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| Ansel Adams |
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Artist Bio : Ansel Adams
Monday, October 17, 2016
Daily Photo #12
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| Sam Shere ; Hindenburg Disaster |
In 1937, Sam Shere photographed the Hindenburg disaster while on assignment in New Jersey. The crash killed 36 people and ended the era of passenger-carrying airships, which were once hailed as the future of flight. "I had two shots in my (camera) but I didn't even have time to get it up to my eye," Shere later said, "I literally shot from the hip -- it was over so fast there was nothing else to do."
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Daily Photo #11
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AP Photo / copyright-Alfred Eisenstaedt / Life Magazine
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"The Kiss", On August 14, 1945, Alfred Eisenstaedt took one of the most iconic pictures of all time of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, minutes after they heard of Japan’s surrender to the United States. Two weeks later LIFE magazine published that image. It became one of the most famous WWII photographs in history (and the most celebrated photograph ever published in the world’s dominant photo-journal), a cherished reminder of what it felt like for the war to finally be over.
A sailor sweeps a nurse off her feet with a kiss in New York’s Times Square in this famous photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt on the day Japan surrendered to end World War II.
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| Contact Sheet |
George Mendonsa, now over 92 years old, still remembers kissing that nurse in Times Square. Born and raised on the water, Mendonsa grew up in a family of commercial fisherman in Newport, R.I., and decided to join the Navy once the Army started drafting men for the war...
Students do a daily "Bell Work" activity analyzing a significant or historical photo. They must make written comments about the composition, contrast, focus, balance, framing and statements each photo is making. This is our daily warm up exercise.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Daily Photo #10
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1976 Pulitzer Prize Winning Photo: On July 22, 1975 in Boston, a 19-year-old and her 2-year-old goddaughter were trapped in a burning building. A firefighter, Robert O’Neill, shielded them from the flames as a fire ladder inched closer. Then the fire escape collapsed. Although the woman died from her injuries, the infant survived. Fire Escape Collapse circulated around the world. The photo led to the passage of new fire escape legislation across the country. It provided Stanley Forman with his first of two Pulitzer Prizes for spot news photography.
We also watched a 2 videos on YouTube about the historic situation that led to this photo being chosen for the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Photography and the controversy over sensationalism in photo journalism and ethics in photography. This photo was controversial in it's day and fostered serious discussion and was one of the more iconic photos of it's time.
Students do a daily "Bell Work" activity analyzing a significant or historical photo. They must make written comments about the composition, contrast, focus, balance, framing and statements each photo is making. This is our daily warm up exercise.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Assignment #4: Line, Space, Shape & Shadow
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| Michaël Luitaud |
Essential question: How can I use the art elements of: Line, Space, Shape & Shadow to create interesting photographs with good contrast and composition?
You will take photos, trying to capture: Line, Space, Shape & Shadow in interesting ways. (If the assignment is not sufficiently challenging, feel free to focus on color as well.) You must post your best photos to your blog AND write a reflection following the instructions on this blog post and you must have at least 3 photo examples of each category (Line, Space, Shape & Shadow) posted to your blog in order to receive full credit!
Look for photo opportunities that already exist, but at the same time, be ready to stage photos if you get an idea that fits the assignment.
You will:
- Take interesting photos of line, shape, and space (or you may instead choose to focus on color)
- Create a new blog post with the following:
- The best photos you took must have at least 3 examples of each category!
- Label each photo with the appropriate category (line, shape, space, shadow)
- A paragraph reflection on the following things
- What are some ways your photography skills have improved over the past few assignments?
- What are some things you struggle with in photo?
- Which of the elements you photographed (line, shape, space, shadow) was the easiest for you? Why?
- Which of the elements you photographed (line, shape, space, shadow) was the most difficult for you? Why?
- Tell me what you feel you've learned from this particular project.
- Is there a photograph or photographer we have looked at that inspires you?
Examples:
Line
Shape
Space
Shadow
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| Michaël Luitaud |
Option: Color
If the assignment is not sufficiently challenging, feel free to focus on color instead.
Here are some tips to take great color photos:
- Look for a Dominant Color
- Create Contrast
- Use Colors of Similar Intensity
- Keep It Simple
- Use One Color Against a Neutral Background
- Know When to Use Black & White!
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| Michaël Luitaud |
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Daily Photo #9
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| The Soiling of Old Glory : Stanley Forman |
The Soiling of Old Glory is a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph taken for the Boston Herald American in 1976 by Stanley Forman.[1]
The photograph depicts a white teenager, Joseph Rakes, assaulting a black man, lawyer and civil rights activist Ted Landsmark, with a flagpole bearing the American flag as Landsmark was on his way to a meeting in the courthouse. Landsmark was active in trying to get more minority contractors in the construction industry, but he hadn't been paying attention to the busing protests. [2] According to Landsmark, "I had difficulty finding a parking space in downtown Boston, and I was running a few minutes late for the meeting in city hall. So I was in a hurry and perhaps not paying as much attention as I might have as I approached a corner, where the young demonstrators were coming in the other direction. I did not see them until both they and I were at that corner." [3]
It was taken in Boston on April 5, 1976, during one in a series of protests against court-ordered desegregation busing.[1] It ran on the front page of the Herald American the next day, and also appeared in several newspapers across the country.[1] It won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Spot Photography.[4]
Rakes was swinging the flag and trying to hit him, not trying to spear him as it appears in the photo, and he narrowly missed. Landsmark was bloodied during the incident.[5] An examination of all the photographs in the roll Forman shot reveals that Rakes missed Landsmark with the flag. Although anti-busing activist Jim Kelly appears to pin Landsmark's arms behind him, he is actually helping Landsmark to his feet. Kelly later positions himself between Landsmark and the other protestors to protect the lawyer. Landsmark had already been knocked to the ground, losing his glasses and suffering a broken nose, by the time he got up the famous picture was taken.[6]
Rakes was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to two years imprisonment and two years probation. The jail sentence was suspended. In 1983 the Boston police issued a warrant alleging that Rakes had beaten to death the brother of his girlfriend.[7] He fled prosecution, but returned in 1988 after the murder charge was dropped.[8] Rakes carried the stigma of being known as "the flag kid", but eventually turned his life around, getting married and having a family while laboring as a construction worker and later in hazardous waste.[6] (Wikipedia)
Students do a daily "Bell Work" activity analyzing a significant or historical photo. They must make written comments about the composition, contrast, focus, balance, framing and statements each photo is making. This is our daily warm up exercise.We also watched a 3 videos on YouTube about the historic situation that led to this photo being chosen for the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Photography . This photo summarized the time period and was one of the more iconic photos of it's time.
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