Year 10 Photography Knowledge Organiser – Surrealism

Central Idea: this is the start of your mind map and

represents the topic you are going to explore.

Branches: The main branches which flow from

the central word are the key themes. You can add to these main themes with

smaller branches

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Key Words: When you add a branch to your mind map you will need to include a key idea. Try keeping to one word for each branch. If needs be have further words branching off

your key words.

Mind Mapping – Ideas presented around the theme of the work

Mood Board – A collage of Ideas using collected images

Your mood board should be a visual representation of your mind map

and show a variety of still life examples

Fill the space, there is no need for any white space on your slide

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Year 10 Photography Knowledge Organiser – Surrealism

Artist Research – Showing your understanding of an artists work or style 3

For your motion/movement project you are expected to research Jerry

Uelsmann, Man Ray and Sam Taylor Johnson.

For any artist you research, there should

be a mood board of their work.

Jerry Norman Uelsmann was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 11, 1934, the second son of an independent grocer. He attended public schools and was never a particularly diligent student. During his high school years he became interested in photography as a serious vocation. Uelsmann enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1953. The strongest early influence on his creative process came from instructors like Minor White and Ralph Hattersley at the Rochester Institute. As Uelsmann put it, the most significant lesson he learned from White was that his camera had the ability not only to record images, but also that "it did have the potential of transcending the initial subject matter." As a teacher, White was concerned less with teaching the technical details of the camera-lens system than he was with using that system to transform what was seenRead more at http://biography.yourdictionary.com/jerry-uelsmann#lYo7VTTxJG9kastM.99

Biographical Information: Birth, death, style, education, important works.

Social, historical and economic influences: What was happening at the

time? Were they responding to anything that was happening around them.

Technical Information: How was their work produced?

Artistic Influences: Who influenced their work? Did their work influence anyone

else?

Year 10 Photography Knowledge Organiser – Surrealism

Analysing Artists Work – Must be a work that is directly influencing your own4

Always try to title and date your chosen

image.

Answer all the questions to the best of

your ability.

Year 10 Photography Knowledge Organiser – Surrealism

Write aims for your shoots1

Year 10 Photography Knowledge Organiser –Surrealism

Explore and experiment with techniques

Edit your best images – make sure to include screen shots to show your progress

as well as your original image and edited outcome. You will need to have created a

solarisation image, multiple exposure and a fantasy inspired image.

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You will need to experiment with editing techniques, taking into consideration your choice of

photograph making, thinking about how it will be developed through

editing.

Year 10 Photography Knowledge Organiser –Surrealism

Put in a contact sheet to show all your images –

Highlight your best images and explain and

do the same for one weaker image

It is important to evaluate your shoots –answer all the questions.

Year 10 Photography Knowledge Organiser –Surrealism

Consider final piece presentation

Show your understanding of the formal elements through your photography when you compose your photographs showcasing the aspects you wrote about in your analysis

Summarise all you have done, show off your efforts and link it all together

Year 10 Photography Knowledge Organiser –Surrealism