PHGCE2A2 Photography2: How to read a photograph

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1 PHGCE2A2 Photography2: How to read a photograph Level Details Level Level length Assessed out of GCE 6 weeks 80 marks The I of the photographer and the eye of the lens contribute to the image A photograph embodies the codes of a three dimensional world - aesthetic, cultural, social A photograph both mirrors and creates a language A photograph portrays meaning and reality A photograph is light writing A photograph is a distinctive cultural product which reflects a cutlure s way with the world Rather than recording history a photograph stops history and takes its subject out of history A photograph says as much about the photographer as it does about the world being photographed [Accessed: 6th June 2015].Book reference Author: Graham Clarke. (ed.) (1997) Title: The Photograph. Publisher: Oxford Useful website links Guide to writing about Photographs Glossary of key words and literacy techniques

2 Exercise 2a Genres in Photography If This is Art - Considers how photographers have devised strategies, performances and happenings especially for the camera. This challenges the stereotype that photography is all about sitting and waiting for that perfect moment. Based in the performance art of the 60 s and 70 s. Once Upon a Time - Story telling in art photography. Tableau photography where the story has been distilled into one single image (based on 17th and 18th century painting) Deadpan - Distinct lack of visual drama. Usually large scale pieces of work with little central focus or obvious subject matter. Something and Nothing - Photographing objects and subjects that wouldn t ordinarily warrant a second look e.g. street litter, abandoned rooms or dirty laundry. Human Existence - Emotional and personal relationships. A diary of human interaction, a focus of unexpected moments in everyday life. Moments in History - Documenting social and ecological disaster after the event. Using art photography to present the consequences of political and human upheaval. Revived and Remade - Photographs that explore and exploit our pre-existing knowledge of imagery. The remaking of famous photographs, adverts, scientific imagery etc. Using old photographic techniques and styles (copyright issues). Find two photographs for each of the genres above and say how it shows that genre. Use the Literacy techniques website to analyse their work. Present the research in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

3 Exercise 2a Genres in Photography If This is Art - Considers how photographers have devised strategies, performances and happenings especially for the camera. This challenges the stereotype that photography is all about sitting and waiting for that perfect moment. Based in the performance art of the 60 s and 70 s. Photographer in Focus 1. Seidou Keita Unititled David Goldblatt 3. Phillip Lorca dicorcia Head # Alfred Stieglitz Fountain Sophie Calle The Chromatic Diet Joseph Beuys I like America and America likes me Gillian Wearing Signs that say what you want them to say and not signs that say what someone else wants you to say Bettina von Zwehl Made Up Love song 9. David Spero Find four photographs for each of the photographers above and say how it shows that genre. Use the Blooms Taxonomy and Critical studies techniques on the Photography department website to analyse their work. Present the research in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

4 Seidou Keita Unititled 1959 David Goldblatt Phillip Lorca dicorcia Head # Alfred Stieglitz Fountain 1917 Sophie Calle The Chromatic Diet 1998 Joseph Beuys I like America and America likes me 1974 Gillian Wearing Signs that say what you want them to say and not signs that say what someone else wants you to say 1992

5 Bettina von Zwehl Made Up Love song 1998 Three part series part 1 wearing clothing of one colour, part 2 physical exersion and part 3 holding breath. David Spero

6 Exercise 2a Genres in Photography Once Upon a Time - Story telling in art photography. Tableau photography where the story has been distilled into one single image (based on 17th and 18th century painting) Photographer in Focus 1. Jeff Wall A Sudden Gust of Wind Jeff Wall Insomnia Jeff Wall Milk Sam Taylor Wood Soliloquy I Francis Kearney Five People thinking the same thing 1998 Find four photographs for each of the photographers above and say how it shows that genre. Use the Blooms Taxonomy and Critical studies techniques on the Photography department website to analyse their work. Present the research in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

