electronic imaging 1

     
     
the poetic image: a study in metaphor
      

 

Week 1

To be true to one self and original one must forget some of the rules that have been acquired over time. “.. consider the imagination a major power of human nature.” Gaston Bachlard

Lecture

photo montage project
juxtaposition

“Montage” in German means “fitting” or “assembly line” and “monteur” means “mechanic” or “engineer”. John Heartfield, the best known practitioner of montage who used to work in overalls, came to be known as Monteur Heartfield, in recognition of his attitude to the world of art. Hannah Höch, who uniquely continued to produce montages throughout her long and varied life, said: “Our whole purpose was to integrate objects from the world of machines and industry into the world of art.”

read in class history of photomontage
from http://www.cutandpaste.info/
Felicity rogers
http://www.handbird.com
Killfish:
http://www.worldprintmakers.com/english/kilfish/kiletch.htm
Maggie Taylor
http://www.maggietaylor.com/
Gerald Bybee
http://bybee.temp.evolutionstudio.com/detected.php?page=&pass=
Jerry Uelsmann
http://www.uelsmann.net/
adoobe gallery
http://www.pacific.adobe.com/print gallery

Review use of scanner if needed
Read in class: excerpt from The Visual Story
this will be an aesthetic mantra for this class.

discuss file formats in relation to homework submission vs final work.

Reading

from the Adobe Photoshop Studio Techniques book read chapters 1 and 2. :
Tool and Palette primer and Selection Primer

The Visual Story .pdf

Due next class

Project Overview:
Using original Photographs combine two (and only two) unrelated images such that the combination of the two create new meaning.
Final image will be 1440 by 972 pixels with a square pixel aspect ratio and a resolution of 150 ppi. Take your photos at the highest resolution your camera will allow. If you scan your photos, scan source images at 300 dpi.

Deposit in warp and woof server:
sketches scanned and all digital photos to be used in class next week. These should also be stored on the judy Server. They will be thrown out of the warp and woof server next week.