Essay Question- Is it possible for photography to capture moments in time objectively and truthfully?

Opening Quote- What are the differenced between reality, witness and point of view?”– Bright and Van Erp 2019:19

Introduction (250-500 words)- What is your area of study? Which artists will you be analysing and why? Will you be using photographs as a way of showing your idea? How will these aspects respond to their work and essay question?

My personal investigation looks into the development of my dance journey throughout the years from 2010. I specifically will be looking into the physical elements i still own such as objects, costumes and images in order to show my journey truthfully. This idea has come from looking into artists Diana Markosian, and Walker Evens who show a clearly their personal styles through their use in photography. Diana looks into archival imagery through her personal life to add emotion to ideas, where as Walker is a documentation photographer and uses the project ‘ let us praise famous men’ to showcase his style.

Paragraph One (500 words)- Historical/ Theoretical context within art, photog and visual culture relevant to your area of study, Make links to art movements

Realism and Straight Photography was first introduced in the 1840s and looks at producing imagery which displays life how it is. Artists who work within this area mostly focused on looking into cultural and social issues which were revenant within that time, helping to gain recognition to issues and showcase detailed images to exhibit real life. Artist Frederick Henry Evens and his project ‘A sea of a Step’ is known to distinctly present realism through the use of lighting and space. He uses symbolism of creating subjective perspectives while changing the reliability of art movement. Focusing more on documentary photography, artist Walker Evens uses portraiture to show lifestyle within an enviroment which can sometimes be shown as being accurate or inaccurate. This carries me to explore my own topic which is based on my own dance lifestyle and I left that using a small element of documentary photography within my project would be nessesary to capture my intended subject. Carrying on from this, Paul Strand took an interesting approach to photographing objects where he uses the ‘Macro Technique’ which shows clear focus on light and shadowing. This gives an idea as to how Strands work is seen and how his work causes a narrative which can illustrate how the art movement can be truthful.

Paragraph Two (500 words)- Analyse first photographer in relation to your essay question. Present/evaluate your own images and responses.

I will be analysing my chosen photographer Diana Maroksian and looking through her non-traditional way of photographing archival images. I feel as if her use of archival images adds an element of truth to her work and contrasts a stereotypical family, adding a sense of loneliness to her work. This particular emotion can be linked to the use of black and white edit which is typically used, creating more depth in the background of her work. To extend this, Maroksian had a particular project called ” Inventing my Father” which can be seen as portraying the truth behind her families upbringing, in particular how her mother left her father to move to California, not thinking on how the children would feel later on in life not being able to be brought with with a father figure. Adding to this, she cut the father out of all the images in the family album, adding separation. I feel as if this clearly shows an element of truth in her work and also shows that archival imagery is a successful way of representing how reality is.

Paragraph Three (500 words)- Analyse images which will help to represent your ideas and visions

This image shown above is from Markosian’s project ‘ Inventing my Father’ which explores her family history from when she was born to the time period where the project was published. The project is very emotional and focuses mostly on the images she has taken which don’t include a lot of editing, adding a raw approach to her work and showing it for how it originally was, adding an element of truth to her work. We can see in the image above that conceptually it seems as if there has been a disappearance of a family member, due to the size and build it looks like a male suggesting it is her father. The cut out also proposes that the father has either left or the mother has left him as a cut out is very drastic for precious family photographs. Carrying on from this, the cut out shows to the audience how important diana’s mother was to her, being her only adult influence throughout her life. Furthermore, the edit also carries a lot of emotion through it which is obvious to the audience, these emotions include emptiness, loneliness and pain. To contrast, the contextual approach to this particular image is said that this particular image shows Diana’s mothers heavy emotion which can be seen as being in pain as she cut out her husbands image from the family photograph after she left him to move to California after he had been dissapering for weeks on end and then showing up one day. The cut up also shows the loss of a family member and how he isnt ‘family’ anymore because of his unhealthy habits towards his loved ones. Technically, we don’t know whether this image has been taken with a camera because of the high quality phones which are used in this day and age. However, we can see that there has been artificial lighting used in taking the image because of shadowing.

