What are some famous works of art that would lend themselves to be become
great photographs.
"Whistlers Mother", "Mona Lisa", "Venus on the Half shell", "The Scream"
or ?????????
Project- use famous paintings or sculpture for stimulus to create new
photos.
Getting motivation from these great works of art, pose your subjects
or objects to resemble the original.
Because these are now your works of
art (photos) you can use artistic licensee and twist the original idea
to be humorous, strange or bizarre.
1.To begin find 6 reproductions of the original work you want to utilize
in your photographs,
print these off and glue/tape in your notebook.
Beside each describe how,who,where you will use to create your photo.
Each artwork must have
a separate plan, use different subjects (people) for each.
Be creative, try to achieve clear, contrasty, in-focus negatives to
work with.
2. Shoot film, on location on in the studio!!!! (4 negatives for each
of the 6 setups)
3. Develop film/ Contact Sheet
4. Print( 5x7's or ???) matted individually with copy of reproduction
of artwork on the matte.