Assignment #1 -The Snapshot Aesthetic

Contemporary Photographic Expression
Assignment #1 - The Snapshot Aesthetic

Please hand in this sheet together with your print in a protective sleeve.

Assignment Description:
Take a photograph of someone or something in your family that reveals a secret. Employ the snapshot style to make a picture you would never put in your actual family album. Use a disposable drug store camera, Holga, or cheap Diana camera. Scan your negatives and output digitally, or use Costco or another cheap lab to make at least one print around 8 x 10 inches or a larger standard size.

Related Reading Assignment
The Family of Nan by Max Kozloff

Assignment Objective:
Snapshots are typically carelessly composed pictures of crappy quality. The snapshot aesthetic appropriates this casual look and point and shoot approach to photography, yet still retains an intention to make art out of the intimacy of life. It is sometimes called "vernacular photography," and in conceptual art often includes actual "found" photographs made by unknown people. The photograph in this discourse is seen as a common cultural artifact. This assignment challenges the seasoned photographer to let go of technique as an end in itself and document everyday life without pretension.
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Suggestions:
Stop taking yourself so seriously.

Evaluation Criteria:
Authenticity
Risk
Vulnerability

Grade ___________

Student Name_______________________________

Teacher Comments:

Contemporary Photographic Expression Assignment #1 - The Snapshot Aesthetic Please hand in this sheet together with your print in a protective sleeve. Assignment Description: Take a photograph of someone or something in your family that reveals a secret. Employ the snapshot style to make a picture you would never put in your actual family album. Use a disposable drug store camera, Holga, or cheap Diana camera. Scan your negatives and output digitally, or use Costco or another cheap lab to make at least one print around 8 x 10 inches or a larger standard size. Related Reading Assignment The Family of Nan by Max Kozloff Assignment Objective: Snapshots are typically carelessly composed pictures of crappy quality. The snapshot aesthetic appropriates this casual look and point and shoot approach to photography, yet still retains an intention to make art out of the intimacy of life. It is sometimes called "vernacular photography," and in conceptual art often includes actual "found" photographs made by unknown people. The photograph in this discourse is seen as a common cultural artifact. This assignment challenges the seasoned photographer to let go of technique as an end in itself and document everyday life without pretension. . Suggestions: Stop taking yourself so seriously. Evaluation Criteria: Authenticity Risk Vulnerability Grade ___________ Student Name_______________________________ Teacher Comments:
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