What to Photograph?
from David Campany
Each student think of an instruction, an object, place or scenario and write it on the blackboard. Each student must photograph each instruction on the list. Each student have only one shot per instruction (better done with analogic cameras and films) and all students must work in the same format.
Agree with students on a limited time to accomplish the task.
Examples of instructions:
a red ball / a kiss / grass and concrete / a pregnant woman / an ice-cream / an empty room / a petrol station / A political argument / a blue car / flowing water / timeless beauty / a cheese and tomato omelette / things in a pile / childhood / a couple / a really bad smell / a man dressed as a woman / an old smile / a flying skateboard / etc.
Once the all pictures are done and possibly printed in small size and/or digitally available for monitor, put them in a grid so that vertically you could see different responses to the same instruction, while horizontally you might be able to discern each student’s approach.
Enjoy!
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS:
old man reading newspaper
a paper burning
something you fear
a dish of pasta
a tongue
colors
being in love
the thing you lost
pattern
a wet dog
nostalgia
someone/something floating in water
from David Campany
Each student think of an instruction, an object, place or scenario and write it on the blackboard. Each student must photograph each instruction on the list. Each student have only one shot per instruction (better done with analogic cameras and films) and all students must work in the same format.
Agree with students on a limited time to accomplish the task.
Examples of instructions:
a red ball / a kiss / grass and concrete / a pregnant woman / an ice-cream / an empty room / a petrol station / A political argument / a blue car / flowing water / timeless beauty / a cheese and tomato omelette / things in a pile / childhood / a couple / a really bad smell / a man dressed as a woman / an old smile / a flying skateboard / etc.
Once the all pictures are done and possibly printed in small size and/or digitally available for monitor, put them in a grid so that vertically you could see different responses to the same instruction, while horizontally you might be able to discern each student’s approach.
Enjoy!
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS:
old man reading newspaper
a paper burning
something you fear
a dish of pasta
a tongue
colors
being in love
the thing you lost
pattern
a wet dog
nostalgia
someone/something floating in water