Photography 1: Point of view

• Culturele en kunstzinnige vorming
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Young gliders, 1933, Aleksander Rodchenko

Photography #1

Point of view

rodchenko

action
good practices

tips

Take a series of 6-10 photographs of the world as photographer Alexander Rodchenko would take them. Choose a special point of view and look carefully before taking the photo.

 

Photograph your own environment and explain why you point the camera at your subject in that way. What is the effect on your subject and what makes the photo special?

Goal

Taking photographs with an original use of points of view

Concepts

Bird's eye view, frog's eye view

Assignment: Look through Rodchenko’s eyes

Pioneer with a trumpet, 1930, 

Aleksander Rodchenko

Familie, 1969, Kors van Bennekom

Frog's eye view - Bird's eye view

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AN EXERCISE TO IMPROVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER

AN EXERCISE TO IMPROVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS 

A PHOTOGRAPHER

Hand in your best 5 photos

AN EXERCISE TO IMPROVE YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER

What do you have to hand in?

For each assignment you are asked to take a series of photos. In each case, you must compare your photos with photos that you choose from the collection of Foam museum of photography. You must also include these photos in your report. 

Make sure the file you hand in is complete, well written and that the layout of the file is attractive.

In Classroom you’ll find a list of requirements.

All 5 assignments will be graded together. That mark counts as 25% of your SE grade.

Assignment: Look through Rodchenko’s eyes

(in Classroom) 
Deadline Feb. 28th 

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INSPIRATION

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GOOD PRACTICES

Fixed positions of photos
in Google Docs

REMEMBER

• take - make
• lazy
• comfort zone