Paragraph Four (500 Words)- Analyse second photographer in relation to your essay question. Present/evaluate your own images and responses.

Walker Evans most recognizable work is from his project ‘ Let us Now Praise Famous Men’ a series where he explores Alabama farmers during the Great Depression from portrait using a documentation style of photography. Looking into his portraiture, it is clear to see what the families have gone through and how they don’t know any different. He has stated that he enjoys to use editing as a large part of his image as it develops an image even if you are trying to prove a realistic point. Evans imagery has been described as “You can’t sniff the stink of the quilts in the Evans pictures” showing a positive response to his work and emphasis how he is accurate with representing his work in the way he is successful at capturing raw images through simplicity. Evans uses naturalistic lighting to capture his images and does not position the models, but photographs them in their typical element adding a sense of truthfulness and reality. Capturing the subject in their naturalistic environment allows a sense of authority to the images, adding emotion and a sense of sympathy.

Planning the Shoot

For my last photo shoot I will using self portraiture as a way of representing fashion through dance costumes. The influencer for this shoot is fashion photographer Hasson Hajjaj who is known for his colored photography, as well as being a self-taught designer and filmmaker. I have chosen him as an influence as I love the sense of fashion he includes in his photos which he captures in a colored background using a fast shutter speed. I think this will fit in well with my other shoots and my whole photo book as costuming can be seen as another archival term and represents fashion throughout different years and how it has developed. The costumes will be linked to my other shoots to create a selection of images where you can see the growth of costuming within dance. These images will be in the photography studio with a plain white background where I will be both photographing costumes as well as modelling my recent costumes in a way of self portraiture. Due to Hasson taking his images in portrait style therfore I will follow the same layout as I think this will be an easier way to show my images in a book. I will also not include my face in this shoot and may include dance poses to add to the dance element. The images will also be in color as it relates back to Hajjaj’s style as well as helps to show the costumes for how they realistically are. Futhermore, i will be using artificial lighting which may include a transmitter to capture my images, I will not be using any flash photography as I don’t think this will help towards the effect of my images.

Looking into camera settings/ equipment into more detail, I intended to use a Canon Camera with a setting on Manual Focus so i can play around with the camera settings freely. The use of a tripod will be important as there wont be much moving around in the image and i can then place the camera to a height where i feel as if will be the best angle to showcase the costumes. The artificial lighting will be coming from a soft box which will be placed to each side of me as well as an additional light in front.

Process of Elimination

Planning Editing Process

I am extremely happy with how my images turned out and don’t think they need much editing doing to them as they are well lit, however i plan to edit them using Adobe Light room to do simple edits such as cropping of image, contrast change, brightness etc to ensure the image doesn’t look too over edited.

Editing my Images

The process above was then carried on for all other images which will be shown below. In order to elaborate, the images below have cropping edits, contrast, brightness, exposure, highlight edits in order to create even images.

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Technical Analysis- Technically, I used a Canon Camera on Manual Focus in order to allow change to settings. Therefore, I had a high ISO setting of 1600 with my shutter speed being quite high to allow a fully focused image. In regards to the lighting set up I used, I used three artificial lightings in total, one placed either side with the other being a ring light which was placed in front. I also did some of these images in ‘self portraiture’ therefore used a tripod for my camera which was placed in the middle of the ring light.

Visual Analysis- Visually, we can see that the images are clearly focused and there is no intended blur. The images are clearly lit showing the three lighting points worked, carrying on from this there is a white background used to add an aesthetic to the images.

Evaluation

Overall, I think I have been able to capture successful images with the use of camera settings and location. I like the positioning of the hanging costumes as well as how the modelled images worked out and I wish I had developed this more with other costumes as I found these images were better.

