A Photo Teacher |

© Christian Boltanski, Monument – Odessa, 1990 (left); Gregory Crewdson, Untitled, 2001, from the series Twilight (top right); and Joan Fontcuberta, from series Googlegrams (bottom right)

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We are at an exceptional time for photography as the art world embraces the photograph as never before and photographers consider the art gallery or book as the natural home for their work. Throughout the history of photography there have always been promoters of the medium as an art form and vehicle for ideas alongside painting and sculpture, but never as many or as vocal as there are today. To identify ‘art’ as the preferred territory for their images is now the aspiration of many photographers.

- from the Introduction in The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton, Photography Department Head and Curator of Photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Today, photographers and photography are exploring various conceptual, aesthetic and technical strategies within a contemporary art context, including constructing scenes and narratives to suggest fictional stories, the use of photography as a means of documenting performance and as a visual strategy for exploring personal, social and/or cultural norms and values within our prevalent lens culture. The role and function of old and new aesthetic and technical strategies with photography, including the use of color, 19th century photographic techniques, alternative processes, installation and sculpture, video and digital imaging, have profoundly expanded the language of photography as well as the conceptual and visual possibilities for photographers.

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Assignment

Shoot color photographic images (color transparency | E-6 process slide film) to reveal your interpretation of how color and colored light in photography can be used to not only describe the colors of objects and details of content, but also suggest the possibilities of a psychological, emotional and/or symbolic context.

It may be helpful to review the following:

As Though The Blue and The Sky Were One Thing

The Art of Color

Color Photographers at Work

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Requirements

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

One roll of color transparency film ( E-6 process slide film) – 36 exposure (boxed).

Two optimized digital photographic prints (two digital color prints) made in the Grossmont College Digital Photography Lab.

One Polaroid Emulsion Lift print made from a slide from the roll of exposed color transparency film.

Turn-in the critique prints along with the box of slides in a manila envelope for evaluation and feedback.

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