7 Jeff Wall A Sudden Gust of Wind 1993 Katsushika Hokusai Yejiri Station, Province of Suruga, ca. 1832

8 Jeff Wall Insomnia 1994 Jeff Wall Milk 1984

9 Sam Taylor Wood Soliloquy I 1998

10 Tom Hunter Possession order compare with Vermeer Girl reading a letter at an open window

11 Francis Kearney Five People thinking the same thing 1998 Francis Kearney Three People thinking the same thing 1998

13 Exercise 2a Genres in Photography Deadpan - Distinct lack of visual drama. Usually large scale pieces of work with little central focus or obvious subject matter. Photographer in Focus 1. Andreas Gursky Prada I Bridget Smith Southwark Sea cadets, Walworth Lewis Baltz Fairfax Matthias Hoch Leipzig #47 5. Dan Holdsworth Untitled (A Machine for Living) Richard Misrach Salton Sea 7. Thomas Ruff Portrait (A Volkmann) Joel Sternfeld Find four photographs for each of the photographers above and say how it shows that genre. Use the Blooms Taxonomy and Critical studies techniques on the Photography department website to analyse their work. Present the research in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

14 Andreas Gursky Prada I 1996 Bridget Smith Southwark Sea cadets, Walworth 2007

15 Lewis Baltz Fairfax 1973 Matthias Hoch Leipzig #

16 Dan Holdsworth Untitled (A Machine for Living) 1999 Richard Misrach Salton Sea

17 Joel Sternfeld Thomas Ruff Portrait (A Volkmann) 1998

18 Exercise 2a Genres in Photography Something and Nothing - Photographing objects and subjects that wouldn t ordinarily warrant a second look e.g. street litter, abandoned rooms or dirty laundry. Photographer in Focus 1. Peter Fischli and David Weiss Quiet afternoon Richard Wentworth 3. Nigel Shafran Sewing Kit Jean-Marc Bustamante Something is missing Wim Wenders Wall in Paris, Texas Peter Fraser Materials Wolfgang Tillmans Suit Laura Letinsky Untitled #40 Rome Uta Barth Nowhere near series Richard Billingham Rays a laugh series 1994 Find four photographs for each of the photographers above and say how it shows that genre. Use the Blooms Taxonomy and Critical studies techniques on the Photography department website to analyse their work. Present the research in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

19 Richard Wentworth Peter Fischli and David Weiss Quiet afternoon

20 Nigel Shafran Sewing Kit 2002 Jean-Marc Bustamante Something is missing 1997

21 Peter Fraser Materials 2002 Wim Wenders Wall in Paris, Texas 2001

22 Wolfgang Tillmans Suit 1997 Laura Letinsky Unititled #40 Rome 2001

23 Uta Barth Nowhere near series 1999

24 Richard Billingham Ray s a Laugh series 1994

25 Exercise 2a Genres in Photography Human Existence - Emotional and personal relationships. A diary of human interaction, a focus of unexpected moments in everyday life. Photographer in Focus 1. Richard Billingham Untitled Tina Barney Tim, Philip & Phil Mitch Epstein Dad IV Colin Gray Untitled Breda Beban The Miracle of Death 2000 Find four photographs for each of the photographers above and say how it shows that genre. Use the Blooms Taxonomy and Critical studies techniques on the Photography department website to analyse their work. Present the research in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

26 Richard Billingham Untitled 1994 Tina Barney Tim, Philip & Phil 1996

27 Mitch Epstein Dad IV 2003 Colin Gray Untitled 2002

28 Breda Beban The Miracle of Death 2000

29 Exercise 2a Genres in Photography Moments in History - Documenting social and ecological disaster after the event. Using art photography to present the consequences of political and human upheaval. Photographer in Focus 1. Willie Doherty God Has Not Failed Us 2. Anthony Haughey Minefield Bosnia Fazal Sheikh Halima Abdullai Allan Sekula Conclusion of search for the disabled and drifting sailboat Happy Ending Martin Parr Bristol, Unitied Kingdom 1998 Find four photographs for each of the photographers above and say how it shows that genre. Use the Blooms Taxonomy and Critical studies techniques on the Photography department website to analyse their work. Present the research in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

