The Built Environment
Assignment:
Determine a location that you wish to explore through photography; this place must include the built environment and some traces of human interactions with this environment. Basically, buildings – inside or out – and inhabitants. With a DSLR, shoot a series of no less than 100 photographs that relay your observations of human interaction with their built environment. Note: it is not required that all of your images have human subjects within the picture.
From the original 100, choose 10 photographs that you find best relay your location and subject matter best. Post the final 10 photographs to your blog with a statement detailing why you chose the specific built environment and what you wanted to relay through the series.
Due date Wednesday, February 28th in class
10 points
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Techniques:
Perspective Warp to remove keystone effect in images: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/perspective-warp.html
Keystone Effect Explained: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_effect
Burning and Dodging (darkening or lightening) parts of your image:
Lightroom: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/how-to/dodge-burn-adjustment-brush.html
Photoshop: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/dodge-burn-image-areas.html
Photoshop Adjustment Layers: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/photoshop-layers-affected.html
Photoshop Masks for composite images:
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/composite-select-mask.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/selection-masking-space.html
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Photographers:
Jane and Louise Wilson: https://goo.gl/WY6mHK
William Eggleston: https://goo.gl/gcfVL4
Thomas Struth @ the Museum: https://goo.gl/jCjz3r
Edward Burtynsky: https://goo.gl/qkKNrB
Jeff Wall: https://goo.gl/WxBcoe
Thomas Demand: https://goo.gl/hL2D4r
Hiroshi Sugimoto @ the Cinema: https://goo.gl/ipZrqB
Todd Hido: http://www.toddhido.com/homes.html
Catherine Yass: https://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/artists/29-catherine-yass/overview/
James Welling: http://jameswelling.net/
Louisa Lambri: https://goo.gl/J3Phzx
Vera Luter: https://goo.gl/7oQCBM
Paul Shambroom: https://goo.gl/ycMxAY