Manual

Malick Sidibe

ISO: High ISO
WB: Flash white balance
Shutter: Fast shutter
Aperture: Shallow DOF
Camera Angle: Mid height
Cropping: Open crop
Composition: Central
Community: Malian - West Africa

Rule of thirds

Whats working?
The thing that works was the rule of thirds was divided into third parts but the trouble is the parts are uneven

Whats not working?
The one thats not working is the camera angle is crooked on the bottom bit

Whats next?

Christian Thompson

No context:

What do you see: Feathers, Lipstick, yellow paint, Red background, White spots, brush strokes

What is the photograph about:

Contextual information:
Who is the artist: Christian Thompson
Where is he from: Gawler, South Australia
What is his cultural heritage:
Who is in the photo: Chalk Horse
Title of the work: Howl for your troubles
Title of the series: Native extinct
Where was the artist living when he took this photo:
What is the photograph about:

Recipe

Recipe on how to Rap

Ingredients:
Lyrics
Voice
Subject
Thoughts


Equipments:
Music
Microphone
Groups
Instrument
Devices


Instructions:
1) Write down a rap song
2) Find a track to rap over
3) Practice your rapping technique
4) Find some backup singers/ Dancers
5) Find some musicians to play your music
6) Get everyone together to practice their performance
7) Organise a gig event
8) Dress up in your hiphop clothes
9) Perform your best shot in front of the audience

Tight crop

Open crop

Low camera angle

High camera angle

Shallow DOF

Deep DOF

High angle

Lindy Lee

Tanu Gago

Letter to alien

Dear alien

Here on earth, there are human beings of which I am one. Human beings tend to group together. For example, we divided ourselves into groups like Sunday school, Choir, school & family. Groups come together because they believe in the same thing. I belong to a group or community which is based around our church. It also includes arts and crafts and our traditions.

We planned to get together and make music for our performance at peoples events or at our church. We do this to represent our youth group and teach some young ones how to sing and play the instrument when they reach the teen age. 

We met eachother in bands, social networking, hangout with eachother, identify eachothers names, and knowing each other well. 

Diane Arbus

Tina Barney

Interview Tanu Gago

Tanu Gago interview

Q1: Oh where are you from?

Born in Sāmoa and raised in Manukau City

Q2: Where do you live now?

South Auckland

Q3: Where did you study?

Unitec institute of technology

Q4: What did you study?

Bachelor in performing arts

Q5: What tools do you use to make your art with?

Still Camera and video camera

Q6: What is your work about?

Making art that directly engages with urban social issues including the fluid nature of ethnic and gender identities.

Q7: How did you become an artist?

I went to film school for 5 years but didn’t feel like for a job

Q8: What are your skills and experience so far?

Arts, film making and photography

Q9: Is it difficult to be a gay samoan man?

No, I’m lucky because I don’t have good fashion sense

Q10: What is your work occupation?
Freelance videographer, visual artist and a lecturer in the field of moving image and new media arts

Q11: Why do you like art?

Because I like to represent all cultures in the community or exhibition

Q12: Where was your first photographs displayed at?

The city art gallery in Wellington

Q13: Who commissioned for Tanus new body of work for the Auckland Festival of photography?

Sacred hill

Q14: What is the name of the work you sold?

Jerry the Fa’afafine

Q15: What year did you present a series of photographs of Polynesian?

2012