DOCUMENTARY & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY by Alexandra Copley
Documentary & Portrait Photography Course 1
Aug 19, 2015
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DOCUMENTARY & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
by Alexandra Copley
COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis is course for students wanting to gain basic understanding of
documentary and portraiture photography. Students
work on a semester long photo-documentary project on a subject of their choice. In class lectures will explore different genres
of documentary photography including street photography, social documentary, photojournalism, the photo essay and environmental portraiture. Students will learn the fundamentals of digital photography from assignments and on
fieldtrips to Mumbai’s unique neighborhoods.
Camera experience is a plus, but not a pre-requisite. Nikon D40 SLR cameras are provided for students to use through the
duration of the course. Students will need a digital camera for use throughout the course.
AIMS and OBJECTIVES
The main objective of this course is to introduce the student to various forms of
documentary photography and environmental portraiture culminating in a series of photographs ready for print or multimedia publication.
COURSE OUTLINE
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WHO AM I? B.A. & M.F.A. Photography
Professor of photography/online lecturer
TRAVEL & FREELANCE photographer
Worked in Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Central America, Canada, Europe (all over) and USA
www.inthefray.org
www.favelite.com Paris Metro Project with Brazil
www.alexandracopley.com
www.taquerias.blogspot.com
www.youramexica.blogspot.com book called ‘Transmigrants’
ALEXANDRA COPLEYAMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER
PROVIDENCIA FAVELA, RIO DE
JANEIRO
ROCINHA FAVELA, RIO DE JANEIRO
GLANCES
MAINE, USA
HANDS OF THE HARVEST
DHOBI GHAT, INDIA
DOCUMENTARY
WHAT IS
PHOTOGRAPHY?
The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually
candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people.
Photography that has a connection to real situations and that attempts to represent those situations with
minimal distortion.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Street photography tends to be more of a private and individual practice of
photographing in public places. Usually, though not always, the interest is
connected to urban life, since that's where so much happens on the street.
SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY
WHAT IS
PHOTOGRAPHY?
The act of recording, with a camera, human beings
in their natural (ie unposed) condition. With the purpose of bringing attention to a particular aspect of society in
hopes of change.
SEBASTIAO SALGADOBAZILIAN PHOTOJOURNALIST
BOOKS
PHOTO ESSAYWHAT IS A
?
A series of photographs that are
intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely
photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a few or many
accompanying photographs. Also a slide show or similar presentation, possibly with spoken text or music.
ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITURE
WHAT IS
?
A portrait executed in the subject's usual environment, such as in their home or
workplace, and typically illuminates the
subject's life and surroundings.
By photographing a person in their
natural surroundings, it is thought
that you will be able to better illuminate their character, and therefore portray the
essence of their personality.
WHY IS HE POSING WITH A TREE?
FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
(FSA)
WHAT IS THE
?
In 1935 as part of the New Deal in the United States, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) was an effort during the Depression to combat American rural poverty. The FSA adopted a goal
of introducing America to Americans through photography and a group of talented photographers.
PUBLISHING YOUR WORK
NEWPAPERS
MAGAZINES
YOUR OWN BLOG
ONLINE MAGAZINES
BOOKS (SELF-PUBLISHINGLULU
BLURB
MORE MAGS In The Fray
Blue Eyes Magazine
Social Documentary.net
Lunatic
F-Stop Magazine
Vewd
Lens Culture & Interviews
The Digital Journalist
Media Storm (audio & visual)
File Magazine
Travel Photography Network
Colours Magazine
Deep Sleep
See Saw
Photo Eye Magazine
Aperture.org
Reuters
PDF TO READ
The History of Documentary Photography
Street Photography for the Purist
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
How do these photos make you feel ?
What kind of compositions do you recognize?
Do the images tell a story?
When were the images taken?
Who is being photographed?
Where are they being photographed?
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