Semester 1, Week 6: Portraits
Assignment Directions: Read through this lesson and complete the questions in your homework packet. Then complete one of the two photo assignments at the bottom of the page.
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LeBron James: Making the Shot(Note: the title of this video both refers to making a shot in basketball, as well as what it took to make the cover photograph for Time Magazine that is being shot in this video.)
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The photographer of this picture was a photographer for the magazine National Geographic named Steve McCurry.
This picture was taken in 1984, when Gula was living as a refugee in Pakistan (a country between Afghanistan and India) because the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Bombing by the Soviets killed her parents, forcing her, her grandmother, and her brothers and sisters to climb over the mountains into Pakistan to a refugee camp where they would be safe.
Gula started to go to school when she was in the refugee camp, but then dropped out and got married. She had four daughters, one of whom died when she was a baby. Gula's biggest hope for her daughters is that they get a better education than she was able to get.
In 2002, National Geographic did a search to find this girl again and see where she was and how she was doing. She had never before seen this picture that McCurry took of her, even though it was famous around the world.
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| Sharbat Gula on the National Geographic cover in June 1985 |
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| Sharbat Gula in 2002, holding her 1984 National Geographic cover picture |
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If you do NOT have a camera to use for this week's assignment:.SCROLL DOWN this page to go to the Alternate Assignment if you do NOT have a camera to use for this week's homework. Your teacher should have given you the Week 6 Alternate Assignment handout--if you don't have this, please check with them!
If you DO have a camera for this week's assignment:
Do the following assignment if you DO have a camera to use for this week's homework.
This week you are going to take three color portraits of the same person.
- Photo #1 should be a close-up—ONLY get their face in the picture!
- Photo #2 should be a torso or full-body shot. It must be a different pose than Photo #1.
- Photo #3 should be an environmental portrait. You must take a picture of your subject in the environment they like to be in most, whether that is at home, at work, or somewhere else.
Along with your pictures, you must include a one-paragraph writeup that explains:
- Who the person is
- Why you chose to take their picture
- What the environment is that you took their picture in
- Why you chose that environment for them
When you are done, email your photos and one-paragraph writeup to your teacher BEFORE your appointment time. If you need help attaching your pictures to an email, please ask your teacher or one of the lab teachers to show you how.
ABSOLUTELY NO USING FILTERS/EFFECTS. We will talk about using filters in future weeks, but for now, do NOT use them.
Note: Your teacher MUST have received your email(s) by your appointment time, or your assignment will be incomplete!! You MUST email this assignment to your teacher.
If you do NOT have a camera, please ask your teacher for the alternate assignment BEFORE next week.
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No Camera? Here is your Alternate Assignment for Semester 1, Week 6
Have your handout from your teacher? Great! Here are your photos that go with the handout. Hover your mouse over each picture for the link to the original source.
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