Essential Question(s):
What is a photo-essay?
What are the different types?In this unit we will investigate the realm of photographic essays. Students will examine work by master photographers who create in the photo essay form. Creating a photo essay is a combination of art and journalism.
Watch video on projection screen.
1. Examine the work of Lauren Greenfield and James Nachtwey, and Joachim Ladefoged. Visit this website: http://wearemjr.com/ Click on PHOTOGRAPHERS, Click on their COLLECTIONS (allow to load), and then the arrows at the right bottom of the image.
2. Create a WORD document list of concepts you notice and compositional rules (compositional techniques, topics, effects, art elements, design principles, style, subject matter....) that are followed by these artists. Save this as lastnamelistblock# to your Z drive.
3. TOD: Submit your list by email to artsyfartsyboutique@gmail.com
15 minutes before end of class: Examine the photo essay packet to begin to think about your theme/story for your own photo essay. Keep them here in class and you will complete them next class. Examine my list. You can use one of these or invent your own:
