Assignment for Oct 17: recording / repetition

recording / repetition

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repetition

noun

1.

the act of repeating; repeated  action, performance,production, or presentation.

2.

repeated  utterance; reiteration.

3.

something made by or resulting from repeating.

4.

a reproduction, copy, or replica.

5.

Civil Law . an action or demand for the recovery of apayment or delivery made by error or upon failure to fulfilla condition.

repeat: verb (used without object)

7.

to do or say something again.

What are the different functions of using repetition?

• showing changes over time
• meditation (paying close attention)
• moving from the literal/the real to the symbolic
• exploring a relationship to the media (print news or tv)

Photographers working with repetition:

Tina Modotti 

http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A4039&page_number=2&template_id=6&sort_order=1

Andy Warhol

http://www.warhol.org/andy_work.aspx?id=685

http://saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Andy-Warhol.pdf

Warhol in His Own Words, Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art:

http://books.google.com/books?id=WXV-HlsUzdcC&pg=PA340&lpg=PA340&dq=Andy+Warhol,+warhol+in+his+own+words,+theories+and+documents&source=bl&ots=Ujh3D1TNRa&sig=nYC9tjDteAt6zttGIBWCgTYorKI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=po9wUIz1Gai40QHfroGYCg&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Andy%20Warhol%2C%20warhol%20in%20his%20own%20words%2C%20theories%20and%20documents&f=false

Robert Flick, Sequential Views

http://www.robertmann.com/exhibitions/2005/flick/image_04.html

Eadweard Muybridge

http://americanhistory.si.edu/muybridge/

Lorna Simpson

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/lorna_simpson/

Hiroshi Sugimoto

http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/seascape.html

Anita Bunn
http://anitabunn.com/artwork/2558498_Moreno_Variable_5.html

images for beginning photoshop oct 15

original image to download for the lesson

example of image after black & white adjustment layer

example of image after auto adjustments

Beginning Photoshop Lesson: Oct 15

Automatic Adjustments, Contrast, Levels, Curves, Exposure, Saturation, Black & White

(After right-clicking the image from the blog and saving it to your desktop)

1. Open Photoshop (From your Start Menu > Programs > Adobe CS5)
2. Open your image by going to the File menu and selecting Open.
3. Choose File and click Open
4. Make sure the Layers Palette is visible, if not go to Window > Layers
5. Copy your background using the keyboard shortcut CNTRL + J (Command J)

Automatic Adjustments

6. With the Background Copy Highlighted, Go to the Image Menu > Adjustments > Auto Levels

7. With the Background Copy Highlighted, Go to the Image Menu > Adjustments > Auto Contrast

8. With the Background Copy Highlighted, Go to the Image Menu > Adjustments > Auto Color

Adjustment Layers

9. Click on the Background Layer and copy your background again using the keyboard shortcut CNTRL + J (Command J)

10. Turn off visibility on the Top Background Layer by clicking on the image of the eye.

11. Click and drag the new Background Layer above the one with the automatic adjustments.

12. Click on the Cookie and choose Levels. Adjust the Midtone slider to 93. Click OK.

13. Click on the Cookie and choose curves. Click three points on the line and adjust to make a slight S-curve. Click OK.

14. Click on the Cookie and choose Exposure. Drag the exposure slider to -0.45. Click OK.

15. Click on the Cookie and choose Hue/Saturation. Drag the Saturation slider to -0.50. Click OK.

16. Click on the Cookie and choose Black & White. Drag the Red to 35% and the Yellow to 170%. Click OK.

17. Click and drag Layer 1 (the layer with Auto Adjustments) to the top.

18. Turn on and off the visibility of Layer 1.

19. Turn on and off the visibility of the Adjustment layers to see the difference.

20. Turn off the Black & White Layer & Hue Saturation Layer to compare the Auto Adjustment Layer to your adjustments.

The End

Assignment for October 10: Destuction/Reconstruction

click here for the definitions of destruction and reconstruction:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destruction



http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconstruction



Artists & Exhibitions to look at:

Sally Mann, What Remains

http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=BF189&i=&i2=

you can see inside the book here:

http://www.photoeye.com/BookteaseLight/bookteaselight.cfm?catalog=BF189

(this is a several part youtube video about her life and work in general)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNEd93H4pPY


Wangechi Mutu

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/wangechi_mutu.htm


Gordon Matta Clark

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/arts/design/03matt.html?_r=0

Marth Rosler

http://www.martharosler.net/

Klustis Gustav

http://museum.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/klutsis_kulagina/exhibition.html


MoMA, The Shaping of New Visions

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1247

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1247#media_player/1/30


American reconstruction: new photography

http://www.winkleman.com/exhibition/view/1899