Photo II
Photo II: Self-Portraits
This semester began with an assignment called “The Familiar Place.” Students were asked to choose an impactful
memory/experience and then photographically convey it in narrative form. This work built on formal, technical, and visual literacy skills that were introduced in Photo I. For their next project, students were shown self-portrait work by the photographer, Cindy Sherman in preparation for the “Self-Portrait: True Self and Alter Ego” assignment shown in this Spring’s Art Festival. Students learned how objects within a photograph often convey a powerful metaphor or communicate cultural concepts and traits not easily photographed. Accurate exposures, use of lighting, tighter compositions and editing, as well as experimentation were the technical requirements. Please enjoy this awesome work!
Kudos:
Kudos go out to my Photo II students for becoming creative and disciplined photographers while overcoming their reluctance to engage in a lively discussion in a Zoom setting. This is the first Photography I and II class in the history of UHS to go completely digital. It has been interesting to compare over two decades of analog/darkroom work with a similar curriculum using only digital photography. And the outcome? Regardless of my bias toward in-person teaching and darkroom work, this year has shown that the students were able to build relationships/rapport without meeting in person and produce strong, if not stronger work with digital technology. See for yourself! - Gale Jesi
5TH PERIOD
Daphne Coplon
Katya Davis
Madeleine Dimitre
Charlotte Dodson
Keili Gorczyca
Ruth Mondesir
Ava Morandi
Cianna Muth
Dean Myers
Angela Narkin
Skye Sobel
Lauren Williams
6th PERIOD
Henry Brockland
Charlotte Dann
Sonia Esteva
Kylie Kong
Maggie Marks
Isabella Ong
Hannah Salkever
Isabella Shen
Brenton Song
Julian Sweet
Matthew Tsakalakis
Talia Venchiarutti
Self-Portrait and Alter-Ego Assignment
- Daphne Coplon
- Katya Davis
- Madeleine Dimitre
- Charlotte Dodson
- Keili Gorczyca
- Ruth Mondesir
- Ava Morandi
- Cianna Muth
- Dean Myers
- Angela Narkin
- Skye Sobel
- Lauren Williams
- Henry Brockland
- Charlotte Dann
- Sonia Esteva
- Kylie Kong
- Maggie Marks
- Isabella Ong
- Hannah Salkever
- Isabella Shen
- Brenton Song
- Julian Sweet
- Matthew Tsakalakis
- Talia Venchiarutti