This picture was taken during the Great Depression just outside of Los Angeles in 1936 on a farm. The picture shows a mother with her two children leaning on her and an infant in her lap. The photographer, Dorothea Lange, went to California for a month-long photographic assignment to record everything on the Great Depression, and the Dust Bowl that had happened during this time. (http://www.photoguides.net/5-famous-photographs-that-changed-the-world)
Answer the following questions: 1. What was the Great Depression? 2. How is this iomage a good representation of what the Great Depression was like? 3. How do the Elements, Principles and Composition help to convey the themes this photograph is about? 4. Take a photo about the theme Family and what that means to you. Make sure the composition is interesting and shows your interpretation in a unique way. 5. Write an explanation for your image 6. Please do NOT make this cheesy: cheesy; informal:cheap, unpleasant, or blatantly inauthentic.
Photo Journal Assignment #5
Evaluation
Not yet meeting expectation Minimally meeting expectations Meeting expectations Exceeding expectation Context Does not convey a story or personal response through images
through writing/responses Minimally conveys a story or personal response through images
through writing/responses Conveys a story or personal response through images
through writing/responses Conveys a unique and complex story or personal response through images
through writing/responses Elements & Principles of Design
Does not respond to E&P use of self and others
Does not include E&P in images
Rules of composition are not followed
Busy/irrelevant background, unfocused, centered focal point) Minimally responds to E&P use of self and others
E&P is visible but are not a strongly represented in images
Rules of composition are sometimes followed.
Some images have a busy/irrelevant background, unfocused, centered focal point Responds well to E&P use of self and others
E&P are strongly represented in images in a visually pleasing way.
Rules of composition are followed
Images are focused, background is relevant, focal point placed in an interesting way Responds with complex observations to E&P use self others
E&P are strongly represented in visually pleasing way. Images are unique.
Rules of composition are followed
Use of composition to create interesting/unique visual effects in the image