Portraiture Class May/June 2012

University settlement
Portraiture Class
Wednesdays, 1-3pm
May 2, 9, 23, 30
June 6, 13, 20, 27

Teacher: Christina Freeman
christinahfreeman@gmail.com
www.universitysettlementphoto.blogspot.com

Materials for Class:
Please bring a camera to each class and a pin-drive/CD of your work to share

Questions:
What interests you in portraiture?
What experience do you have with portraiture?
What strengths and weaknesses do you have when taking pictures of people?
What things are you excited about? What things are you concerned about?

Things to consider:

Different types of portraiture:
Street Photography
Studio Portraits
On Location posed portraits
Group or Family
Animal- William Wegman
Symbolic /Still Life- takashi yasumura, sophie calle, Vik Muniz (Wasteland), Sarah
Palmer
Exotic/Tourist
Constructed (Collaged, Digital Composite)- kelli connel, Cindy Sherman, Alex Prager
Found Photography - Lorna Simpson
Projection
Writing - Wendy Ewald or Sharin Neshat
Celebrity - Andy Warhol
Empathetic - Nicholas Nixon
Event – Larry Fink
Other?

Styles: Fashion, Documentary, Artistic, (or a mix of sytles)

Lighting: Natural, Artificial, Mixed

Field Trip: We can take a field trip together to see an exhibition if enough people are
interested.