Personal Project: Multiple Images
The purpose of this unit is to encourage you to put into practice some of the techniques, processes and technologies you have learned about so far, applying them to the theme of Multiple Images in your own way.
This project will last several weeks and you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the 4 assessment objectives: AO1: research & generate ideas AO2: experiment with & refine your work AO3: document your learning AO4: create a personal & meaningful response and evaluate it |
This project is designed to develop particular Habits of Mind. They are the ability to be
inquisitive:
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Wondering and questioning
Exploring and investigating Challenging assumptions Crafting and improving Reflecting critically Developing techniques |
Practising these Habits of MInd will support your learning in all subjects, not just photography. However, if you work hard and reflect on your progress you will also find that they will help you get a better grade for this unit since they are exactly the kinds of skills that the examiner is looking for in your work. |
Structuring your investigation
It is really important that you approach this project in a structured manner, ensuring that you are deliberately gathering the necessary evidence and constantly checking to make sure that you understand what you are doing and why. Here is a suggested list of activities. However, it is up to you to take control of your learning and it is your responsibility to make sure that you document it effectively. I will be on hand throughout to act as a guide but you are in charge:
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Create a new page in your Weebly site called Personal Project #3: Multiple Images
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It's helpful to think about the phrase 'Multiple Images' and what it might mean. For example, it could suggest:
Can you think of any more interpretations? Possible tasks:
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Some possible approaches to the theme:
Scanners are great devices for creating copies of images and documents but what happens when you move the object during the scanning process?
This artist has collected pictures of skies from magazines. Each sky is from a different country. Collecting, arranging and displaying are interesting skills when making multiple images.
Lomo cameras often come with multiple lenses. Luckily, there are several apps that replicate similar effects. Try Andigraf, for example.
This artist has created a sculptural installation out of found images. Each has been selected from its source, made sturdier with some kind of backing and arranged with others on a shelf. The result is a kind of 3D collage.
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How has this artist created multiple reflections of herself? How could you use mirrors and rotations to achieve a similar effect?
Here's another collage but this time presented rather unusually on a large scroll. A lot of Chinese art takes a similar form. Can you make out the images in this example?
This image is typical of the Dear Photograph phenomenon - people hold up old family photographs so that the image matches the scene behind but separated in time by several years. Might be a good way of reflecting on your childhood.
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A series of images can be used to tell a story, like this famous example by Duane Michals, master of the photo narrative or sequence.
This image has been constructed from photographs appearing in newspapers and magazines. The resulting collage presents a slightly monstrous human form.
This is part photograph, part sculpture. The photographs are parts of a body but re-arranged into a kind of puzzle.
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Double exposures are relatively easy to achieve once you have taken exciting images to combine. A portrait with a white background and another image with interesting textures is a great place to start.
This image is made up of hundreds of prints which have been cut at odd angles and placed on top of one another. It's a strange multiple portrait of the same person.
This artist has photographed the TV set, capturing the same person over a period of time. Noticing patterns and documenting repetition might be an interesting approach.
Here's another example of documenting a pattern or repeated gestures, this time hands. Displayed as a grid they become a kind of scientific or museum like exhibit.
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Key Words:
Here are some words and phrases to help you evaluate your work. Evaluation is simply the process of explaining:
- your research about other artists' work and the ideas you have had
- your experiments and the way you have refined them
- the decisions you made along the way and how you have recorded your learning
- what you made, how you chose to display it and what it means
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display
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collage
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composition
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frame
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construct
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present
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repetition
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rotate
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reflect
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grid
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puzzle
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Additional Resources:
Duane MIchals is famous for creating narrative sequences of images. Here are two great resources to help you get to grips with his work. The slideshow on the left does contain images of nudity so if you are likely to be offended by this don't watch it! The website on the right has multimedia content including animations of some of the sequences and a video of Michals talking about his work.
Mari Mahr is a great female photographer who is interested in how sequences of images can together suggest a story, often very personal in nature. Her approach is a little more abstract than Duane MIchals. She overlays objects and photographs, re-photographing these 3D collages to create flattened images. Many of her sequences refer to her own family history.
Home Learning Assignments:
You should have evidence of the following assignments on your page:
Assignment #1: Create a series of narrative images in the style of Duane Michals. Consider adding some text or using a story or poem as a starting point.
Assignment #2: Photograph all of something on the street where you live - car doors, trees, cracks in the pavement, house numbers, rubbish bins etc.
Assignment #1: Create a series of narrative images in the style of Duane Michals. Consider adding some text or using a story or poem as a starting point.
Assignment #2: Photograph all of something on the street where you live - car doors, trees, cracks in the pavement, house numbers, rubbish bins etc.