Multimedia Poster 2

What makes this poster good?
 This poster is good, because the color scheme is easy on the eyes, and the design is beautiful.
The idea behind taking a picture of a picture represents the fact that the poster is indeed  for a multimedia festival.

Why is it better than the last poster?

The design is less central than the previous poster. This make it easier to see the concept of the poster, and understand what the image in the poster is trying to say.

What did you do to create this poster?
We took a photo of a person taking another photo, and used that in addition to photoshop, to create a more customized picture.

Photo League Questions

What was The Photo League's credo?

The photo leagues credo held that the camera was more than a means of recording reality. It was a device with a potential to change the world.

What organization did The Photo League separate from?

The Photo League separated Workers International Relief. They were originally known as the Worker's Camera League.

What was the workshop?

It was a basic documentary photography workshop where Sid Grossman taught advanced technique classes.

Who taught "the workshop?"

Sid Grossman.

If you were to devote one year of your life to one project, what project is worth your time and energy?
I would devote my life to taking still life photographs, trying to emulate masters like Josef Sudek.

What was The Harlem Document?

The Harlem Document was a collection of portraits of Black urban American and the people, culture and lifestyles of Harlem during the 1930's.

Who started The Harlem Document?

Aaron Siskind started The Harlem Document.

A photographer discusses a photograph where "the children looked like they came out of a __________ painting. Who was the painter?

Caravaggio!

Why did the photograph mentioned in #8 look like it was by the painter?

The sun was coming down and one kid was illuminated by the sun.

Who was Lewis Hine? (name two significant contributions)

He was an american photographer who inspired the Photo League’s collective portraits of urban life. He was a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee and he also worked for the Red Cross during the Depression to photograph the drought relief in the American South.

Who was Weegee?

Wee gee was the pseudonym for Arthur Felling. He was known for his black and white street photography and his quirky personality.

How did The League change when The Nazis took power?

The immigrating refugees from Nazi Germany and surrounding territories supplied an influx of new talent and faces to the photo league. Photographers like Laudi Jacobi, Erica Cocfer and Lizet Model were a few of the new photographers.

How did The League change during WWII?

Photo League members used their cameras in support of the war. Feature groups documented war production, parades and parties. Female members assumed a much larger role in keeping the League running. Trained photographers served in every branch of the armed forces.

How did Siskind change after WWII?

Siskind switched from documentary and realism photography, the type of photography he had championed before the war, to more abstract expressionism.

What was the Saturday Evening post?

It was a bimonthly American magazine that started in 1897.

Who was Barbara Morgan? What did she photograph?

She was a photographer from Kansas best known for her photos of modern dancers. She also cofounded the photography magazine Aperture.

What eventually undermined the Photo League?

The Photo League was listed on a government publication of subversive, communist, fascist and totalitarian organizations.

What was the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film?

Communism

Who agreed to serve as President when The League was under investigation?

W. Eugene Smith.

What happened to the league?

Photo League Member and FBI Informant, Angela Calomiris testified that the League was a front for the Communist Party. Afterward, the membership dropped and members left and the Photo League disbanded in 1951.

Multimedia Festival Poster

Poster Assignment

Poster Assignment- The Red Tour featuring Ed Sheeran

Period 4 Semester Final

1. My favorite photo from this slideshow, Pictures of the Day: Syria and Elsewhere, is Photo 2. I liked this picture a lot out of all of them, because first of all, it portrays a very realistic situation in our status quo. Millions are driven to find homes elsewhere, causing panic and distress. Second of all, the emotions displayed in the picture are all charged. The woman wears a look of stricken worry on her face, and the baby wears distress. The intensity of emotion, is something that is beautifully captured in this photograph. Lastly, the color scheme is wonderful. The woman's black and white dupatta contrasts with the blue outfits everyone else is wearing, showing that she is an outsider.
2. The best photo from the slideshow, is Photo 6. Firstly, there is an incredible color contrast of the sky blue, to the dirty brown of the desert. This contrasts, highlights the presence of the teal car. Secondly, the photo expertly employs the rule of thirds to highlight the subject of the photo. And thirdly, the rule of simplification is used to create a photograph with greater impact.
3. My best work this semester, is this work. I think that it is my best work, because, I vary my shots and take pictures of different things, I utilize my rules if composition quite well, and I try to emulate a certain style of photography, which was especially a challenge for me. 
4. My three rules of composition are 1. Rule of Lines and Shadow, 2. Rule of framing, and 3.Rule of leaving space.

     5.      Picture Title: Pebbles

In this picture I clearly portray the Rule of lines and Shadow, as well as the rule of Leaving Space.

     6.Mr. Farley's first rule is to get closer.

     7. The benefits of working in a group are:

• making friends
• exchanging useful ideas
• learning how to help others
• learning how to be a leader
• learning how to be patient with others

     8. The difficulties of working in a group:

• not keeping up with one another
• not being able to finish because of one team member's absence
• misunderstandings between group members
• finishing up a project after shooting multiple times
• one person not understanding what or how to shoot a photograph    

    9. My favorite work by another person in my group, Valerie Choung, is this photo:

It captures the innocence of childhood perfectly. 

 

                                                     A Little History

   10.The photographer master who we studied, and who's work we reproduced, was Josef Sudek. Mr. Sudek contributed to the field of photography, by revolutionizing the way and the work put into portraying a city.

   11. Dorothea Lange's most popular photo was the "Migrant Mother." 

The photo was taken at a migrant camp in Nipomo, California, in the February of 1936.

She was employed by the Resettlement Administration, later renamed the Farm Security Administration.

 12. The creator/founder of Life Magazine, is Henry Luce. The photojournalism magazine started publishing in 1936, as a weekly magazine.

 13. Robert Capa was a founding member of "Magnum Photos." The organization was started in the year of 1947.

 14. Robert Capa took the picture "Falling Soldier" on September 5th, 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, at Cerro Muriano.

                                 

The Band

Josef Sudek, A Master In the Making

  

     Primrose:

                                                                  Original Picture:

Pebbles:

Original:

Tree Reflection:

Original:

Puddle:

Original:

Forbidden Fruit:

Original:

Jospeph Sudek was a Czech photographer, primarily known for his work capturing the streets and moods of Praha, or Prague. Naturally gifted at photography, Sudek developed his style into something more. Although, he only had one arm, Sudek managed to masterfully create photos that are still remembered today. During his time as a photographer, Sudek founded the Czech Photographic Society. His photographs usually feature inanimate objects against contrasting backgrounds. The pictures that Sudek took, were often black-and-white pictures.  Here, I along with my other group members have featured photographs that very judiciously represent Sudek's style of Photography.