Photographer

Your presentation and paper should include a historical contextualization of the artist and the artist’s work. Some things to consider:

1. How does the photographer and the photographer’s work fit into the historical period covered in the chapter the photographer is included in?

2. What is the social and cultural context of the work? 3. What are the stylistic characteristics of the photographer’s work? 4. What is he/she communicating? 5. Does the artist have several bodies of work – different groupings of thematic pieces,

etc.? 6. Consider how the artist’s work draws on your own intellectual interests if these fits. What

drew you to this photographer – why did you select this photographer?

View several photography exhibitions to see how curators communicate the theme of their exhibit to an audience. For example, what work and artists are chosen, how is it laid out? Rake note of the wall labels. How is information presented to viewers? You will use this information in your own exhibits. Your presentation should include:

1. 10 images (artist or theme based). 2. Artwork labels: Each image should have a label that is included. This included the artist,

title, date, media of the work and something about the photo. The label information will come from your paper, with a bit of editing.

3. An exhibition title and exhibition information. This is the introduction to your exhibit, the text on the wall people read as they enter the show. It tells them what they are about to see.

4. A floor plan - can be hand drawn with all info / nothing fancy. This tells us what order the work will be presented in.

Your presentation should draw on at least five additional sources in addition to our texts, six total - minimum. At least two should be a scholarly article from a database like JSTOR. If you use the Internet be sure to use reputable, scholarly websites. Wikipedia does not count, but can be a good place to start to get a general overview. Research can come from the Internet (reputable sources only) scholarly articles (jstor, for example), books on art history, politics, etc.. MLA format for the sources.