Due with Notebook 2:       

Photo Essay Assignment - OPTION 1
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1. Subject of your photo essay: a series of outdoor photographs from your neighborhood.
Your photographs should explain the ESSENCE of your neighborhood, including things
you believe are positive for the area, and things you believe are negative.

2. Shoot each of your chosen subjects in different locations (do not include several different
views of the same subject).  For each photograph, include documentation including the date you
took the photo and the location (street name). This documentation may be on the same sheet as your photos if
you print them out on a computer, or on a separate paper to display with your photos.

3. Choose 6-8 of the best of your photos for this photo essay. Mount your photos for
presentation to the class (and they will also be inserted into your notebook 2 folder).

4. You should bring a notebook with you while you photograph, to note the location of each photo.

5. Include a statement of your CONCEPT. What are you expressing? Is it a documentary, is it
formal design, Freudian, imitational, political, feminist, expressionistic,
biographical in some way or iconographic? Be creative, and have a cohesive concept.

Have Fun!

Photo Essay Assignment - OPTION 2
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1. Subject of your photo essay: a series on outdoor sculpture in Texas. You will be creating an essay
about sculpture you have found in our area of Texas.
(you are required to find this sculpture and see it face to face in its original location to photograph it).

2. Shoot sculptures located in different locations and include just one photo of each
sculpture in your essay. (you must have different sculptures, not just several different angles of the
same sculpture.)

3. Shoot one whole roll of film in either black and white or color. Choose 6-8 photos for your photo essay.
In your notebook, present 6-8 of the best ones. We will also present the photo essays to the class.

4. Number and label photos in chronological order that you want them presented and document the date
you took the photo and the geographical location of each. Mount your photos on paper or
create an album or design for presentation to the class (and added to your Notebook 2 folder).
Do not just put them in an envelope. You may print all of your photos on one page if you want to design
your essay in that way.

5. You should carry a notebook with you while you photograph, to note the location/title/description of
each photo of  a sculpture. (if you can't find the title,  just include the date and location).

6. Attach a statement of your CONCEPT. What are you expressing? Is it a documentary, is your expression
   Freudian, imitational, political, formal elements of art, expressionistic, iconographic or biographical in some way?

Example locations:

Hall Office Park in Frisco, UNT, TWU, SMU, in front of corporate/public buildings, parks, restaurants,
shopping malls, look around and find outdoor sculpture. (a parking meter could be considered an
outdoor sculpture, so is Ronald McDonald if it is outside or on a rooftop.)  Get creative, but have a cohesive concept!
Note: Do not confuse Option 1 with Option 2.  Think your concept through.

Have Fun!