PHOTOGRAPHY RESEARCH WEEK 2

In order to complement the photography you are doing you should look at a photographer whose work explores fantastical themes and makes extensive use of props, make up, costume and location. Annie Leibovitz's Alice in Wonderland or Peter Pan photos are a good example of this or work by Ruven Afanador or Viona Ielegems.   Please try to give valued analysis as well as biographical background, collect a range of good images then analyse the formal qualities of a couple of shoots.  Please produce 

•  2 pages with imagery, background and some of your own analysis of a couple of specific shots, consider what practical steps went into creating the image we see. 
• So discuss location, models, postures, costume, props, make up, composition, lighting, camera angle, post-production.  Critically evaluate what aspects of their practise are effective and why.  

Glossary of terms to discuss when you are talking about this :

Photography and Film

- Story boarding, narrative, aesthetics, time and motion, sound, sequential imaging, photo montage, genre, cultural reference, 
- composition, formal elements, mind mapping, lateral thinking, use of  primary and secondary sources, effectiveness of communication, product, target audience, styling, costume, props, hair and make up, colour, models, intention, model gaze, symmetry, framing, movement, atmosphere, viewer's gaze etc etc

Annie Leibovitz

Ruven Afanador

Viona Ielegems

After this week you should have a strong set of photographs to work from and be producing a series of sustained tonal drawings- use a range of dark B pencils.