FRAME, VANTAGE POINT & PERSPECTIVE

Objective: You will research photographers who use frame vantage point and perspective in an interesting way. From this research, you will apply what you have learned in your own photographic study of your environment.


Photography Research:

Sylvia Palchy Jacque Henri Lartigue
Robert Frank Lee Friedlander
Helen Levitt Abe Morell
Paul Strand Josef Sudek
Gary Winograd Henri Cartier Bresson
Sally Mann Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Eugene Richards Hiroshi Sugimoto
Minor White Andre Kertesz

Choose one photographer from the list. Check out their book from the library this week. Study it in terms of Frame, Vantage point & Perspective.

BLOG
-Post the Name of the book and one photograph from your research
-Write a short (1-2 paragraph) response as to why you chose it in terms of Frame Vantage point & Perspective.
-Answer the question-What does it communicate through the frame?

Exercises:

Use your camera frame as a window to the unique way you see the world. How can I see this scene, object, or person in a way that has never been seen before? I am not interested in the expected. Take a risk. Put the camera on the ground. What does it look like under a table? Kneel when you are taking pictures. Stand on a chair. Respond to your environment without inhibitions. Play with frame, vantage point and perspective.

Part 1:
-Make 60 pictures
-Make 3 contact sheets, 20 images on one sheet (Photoshop has a Contact sheet feature)
-Make 3 8x10 prints-color of your favorite images

*Make pictures at the Sand Mandala creation in the Brant Gallery over the next 3-5 days.

Guidelines: Use full frame-Do not crop-Do not use zoom feature

Viewed in Class: La Jetee-Chris Marker