- Project Title:
Tickled
- Project Description:
The theme of the project is on candid shots of portraits. Are people happier plandid or candid? I want to focus on taking pictures of people smiling or being in a more natural, happier mood without having to pose. I admire seeing the natural laughs of people instead of posed images. The genre and area of interest is portraits, with the subject being culture and people, through the format and methodology of documenting. I would approach this by a few methods, taking portraits of my friends but snapping pictures when they have a natural laugh, also taking my camera around campus and finding spots where people are doing happy things naturally. I would like to focus on aperture, preferably a wider aperture to the extent of my lens, as well as focus on the lighting of the environment I am shooting at. Depending on lighting I may have to digitally edit a few of my shots.
- Outcomes:
I want to take around as many pictures as I can and select about 10 pictures to display as my final work. They will be digitally produced on my course website and depending on the time constraints may be printed out on photograph paper.
- Methods and Materials:
I may use a photo booth that I have or just use the natural sunlight as my materials besides my camera. I will also use flash and maybe artificial lights that I also have along with the photobooth. I may have images printed out at a local pharmacy such as rite aid.
- References:
Henri Cartier-Bresson
- August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004
- Chanteloup-en-Brie, France and Cereste, France
- Humanist photographer, street photography
- Known for his candid photography and co-founded Magnum Photos
- Considered the “master of candid photography”and surrealism photography
- Attended catholic school Ecole Fenelon and was raised in a bourgeois family, expecting him to take up the family business of textile manufacturing
Garry Winogrand
- January 14, 1928 – March 19, 1984
- Bronx, New York and Tijuana, Mexico
- American street photography
- Known for his portrayal of social issues in the mid 20th century.
- “The central photographer of his generation”
- Entered the US Army Air Force and returned to New York and studied painting at City College of New York and painting and photography at Columbia University, working as a freelance photojournalist
Helen Levitt
- August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009
- Brooklyn, New York and Greenwich village, New York
- NYC street photography
- Known for her NYC street photography
- “The most celebrated and least known photographer of her time”
- Dropped out of high school to develop film in darkrooms and worked under commercial portrait photographer J. Florian Mitchell.