Section One: Introduction – The Power of Photography
Outline
Course Assignments:
Critical Thinking Skills discussion: Steve McCurry - Afghan Girl
Via Twitter and Tumblr, respond to the photograph Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry.
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The Power of Photography
Abu Ghraib
Telling Stories
Look here to see Phil Zimbardo's TED Talk
Steve McCurry on having the camera make you fearless
etc.
Uses of Photography
Roy Flukinger is going to talk about so many umbrellas, it'll make your head spin
Click! Photography Changes Everything - Smithsonian Photography Initiative
In 2007 PhotoWings assisted in funding the Smithsonian Photography Initiative's groundbreaking project, Click! Photography Changes Everything. The project invited experts, writers, image makers, and public figures to examine how photography enables us not only to witness and document, but to actively interact with the world.
Inspiration and your own photographs
Camille Seaman discusses some of her inspiration from her grandfather
Click on the video below to watch Suzie discuss the power of this home-made photo collage
This collage was created using xeroxed copies of images from Alan Snyder's life, and were compiled to serve as an inspirational collection when he was in poor health
TK:
Camille Seaman
Camille talks about her personal history and talks about it here.
Visual Literacy
The Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA)
VTS
Herman Leonard (Stories about going backstage and such)
Learning from details
Watch this video of Gitta Carnochan talking about reading into details of images
Watch the video below to see Photography Professor Allison Morley discuss Henri Cartier-Bresson's image Behind Saint-Lazare station
Ethics
Steve McCurry tells us a dramatic tale of cutting through a fence.
Ken Light Talks about Tust etc.
Here's what some of the world's top Photojournalists had to say about ethics:
ANDREA BRUCE
KAEL ALFORD
Time & Context
Historical things
Abu Ghraib was a screensaver gone wrong.
Archiving & Legacy
Naya-Böhm collection
George Johnson Historical Society
Ken Light on Walker evans "Photographing in our Own Time"
Gawain Weaver (as a means for archiving)
Archiving Resources from Photowings
Collections at Risk of Being Lost
Herman Leonard
Ken Light on Archiving and Losing Baby Pictures
Gawain Weaver on the Digital Divide
"We have to relearn our sense of surprise."
Sandra Phillips, Senior Curator of Photography - SFMOMA
A Deep Dive into Images
In 2007 PhotoWings assisted in funding the Smithsonian Photography Initiative's groundbreaking project, Click! Photography Changes Everything. The project invited experts, writers, image makers, and public figures to examine how photography enables us not only to witness and document, but to actively interact with the world.
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