Photography Projects
For this assignment you will go out in the cultural field (of Southern California) and complete one or more of the following projects:
A Photo Observation
A Photo Interview
Specifications for Photography Projects:
1) Create a power point presentation with thick descriptions
2) Submit it on a thumb (USB) drive, email it as an attached file or post it on www.slideshare.net and email the link to your professor: LeannaPhD@outlook.com
You MUST take your own photographs!!!
DO NOT submit more than 10 slides for an assignment. (Select the ones that best tell your story.)
PHOTO OBSERVATION:
For this exercise you will need to attend an event in which it would be acceptable
for you to shoot photographs of strangers. Come with the eyes and ears of an anthropologist
and make note of everything the "natives" do. You can go alone, be the guest of
a "key informant," or go with a co-
Possible Photo Observation Venues:
lGay Culture lSingles Bar lHockey Fans lFootball Fans lRave Party
lHomeless Shelter lPool Hall lDog Park lTattoo Parlor lSports Bar
lHealth Spa lBeauty Parlor lCar Racing lLow Riding lSurfing
lSwap Meet lMusic Concert
Outline for Presentation:
Title (name of project [pick something creative!], your name, name of course, instructor’s name, date of completion)
Pick 10 photos that reveal cultural activities, how space is used, dress, ritual behaviors, cultural rules
Write thick (detailed) descriptions that help us to understand the needs this culture satisfies and how they are satisfied. Describe the ways the cultural practices are effective.
PHOTO INTERVIEW:
This assignment invites you to create a photo profile of someone who interests you. You might want to pick someone who is culturally different from yourself. Think about the groups that you have little or no interaction with or knowledge about and that you are curious to learn more about. Try to choose someone who is different from you in multiple dimensions of diversity (i.e., race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, social class, religion, primary language, etc.).
How to Proceed:
Outline for Presentation:
Title (name of project [pick something creative!], your name, name of course, instructor’s name, date of completion)
Pick 10 photos that best reveal the uniqueness of the subject you chose.
Using thick descriptions PLUS your subject’s commentaries to tell us what is culturally unique about your subject.