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APERTURE

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IF YOUR CAMERA IS SET TO A SHUTTER SPEED THAT IS LESS THAN 1/125 OF A SECOND, YOU NEED A TRIPOD!!!

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Rule of 3rds

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Ray Metzker, Chicago 1957

Repeating Forms

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Harry Callahan

Diagonal/Leading Lines

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

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Pattern

Joshua Citarella, Render and Difference, 2013

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Long Depth of Field

Clarissa Bonet, from the series City Space

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Short Depth of Field

Images by Keith Carter

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Compositional Strategies:

Rule of 3rds

Symmetry

Repeating Forms

Diagonal Lines

Pattern

Long depth of field and Short depth of field

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With your partners, take a look at the artist you were assigned. Prepare a two-minute introduction to each artist’s work and then discuss compositional strategies used in each photograph.

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Sally Mann

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Project: Women of Allah

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Mickalene Thomas

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Michael Wolf

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William Eggleson

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Bob Thall

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LaToya Ruby Frazier

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Momme, 2008

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Grandma Ruby and Me, 2005

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Me and Mom's Boyfriend, Mr. Art, 2005

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Grandma Ruby, Mom, and Me, 2009

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U.P.M.C. Braddock Hospital and Holland Avenue Parking Lot, 2011

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University of Pittsburg Medical Center global corporation, 2011

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Self-portrait in Grandpa’s Bedroom, 2009

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Born Again of Water and Spirit: Ninth Street and Washington Avenue, 2009

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The Bottom, 2008

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Janna Ireland

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Shelby Lee Adams, The Home Funeral, 1990

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Keith Carter, Chicken Feathers, 1992

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Todd Hido, #1862, 1996

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Achim Lippoth, Class of 1954 no. 4, 2006

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Cecil McDonald, Jr., 1200 meditations, things my mother gave me, 2005

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Amy Stein, In Between, 2007