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Name of Project: Experimental Photography Lesson
Classroom, School: 11th grade classroom at PCAE Arts High School in Golden Valley, MN
Cooperating teacher:
Nancy Norwood
Grade Level:
11th grade
Presenter's Name:
Missy Hayes
Subject and Curricular Link:
Basic B&W Photography Class, Experimental Photography and Art History
Overview of Project
Students will be learning how to create altered prints using darkroom manipulation, specifically double exposure images (multiple printing), solarization (sabatier effect), and sepia toning. Students will be exploring the use of themes (memory, social issues, emotion) within their artwork. Students will demonstrate their ability to use composition and pre-planning, as well as technical knowledge of the camera in order to create their negatives. They will also develop their darkroom skills through creating a contact sheet, developing their film, using test strips, and ultimately having their prints well balanced and properly printed.
Essential Question(s)
How do we create images that have an overall concept?
How can photo techniques (such as solaization, sepia toning, double exposures) help to convey ideas in our artwork?
Who has used these photo techniques in their own work?
What is the importance of having a concept behind our artwork?
Outcomes
-using memory as a theme
-using social issues as a theme
-using emotion as a theme
-creating a double exposure image
-creating a solarized image
-creating a sepia tone image
-creating compositions to be used specifically with techniques covered (thoughtfulness in pairing processes with images)
-creating a contact sheet and test strips to select work from and looking critically at their images
-creating the correct exposures for three 8x10 prints (technical ability)
-presenting a final presentation of their work that shows care to the craft (one dry-mounted image)
-coming up with concepts and having the focus to follow through with ideas
-participating in an in-class critique of work, thinking critically about their own and classmates' work
Timeline
March 19 - Presentation on Introduction to the project, looking at artist examples, answering some of the essential questions through interactive PowerPoint presentation - students should shoot film March 20-23
March 24 - Demo on sepia toning, walking students through the process, hand-out and step-by-step demonstration - begin developing film. Students will continue with printing, creating contact sheets (developing, if needed) on the 25th
March 26 - Double-exposure demo, walking students through process with hand-out & reviewing sepia toning, students will begin printing sepia tone and/or double exposure images in class, experimental/contemporary photography video shown for those not working in the darkroom - continue printing & screening video on the 27th - (Man Ray Video)
March 31 - Demo on solarization, walking students through the process with hand-out, answering essential questions, looking at student work and helping where necessary, students should continue printing Lynda Monick-Isenberg will be in class for observation - April 1st used as a printing day
April 2 - Printing in-progress day, using time period to look at individual work, look at improvements to make before crit. Check-in with students to make sure all techniques are understood - April 3rd also used for printing - students not in darkroom looking at photography books related to project - students should be finishing their projects up, filling out contact sheet assessments
April 6 - 10 - spring break
April 14 - printing day, final touches to projects, review of dry-mounting process - April 15 used to get photographs mounted & finish printing
April 16 - Project due, in-class critique, assessment & grading of final images, students will complete peer reviews, taking notes during crit.
DUE:
- 3 final 8x10 images, one dry-mounted - 1 of each process
- 1 contact sheet with assessment filled out
- any additional prints to show process work
- 1 peer review from in-class critique
- video screening
Examples of student or artist work
Solarization -
Man Ray
Sepia-Toning -
Edward Curtis
Double Exposure -
Jerry Uelsmann
Assessment
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the techniques based on the execution of their final images. Students will be graded based on technique and creativity, and will deomnstrate their creative problem-solving skills by being innovative and using subject matter that shows understanding of their themes. Planning ability will be taken into consideration based on the relationship between each theme and technique.
An in class critique will give the students an opportunity to look critically at their own and others' work, as well as ask deeper questions about what was learned and unerstanding the concepts.
Materials
12 rolls of 24 exposure B&W film, one for each student
B&W darkroom paper
Darkroom & alternative process chemicals
Dry-mounting supplies
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