learning agreement

A Life in a Day

My main area/theme for this unit has stemmed from the documentary work i did in the previous project. I've been exploring the ideas of relationships and how the act of taking a photograph is seen to be quite violating to the figure that is being photographed. As i have previously explored the figure i thought in this project i would turn it around and change it into an exploration of myself.

In order to be successful in this unit i will need to develop my organisation skills, as i find it quite difficult to manage my time i will need to appropiatley plan for this unit as i will need to be prepared to take a photo at any given moment.

I intend to use a weekly plan to help me organise my time, also i will use my blog as a way to reflect on my research and develop any ideas that i may have.

For this unit i will research into Corrine Day, Sophie Calle and other contemporary photographers such as Wolfgang Tillmans and Juergen Teller.

The evidence i will produce in order to show my development in this unit will be my reflective blog and my contact sheets, this will show my progression of ideas as well as technical skills that i wish to maintain.

making tea

statement of intent documentary

STATEMENT OF INTENT

Outline plan of action

WHAT are you going to do?:

For this unit i will document the domestic life of my Grandmother and explore the relationship between the figure and the camera.

HOW are you going to go about it?:

I will spend extensive time with the chosen person and i will photograph them in their domestic habitat and photograph them in their day to day life.

WHY do you want to do this?:

I have stated before i wish to evaluate the relationship between the figure and the camera. As Susan Sontag said it is quite violating to take an image of someone therefore i wanted to create an inquisitive document on someone who i know personally and dearly.

Please identify:

Key texts/ artists/ photographers you will refer to:

(please refer to reading list)

Julian Germaine

Gary Winogrand

Humphrey Spender 

All key workshops you will attend?:

(please refer to  workshop timetable / self  directed)

Location workshop

Medium Format Workshop

Printing and developing workshop

shoot with rob

shoot with sarah

shoot with martin

object project

statement of intent

STATEMENT OF INTENT

Outline plan of action

WHAT are you going to do?:
I am going to reconstruct portraits typically done by 20th centurary dutch painters in order to explore 
the model female gaze and how that is contrasted by a male figure.

HOW are you going to go about it?:

I will study the lighting used in Dutch paintings (such as Vermeer) and reconstruct some of them
in the studio. By using creative studio lighting i hope to replicate that of the natural light used by dutch painters. I will shoot on both digital and on film.

WHY do you want to do this?:
I want to do this to show my own personal exploration of the female gaze and that of women in contemporary photography

Please identify:

Key texts/ artists/ photographers you will refer to:

(please refer to reading list)

Trine Sondergaard
Henrik Kerstens
Cindy Sherman

All key workshops you will attend?:

(please refer to  workshop timetable / self  directed)

Meduim Format Workshop
Lighting Workshop
Studio Workshop