Documentary/Street Photography

The SARTORIALIST is a good example of contemporary documentary/street fashion photography. This short video interview gives students a glimpse into Scott Schuman's world of The SARTORIALIST.

The new movie, Bill Cunningham New York... would also serve as a good illustration of fashion photography/documentation.

It's always nice to have multiple examples, so I thought Weegee or Arthur Fellig who was a documentary/street crime photographer and photojournalist would be good. (from mid-early 1900s)

Games

1. Would you rather...
I enjoy Leah's idea of taking attendance to a game of "Would you rather?" so students say their answer for attendance. Example: If you were an animal would you rather live on land or in the water? Students then answer to their name with "land" or "water" instead of "here" or "present". This would be fun on Mondays to liven things up, or Fridays for fun.

2. Eye Know

Trivia game about popular images, and as you know image recognition is a part visual culture and art! Could be fun to use for extra credit, or for a game, or extra credit on a particular project +2 points and only ask one card on Fridays or something.

3. Chicken or the Egg

Another trivia game about what came first, with interesting pop culture topics for questions like Burger King or McDonalds? Then the back of the card gives the trivia answer with interesting facts. Could be fun to use the cards and ask one question each day while students did a warm-up activity and then give the answer at the end up the warm-up. (less art related, more pop-culture related, relevant to students lives though)

Hands

Paris vs New York

an awesome example of juxtapositioning, and comparing and contrasting... could be a very fun project!

Paper Covers Rock

inspiration from this artist:

i think there are lots of  things to study or touch on with this project, old or young

Let's Colour Project

color theory, color psychology
via iheartartblog

Shot by Adam Berg over the course of four weeks and in four countries (France, Brazil, London and India), the sole purpose was to rid the world of "gray areas." A total of 120 different hues were used to give vibrancy to the under served and forgotten communities across the globe. To learn more about this initiative, visit Let's Colour Project by clicking HERE.

Typography

TheBigCaption.com is where jokes and captions are made using typography. I probably wouldn't use the site, due to some inappropriate language and pictures, BUT it's a good idea for a computer arts/graphics class for a project on typography and how text can change the meaning of a picture or image!

>>>this one is my all time favorite>>>