Ideas around images

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AuthorsGuillermo Hernandez-Martinez, Barbara Filion, Robert Ingram, Gretchen Baudenbacher, Mark Robinson
Grade Level6th-12th Grade
SubjectsPhotography|Reading|Writing|Journalism
Time Required8-9 class sessions
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PortraitureGhostwritingPhotographyIdentityPhotojournalismStorytelling
Overview

Inspired by the exhibition The Players' Tribune, presented at Photoville from September 12-22, 2019. Working in pairs, students create a narrative that reveals two sides of their partner through portraiture and story writing.nnLearning objectives: write another person's story using first person (ghostwriting); demonstrate the principles of portrait photography through their final project; effectively connect their images to their story; use photo editing programs proficiently; communicate the concepts they chose to portray and the processes they used via a presentation (360 cameras are an option for documenting the process).nnCreated during United Photo Industries' Spring 2019 Teacher Professional Development Day at the Annenberg Space for Photography presents Photoville LA, with support from PhotoWings.nnAuthors: Guillermo Hernandez-Martinez, Barbara Filion, Robert Ingram, Gretchen Baudenbacher, Mark Robinson u00b7 Facilitator/Editor: Mark Robinson u00b7 Featuring photography by Jed Jacobsohn, Tyler Baucom, and other Players' Tribune photographers u00b7 Grade level: 6thu201312th u00b7 Subjects: Photography, Reading, Writing, Journalism u00b7 Time: 8u20139 class sessions.

Learning Objectives
  • Write another personu2019s story using first person (ghostwriting)
  • Demonstrate principles of portrait photography in a final project
  • Effectively connect images to story
  • Use photo editing programs proficiently
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