Planning the Shoot

For my second photo shoot, I plan to take still life object images in the photography studio to show personal items of mine which have sentimental value to me. These items will be dance related ie, certificates, trophy’s, medals etc and will be taken in artificial lighting to allow for shadowing etc to be seen. I will use both a straight on angle and a birds eye view to take pictures of my objects, this is different from the typical still life way of taking images which is usually face toward, however I feel as if taking birds eye view images of certain objects such as certificates is going to look better in my book. I have done previous research on still life history as well as explored Laura Letskinsky’s contemporary work foe further inspiration. After looking at her work, it inspired me to use a range of angles when photographing my objects, as well as experimenting with lighting, meaning I will be carrying out this effect in order to create a better image. I plan to keep the images very simple and will therefore be photographing on a white coloured background adding an aesthetic feel to my work which has been taken from Lauras work. I will use a transmitter when taking my images to allow light to be in all corners of my photograph, as well as a tripod to ensure an even image. For arranging the different objects if wanting to include more than one in a single image, I will ensure that it is not overlay complicated and sticks to the aesthetic. As for editing, I want to use as less editing as possible to showcase my originally photography skills, therefore I will only change aspects such as cropping, co toast and brightness etc. I will use Adobe Lightroom Classic for this.

Looking into camera settings/ equipment into more detail, I intend to use a Canon Camera on an auto setting to allow me to use a transmitter with my images which will create a fully focused image. The use of a tripod will also be important as it saves me struggling to find the perfect heights each time I need to change objects. The artificial lighting will be from a box light which will be placed directly to each side of the objects.

Process of Elimination

Planning Editing Process

As for how my second shoot ended up, I am mostly happy with my images are they are all clear meaning the transmitter was a good idea for this shoot in particular. For the straight on angle images I found that I liked the shadowing which was ported sometimes. and plan to do as little editing to this in order to keep them elements. Carrying on from this, I also plan to do little edits to my bird eye view images as they also took well to the transmitter and are fully focused, positioned in a good way as well as being of a good brightness/ contrast, I will therefore be mostly cropping the images.

Editing my Images

The process above was then carried on for all other images which will be shown below. In order to elaborate, the images below have cropping edits, contrast, brightness, exposure, highlight edits in order to create even images.

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Technical Analysis- Technically, I used a Canon Camera which was connected to a photographic transmitter in order to create a flash when photographing my images. This meant that artificial lighting was used to photograph all these images and helped to create an even picture. Due to this transmitter, I did not need to experiment with camera setting meaning I kept it on auto throughout.

Visual Analysis- Visually, we can see that then images above are objects which have been photographed in colour from a both birds eye view and in front of the objects to show experimentation with angles. We can also see that all images are fully focused and fully lit, portraying the effect that editing has been successful.

Conceptual Analysis- Conceptually, outsiders looking at these images may be able to see that all the images link due to key words such as ‘dance’ and ‘distinction’ which would give away that these objects may be linked to a dancer, further showing that these are her objects which may have sentimental value.

Contextual Analysis- Contextually, these images are photos of my personal dance related objects which mean something to me, this being either a trophy or a hair pin which I wore when performing my best solo piece etc.

Evaluation

I think that overall I was able to capture a few successful images out of the multiple different objects I photographed. However, I feel as if I should have been more accurate with the way I positioned paperwork as it created inaccurate edits which I could then not use any further. I would also take more pictures hairpieces as I found that those are the images which look best both before and after editing.

Planning the Shoot

For my first shoot, I plan to take images of archival images from when I was both younger and to this day in the theme of dancing, therefore showing the development of my dance practice over the years. This personal dance journey will reflect a documentation and will be the first setting towards my project. The artist I will be using as a reference towards this is female archive photographer Diana Markosian who is well known for her project “Inventing my Father”, this gained her recognition for the way she photographed images from when she was little as well as the meaning behind the photo manipulation. She uses a range in contrast for her images which add range of emotion. The images dont include a lot of background therefore meaning I will be cropping the photos on adobe light room in order to ensure that only the main parts will only be seen. Her work has also inspired to me experiment with different lighting as some of her images are dark and some light, I will do this with artificial lighting in the studio as well as with photo shop. I will use a transmitter when taking my images as it will allow for the images to be evenly lit as well as an overhead tripod to ensure the image is even.

