Question

1. Go online and explore a variety of subjects and photographic styles and genres including historical, contemporary, commercial, and fine art. Create two concise sentences for each genre/style listed that you examine: one that succinctly captures the main idea behind the style and one that expresses how you feel about the style or what you like/dislike about it.
2. What different types of photographic media (e.g., sports, fashion, etc.) exist? Identify and describe at least five different types of photographic media, providing an example of where or in what context you might see this type of photographic media in the world.

3. As with most art forms, photography includes a wide range of styles. Identify, compare, and contrast at least three major styles of photography and explain their distinguishing characteristics.

4. Jiwoo is a professional photographer. Identify and describe a photography scenario where Jiwoo would need to consider the ethics and aesthetics of photography before proceeding. Clearly examine what ethical and aesthetic consideration she would have based on the scenario that you describe and how these relate to photography as a career or art form in general.

5. Raoul works with a food stylist and together they are working on a shoot for a fast food burger establishment. His food stylist just called to let Raoul know they can’t make it and he has no one to use as a back-up. Raoul will have to rely on his own creativity to make the burger, fries, and milkshake look perfect. He is going to send his assistant out to get whatever supplies he needs to do this. Create a list of items that Raoul could use to make sure that the food looks amazing in terms of color, texture, and all other aesthetics (e.g., paint? glue?). Write several sentences explaining your plan of action.

Answer 1

Answer:  We can't do all the research for you, but here are a few ideas to consider: 1.) historical types: daguerreotype, tintype, pinhole

2.) Museums, people's homes, wedding albums, travel albums, magazine and internet advertising, billboards. . .

3.) Once you see the examples, you can describe the characteristics.

4. Example: The photographer arrives on the scene of an accident. Horrendous injuries, possibly people dying. Does s/he start taking photos right away? Or see if people need help? Call 911? Should s/he get permission to take photos of the injured? Will s/he make photos available to investigators, insurance companies, attorneys? Will s/he withhold disturbing (bloody, dead bodies) from publication?

5.) There is responsibility on the part of the photographer to make the product look as good as possible for his client. But it seems to me that painting, coating or otherwise altering the product so that it does not resemble what an average customer is likely to purchase is unethical. The photographer should use arrangement of the products, lighting, background colors, selective focus and camera angles to make the products look as good as possible.

Explanation: 2: I think your instructor needs to clarify their definition of media. It seems to me the term should be used to identify the production and publication of the photograph: negatives and paper, transparencies (slides projected onto a screen) digital, holographs, maybe others. The term in the question seems to mean "markets or niches" like sports, landscapes, architectural, commercial: fashion, products, advertising; portraiture: individual, group and family; documentary and news, etc.