30 Willie Doherty God Has Not Failed Us Anthony Haughey Minefield Bosnia 1999

31 Fazal Sheikh Halima Abdullai 2000 Allan Sekula Conclusion of search for the disabled and drifting sailboat Happy Ending

32 Martin Parr Bristol, Unitied Kingdom 1998

33 Exercise 2a Genres in Photography Revived and Remade - Photographs that explore and exploit our pre-existing knowledge of imagery. The remaking of famous photographs, adverts, scientific imagery etc. Using old photographic techniques and styles (copyright issues). Photographer in Focus 1. Cindy Sherman Untitled # Gillian Wearing Self portrait as my father Brian Wearing Susan Derges River 23 November John Divola Installations Chairs 2002 Find four photographs for each of the photographers above and say how it shows that genre. Use the Blooms Taxonomy and Critical studies techniques on the Photography department website to analyse their work. Present the research in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

34 Cindy Sherman Untitled # Gillian Wearing Self portrait as my father Brian Wearing 2003

35 John Divola Installation Chairs 2002 Susan Derges River 23rd November 1998

36 Vibeke Tandberg Line #

37 Exercise 2b The Hidden Structure of Photographs Find examples of each of these key terms using the Photographer in Focus suggestion. Size - the way we order the world, taking the immense and reducing it in scale. Photographer in focus - Clyde Butcher, Ian Rhuter Shape of framing - Portrait, landscape, Renaissance understanding of perspective, Greek understanding of aesthetics and rule of thirds. Photographer in focus - Diane Arbus Focus - element of choice, a hierarchy of significance, a reductive process, a world in miniature. The subject is framed by the photographers values. Photographer in focus - Lee-Friedlander Surface - The illusion of three dimensions on a two dimensional surface. No matter how close we look at the surface the detail remains constant Roland Barthes We can never enter a photograph s depth Photographer in focus - Aaron Siskind Colour - reflects the photographers interpretation rather than realism. Is black and white photography considered more authentic? Photographer in focus - William Eggleston Time - A photograph fixes a moment in time. Photographer in focus - Eadweard Muybridge Find one photograph for each key term and put it in your E Sketchbook. Record your thoughts on their work in relation to the key term e.g. how does Clyde Butcher show size in his work. Use your mobile phone to record your thoughts then place the audio file (mp3) onto the image of the photograph. Present your findings in your E-Sketchbook Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

38 Exercise 2c The Visual Elements Click on the link below to view the visual elements for Photography Select one of the photographs that you have researched so far. Choose from your favourite genre (2a). Using the visual elements analyse the photograph. Light Quality - Texture - Focus - Angle of view - Framing composition - Colour Present your findings in your E-Sketchbook Describe your thoughts on the chosen photograph in relation to the key terms. Write a minimum of 500 words Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

39 Exercise 2d Harvard referencing Document all the websites that you have used so far for this level using the Harvard Referencing system. Harvard Referencing Quick Guide What is referencing? Referencing is a system used in the academic community to indicate where ideas, theories, quotes,facts and any other evidence and information used to undertake an assignment, can be found.why do I need to reference my work? To avoid plagiarism, a form of academic theft. Referencing your work correctly ensures that you give appropriate credit to the sources and authors that you have used to complete your assignment. Referencing the sources that you have used for your assignment demonstrates that you have undertaken wide-ranging research in order to create your work. Referencing your work enables the reader to consult for themselves the same materials that you used. Examples Website referencewebsite author: BBC NEWS. (2008) Website title: Factory gloom worst since [Online] Available from: Example [Accessed: 19th September 2015].Book referenceauthor: FONTANA-GIUSTI, G. (ed.) (2008) Title: Designing Cities for People: Social, Environmental and Psychological Sustainability. Publisher: Earthscan. Add these to your E-Sketchbook essay. Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

Exercise 2e Time-lines Create a time-line based on the

The time-line should include Historical events Political

references Add the timeline to your E-Sketchbook essay.