Looking further into camera settings/ equipment, I will use a Canon Camera on an auto setting which will allow me to use a transmitter with my set up as it will create a fully focused and lit up image. The use of a tripod will also be important to this shoot as i will need images from an over head angle which will allow me to have the full archival image in the frame. The artificial lighting will be from a box light which will be placed directly to each side of the images.

Process of Elimination

Planning Editing Process

As for how my first shoot for this project has ended up, I am happy with the images as they are all clear meaning that the transmitter was a good idea for the shoot. I had to photograph the images on a wide angle and found it had to position the images evenly therefore meaning i was need to be cropping out backgrounds as well as tilting my images to ensure they’re even. I found that i liked the fact there was no shadowing on my image ensuring the images can be seen clearly, therefore meaning i will only change small edits such as contrast, brightness etc in order to create a fully lit image.

Editing my Images

The process above was then carried on for all other images which will be shown below. In order to elaborate, the images below have cropping edits, contrast, brightness, exposure, highlight edits in order to create even images.

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Technical Analysis- Technically, I used a Canon Camera which was connected to a photographic transmitter in order to create a flash when photographing my images. This meant that artificial lighting was used to photograph all these images and helped to create an even picture. Due to this transmitter, I did not need to experiment with camera setting meaning I kept it on auto throughout.

Visual Analysis- Visually, we can see that the images above are printed images which have been photographed in colour from a birds eye view in order to allow for the images to be seen correctly. We can also see that all images are fully focused and fully lit, portraying the effect that editing has been successful.

Conceptual Analysis- Conceptually, outsiders looking at these images may be able to see that they are images of other. images, but from first glance would just look like images which are related to dance which can be seen from costumes and logos.

Contextual Analysis- Contextually, these are images of previous printed photos which either my mum or dance teacher had taken of me when I was younger as well as to this day. The images show different highlights in my car career and are ‘archival’ due to not being my own images.

Evaluation

Overall, I think I have been able to capture successful imaged with using camera settings and angles. I am happy with how even the images are, showing my use of tape as a guide worked out, as well as how the images turned out overall as the quality and colours in the images all stand out and it is overall fully focused, allowing the audience to be able to see the images.

Essay Question- Is it possible for photography to capture moments in time objectively and truthfully?

Opening Quote- What are the differenced between reality, witness and point of view?”– Bright and Van Erp 2019:19

Introduction (250-500 words)- What is your area of study? Which artists will you be analysing and why? Will you be using photographs as a way of showing your idea? How will these aspects respond to their work and essay question?

My personal investigation looks into the development of my dance journey throughout the years from 2010. I specifically will be looking into the physical elements i still own such as objects, costumes and images in order to show my journey truthfully. This idea has come from looking into artists Diana Markosian, and Walker Evens who show a clearly their personal styles through their use in photography. Diana looks into archival imagery through her personal life to add emotion to ideas, where as Walker is a documentation photographer and uses the project ‘ let us praise famous men’ to showcase his style.

Paragraph One (500 words)- Historical/ Theoretical context within art, photog and visual culture relevant to your area of study, Make links to art movements

Realism and Straight Photography was first introduced in the 1840s and looks at producing imagery which displays life how it is. Artists who work within this area mostly focused on looking into cultural and social issues which were revenant within that time, helping to gain recognition to issues and showcase detailed images to exhibit real life. Artist Frederick Henry Evens and his project ‘A sea of a Step’ is known to distinctly present realism through the use of lighting and space. He uses symbolism of creating subjective perspectives while changing the reliability of art movement. Focusing more on documentary photography, artist Walker Evens uses portraiture to show lifestyle within an enviroment which can sometimes be shown as being accurate or inaccurate. This carries me to explore my own topic which is based on my own dance lifestyle and I left that using a small element of documentary photography within my project would be nessesary to capture my intended subject. Carrying on from this, Paul Strand took an interesting approach to photographing objects where he uses the ‘Macro Technique’ which shows clear focus on light and shadowing. This gives an idea as to how Strands work is seen and how his work causes a narrative which can illustrate how the art movement can be truthful.

Paragraph Two (500 words)- Analyse first photographer in relation to your essay question. Present/evaluate your own images and responses.

