Digital Photography in Available Light

environmental portraits

Assignments

Produce six environmental portraits giving careful consideration to design, technique and
communication of character. At least one of the images should include more than one person.
Choose one category from the list below.

1. Manual labourers ...................... dockers, builders, mechanics, bakers etc.


2. Professional people...................................... doctors, nurses, lawyers etc.


3. Craftsmanship............................ potters, woodworkers, violin makers etc.


4. Club or team members ............................. footballers, golfers, scouts etc.


5. Corporate image.................................. business consultants, bankers etc.
   This study should include three environmental portraits,
   two images of close-up detail and one portrait.


6. Character study ........................................ celebrity, politician, busker etc.
   This study should include three environmental portraits,
   two images of close-up detail and one close-up portrait.

RESOURCES

Editorial:

National Geographic

Newspapers and magazines

Books:

Arnold Newman - TASCHEN America Llc. 2000.

August Sander: 1876-1964. TASCHEN America Llc. 1999.

Brandt: The Photography of Bill Brandt. Harry N Abrams. 1999.

East 100th Street - Bruce Davidson. St Ann’s Press. 2003.

Immediate Family - Sally Mann. Aperture. 1992.

Karsh: A Biography in Images. MFA Publications. 2004.

Portraits - Steve McCurry. Phaidon Press Inc. 1999.

Pictures of People - Nicholas Nixon. Museum of Modern Art. New York. 1988.

Richard Avedon Portraits. Harry N Abrams. 2002.

The Brown Sisters - Nicholas Nixon. Museum of Modern Art. New York. 2002.

The Photographs of Dorothea Lange. Hallmark Cards. 1996.

Women- Annie Liebowitz and Susan Sontag. Random House. 1999.