It is really important that you get off to a creative and productive start in your new  project. You should aim to do something practical and photographic each week, either make new images with your camera or work digitally with images in post-production (Lightroom/ Photoshop/ Premiere.)

Those students who are disciplined and work with a real focus on a sustained investigation ie: go on shoots, experiment with images, explore ideas in-depth  will achieve the highest marks and also enjoy the creative challenge of exploring the theme of Political Landscapes.

Watch this video about John Baldessari narrated by Tom Waits as an inspiration first.

For this assignment we want you to complete a photographic shoot where you break one of the rules of photography.

#1 The Rules of Objectivity – W. Eugene Smith, John Grierson, Mathieu Asselin
#2 The Rule of Audience – Lewis Hine, Daile Kaplan, Mark Neville
#3 The Rule of Manipulation – Steve McCurry, Errol Morris, Alice Wielinga
#4 The Rule of Reality – John Grierson, Peter Watkins, Joshua Oppenheimer, Cristina de Middle, Paula Paredes
#5 The Rule of Technicality – Laura El-Tantawy, Henrik Malmström
#6 The Rule of Ownership – Thomas Sauvin, Mishka Henner
#7 The Rule of the Camera – Donald Weber, Liz Orton
#8 The Rule of Rule Breaking – Olivia Arthur, Carolyn Drake

Complete the following blog posts

1. Read: article Rule Breakers by Lewis Bush (Archisle Photographer-in-Residence 2018.)
2. Plan: Choose one rule of photography and develop an idea for a shoot – 1 blog post.
3. Research: At least two artists references in relation to your chosen rule that provide analysis and context – 1-2 blog posts.
4. Record: Produce at least one shoot.
5. Experiment: Edit a selection of 5 images with annotation – 1 blog post.
6. Evaluate: Choose your best image and evaluate with reference to Bush’ text and artists references – 1 blog post.
7. Present: Print best image and prepare a 1 min presentation Wed 10 Feb in class around the table.

Photo Assignment 2: Choose one rule and make a photographic response

Extension: Choose a second rule to break and repeat the above process.

DEADLINE: Mon 15 Oct – all posts uploaded!

In essence if you follow the above 7 step in your process you will fulfil all assessment criteria and work towards a set of final and successful photographic outcomes.