I will be analysing my chosen photographer Diana Maroksian and looking through her non-traditional way of photographing archival images. I feel as if her use of archival images adds an element of truth to her work and contrasts a stereotypical family, adding a sense of loneliness to her work. This particular emotion can be linked to the use of black and white edit which is typically used, creating more depth in the background of her work. To extend this, Maroksian had a particular project called ” Inventing my Father” which can be seen as portraying the truth behind her families upbringing, in particular how her mother left her father to move to California, not thinking on how the children would feel later on in life not being able to be brought with with a father figure. Adding to this, she cut the father out of all the images in the family album, adding separation. I feel as if this clearly shows an element of truth in her work and also shows that archival imagery is a successful way of representing how reality is.

Paragraph Three (500 words)- Analyse images which will help to represent your ideas and visions

This image shown above is from Markosian’s project ‘ Inventing my Father’ which explores her family history from when she was born to the time period where the project was published. The project is very emotional and focuses mostly on the images she has taken which don’t include a lot of editing, adding a raw approach to her work and showing it for how it originally was, adding an element of truth to her work. We can see in the image above that conceptually it seems as if there has been a disappearance of a family member, due to the size and build it looks like a male suggesting it is her father. The cut out also proposes that the father has either left or the mother has left him as a cut out is very drastic for precious family photographs. Carrying on from this, the cut out shows to the audience how important diana’s mother was to her, being her only adult influence throughout her life.

Paragraph Three (500 Words)- Analyse second photographer in relation to your essay question. Present/evaluate your own images and responses.

Walker Evans most recognizable work is from his project ‘ Let us Now Praise Famous Men’ a series where he explores Alabama farmers during the Great Depression from portrait using a documentation style of photography. Looking into his portraiture, it is clear to see what the families have gone through and how they don’t know any different. He has stated that he enjoys to use editing as a large part of his image as it develops an image even if you are trying to prove a realistic point. Evans imagery has been described as “You can’t sniff the stink of the quilts in the Evans pictures” showing a positive response to his work and emphasis how he is accurate with representing his work in the way he is successful at capturing raw images through simplicity. Evans uses naturalistic lighting to capture his images and does not position the models, but photographs them in their typical element adding a sense of truthfulness and reality. Capturing the subject in their naturalistic environment allows a sense of authority to the images, adding emotion and a sense of sympathy.

Bibliography

Bright S and Van Erp H (2019)- Photography Decoded. London: Octopus Publishing House, Quotes.

Bright and Van Erp 2019:18- “ The process of manipulation starts as soon as we frame a person, a landscape, an object or a scene with our cameras.”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:17- “From Daguerre’s age to ours, photography has undergone a transformation, not only technologically but conceptually.”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:17- ” If manipulation is the first thing someone thinks of in connection to photography, what does that say about the value of photography as a reflection of reality?”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:20- “Does a photograph need a camera in order to be defined as one?”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:18- “Documentary and news imagery may seem the most realistic genres in photography, but their realism means nothing independently of how news media apply their ethical codes.”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:19- “What are the differences between reality, witness and point of view?”

At the Jersey Arts Centre there was a recent show of the exhibition “Invisable Hands” by Alicja Rogalska. The exhibition is known as being associated with migrant workers as well as The Morning Boat whilst it tries to show Jersey through the perspective of migrant workers. This has shown to be important due to migrant workers being a large part but not being known much about due to the lack of knowledge on the past.

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Looking through this exhibition allowed main parts in the agriculture sector in Jersey to be seen which has proven to needing to be more attention due to its importance with the living/ working conditions which people experience everyday and which most middle class people would be appalled by if they saw and if they were educated. Looking through, I liked how Rogalska captured the images as it allowed for a clearer concept to be shown as well allowing more emotion. She also has a video playing which explored the visuals of context towards the images as well as adding emotion which images cannot do in some cases. The video also allowed for us to use more senses such as listening adding a personal effect. The highlights allowed to show the importance of being aware of your surroundings, as well as knowledgeable as to what other go through and how they live which I found was very effective.

