Task 3 Week beginning Monday 4th May

Produce some artist research into one of the

artists or photographers in the PowerPoint
• Select an artist to research. You can choose to study Tomoko
Sawada, Cindy Sherman or Gordon Magnin
• The next slide contains lots of info on how to do this well
• Present your work on a PowerPoint slide
• Include:
• A title (the name of the photographer/artist)
• Several images by the photographer/artist
• At least 10 Keywords to describe the artists work
• Some relevant, key facts and information
• Your opinion of the photographer or artist’s work
Tomoko Sawada
• Born in 1977
• Japanese
contemporary
feminist
photographer and
performance artist
• She has been
included in
numerous group
shows in Japan,
Europe and the US.
Cindy Sherman
• Born 1954
• American artist whose
work consists exclusively
of photographic self-
portraits, depicting herself
in many different contexts
and as various imagined
characters
• One of her most famous
works is called "Complete
Untitled Film Stills," which
is a series of 70 black-
and-white photographs of
herself in many of the
roles of women in
performance media
• In the 1980s, Sherman
used colour film and large
prints, and focused more
on costume, lighting and
facial expression
Gordon Magnin

• Gordon Magnin was born

in Nevada, USA
• Lives and works in
Southern California
• Creates collages using
appropriated photographic
images
• Gordon challenges the
“intended objective,
interpretation, and
significance” of our daily
diet of celebrity,
advertising, and consumer
based images
Task 4 Week beginning Monday 4th May
Produce a photograph in the style of the
photographer that you have chosen to research
• Try to create a photograph in the style of the person you have
chosen (You may need to set up the photo and ask someone else to
press the button on the camera!)
• You may need to dress up/wear make up or face paint, consider
lighting, the setting, what is in the background, should you take
your photo inside or outside? Consider your pose and facial
expressions very carefully
• Do you need to edit or manipulate the photo digitally or physically
by cutting/tearing/working into etc?
• Study the photo that you are trying to recreate so that your work is
accurate
• Make sure that the photo you take is high quality
• Take screenshots to document your progress
• SAVE all of your attempts and put them in your PowerPoint
presentation as a contact sheet
• Annotate your work to explain what was most successful and what
wasn’t and why (lots of help with this on the following slides)