Research Task 2
The work needs to be completed and submitted/uploaded to Turnitin by the date indicated by your lecturer.
Continuing with the theme of Location photography, this week you need to research and explore Yelena Yemchuk. Have a look at the links below. Have a read and look for images and ideas that have the potential to inform and influence your work.
http://southendasphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/session-4-of-6-week-2-dave-t.html
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-soviet-coney-island-yelena-yemchuks-gidropark
http://www.vogue.it/en/photography/interviews/2017/09/08/interview-yelena-yemchuk-vogue-italia-september-2017/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4OrJrpULH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-dipDKuJ9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOBdMfumgo
https://photogrist.com/magdalena-jasek-louise-parker/ Dungeness, Kent.
Remember as you are now second year students you do need to up your game - you need to approach your work with increased maturity, depth, commitment and effort. As with last year, you should strike a balance between the use of images and written content e.g. a 50/50 split.
Prompts for generating the responses to your research work____________________
This applies for both the Initial response and the main body of work accompanying the key image. Use these as the headings...
(1) Characteristics of the Photography/work - what type of photography is it and why?
(2) Challenges involved - what would have made this work difficult.
(3) Equipment what equipment is being used - why and why is it fit for purpose?
(4) Techniques What photographic techniques are being used by Yemchuk - how, why and what evidence can you explain?
(5) Media - what media is being used - why? Could this be used today in ID magazine - explain how and why.
(6) Intention - what do you think Yemchuk is trying to convey in the images, is there a narrative and how is the meaning/narrative being conveyed through the use of media, design, props, location, body language and other visual language aspects?
(7) Production process what would have been involved in the production of this set of images - speculate.
Use these prompts above primarily and the ones here below. If this is insufficient use the additional prompts in the side-bar.
(1). Light and how it used, its qualities and characteristics and the problems that arise from using daylight and artificial light.
(2). The equipment used - camera format, lens focal length, field of view, depth of field, discuss in your analysis what bearing these might have on the images.
(3). Media - are the images shot on film or digital, what difference might that make and how are the images used at the end of the process - are they exhibited if so research to see where the images are sold and what materials/media they are produced on (MTP's).
(4). The location - accessibility issues, privacy, private land, public spaces and the public. Country, region, laws, health and safety. (Challenges).
(5). Image design and construction - elements of the image - foreground and background relationships; rules of thirds, composition.
(6). Context - who is the photographer inspired/influenced by - Use images to show similarities.
(7). Operational context - what kind of photography is it, how is it used, where is it seen, who is its audience?
Do not forget to collate a bibliography and if you use quotes reference your quotes and ensure they are identified as quotes within your work. See here for guidance on producing a bibliography
