Photo I

Photography 1: Truth and Beauty

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Truth and Beauty
Instructor: Gale Jesi

The Truth and Beauty Assignment is the second assignment in Photo I. Students were taught how the camera’s aperture controls focus/depth of field in a photograph. The criteria was to take a photo that was entirely focused (deep depth of field) and one that was selectively focused with one part of the photo in focus and the other out of focus (shallow depth of field). Students were to use the following two quotes as a prompt and inspiration for their choice of subject matter:

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know” John Keats's, Ode on a Grecian Urn

"One man's beauty is another's ugliness” Ralph Waldo Emerson, Circles

Henry Brockland

Jack Clancy

Daphne Coplon

Charolette Dann

Katya Davis

Madeleine Dimitre

Charlotte Dodson

Sonia Esteva

Kelli Gorczyca

Elizabeth Gorman

Mary Kelly

Kylie Kong

Maggie Marks

Ruth Mondesir

Ava Morandi

Cianna Muth

Dean Myers

Angela Narkin

Isabella Ong

Hannah Salkever

Isabella Shen

Skye Sobel

Brenton Song

Will Sugar

Julian Sweet

Trevor Tarm

Talia Venchiarutti

Lauren Williams

Truth and Beauty Slideshow (All student images included)

Photography 1: Unfamiliar Place

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Unfamiliar Place Assignment
Instructor: Gale Jesi

The Unfamiliar Place Assignment is the first assignment in Photo I. Students were taught to use a digital single lens reflex camera in manual mode to get a proper exposure. They were asked to creatively interpret “an unfamiliar place,” and be aware of composition and form, lighting, focus, and what their choice of subject matter conveys.