with tape over his mouth on the last day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28.
Protestors chant "Hell no DNC, this is not democracy!" on the last day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28.
Claiming to have used Uber to bypass security, Democracy Spring demonstrators got into the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, and staged a sit-in protesting the party’s superdelegate system. Some protestors were detained by police.
Martin Altamirano, originally from Honduras but living in Atlanta, calls out against the DNC while demonstrating a mock crucifixion on the last day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28.
Priscila Ortiz, of Dallas, Texas, shouts into a megaphone "We wont vote for Hillary" outside the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28.
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A photo of Hillary Clinton lays beside a tree outside the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, July 27, 2016.
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The upcoming PORTRAIT assignment…

 

Portrait Assignment (Due Tuesday Oct 4): 

Two portraits: 

1. A standard portrait 
2. An environmental portrait
(We’ll learn about both today.)

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Portrait Assignment (Due Tuesday Oct 4): 

Two portraits: 

1. A standard portrait 
2. An environmental portrait
(We’ll learn about both today.)

Now let’s dive into the details of getting a good portrait…