Documentary & Portrait Photography Course 1

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DOCUMENTARY & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY by Alexandra Copley

Transcript of Documentary & Portrait Photography Course 1

DOCUMENTARY & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

by Alexandra Copley

COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis is course for students wanting to gain basic understanding of

documentary and portraiture photography. Students

work on a semester long photo-documentary project on a subject of their choice. In class lectures will explore different genres

of documentary photography including street photography, social documentary, photojournalism, the photo essay and environmental portraiture. Students will learn the fundamentals of digital photography from assignments and on

fieldtrips to Mumbai’s unique neighborhoods.

Camera experience is a plus, but not a pre-requisite. Nikon D40 SLR cameras are provided for students to use through the

duration of the course. Students will need a digital camera for use throughout the course.

AIMS and OBJECTIVES

The main objective of this course is to introduce the student to various forms of

documentary photography and environmental portraiture culminating in a series of photographs ready for print or multimedia publication.

COURSE OUTLINE

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WHO AM I? B.A. & M.F.A. Photography

Professor of photography/online lecturer

TRAVEL & FREELANCE photographer

Worked in Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Central America, Canada, Europe (all over) and USA

www.inthefray.org

www.favelite.com Paris Metro Project with Brazil

www.alexandracopley.com

www.taquerias.blogspot.com

www.youramexica.blogspot.com book called ‘Transmigrants’

ALEXANDRA COPLEYAMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER

PROVIDENCIA FAVELA, RIO DE

JANEIRO

WWW.FAVELITE.COM

ROCINHA FAVELA, RIO DE JANEIRO

GLANCES

MAINE, USA

HANDS OF THE HARVEST

DHOBI GHAT, INDIA

DOCUMENTARY

WHAT IS

PHOTOGRAPHY?

The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually

candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people.

Photography that has a connection to real situations and that attempts to represent those situations with

minimal distortion.

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

Street photography tends to be more of a private and individual practice of

photographing in public places. Usually, though not always, the interest is

connected to urban life, since that's where so much happens on the street.

INDIA STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY

WHAT IS

PHOTOGRAPHY?

The act of recording, with a camera, human beings

in their natural (ie unposed) condition. With the purpose of bringing attention to a particular aspect of society in

hopes of change.

SEBASTIAO SALGADOBAZILIAN PHOTOJOURNALIST

BOOKS

PEP BONET

PHOTO ESSAYWHAT IS A

?

A series of photographs that are

intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely

photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a few or many

accompanying photographs. Also a slide show or similar presentation, possibly with spoken text or music.

MEDIA STORM.ORG

ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITURE

WHAT IS

?

A portrait executed in the subject's usual environment, such as in their home or

workplace, and typically illuminates the

subject's life and surroundings.

By photographing a person in their

natural surroundings, it is thought

that you will be able to better illuminate their character, and therefore portray the

essence of their personality.

WHY IS HE POSING WITH A TREE?

FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

(FSA)

WHAT IS THE

?

In 1935 as part of the New Deal in the United States, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) was an effort during the Depression to combat American rural poverty. The FSA adopted a goal

of introducing America to Americans through photography and a group of talented photographers.

CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS

PUBLISHING YOUR WORK

NEWPAPERS

MAGAZINES

YOUR OWN BLOG

ONLINE MAGAZINES

BOOKS (SELF-PUBLISHINGLULU

BLURB

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

How do these photos make you feel ?

What kind of compositions do you recognize?

Do the images tell a story?

When were the images taken?

Who is being photographed?

Where are they being photographed?

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