A Formal Concern: Sketchbook brainstorming

work by: Bernd & Hilla Becher
James Welling
Minor White

For our next shooting assignment, we will redirect our attention to a formal concern, namely, the use of principles of design and composition within photography. We will revisit the principles of design throughout the year, but to start I would like you to choose two of the following design principles to focus on for your next shooting assignment:

Balance
Repetition
Pattern
Emphasis
Contrast
Movement
Unity

After you have chosen two, create a one page homage to each principle of design in your sketchbook. You may use more than one page if you'd like. Each homage must include the following:

1) Definitions-write out at least two ways this design principle could be defined. One definition should pertain to how this principle might appear in the composition of an artwork, and the other definition should be how this principle may be illustrated as a concept, metaphor, or what it means to you personally. Use a dictionary to look up different definitions!

2) 3 Master Photographer examples. Use the links below to do a little research. Find three different master photographs that somehow illustrate both definitions for each design principle. Include the photographer's name, the title of the work, and the date.

Photography NOW
Masters of Photography
ProFotos-Photography Masters
Photokaboom

3) Brainstorm and illustrate at least three different ways you could illustrate this design principle with your own photography, using subject matter and concepts you're interested in. Don't worry about what's possible or impossible at the moment, just come up with different approaches.

SKETCHBOOK DUE: Fri, Oct. 10th.