Assignment 5 of The Shared Image: Photography & Social Media
A collection of materials used at various times for the virtual instruction of The Shared Image: Photography and Social Media, a course I've had the opportunity to develop and instruct as an Adjunct Professor at Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
Grant-funded intro video for Assignment 5, recored at Temple University's Digital Ed Center in Spring 2017, directed by myself and produced by Meg Sova. Presented to students as an introduction to the assignment on Canvas.
Purpose:
Photography has always been directly tied to ideas of ‘truth’ because of its ability to create impressions of things we experience in the world around us. Many photographic purists consider factual representation to be inherent to the medium, where as others feel the truth of Photography depends more on the intentions of the photographer and the context in which it’s placed. For this assignment, you will make images that support your particular version of a ‘truth’. This ‘truth’ could be about something in your life (“I am an excellent student”), apply more broadly to societal issues (“Philadelphia is racially divided”), or be totally fantastical (“Cats are taking over the world”). The purpose of this assignment is for you to consider how your use of Photography affects the meaning of the subject matter you photograph, and how that meaning can be manipulated to communicate an idea to others.
Title slide for Assignment 5, Week 1, post during the Fall 2020 semester. Made by combining my Bitmoji (taken from the Google Chrome add-on) with web imagery in Photoshop. (posted on @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Title slide for Assignment 5 post during the Summer II 2020 semester. Composite imagery made in Photoshop. (Archived under @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Intro video for Assignment 5, Week 1, post during the Fall 2020 semester. Made via a QuickTime screen recording of a live Mac Photo Booth 'lecture', with graphic additions applied in Adobe Rush. (posted on @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Intro video #1 for Assignment 5, Week 1, post during the Fall 2019 semester. Made via a QuickTime screen recording of a live Mac Photo Booth 'lecture', with graphic additions applied in Adobe Rush. (Archived under @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Images by Philip-Lorca diCorcia, provided as examples for students to consider while exploring how 'truth' relates to Photography. Personally, I love the confluence of fiction and reality in this work, and thinking about how the medium isolates and reframes our everyday experiences...
Intro video #2 for Assignment 5, Week 1, post during the Fall 2019 semester. Made via a QuickTime screen recording of a live Mac Photo Booth 'lecture', with graphic additions applied in Adobe Rush. (Archived under @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Title slide for Assignment 5, Week 2, post during the Fall 2020 semester. Made by combining my Bitmoji (taken from the Google Chrome add-on) with web imagery in Photoshop. (posted on @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Intro video #1 for Assignment 5, Week 2, post during the Fall 2020 semester. Made via a QuickTime screen recording of a live Mac Photo Booth 'lecture', with graphic additions applied in Adobe Rush. (posted on @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Images made and posted as examples for students to consider when attempting to use Photography to support a 'statement of truth'. For this past semester, I used the statement "Good Things Happen in Philadelphia!" - there couldn't have been a better time for us to explore this topic, and I encouraged the students to embrace how they were feeling about the state of the world as they expressed their truths to the rest of the class. Composite imagery made in Photoshop. All images shot with an iPhone, in Philadelphia, PA. (posted and archived under @prof_jam profile on Instagram)...
Intro video #2 for Assignment 5, Week 2, post during the Fall 2020 semester. Made via a QuickTime screen recording of a live Mac Photo Booth 'lecture', with graphic additions applied in Adobe Rush. (posted on @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Title slide for Assignment 5, Week 3, post during the Fall 2020 semester. Made by combining my Bitmoji (taken from the Google Chrome add-on) with web imagery in Photoshop. (posted on @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
Intro video for Assignment 5, Week 3, post during the Spring 2020 semester. Made via a QuickTime screen recording of a live Mac Photo Booth 'lecture', with graphic additions applied in Adobe Rush. (Archived under @prof_jam profile on Instagram)
