Thursday, October 28, 2010

Visual Journal 3: Contemporary Photography

For your assignment today and monday, you will look at various images on the TIME magazine photo site. You will need to find an image that visually stands out to you in terms of composition and concept. First go to the class website to read instructions. You will need to create a visual journal entry based on a single image from Students should partner up to view images online. Your sketchbook and binders and in a box on the counter by the door. On Monday, when you are done, turn in your work in the same box.

1. Go to the Time website from the classroom links to the right
2. Find an image from the categories "today in pictures, pictures of the week, or pictures of the year" that stands out to you.
3. Print the image out (hold the control key and click the mouse => save image as. Open up the image and print it in Photoshop.
--- only print 1 image. You and your partner can print your image from Photoshop.
4. Create a visual journal based on the image you selected
5. Answer the following questions within your visual journal. These should be higher level thinking answers.

Name of photographer and title
Year it was taken
Location of photograph

What principles of composition does the photographer utilize.
Why do you think the photographer took this image (what is the meaning of it)?
What group of people do you think this subject could affect?
Why is this image meaningful enough to put on TIME?

If the printer is not working, please print your image at home, or sketch your image as best you can into your visual journal.
This will be a 40 point grade and most likely your last grade for the 1st quarter