I’m working on a film question and need guidance to help me understand better.
Your paper will consist of an introduction about why you chose this photographer, and a summary of their content and aesthetics. Then choose 3 individual images to analyze in detail. Please be specific in your discussion of their technical and aesthetic choices – do they take bold, high contrast images or subtle, softer, lower contrast images? Do they use shallow or great depth of field to organize their frame? Do they use line, shape, texture or repetition to organize and move the eye around the photo? How do these choices support their content, narrative and mood? What are their photos about? Are they personal, political, commercial? What mood do they evoke – funny, happy, melancholy, introspective, fantasy? Then compare at least one of your own photographs to a photograph by the artist you chose. You must include visual examples of the three images you choose to analyze – you can place them into the body of your paper, or include them at the end. Please discuss what you learned from studying this photographer that you applied to your own photographs. To complete the paper, end with a conclusion. You must have a minimum of three sources for this paper (more is better) and you are required to include a bibliography.
What I do not want is a 3 page biography copied from Wikipedia. Look for details in this photographer’s history that influences what and how they photograph now (and there definitely might be). If you can find an interview with the photographer, read that – it will give you more insight into your photographer’s process, motivations and inspirations. Don’t just summarize, use critical analysis. I am interested in your thoughts and ideas. The paper should be written in your own personal voice, and not just regurgitated from something you read. Do not choose a photographer simply because you can find out a lot about them (like Ansel Adams), or because they are the only photographer you know. Take the time to choose someone you truly love and your paper will be stronger. Even if you can’t find out much about them, you can still analyze their photographs. Please use the full name or just the last name of the photographer when referring to them, the first name is too informal for this type of paper.
I will attach 3 images from the photographer (Arno Rafael Minkkinen) and my photo for compare.
