A class exercise on composition using examples from Magnum photographers, followed by basic guidelines on composition in photography. I use this for Year 9 and Year 10 pupils.
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Splash photography using off-camera flash to photograph objects being dropped into water from a height.
Lesson Plan
Set-up diagram
Key Words
A4 poster example
Artist resource
Powerpoint presentation,
17 high Res original images taken at the Sutton Hoo burial site, featuring the reconstructed Sutton Hoo Helmet in great detail. Ideal for making displays and posters
A series of essays (totalling 35 000 words) on the politics and philosophy of photography, including notes on the teaching of the subject.
Sontag – On Photography
The Post-modern world.
Photography as a ‘Profession’?
Want to earn money? Become a plumber.
Photography in Crisis?
Photography and the rise of the moral panic.
Who’s photographing my child?
Photography as a mechanism for interpreting reality.
What makes a great portrait?
Tales of wedding photography
The Land
A winning formula
The rise of the Selfie
You say it’s ‘Art’, but I think you’re a Perv.
A Sociocultural Approach to Research for Art and Design
An ethical dilemma
I’m a photographer, but I don’t know everything.
Towards a bright future?