Carrying on with the subject of videos, a video was played at the exhibition which was taken of migrant workers in creating clay figures, the most well recognised being a potato which represents their culture as well as helping to symbolise what they do. In order to create the video, the workers were interviewed which was also put into the video where we could see them creating the potatoes out of slay along with the way in which they do it. The title of ‘Invisable Hands’ is shown clearly as we can see that their faces are not shown in the video, only the actions they are doing with their hands.

As seen from the images above the images have been taken in poor quality helping to images to have an interesting back story as it could be possible that they are self taken images, explaining the low level of technique in the actual images.

My personal opinion on this exhibition is that it successfully shows viewers the true aspects of being a migrant worker through both their living and working conditions reflecting social as well as political issues with our government. The use of both imagery and media helps for viewers to gain understanding of the overall concept.

Introduction (250-500 words). Think about an opening that will draw your reader in e.g. you can use an opening quote that sets the scene. You should include in your introduction an outline of your intention of your study e.g. what and who are you going to investigate. How does this area/ work interest you? What are you trying to prove/challenge, argument/ counter-argument? What historical or theoretical context is the work situated within. Include 1 or 2 quotes for or against. What links are there with your previous studies? What have you explored so far in your Coursework or what are you going to photograph? How did or will your work develop. What camera skills, techniques or digital processes in Photoshop have or are you going to experiment with?

Paragraph One Structure- (500 words): Use subheading. This paragraph covers the first thing you said in your introduction that you would address. The first sentence introduces the main idea of the paragraph. Other sentences develop the subject of the paragraph.

Content: you look at the following- Exemplify your hypothesis within a historical and theoretical context.  Write about how your area of study and own work is linked to a specific art movement/ ism. Research and read key text and articles from critics, historians and artists associated with the movement/ism. Use quotes from sources to make a point, back it up with evidence or an example (a photograph), explain how the image supports the point made or how your interpretation of the work may disapprove. How does the photograph compare or contrast with others made by the same photographer, or to other images made in the same period or of the same genre by other artists. How does the photograph relate to visual representation in general, and in particularly to the history and theory of photography, arts and culture.

Plan- For discussing the context within my visual culture in my photography, I plan to look into realism and straight photography as I feel as if they closely link to the theme of my essay question of ‘truth’ as these two subjects are taking images for how they are to represent issues within the photograph. I could also use these subjects to expand my meaning and analysis behind images as I can discuss the social and body image issued behind dancing, as well as explicitly showing how this would link to my dance images taken. I will also use context information behind realism and straight photography to show research methods.

Paragraph 2 Structure (500 words): Use subheading. In the first sentence or opening sentences, link the paragraph to the previous paragraph, then introduce the main idea of the new paragraph. Other sentences develop the paragraphs subject (use relevant examples, quotations, visuals to illustrate your analysis, thoughts etc)

Content: look at the following- Introduce your first photographer. Select key images, ideas or concepts and analyse in-depth using specific model of analysis (describe, interpret and evaluate) – refer to your hypothesis. Contextualise…what was going on in the world at the time; artistically, politically, socially, culturally. Other influences…artists, teachers, mentors etc. Personal situations or circumstances…describe key events in the artist’s life that may have influenced the work. Include examples of your own photographs, experiments or early responses and analyse, relate and link to the above. Set the scene for next paragraph.

Plan– The photographer I have firstly chosen to analyse will be ‘Danny Lyon’ who is a portrait photographer. I will include a small piece of context information about his life and his work to show research. However, I will mostly speak about how his work is related to my ideas, how I think this will be successful through representing the truth through my imagery, as well as analysing how his work can be related to my essay question. I will also evaluate my ideas from his photographic work and how I would like to present them.

Paragraph 3 Structure (500 words) : Use subheading. In the first sentence or opening sentences, link the paragraph to the previous paragraph, then introduce the main idea of the new paragraph. Other sentences develop the paragraphs subject (use relevant examples, quotations, visuals to illustrate your analysis, thoughts etc)

Content: look at the following- Introduce key works, ideas or concepts from your second and third photographer and analyse in-depth – refer to your hypothesis… Use an image by photographer.. what do find interesting in the photograph? What do we know about the photograph’s subject? Does the photograph have an emotional or physical impact? What did the photographer intend? How has the image been used? What are the links or connections to the other photographers? Include examples of your own photographs and experiments as your work develop in response to the above and analyse, compare, contrast etc. Set the scene for next paragraph.

