Academic Sources:
- Research and identify 3-5 literary sources from a variety of media such as books, journal/magazines, internet, Youtube/video .
- 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
Bibliography
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.
Quotation and Referencing:
Why should you reference?
- To add academic support for your work
- To support or disprove your argument
- To show evidence of reading
- To help readers locate your sources
- To show respect for other people’s work
- To avoid plagiarism
- To achieve higher marks
What should you reference?
- Anything that is based on a piece of information or idea that is not entirely your own.
- That includes, direct quotes, paraphrasing or summarising of an idea, theory or concept, definitions, images, tables, graphs, maps or anything else obtained from a source
How should you reference?
Use Harvard System of Referencing…see Powerpoint: harvard system of referencing for further details on how to use it.
Bibliography
Examples of Referencing:
Bibliography:
Paiva, T. (2008), Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration. San Francisco: Chronicle Books LLC
Online Source:
Direct Quote:
In his recent book, Paiva writes about the ‘relentless drive of humans to both build and explore’. (Paiva 2008: 9)
Paraphrasing:
Paiva (2018) writes about the drive humans feel to build and explore.
Abel-Hirsch, A. (2019), ‘ Blackwater River’ in British Journal of Photography. Issue 7890: 50-67
Essay Plan
Essay Question:
Subject matter: Technology/Light/Aesthetics
In what way has Rut B-L and Robbie L made images at night that references an otherworldly effect?
In what way does Rut B-L and Robbie L use artificial light to create a surreal tone?
Opening quote
Introduction (250-500 words):
What is your area of study? Surreal and abstract photography that displays nature as damaged/overrun/etc… within the genre of landscape/night/object/studio photography
Which artists will you be analysing and why? Robbie Lawrence as his ‘Blackwater River’ project has images that are akin to what I am aiming to produce (the theme of the project isn’t exactly the same but some of its roots are similar). Rut Blees-Luxemburg as I have interpreted her work as representing the relationship between humanity’s effect on nature.
How will you be responding to their work and essay question? I will aim to create my own work with motifs of theirs, while linking it with this project’s theme and essay question.
Pg 1 (500 words):
Historical/ theoretical context within art, photography, visual and popular culture relevant to your area of study. Talk about Surrealism/Abstractionism Make links to art movements/ isms and some of the methods employed by critics and historians. Modernism
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