Artist Report Exercise #1: Notable Photographers (1915 – 1939) :
Choose your artist from this list
Read example of how to do this exercise before you begin
This list of photographers (attachment above) is to enhance your readings from the textbook chapters of this time period. No textbook is able to include all the photographers/artists working in a certain time period. Therefore, to support your understanding and to build up your knowledge, attached is a list of photographers working between the years 1915-1939. Please note that some of these photographers may have been active in the years before or after 1915-1939.
I know it is impossible for you guys to remember all the photographers and their work from this course, hence these assignments. From personal experience as an undergraduate, the artists I remembered the most are the ones I was assigned to research so you will be doing the same. But don’t worry, I am not making you write a giant essay. In fact, we will ease into doing reporting. We will begin with you answering questions. Slowly we will move into you doing the entire report. These exercises will also force you to write instead of plagiarize.
1. Choose a photographer from this list who shares the same first letter last name as yours. For example, if your last name begins with the letter B, then you pick an artist with a last name that begins with the letter B. If there are more than 1 name listed, choose one that you have not reported on previously.
2. Answer the following questions in order:
A). What is the photographer’s name? Where did she/he receive their training in photography? Art school or self-taught? (0.5 pts)
B). What was her/his major accomplishment? What kind of influence did she/he have on photography/science, the art world, or society in general? (1.0 pts)
C). Choose one of her/his photograph and embedded it onto your answer. If you don’t know how to embed an image, look up the “how to” in the Resources module. If you are writing your homework on a word doc., you can copy and paste the photo onto your word doc. If you still don’t know how to embed, then attach the image. (0.5 pts)
D). Describe the image you just embedded. Explain how this photograph fits into the context of your answer in #2 (above). (0.5 pts)
3. List 2 references where you found information about the artist and/or the image. (0.5 pts)
Artist Report Exercise #2: Notable Photographers (1940 – 1959)
Choose a photographer from this list – Photographer List for Artist Report #2.pdf
This list of photographers is to enhance your readings from the textbook chapters of this time period. No textbook is able to include all the photographers/artists working in a certain time period. Therefore, to support your understanding and to build up your knowledge, attached is a list of photographers working between the years 1940-1959. Please note that some of these photographers may have been active in the years before or after 1940-1959.
Exercise #2 is a bit different from #1. This time, you may choose any artist on this list. Please pay attention because the questions below are a bit different from exercise #1.
1. Choose any photographer from this lis. Please choose one that you have not reported on previously.
2. Answer the following questions in order:
A. Introduce the photographer. Give us a little of his/her background. Tell us why he/she is notable. (0.5 pts)
B. Who or what event play a major role in this person’s career? Did she/he belong to an organization, a collective, a group, etc. What kind of impact did she/he have on photography/science, the art world, or society in general? (1.0 pts)
C. Choose one of her/his photograph and embedded/paste/attach it onto your answer. (0.5 pts)
D. Describe the image you just embedded. Explain how this photograph fits into the context of your answer in #2B (above). (0.5 pts)
3. List 2 references where you found information about the artist and/or the image. (0.5 pts)
Artist Report Exercise #3: Notable Photographers (1960 – 1979)
Choose an artist who has the same first letter last name as yours:
This list of photographers is to enhance your readings from the textbook chapters of this time period. No textbook is able to include all the photographers/artists working in a certain time period. Therefore, to support your understanding and to build up your knowledge, attached is a list of photographers working between the years 1960 – 1979. Please note that some of these photographers may have been active in the years before or after 1960 – 1979.
Exercise #3 requires a bit of analysis. Similar to exercise #1, you must choose an artist with the same first letter last name as yours. However, some of the questions below are different than previous exercises.
1. Choose a photographer from this list who shares the same first letter last name as yours. For example, if your last name begins with the letter B, then you pick an artist with a last name that begins with the letter B. If there are more than 1 name listed, choose one that you have not reported on previously.
2. Answer the following questions in order:
1. Introduce the photographer. Give us a little of his/her background. Tell us why he/she is notable. (1pt)
2. Choose two of her/his photographs and embed/paste/attach them onto your answer. (0.5pt).
3. Describe in details the images you just embedded/pasted/attached. Describe the context (of the situation/time) in which the photographer took those images. What was she/he trying to convey? Was she/he successful in telling their story? (1pt).
3. List 2 references where you found information about the artist and/or the image. (0.5pt)
Artist Report Exercise #4: Notable Photographers (1960 – 1979)
Choose a photographer from this list:
This list of photographers is to enhance your readings from the textbook chapters of this time period. No textbook is able to include all the photographers/artists working in a certain time period. Therefore, to support your understanding and to build up your knowledge, attached is a list of photographers working between the years 1980 to present. Please note that some of these photographers may have been active in the years before 1980.
Exercise #4 requires careful observation and analysis. You may choose any artist on this list. Please pay attention, some of the questions below are different than previous exercises.
1. Choose a photographer from this list. Please choose one that you have not reported on previously.
2. Answer the following questions in order:
A). Introduce the photographer. Give us a little of his/her background. Tell us why he/she is notable. (0.5pt)
B). Choose two of her/his photographs and embed/paste/attach them onto your answer. (0.5pt).
C). Describe in details the images you just embedded/pasted/attached. (0.5pt).
D). Compare and/or contrast the two images in formal elements (angles, foreground, background, color, light, etc.), as well as symbolic imagery (do you see any symbols, meanings in the setting, the objects, people, poses etc.) (1pt).
3. List 2 references where you found information about the artist and/or the image. (0.5pt)
