basics professor ripka

ASSIGNMENT

PHOTOGRAPHER REPORT INSTRUCTIONS & PRESENTATION Using the , you will create a 3–4 page report and a presentation on a photographer of your choice. HANDING IN: 1. Select a photographer from the provided list of photographers. Look at multiple Submit your report and slide deck to ICON photographers, not just the frst one you fnd. Make sure you like their work. Once you have selected a photographer, notify instructor for approval via email. No two people may do the same photographer. First to notify takes precedence. A google spreadsheet will be created by instructor so you can see who has been claimed.

2. Select three photos you like (or hate) by your photographer to analyze. NOTE: This will be due the week after this project is assigned as you will use these photos to explore various aspects of photography during lectures. Be sure to have jpgs of the photos.

3. Find out about your photographer. Write no more than a paragraph or two recapitu- lating their career, viewpoints, and major subject matter.

4. For each photo, research when/where/why the image was made and list 2-3 of the news values that this photograph hits. Those news values are:

• Timeliness • Proximity • Impact • Magnitude • Prominence • Confict • Novelty • Emotional Appeal

5. For each photo, its composition, photographic techniques, and lighting. You should discuss no less than 10 of the concepts we have covered. Do not merely describe the photo. Do not insert the photos to your written report as they will be in the slide deck.

6. Make a 4 slide presentation. The frst slide should be an image of your photogra- pher, the other three the images you discussed in your report (as large as they ft).

7. You will discuss what you learned about your photographer and your analysis of the three photos in your presentation. photojournalism basics professor ripka

WHAT HAVE WE DISCUSSED FOR YOUR PHOTO ANALYSIS?

• Focal length and its effects on the scene • Lighting and how it can be dramatic or soft. Does that match the subject? • Figure-ground relationshipthrough various techniques (depth-of-feld, color con- trasts, shape contrasts, etc) • Layers (foreground, middle ground, background) and how it creates depth • Focal points • Compositional structures (rule-of-thirds, fbonacci spiral, golden triangles) • Balance (asymmetric, symmetric) and how it affects how a photo feels • Repetition • Number of focal points (odd vs. even) • Rhythm and movement • Lines (implied and explicit) and movement • Explicit lines and their qualities (and how they feel) • Diminishing perspective • Orientation of the frame • Vantage point • Triangles • Techniques like frame-in-frame • Juxtaposition and incongruous elements • Punctum and studium Aaron Siskind Daidō Moriyama Gisèle Freund John Harrington Alec Soth Dan Budnik GMB Akash John Topham Alex Levac Dan Winters Gordon Parks Josef Jindřich Šechtl Alex Webb Greg Marinovich Alexey Titarenko Daniel Berehulak Guy Le Querrec Joseph Costa Alfred Eisenstaedt Guy Veloso Joseph McKeown Ali Hassan al-Jaber Danny Lyon Hansel Mieth Joshua Benoliel Altaf Qadri Haruo Tomiyama Julia Tutwiler Anders Petersen David C. Turnley Levitt Jun Abe André Kertész Henri Cartier-Bresson Andrew Stark Herbert Gauls Anton Hammerl David Hurn Hildegard Ochse Ken Oosterbroek Antonio Olmos David Rubinger Hiroh Kikai Kenji Nagai Anya Teixeira David Solomons Hiroshi Hamaya Kevin Carter Arthur Fields Dezső Révai Homai Vyarawalla Kevin Frayer Arthur Leipzig Diane Arbus Kineo Kuwabara August Sander Didier Ruef Ignác Šechtl Kosuke Okahara Beat Streuli Dith Pran Lauren Greenfeld Berenice Abbott Don Donaghy Inge Morath Lawrence Schiller Don McCullin Irakly Shanidze Bill Cunningham Dorothea Lange Irena Blühová Lee Miller Dougie Wallace Issei Suda Leonard Freed Boris Savelev Ed Kashi Jacob Elbaz Lewis Hine Brandon Stanton Eddie Adams Jacob Riis Lisette Model Brassaï Elliott Erwitt Jacques-Henri Lartigue Lisl Steiner Bruce Davidson Enrico Martino Jamel Shabazz Lou Bernstein Erich Hartmann James Barnor Louis Mendes Bunyo Ishikawa Erich Salomon James Jarché Louis Stettner Carol Guzy Esther Bubley James Jowers Lucas Dolega Cédric Gerbehaye Eugène Atget Lucian Perkins Charlie Phillips Eugene Richards James Robertson Luis Carlos Santiago Chris Hondros Fabio Polenghi Jan Grarup Lynsey Addario Chris Johns Felice Beato Jeff Mermelstein Ferzat Jarban Jeff Wassmann Manoocher Deghati Chris Steele-Perkins Filip Claus Jeff Widener Manuel Alvarez Bravo Chris Verene Franck Vogel Jens Olof Lasthein Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Christer Strömholm Fred Stein Marcus Bleasdale Fredrik Renander Jim Fenwick Margaret Bourke-White Christopher Capozziello Jim Goldberg Marion Carpenter Clifton C. Edom Gary Knight Joan Colom Mark Cohen Colin Jones Gary Stochl João Silva Mark Powell Conrad Poirier George Georgiou Jockel Finck Martha Cooper Constantine Manos Gérard Rancinan Martin Elkort Cristina García Rodero Gertrude Blom Mary Ellen Mark Pete Souza Ryan Spencer Reed Thomas Leuthard Masatoshi Naitō Peter Dench Sam Tata Tim Hetherington Mathew Brady Peter Magubane Sean Flynn Matt Stuart Peter Sekaer Sebastiao Salgado Timothy Allen Maxim Dondyuk Peter Turnley Seiji Kurata Md Shahnewaz Khan Peter Turnley Sergey Mikhaylovich Tony Ray-Jones Michael Sweet Raghu Rai Prokudin-Gorsky Toyoko Tokiwa Michael Wolf Raghu Rai Sergio Dorantes Michio Yamauchi Raghubir Singh Shigeichi Nagano Vincent Laforet Mike Schennum Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson Shigeo Gochō Vivian Maier Mitsugu Ōnishi Reza Shiho Fukada W. Eugene Smith Mohamed Amin Richard Kalvar Walker Evans Moneata J. Sleet, Jr. Rick Loomis Shisei Kuwabara William Gedney Najlah Feanny Sid Grossman William Klein Nakaji Yasui Robert Doisneau Siegfried Hansen William Whifn Spider Martin Willy Ronis Robert Riger Stacy Kranitz Xavier Miserachs Roger Fenton Stanley Tretick Xyza Cruz Bacani Nikos Economopoulos Stefan Lorant Yasuhiro Ishimoto Nobuyoshi Araki Romano Cagnoni Stephen Alvarez Yau Leung Olivier Meyer Ronny Robinson Steve McCurry Yuri Kozyrev Osamu Kanemura Rowe Findley Yutaka Takanashi Ozier Muhammad Russell Klika Tadahiko Hayashi Yūtokutaishi Akiyama Ruth Robertson Takeyoshi Tanuma Zoriah Miller Thomas Dworzak

