Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Photo Arts I - FINAL PROJECT

The Fall 2011 semester is finally over and here are the results of my efforts:

Photo Arts I = A
Sociology 1000 = A-
Computer Science 1000 = A-
Anthropology - Ancient Societies = B-
English Prose = B+
GPA = 3.59

Below are the pictures from my final project in my Photo Arts I class.  I LOVED this course and I hope your enjoy the many photos I took. 

FINAL PROJECT ~

My final project idea was to combine the everyday world of ordinary people and objects that we sometimes take for granted.  I wanted my idea to mirror the theme of our scrapbooks that was assigned to everyone at the beginning of the class.  The scrapbooks were to include at least 2 news articles from any local newspaper each week, as well as our best pictures that we took and developed, and above all to find and include any "visual culture" that was all around us; objects that we may not regard as interesting or worthy of recognition.

My final project was to reflect the "visual culture" that we use, see and discard everyday.  People too whom we may see everyday, and pass on the street are also deemed as our "visual culture" that we take no thought or importance to...the world around us as part of our everyday.  I wanted to bring out the "everyday" into a different, noticable light of recognition and attention.  Even the picture frames themselves are different and that we see so often in every home.  I didn't, however, want the pictures or objects to be behind glass, thus to bring more attention to one than another.  Every picture and object are to work as a whole, not singled out as being more important than the other(s).


Close -Up #1
The guy with the earphones is a fellow student in my class, Colin.


Close - Up #2
The gentleman with the beard below is my Photo Art's professor - Don Gill ( the purple blotch is caused from me not changing the Fixitive as I should have done ~ DARN!!! - I was really ticked off too!!).  The boy is my nephew.


Close - Up #3
The girl doing the googy eyes is another fellow student, Jessica.


Close - Up #4
Another fellow student, Corrie.