Plan- I will analyse two images in my essay, one from Dasa Wharton work and another from Hasson Hajjaj. I will show my reasoning for choosing the two artists and how they show my initial ideas and visions as I feel as if using imagery for this will prove to be a different way of analysis and may prove to be successful. I will also include a small piece of context to the artists but will mostly be analysing their work and relating it to my style and ideas. This will all have an underlying representation of how these artists and images chosen link to the essay question.

Paragraph 4 Structure (500 words): Use subheading. In the first sentence or opening sentences, link the paragraph to the previous paragraph, then introduce the main idea of the new paragraph. Other sentences develop the paragraphs subject (use relevant examples, quotations, visuals to illustrate your analysis, thoughts etc)

Content: look at the following- Introduce your fourth photographer. Select key images, ideas or concepts and analyse in-depth using specific model of analysis (describe, interpret and evaluate) – refer to your hypothesis. Contextualise…what was going on in the world at the time; artistically, politically, socially, culturally. Other influences…artists, teachers, mentors etc. Personal situations or circumstances…describe key events in the artist’s life that may have influenced the work. Include examples of your own photographs, experiments or early responses and analyse, relate and link to the above. Set the scene for next paragraph.

Plan- During paragraph four, I will again analyse a photographer named ‘Raymond Depardon’ who takes unexpected portrait images. I will include a small piece of context information about their life and work to show research. However, I will mostly speak about how his work is related to my ideas, how I think this will be successful through representing the truth through my imagery, as well as analysing how his work can be related to my essay question. I will also evaluate my ideas from his photographic work and how I would like to present them.

Conclusion (500 words) : Write a conclusion of your essay that also includes an evaluation of your final photographic responses and experiments.

Content: look at the following- List the key points from your investigation and analysis of the photographer(s) work – refer to your hypothesis. Can you prove or Disprove your theory – include final quote(s). Has anything been left unanswered?  Do not make it a tribute! Do not introduce new material! Summarise what you have learned. How have you been influenced? Show how you have selected your final outcomes including an evaluation and how your work changed and developed alongside your investigation.

Topic Focus

Occupation/ Dancing through time- Tying in with the occupation aspect of the project, dance is a topic which relates to me and I find interesting. Facing the reality of rejection, preparation and success.

Fashion- Exploring the dance fashion used in addition to music and movements in order to express a certain feeling. As well as how the costuming (fashion element) adds to the overall intention of the dance piece, as well as how it expresses the individual and what he/she is feeling.

Location- Exploring different locations in which dancers use for different reasons.

Dance Movements- Exploring dance movements for different emphasis on emotions.

Possible Essay Questions

Dancing through time- How is the work of Claude Cahun and Cindy Sherman questioning the politics of gender and female stereotypes?

Dancing through time- Is it possible for photography to capture moments in time objectively and truthfully?

Portraiture- Can personality and identity be expressed in a portrait?

Fashion- How has Fashion Photography transformed, from staged studio settings to the everyday reality, resembling documentary photography?

Dance Movements- Can photography truly capture the essence of a moment, ultimately questioning why we take photographs?

Researching and Identifying Literary Sources

” don’t kiss me”- The Art Of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

By- Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

Tate Publishing- Jersey Heritage Trust

Edited By- Louise Downie (2006)

“The entire collection is available online at www.jerseyheritagetrust.org”

Quotes from Book

• From 1932, “Cahun and Moore were increasingly involved with political issues.
• As an introductory for the Contents Page the quote below is used to introduce the two individuals. “Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore were an extraordinary couple who worked and lived together for more than forty years.”
• As the first part to the third section of the book Cahuns section is began with the quote following in order to show the development of her work “Cahun’s work gradually extended from written texts to objects and photographic illustration.”