In the 1930 the Great Depression tested the communities in the United States. One photographer who was there to document the travesties of the Depression was Dorthea Lange. She was able to g=create images that not only captured the fragile human spirit but also the LOVE that communities have for one another. With her image Migrant Mother, aid was sent to those in the West who were in need, Without this photo there would not have been any evidence of how severe the time were.
This week I am asking you to create your own images to document what COVID-19 has done in your own community. Please watch the video (review of who Dorthea Lange was).
Look at the images below and find some similarities. These images, although emotional, give me hope that we will weather this storm together. You will be taking images to post to new weebly page titled COVID-19 Week 1 or you can submit to google classroom. You do not have to do both.
Theme #1- Family
Theme #2- Outside Environment (from your window)
Theme #3- Homebound
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| Migrant Mother, 1936. |
This week I am asking you to create your own images to document what COVID-19 has done in your own community. Please watch the video (review of who Dorthea Lange was).
Look at the images below and find some similarities. These images, although emotional, give me hope that we will weather this storm together. You will be taking images to post to new weebly page titled COVID-19 Week 1 or you can submit to google classroom. You do not have to do both.
Theme #1- Family
Theme #2- Outside Environment (from your window)
Theme #3- Homebound
Theme #1- Famliy
Family Photographs: Take at least 15 photographs of your family. It can be on your couch (please use natural light), in front of your door or on your porch. Please try to avoid addresses showing.
Don’t get dressed up for it. Just come out wearing what ever you have on. PJ’s and workout
clothes are ok. The photos should show how life really is. Black and White
if you can figure that out on your camera or what ever device you are using. Pick your best 5 to
post on weebly or google classroom.
Don’t get dressed up for it. Just come out wearing what ever you have on. PJ’s and workout
clothes are ok. The photos should show how life really is. Black and White
if you can figure that out on your camera or what ever device you are using. Pick your best 5 to
post on weebly or google classroom.
ARTIST STATEMENT: In no less than 10 sentences tell me how this theme makes you fell and tell me about your photos.
See the depression era photo as example:
Theme #2- Outside Environment
Take photos of something outside your home from your windows that shows how things are different right now. Snap 15 photos and edit your best 5. See examples below (these were taken prior to the shut in). Use the window as a frame and the curtains, shades and blinds to add drama. Black and White if you can figure that out on your camera or what ever device you are using. Pick your best 5 to post on weebly or google classroom.
ARTIST STATEMENT: In no less than 10 sentences tell me how this theme makes you fell and tell me about your photos.
Theme #3- Homebound
Take 15 photo of your life inside your house and how it is different from normal routine and lifestyle. See example below. Black and White if you can figure that out on your camera or what ever device you are using. Pick your best 5 to post on weebly or google classroom.
ARTIST STATEMENT: In no less than 10 sentences tell me how this theme makes you fell and tell me about your photos.
