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Focus on Photographers; Tuesday, First Period [01/14].
"Hey, guys," Prompto greeted the class with his usual grin and excitement get talking more about photography and photographers, "welcome back. We started with something modern last week with some recent photography, and now we're going back. Not all the way back to the historical photography of the 19th century when it was still starting to..." His grin grew broader, unapologetic, because he was a dad, he could make these jokes, and you'll just have to deal with it, "develop, but to one of the big names that sort of stands over almost all the photography world of the last century on this planet that sort of laid the foundation for a certain artistry to the craft, and that is, of course, Ansel Adams.
"Now, since Adams is pretty much a titan of mid-20th century photography here," he continued, "there's people out there that can tell you more about him way better than I can, we're going to watch parts of a documentary about him to give you a little bit of his story, where his journey as one of the most iconic landscape photographers started as a teenager just sort of blown away by the beauty of nature. The parts I picked out are going to focus on his inspirations, his influences, and his techniques, and then we're going to discuss it a little, but I really want you all to consider that Adams is known mostly for his black and white photography. A lot of photographers like the sort of drama and depth that you get from monochrome photos...in fact, it's said that the main reason Adams worked in black and white was because color photography, at his height of influence, wasn't really capable of giving him the depth or feel that he'd wanted to really showcase nature. Now, last week, we saw a ton of bright and brilliant nature photographs that show how much things have changed in that regard since Adams' time, but also, if you look at some of his contemporaries that were working in color, like Ruth Orkin or Saul Leiter, you could see that color photography, even in those days, had a lot of potential. You could also point out that Orkin and Leiter were more interested in human nature, rather than the natural world, and urban settings that lent themselves better to what the technology was capable of.
"But I," he chuckled a little shaking his head, "am getting way ahead of myself! Let's watch some of the documentary, and then we'll start in on all that. But keep that in mind, especially when considering examples of Adams' work as we watch."
"Now, since Adams is pretty much a titan of mid-20th century photography here," he continued, "there's people out there that can tell you more about him way better than I can, we're going to watch parts of a documentary about him to give you a little bit of his story, where his journey as one of the most iconic landscape photographers started as a teenager just sort of blown away by the beauty of nature. The parts I picked out are going to focus on his inspirations, his influences, and his techniques, and then we're going to discuss it a little, but I really want you all to consider that Adams is known mostly for his black and white photography. A lot of photographers like the sort of drama and depth that you get from monochrome photos...in fact, it's said that the main reason Adams worked in black and white was because color photography, at his height of influence, wasn't really capable of giving him the depth or feel that he'd wanted to really showcase nature. Now, last week, we saw a ton of bright and brilliant nature photographs that show how much things have changed in that regard since Adams' time, but also, if you look at some of his contemporaries that were working in color, like Ruth Orkin or Saul Leiter, you could see that color photography, even in those days, had a lot of potential. You could also point out that Orkin and Leiter were more interested in human nature, rather than the natural world, and urban settings that lent themselves better to what the technology was capable of.
"But I," he chuckled a little shaking his head, "am getting way ahead of myself! Let's watch some of the documentary, and then we'll start in on all that. But keep that in mind, especially when considering examples of Adams' work as we watch."
Sign In - FoP, 01/14.
Re: Sign In - FoP, 01/14.
Re: Sign In - FoP, 01/14.
Re: Sign In - FoP, 01/14.
Listen to the Lecture - FoP, 01/14.
Class Activity: Watch the Documentary - FoP, 01/14.
Re: Class Activity: Watch the Documentary - FoP, 01/14.
Class Activity: Discussion - FoP, 01/14.
He'll also go over a few of Adams' color photos for comparison. Do they hit a little differently? Or are they all just good landscapes? Or, heck, even mediocre or bad landscapes! Maybe you think Adams is overrated! That's valid, too, and Prompto would be eager to explore it.
Or anything else that might come to mind not even related to color photography! Go where your inspo take you!
Talk to the Teacher - FoP, 01/14.
OOC - FoP, 01/14.