Requirements taken from blog :
1. Literary Sources
2. Essay Question
3. Essay Plan
- Research and identify 3-5 literary sources from a variety of media such as books, journal/magazines, internet, Youtube/video that relates to your personal study and artists references .
- Begin to read essay, texts and interviews with your chosen artists as well as commentary from critics, historians and others.
- It’s important that you show evidence of reading and draw upon different pints of view – not only your own.
- Take notes when you’re reading…key words, concepts, passages
- Write down page number, author, year, title, publisher, place of publication so you can list source in a bibliography
Harvard System of Referencing
Bibliography:
Roberts, P. (2007), The genius of colour photography: from the autochrome to the digital age. London: Goodman
List all the sources that you have identified above as literary sources. Where there are two or more works by one author in the same year distinguish them as 1988a, 1988b etc. Arrange literature in alphabetical order by author, or where no author is named, by the name of the museum or other organisation which produced the text. Apart from listing literature you must also list all other sources in alphabetical order e.g. websites/online sources, YouTube/ DVD/TV.
In-text referencing:
In The genius of colour photography it states that Vogue ‘had determinedly set publishing trends before and after that date [1932]’ (Roberts 2007,126)
- Use quotes to support or disprove your argument
- Use quotes to show evidence of reading
- Use Harvard System of Referencing…see Powerpoint: harvard system of referencing for further details on how to use it.
Given Plan:
- Essay question:
- Opening quote
- Introduction (250-500 words): What is your area study? Which artists will you be analysing and why? How will you be responding to their work and essay question?
- Pg 1 (500 words): Historical/ theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to your area of study. Make links to art movements/ isms and some of the methods employed by critics and historian. Link to powerpoints and resources above about art movements and isms.
- Pg 2 (500 words): Analyse first artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
- Pg 3 (500 words): Analyse second artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
- Conclusion (250-500 words): Draw parallels, explore differences/ similarities between artists/photographers and that of your own work that you have produced
- Bibliography: List all relevant sources used
My Plan:
Essay Question:
Explain how the photographers Mary Ellen Mark and Laia Abril portray women’s mental and physical health.
Sources of information:
- Mary Ellen Mark Sources:
- British Journal of Photography
- https://www.vogue.com/article/mary-ellen-mark-the-book-of-everything
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFY8ygQjd60
- Mary Ellen Mark Quotes:
- “Your subjects will trust you only if you’re confident about what you’re doing. They can sense that immediately.”
- Laia Abril sources :
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wk39lsWQlQ
- https://www.theglassmagazine.com/glass-interviews-spanish-photographer-laia-abril/ (Emma Hart 25/03/2019)
- https://www.laiaabril.com/
- Laia Abril Quotes:
- “the repercussions are most of the time psychological, so it’s very difficult to visualise it.” In response to how rape is a tricky thing to capture due to it being stigmatised
- “Countries which restrict contraception, what about rape, what about accidents, what about whatever? What when people have problems and cannot even have abortions when they have problems with the foetus, it is connected, being able to choose when you are able to be a mother or not. “- in response to abortion.
- “I remember learning that society had mandated that getting my period should remain a secret. The same ritual that was supposed to symbolize that I had “become a woman,”“- Menstruation myths (2021)
My Introduction
- What topic I am focusing (women’s mental and physical health)
- Introduction to photographers
- Include quotes from both photographers
Paragraph 1
- History on using photography as therapy as well as a documentary
- link to the feminist movement and #me-too movement. E.g Emmeline Pankhurst and Tarana Burke. Link to how they could have inspired other women in the world.
Paragraph 2
- Analyse Mary Ellen Mark’s Ward 81 as well as her work from Streetwise.
- Emphasise the fact that she was unable to control what she took images of as she was in a ward full of women who were only there due to the fact that they are unpredictable.
- Mention the fact that the women in streetwise look slightly unphased by everything that has happened to them.
Paragraph 3
- Analyse the work of Laia Abril (on rape, thinspiration and menstruation myths )
- List similarities between both artists even though Laia mainly used images of objects and not as much of people.
Conclusion
- Explain own images and how they link to both artists
- Bibliography
PLAN TAKEN FROM BLOG
- Open a new Word document > SAVE AS: Essay draft
- Copy essay question into Essay title: Hypothesis > if you don’t have one yet, make one!
- Copy your essay introduction (from Essay Plan) which will give you a framework to build upon and also copy your Statement of Intent.
- Identify 2 quotes from sources identified in an earlier task using Harvard System of Referencing.
- Use one quote as an opening quote: Choose a quote from either one of your photographers or critics. It has to be something that relates to your investigation.
- Add sources to Bibliograpphy > if by now you don’t have any sources, use S. Sontag. On Photography Ch1
- Begin to write a paragraph (250-500 words) answering the following questions below.
- You got 45 mins to write and upload to the blog!
- Think about an opening that will draw your reader in e.g. you can use an opening quote that sets the scene. Or think more philosophically about the nature of photography and and feeble relationship with reality.
- You should include in your introduction an outline of your intention of your study e.g.
- What are you going to investigate.
- How does this area/ work interest you?
- What are you trying to prove/challenge, argument/ counter-argument?
- Whose work (artists/photographers) are you analysing and why?
- 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?