Aragon - Digital Photography 

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Identity: Self -Portrait Photography Project

A question you might ask is whether identity is just another word for asking, “Who am I on the inside? Who am I on the outside?”
Definition of Identity:
“the reflective self-conception or self-image that we each derive from our family, gender, cultural, ethnic, and individual socialization process” (Ting-Toomey).

Three levels of identity:  Chose ONE to Portray.
I. Personal (what makes us unique-style, talents, interests)
II. Relational (our relationships with others-family, friends, community)
III. Cultural, Communal or Social (large-scale communities such as nationality, ethnicity, gender, religious or political affiliation)

Selected Social Identities
  • Racial Identity – a socially constructed idea that still persists in the United States
  • Ethnic Identity – derived from a sense of shared heritage, history, traditions, values, area of origin, and sometimes language 
  • Gender Identity (different than sexual identity) – how a particular culture differentiates masculine and feminine social roles 
  • National Identity – the nation/country one was born into ( or a sense of place)


The dark side of identity

  • Stereotypes- categorization that mentally organizes your experience with, and guides your behavior toward, a particular group of people.
  • Prejudices – are deeply held negative feelings associates with a particular group (anger, fear, aversion, anxiety).
  • Racism – an extension of stereotyping and prejudice. The belief that one race is inherently superior to another; “genetic endowment.”
  • Ethnocentrism – one’s own culture is superior to any other.

DUE DATES:

1.Tuesday, Jan. 17th 
I.Brainstorm 5 ways you will “represent” identity in portraits
II.Think about the location, people, clothing, backgrounds, etc.
III.How will your photo be unique?
IV. A new perspective?
2.Work day on photo – Wed. 1/18 or Thurs. 1/19
3.Final Photo due Friday, Jan. 20th
  • Check image size and resolution in photoshop:

                          Image size= 8 inches x 10 inches  (Portrait)  

                                               10 inches x 8 inches  (Landscape)                          

                                               300 RESOLUTION

  • Save final photo as: last name first initial_portrait.jpg       
                     Example: nelsonb_portrait.jpg
  • Submit photo to google classroom the assignment titled- final portrait identity project
  • Add final photo to your website’s project page. Label photo portrait

Clone Stamp Tool Photoshop Tutorial

Dodge(Lighten) and Burn(Darken) Tool in Photoshop

Nikki S. Lee, Parts - the men are missing.  Lee leans on a man, then cuts him out of the picture.




The Hapa Project, Kip Fulbeck http://seaweedproductions.com

•Fulbeck began the project in 2001, traveling the country photographing over 1200 volunteer subjects who self-identified as Hapa (defined for the project as mixed ethnic heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88985097

Robin Bowman spent four years driving across the United States, covering more than 20,000 miles, and photographing and interviewing more than 400 American teens.