Part 1: FINDING YOUR OWN WINTER GARDEN PHOTOGRAPH
1. Read Camera Lucida, by Roland Barthes.
2. Try and find your equivalent of Barthes’ Winter Garden Photograph. Locate family photograph collections you have access to either in printed form (boxes, albums, etc.) or in digital form (hard drives, online, etc.). If you have access to a physical family photograph collection, I recommend you search through those. If not, search digitally. Choose one family member to look for. Try to find a photograph that reveals the essence of that family member. Write three paragraphs about this process, and post the writing. Post at least one image with your writing. Whether or not you post your “winter garden photograph” is up to you.
Part 2: PICTURES OF MOTHER
Photograph your mother. If your mother is not with you, make photographs that are about her. You could photograph any subject as a stand-in for her. Shoot at least 50 jpegs, and upload a selection of 10 to the blog by Wednesday, April 15th.
Part 3: CRITIQUE GROUP
If you attend the weekly Zoom critique meeting, then that fulfills your critique participation component. If you are unable to attend the critique meeting that week, post 100-150 word comments on FOUR other students’ work who also did not attend the critique. I will email the class to let you know who those people are each week.