Artists Lee Friedlander and Cindy Sherman, artists who did self-portraits in their own work, will be introduced and a slide presentation of their work will be shown. Composition basics and helpful guidelines will be discussed. Students will go outside to take photos and return to the classroom.
Activity Begin class with slide presentation.
Discuss self-portraits and how these artists put themselves in the photo. Imagine the viewing frame as broken into thirds horizontally and vertically. Photographs are most interesting when the subject is in one of the thirds, not directly in center. Students should be aware of what angle sun light hits subject. As a group, students go outside.