Photographic Portraits without a FACE

Photography 1 Name: ___________________

Objective: Students will utilize creative problem solving

and the rules of photographic composition to compose a
portrait without a face.

Upcoming Due Dates: Grade Criteria:

1. Student has used both
1. Black & White Roll of film due for creative and conceptual
processing February 16, 2011; thinking in order to solve
OR photographing a portrait
24-36 digital images due on a without a face.
thumbdrive February 16, 2011 2. Student has used the rules
of photographic composition
2. Contact print due: February 23, in order to artfully compose
2011 and create complex
relationships throughout the
You will choose 1 of your best photograph.
portraits to either create a single 3. Student has successfully
Black and White print or to used darkroom process or
manipulate in photoshop and then photoshop in order to print 1
print. well-developed
photographic portrait.
All final prints should be matted. 4. Final print demonstrates
superior craftsmanship in
Final Portrait due: March 4, 2011 both the printing process
and the matting process.

Jane Burton. Silver gelatin print. 2008