Homework - Week 6

Willi Ruge, Seconds before Landing. 1931.

Hi Everyone!

For part one of this week's homework, you will be choosing one photograph from the Museum of Modern Art's Photo exhibition that engages (moves, frustrates, confuses, angers, or otherwise inspires) you. Use the"Reading Photos" worksheet that you filled out at the museum as reference. The worksheet will be turned in to me next class.

If you weren't in class today, or need another copy of the worksheet, it is posted in the class Dropbox. If you have trouble finding it, let me know and I will email you the file.

For part two of the homework, you will make a photograph that responds to the image that you chose. This is open to your interpretation-- you can recreate the image, or make an image that uses the same techniques or is a critique of the image--it's entirely up to you.

Post the photograph that you chose along with your response photograph to the class blog BEFORE next class--we will be looking at the photos together at the start of next week's class.

The MoMA's online photo archive can be accessed here.

The exhibition website is here.

The Thomas Walther Collection can be found online here.

Next class will be an open lab session (to prepare for our critique the following week) as well as an in class portrait shooting session. Be sure to bring your camera, your images for the next critique and a hard drive with you next week.

As always, please email me with any questions!