Welcome to Project 1: Learn from the Best
This week you will be learning about famous photographers: their lives, styles, and influences. Browse through the photographers offered - select one that you feel a connection with their photographs.
After you have researched a chosen photographer, you will write a biography and choose 5 photographs that show your photographer's distinct style.
Later, you will be taking photographs that emulate the style of your photographer. After that, you will be putting all of your information together into a powerpoint, prezi, or photo story to share what you have learned.
After you have researched a chosen photographer, you will write a biography and choose 5 photographs that show your photographer's distinct style.
Later, you will be taking photographs that emulate the style of your photographer. After that, you will be putting all of your information together into a powerpoint, prezi, or photo story to share what you have learned.
Your Assignment: Research a famous photographer's life and style. Write a brief biography to help us know a little about:
- their life
- why they became a photographer
- what their specialty is
- what made them famous
- what makes their photographs special and what elements of design they use
Once you have researched the 5 points above, you will choose 5 photographs that show off your photographer's style.
It is import ant that you include ALL THE WEBSITES YOU USED to find information. You can include those sites in the links on your shutterfly page, or you can copy and paste them at the end of your biography.
Please remember that the biography MUST BE WRITTEN IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Use the websites to find information, and then summarize that information in your biography. The best way to make sure you don't plagiarize is to close the site, and then use your brain to write the information.
Step by Step:
(1) Briefly check out each of the following famous photographers.
Alfred Stieglitz
Stephanie Torbert
Carl Pope, JR.
Gilles Peress
Steve McCurry
Dorothea Lange
Ansel Adams
Aaron Chang
Nigel Barker
None of those photographers appeal to you? Need to keep searching? Try these sites:
10 Great Photographers
Famous Black and White Photographers
10 More Photographers
(2) Choose one photographer that appeals to you.
(3) Research the photographer using the links provided. You may use other websites as well. Look for the artists style & what defines them as a photographer. (Do they take landscape shots? Are they a black/white photographer? Is there a specific genre that they shoot photographs of? For example: people, places, things?)
link to google doc version
(4) Write a brief (minimum two paragraphs) biography of the artist. Include information about their life, how they came to be a photographer, what defines them as a photographer, the specific genre of photography that they are famous for, what made them famous, and what angles and design elements you notice in their work.
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=140879
Alfred Stieglitz
Stephanie Torbert
Carl Pope, JR.
Gilles Peress
Steve McCurry
Dorothea Lange
Ansel Adams
Aaron Chang
Nigel Barker
None of those photographers appeal to you? Need to keep searching? Try these sites:
10 Great Photographers
Famous Black and White Photographers
10 More Photographers
(2) Choose one photographer that appeals to you.
(3) Research the photographer using the links provided. You may use other websites as well. Look for the artists style & what defines them as a photographer. (Do they take landscape shots? Are they a black/white photographer? Is there a specific genre that they shoot photographs of? For example: people, places, things?)
link to google doc version
(4) Write a brief (minimum two paragraphs) biography of the artist. Include information about their life, how they came to be a photographer, what defines them as a photographer, the specific genre of photography that they are famous for, what made them famous, and what angles and design elements you notice in their work.
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=140879