A Photo Teacher |

© Lucas Samaras, from Photo Transformations (SX-70 Polaroid – left), Jerry Burchfield, from series Roadkill (cameraless, direct-contact Lumen print – middle), and Paul Graham, from American Night (exposure reciprocity – right)

Expanding upon the role and function of color and colored light in photography as a means to describe the colors of objects and details of content, experimentations with various materials and processes can further transform the image not only visually, but also transcend the psychological, emotional and symbolic meaning and context. Alternative processes with color in mind shift perceptions of literal description, creating a visual and emotive state of flux.

Such alternative processes in color include:

• Cameraless or Enlarger Photograms
• Multiple-Image Exposure
• Photo Collage (analog | digital)
• Polaroid Manipulation and Transfer Processes
• E-6 | C-41 Cross-Processing
• Exposure Reciprocity (severe under- or over-exposure)
• Handcoloring | Painting on Photograph

Assignment

Make color photographic prints using one of the above and/or combination of alternative processes to reveal your interpretation of experimenting with color as a visual strategy to further transform the image not only visually, but also transcend the psychological, emotional and symbolic meaning and context.

Requirements

For the critique (see Calendar for Due Date) and evaluation, please complete the following:

1 finished color photographic print utilizing an analog process, such as a photogram, multiple-image exposure or cross-processing, made in the Grossmont College Color Analog Photography Lab.

1 finished color photographic print utilizing a digital, analog and/or combination of alternative processes made in the Grossmont College Analog | Digital Photography Labs.

Turn-in the critique prints in a manila envelope for evaluation and feedback.

Click on the Adobe Acrobat PDF file to download:  Altered States Assignment.pdf

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Student Work

© David Lewis, RA-4 photogram with colored glass

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© Yasmin Thomas, RA-4 collage (sandwiched negatives)