Just for fun: Creating a Fictional Family (29 photos)

http://distractify.com/fun/fails/the-29-whitest-awkward-family-photos/

"Peeping Tom" by Michael Powell

Visual Culture Blog

http://visualcultureblog.com

25 articles about photography and representation that could easily apply to issues in painting.

25 Most Read Articles

• 01. What is hipster photography?
• 02. Post-Mortem Photography is Alive
• 03. The Pornofication of the Female Pop Star
• 04. The Many Bodies of Yurie Nagashima
• 05. Voyeurism and Appropriation in Kohei Yoshiyuki's 'The Park'
• 06. Breaking the Image of Mother and Child
• 07. The Family Photos of Yurie Nagashima
• 08. Laurel Nakadate's Controlled Voyeurism
• 09. Voyeurism, Fantasy and the Anonymous Subway Photographer
• 10. The Perfume Ad Formula
• 11. Deconstructing the Situation Room Photograph
• 12. The Dust Lady of 9/11
• 13. Photojournalism, Ethics and the Afterlife of a Photograph
• 14. Contortionism in the Photographs of Satomi Shirai
• 15. Weegee, Vice and Voyeurism
• 16. Banning the Amateurish American Apparel Ads
• 17. The Woman in the Red Dress
• 18. The Perversity of Propaganda
• 19. So that others can free
• 20. The Lost Camera in Ceausescu's Final Speech
• 21. Ten Japanese Photobooks
• 22. Voyeurism in the Photographs of Hisaji Hara
• 23. Google Street View and the Politics of Exploitation
• 24. Wooing the Spectator in Juergen Teller's Photographs
• 25. Photojournalism, Ethics and a Trail of Blood

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Criteria for Credit: All assignments must be completed and on time.

Full participation in critiques; voicing your opinion; helping make the class a community will help you earn credit for this course. Students must make a sincere effort at understanding class content. All students must participate in all critiques. Attendance Policy: Only two unexcused absences are allowed.

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One student at a time talks in my class with others respectfully listening.

If you cannot abide by these rules you should re-consider being in the college environment.

Next Assignment over 2 weeks

USE HISTORY AS A DIRECT INFLUENCE. It can be any type of history, political, social, art, scientific, etc. but it cannot be personal history or about yourself. We will look at McDermott and McGough; Madame Yevonde; Carrie Mae Weems, Karl Baden, John O’Reilly; Kara Walker; Glenn Ligon; Eleanor Antin , Eve Laramee; Dottie Attie; Vik Muniz; Collier Schorr; Neeta Madahar and more. Reading.

November 8- Bring in a mock-up, sketches, references, for your idea for the assignment. Suggestions will be made.

November 15- Critique for this assignment.

SHADI GHADIRIAN

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/11/01/couples-portraits-featuring-one-person-as-both-the-man-and-the-woman-7-pictur

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/11/01/couples-portraits-featuring-one-person-as-both-the-man-and-the-woman-7-pictures/

of Cosplay Enthusiasts in Their Homes by Klaus Picher

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/just-the-two-of-us-cosplay/