Rubric

Item Not Done Adequate

Adequate recapitulation of 0 10 photographer’s career and viewpoint

Photo analysis complete, news val- ues discussed, and discusses items 0 30 learned during class (30 points each photo) For each of your 3 photos: 1. Research the WHO of the photo 2. Research the WHAT of the photo 3. Research the WHEN of the photo 4. Research the WHERE of the photo 5. Take note of the news value of the photo

WE WILL DO THE NEXT IN CLASSES:

Assignment 3 Concepts 1. Take note any motion blur or panning 2. Circle the Greatest Area of Contrast (in photoshop) 3. Take note of how the main subject is separated from the background 4. Use different colors to mark the 2 to 3 layers (in photoshop) 5. Take note of how the layers overlap (or don't) 6. Take note of depth-of-field

Assignment 4 Concepts 1. Trace explicit lines (in photoshop) 2. Take note of gamut 3. Trace edge lines of continuance (in photoshop) 4. Trace gestural/central axes (in photoshop) 5. Trace any socially created pointer lines (in photoshop) 6. Trace any gestalt continuity lines (in photoshop) 7. Take note of continuance 8. Trace any convergent/divergent lines (in photoshop) 9. Trace any leading lines (in photoshop) 10. Take note of camera orientation 11. Take note of any repetition (to create a plane) 12. Take note if breaking repetition is in use 13. Take note of rhythm (to create a line). Is it fast or slow? Steady, variable, or flowing?

Assignment 5 Concepts 1. With a large dot, dot the dominant focal point (in photoshop) 2. On the same layer, with smaller dots, dot the sub-dominant focal points (in photoshop) 3. Using the layers provided, explore if a compositional structure is in use (in photoshop) 4. Trace implicit and explicit triangles (in photoshop) 5. Take note if frame-in-frame is in use 6. Take note of the vantage point 7. Consider what balance is in use (symmetry, asymmetry). Trace the axes. (central in symmetry, non-central in asymmetry) (in photoshop) 8. Take note if breaking symmetry or major-minor counterbalance is in use

Assignment 6 Concepts 1. Create a lighting diagram