Inspired by a Master - Contact Sheet Evaluation

IBAM Cs Eval

Inspired by a Master - Print / Presentation Evaluation

ibam P EVAL

Thumbnails

You will need 3 thumbnails for your photograph by tomorrow.

Imitational / Realistic

Using the idea of the photographer / photograph

Mockery

Guides to your Research

Biography:
1. When and where was this person born?
2. What type of education did this person have?
3. What personal events occurred in the photographers life that affected his / her art?
4. What did this person do before or after he / she was a photographer?
5. Why was this person a photographer? occupation? hobby?

About the photography:
1. How would you describe the style of the photographer?
2. When was this person first introduced into photography? How did they discover it?
3. What or whom influenced this photographer?
4. How do these influences appear in the photographers work?

Historical Connections:
1. What major contributions did this person have to the general public? The photography world? (at least 2)
2. Identify an art movement and or a publication your photographer is affiliated with. (examples: dadaism, pop art, surrealism etc. ; life magazine, New York Times etc.)
3. How did being involved with this movement affect your photographers work? Think of ideas, or approaches, even other artists.
4. What other artists / photographers did your person associate himself / herself with?

Inspired by a Master

Where do you get your inspiration? Where do ideas come from? Who are the influential people in photography that made the media what it is today? Your next photography problem will answer all of those questions. Inspired by a Master deals with looking at other photographers work and using it it as influence on your own. You will shoot a roll of film based off of your photographers work. This can be anything from subject matter, concept, to who the photographs influenced. The most important aspect of this problem is selecting a photographer. In the post below, there is a list of about 50 different photographers. Take some time to look at a few and pick one that you like. There can be no overlaps in each class so the first person to email me or give me a hand written note with your name, photographers name, 2nd choice (especially if emailing), and period. Take a look at the slide show below for examples of artists and photographers who have used other artists for inspiration.

Master photographer list

Abbott, Berenice
Adams, Ansel
Adams, Robert
Atget, Eugene
Avedon, Richard
Bodine, A. Aubrey
Bourke-White, Margaret
Brady, Matthew
Brandt, Bill
Brassai
Capa, Robert
Ebbets, Charles C.
Erwitt, Elliott
Evans, Walker
Fenton, Roger
Frank, Robert
Friedlander, Lee
Hass, Ernst
Halsman, Philippe
Hine, Lewis
Hockney, David
Horst, Horst P
Iturbide, Graciela
Kertesz, Andre
Koudelka, Josef
Lange, Dorothea
Laughlin, Clarence John
Leibovitz, Annie
Le Gray, Gustave
Link, O Wilson
Loengard, John
Man Ray
McCurry, Steve 
Muybridge, Eadweard
Nadar
O'Sullivan, Timothy
Parker, Olivia
Penn, Irving
Porter, Eliot
Ribound, Marc
Richards, Eugene
Simmons, Laurie
Sherman, Cidny
Smith, Edwin
Stieglitz, Alfred
Strand, Paul
Steichen, Edward
Talbot, William Henry Fox
Uelsmann, Jerry
Weegee
Weston Family