Midterm Due March 28th- Projection

Class on March 14th will be a shooting day. Students will project both digitally and with an analog slide projector onto people and objects they bring in to the studio. Slide film from the film test assignment must be mounted for an analog slide projector and used during this shoot.
In class we will have 2 analog projectors and 2 digital projectors. We will break the class into 4 groups. Your group will have about 90 minutes with each type of projector, so be prepared to project both film slides and digital images. Please bring any props you may need to class and be prepared to start shooting at the beginning of class.

What's Due for the MIDTERM?
One "Projection" image must be printed 11x17 at the Graphics Lab for your MIDTERM.
Your top 5 projection images are due in digital form (as hi-res flat TIFFs) for the midterm as well.

** Images for the graphics lab (D529) must be in ADOBE RGB 1998 color space, flattened TIFF. Make sure your document is sized to 11x17 inches exactly before dropping it off.

(above photos by erin gleeson)

Artist Presentations

Each student is asked to give a 10-15 minute presentation on a photographer who shoots in color.

Topics to cover in your presentation:
o Show samples from at least 3 separate series of work the artist has done
o Artist Bio (where they are from, how old are they, where they’ve shown, etc…)
o What main concepts/ideas is the artist trying to portray/explore?
o Why is it important that the artist shoots in color?
Would their images be as powerful in B/W?

Calendar:

March 7: William, Rebecca (Tim Walker)

March 14: Nicholas (Francesco Carrozzini), Clementine (Yann Arthus-Bertrand)

March 21: Danielle, Victoria (Erwin Olaf), Jessica F (Steve McCurry)

March 28: Alison (Penn), Jenny (Guy Bourdin)

April 4: Ray (David LaChapelle), Flaviu,

April 11: Dylan, Primo (Mario Testino), Jessica K (Ryan McGinley)

April 25: Hannah, Alana

May 2: Karina, James

May 9: Foli (Annie Lebowitz), Jessica F (Alexi Lubomirski)

PDN's 30 Just Announced

Photo District News' list of 30 photographers to watch this year!
http://www.pdngallery.com/gallery/pdns30/2011/

Aipad Photo Show: March 17-20

http://www.aipad.com/photoshow/new-york/

Ovation TV: Master Photographers

Gregory Crewdson


Timothy Greenfield Sanders


Photographers at Work (Sylvia Plachy, Andrew Moore, TG Sanders, Albert Maysels)

Artists Who Work With Projection

Kara Walker

Shimon Attie


Ross Ashton



Some students in Berlin attached a suitcase (with a mac mini inside) that projected a little movie on the wall of the tunnel while the the subway was moving:

 

Tony Oursler:

Tony Oursler's 'Mirror Return' (2010), a video projection

More from Tony Oursler:

Bruce High Quality Foundation Collective:

(above) An installation by the Bruce High Quality Foundation Collective at the Whitney Biennial 2010:  Examines discontinuities and contradictions of American identity. A white 1970s Cadillac ambulance (similar to the vehicle used by Joseph Beuys in his famous "I Like America and America Likes Me" performance with coyote at the Rene Block Gallery) forms the centerpiece; a video is screened on its windshield, combining images from newsreels, films, YouTube and TV commercials with a rambling, pensive, overdubbed text on "America passing out on the couch".

Film Test Due March 14th

Each student should shoot 4 rolls of film over the next 2 weeks. Process each roll normally and make contact sheets or 4x6 prints of the negatives and mount the slides.

E-6 = Slide Film Processing
C-41 = Negative Film Processing

1. Normal Slide/Chrome Film- Daylight:
Kodak E100G- scans very well, fairly neutral

2. Vivid Slide/Chrome Film- Daylight (choose 1):
Kodak 100VS- vivid color emulsion
Fuji Provia 400
Velvia 50 or 100 ISO (colorful film, vivid)

3. Tungsten Color Film: choose any tungsten film (slide or negative: your choice)
I suggest 64T Slide Film
64T tungsten slide film
also at B&H


4. Daylight Color Negative Film:
Kodak Portra Film

*Subject Matter: Any (but please try to make it within one idea/theme)
*Please try a couple frames of daylight film indoors and tungsten film outdoors with a CC filter to correct color temperature. (see chart of filters on blog)

*** Please Note!!
This assignment will be leading up to your midterm assignment (see below), which is a projection project. You will be asked to project images using a slide projector onto people or objects. Keep this in mind as you shoot the 2 rolls of slide film.

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Lab Suggestion- Where to get Processing Done:

L&I: http://www.landiphotolabs.com/homepage.html

L&I Photo and Digital

1 W 22nd St.(btw 5th & 6th)
ph 212 645 5300


Prices based on 35mm film, 36 exposures.

Slide Film:
$8 processing , mounting is free

Negative film:
$8 processing alone
$18 processing + Contact sheets
$16 processing + 4x6 proof prints