40 Exercise 2e Time-lines Create a time-line based on the two main photographers that you have chosen to study. The time-line should include Historical events Political events Social events Cultural events Geographical references Add the timeline to your E-Sketchbook essay. Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today.

41 Exercise 2f Glossary of words Read the glossary of terms from the department website. Pick out ten words that you could use in your essay. Write a sentence for each word to show that you understand its meaning and can apply it effectively. Base your sentences on a photograph that you have been researching. Add these sentences to your E-Sketchbook essay. Record your sentences as audio files using your mobile phone (mp3 file) and apply to your E Sketchbook. Write up your Learning Blog on what you discovered in the lesson today. Glossary of key words and literacy techniques

42 Exercise 2g Similarities and differences Compare two photographs that you have been researching for your essay. Include the images, titles and names of the photographers Step 1: Choose your two photographs carefully. This is not an easy choice. the images should be representative of the photographers work and should link in to the genre that your are researching into. Now you have some decisions to make. Do you compare Two photographs by the same photographer. Two photographs by the same photographer but done at least ten years apart. Two photographs by two different photographers. Two photographs with very different subject matter. Two photographs with similar subject matter but completed at different times in history. Two photographs that use different techniques due to the technology available to the photographer at that time in history. Two photographs that seemingly have no connections at all. Step 2: Spend ten minutes writing down all the things that you can see in each photograph that are similar. Create an audio file (mp3) and add to your E Sketchbook. Step 3: Spend ten minutes writing down all the things that are different about these two photographs. Create an audio file (mp3) and add to your E Sketchbook. Step 4: Categorize the words from step 2 and 3 into Category 1: Literal differences and similarities - objects, environments Category 2: Technical differences and similarities - black and white, colour, large format, digital, infrared, telephoto, macro Category 3: Symbolic differences and similarities - emotions, human issues of wisdom, sorrow, pain, happiness Category 4: Cultural differences and similarities. - costumes, interactions with others, age, knowledge Step 5: Now write four paragraphs one for each of the categories to bring all your research together.

43 Exercise 2h A plan of action for your practical work Answer the following questions in your E-sketchbook Level 2 essay. You have chosen which genre of photography to focus on for your essay? Exercise 2a You have selected which two photographers to research into for your essay? What are you interested in photographing in response to what you have researched? What ideas or techniques could you explore in relation to the genre chosen? How can you develop the ideas in a wide variety of ways? What camera techniques could you apply to the photo shoots? What set up techniques could you apply to the photo shoots? What props, objects, people and environments do you need to source? What is going to add impact to your photo shoots? Is you idea a one trick pony or can it be developed further without repeating the same thing? Is your idea too stereotypical (make up running down the face to represent sadness) or have you really thought about your intentions. Are you working on a literal interpretation, technical interpretation, symbolic interpretation, cultural interpretation? Explain why.

44 PHGCE2A2 Photography2: How to read a photograph Assignment 2 PHGCE2A2 Write a 3000 word essay based on your chosen genre in Photography. Explore the genre from an historical and contemporary point of view including a wide range of research both first hand and secondary sources. I have read the Level description I have read all the exercises I have completed all the exercises and put the evidence in my E-Sketchbook. I have researched into different genres in Photography I have found good examples for each of the key terms I have analysed a photograph using the visual elements I have used the Harvard Referencing system to document my research I have created a time-line based on my two chosen photographers I have used ten words from the glossary of terms in my essay I have compared two photographs using the key questions from the department website I have put together an effective action plan for my practical work. I have included audio files in my Level 2 sketchbook. I have completed a 3000 word essay based on a genre in Photography and put it in my E-Sketchbook I have all the evidence of my exercises from this level in my E-Sketchbook. I have documented my learning using the Learning Blog YES / NO

WHAT IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE? f.8

WHAT IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE? f.8 What is a Photographic Image? Evidence, Document, Witness, Memory, Truth, Fiction What is the nature of a photographic image? What relationship to reality does it have?