History Research Assignment: Part One - The PhotographersIn this assignment, you will be investigating photographers of note to further your understanding of photographic history — and to find inspiration for your own photography.

Each student must pick a different photographer — no duplicates will be allowed!

Here is a list of potential photographers you may choose:

Ansel Adams

Bryan Adams

Diane Arbus

Eugene Atget

Richard Avedon

Cecil Beaton

Julia Margaret Cameron

Robert Capa

Lewis Carroll

Henri Cartier Bresson

Margaret Burke-White

Immogen Cunningham

Lynne Cohen

Salvador Dali

Louis Daguerre

Robert Doisneau

Tony Duffy

Alfred Eisenstadt

Walker Evans

Evergon

Lee Friedlander

Charles Gagnon

Lauren Greenfield

Lois Greenfield

George Herringshaw

Hill & Adamson

Lewis Hine

David Hockney

Horst P. Horst

Yousef Karsh

Andre Kertesz

Heinz Kluetmier

Ed Lacey

Dorothea Lange

Frans Lanting

Annie Liebowitz

Jerry Lodriquss

Laszlo Maholy Nagy

Man Ray

Linda McCartney

Duana Michals

Lisette Model

Edward Muybridge

Nadar

William Nottman

Martin Parr

Freeman Patterson

Irving Penn

Philippe Halsman Rankin

O.G. Rejlander

Herb Ritts

August Sander

Cindy Sherman

Fiona Sigismondi

W. Eugene Smith

Erich Solomon

Alfred Staiglitz

Edward Steichen

Paul Strand

Jerry Uselsman

Jeff Wall

Andy Warhol

Edward Weston

Gary Winogrand

Weegee (Arthur Felix)

Minor White

Choose 5 photographers and look at some of their work. Choose a photographer that creates work you like, or wish you could emulate. Randomly picking a name will lead to a boring, uninspired assignment that you won’t enjoy doing and I won’t enjoy reading.

Once your choice has been approved, you may begin using the resources available to compile information about your photographer. You may use books, magazines and the internet. You will be given some time in class to begin your research, but you must spend a significant amount of time outside of class completing your research (home, school library, public library etc.).

You may use the Internet as a resource provided that you choose appropriate sites and cite them correctly. The definition of appropriate: Websites that are monitored or administered by academic or similar institutions (galleries, universities, official websites etc.); this does not include Wikipedia or any fan-created website.

You must submit a proper bibliography that lists all the resources you used as part of your assignment. In order to get full marks for your bibliography, follow the format outlined below:

Books

Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). Book title. Additional information. City of publication: Publishing company.

Example: Allen, T. (1974). Vanishing wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). Article title. Periodical title, volume number(issue number if available), inclusive pages.

Example: Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals of psychology. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 55, 893-896.

Websites

Author's name. (Date of publication). Title of work. Retrieved month day, year, from full URL

Example: Devitt, T. (2001, August 2). Lightning injures four at music festival. The Why? Files. Retrieved January 23, 2012, from http://whyfiles.org/137lightning/index.html

Photographer Research Worksheet Name:___________________________

(You must submit this completed worksheet on the due date) Due Date:___________________________

PART ONE: Basic Information

Photographer’s Name: ______________________________________________________________

Place Of Birth: ___________________________________________________________________

Date Of Birth: ___________________________________________________________________

Place Of Death (if applicable):________________________________________________________

Date Of Death (if applicable):________________________________________________________

PART TWO: Photographic Background

Medium(s) used [tin type, gel print, digital, etc.]: ______________________________________________________________________________

Beaumont Newhall category of photography [based on the handout you have been given]:

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Favourite subject matter: __________________________________________________________

PART THREE: Biographical Information

What route did this artist take into photography?

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How did they get interested in this subject matter?

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What technique(s) did they use in their photography to give their photos a distinct look?

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What are their best known photographs (and, if you can find it, why)?

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What impact do you think these photographs had on society in general? Why?

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What impact do you think these photographs had on the world of photography? Why?

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PART FOUR: Examples

Attach four examples of your photographer’s works. You may use the internet and print it out (try www.images.google.com) or cut and glue the images from magazines etc. Provide the title of the work and the date it was created for each of the four works.

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#1) Date: _______________________________________________________________________

#2) Title: _______________________________________________________________________

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PART FIVE: Relevance

In the space provided, please state in your own words why you have chosen this photographer to look at:

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History Research Assignment: Part Two - Presentation to the Class

PART ONE: Class Presentation

The history of photography has many stories… and each person in your class has just learned one of them!

You will be required to build a Power Point or Prezi presentation about the photographer you have researched. That presentation should begin with a slide that will have your name on it so that we know whose presentation it is. The second slide will be the title slide that may (if available) include a portrait of the artist. The following slides will contain images produced by that photographer. Those images can be found through image-based search engines (like www.images.google.com).

When choosing your images, please be sure to take the largest ones possible: images below 640 x 480 in resolution will pixelate if you make them larger on the screen.

When the Power Point or Prezi presentation is ready, save a copy into your dropbox account.

Each student in the class will be making a presentation to the rest of the class on their photographer. The slides will be your examples — the rest of the information MUST to come from you. You will be evaluated on how well you present to the rest of the class: the flow of information, the way you connect the images, and the way in which you communicate important information. Interest in photography, sources of inspiration and unique style will be the basis of your presentation marks.

Your presentation should not be longer than 10min and not shorter than 5min.

Your presentation should be engaging, creative, interesting and memorable.

Remember to have good posture, eye-contact and loud voice.

NOTE: Should you need to use works by other photographers in your presentation to better tell the story, be sure to communicate to your audience that those photos are not by the photographer you are concentrating on.

PART TWO: Recap Slide

The assignment will conclude with a quiz based on the presentations given by YOU and your classmates.

This means you must take notes during the presentations. However, in order to help your classmates, you will provide a recap slide at the end of your presentation that will be posted in class folder to everyone to reference.

Your recap slide should summarize the information that you included in your photography research worksheet and any relevant information that you provided during your presentation. Your recap slide should not be an essay but rather point form summary of the most important features of your presentation (maximum 8 bullet points).

The date of your presentation is: _____________________________________.

You must present on that date. If you cannot present on that date, you must request an extension in advance and have a valid reason for needing one.

History Research Assignment Rubric Name __________________________

* Please hand in this rubric to Mr. St.Romain before your presentation.

Presentation RubricMARKS

0 1 2 3 4 5

Presentation demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of the topic.

Student presents information in an engaging, logical and interesting sequence which the audience can follow.

The presentation communicates information and ideas with a high degree of clarity (proper voice projection, eye contact, good posture).

The presentation communicates with appropriate visuals.

The presentation is done in a timely, professional and proper manner.

TOTAL ______/25C

PROJECT COMPLETION CHECKLIST

Project Components Submitted? Total Out of

1. Photographer Research Worksheet 25K

2. Bibliography 5K

3. PowerPoint/Prezi electronic file 20T

4. Recap Slide 5C

5. Class Presentation 25C

TOTAL: ______/30K _____/20T _____/30C _____%