"And I Quote..."

One of the most difficult things in making imagery is deciding what is interesting enough to spend the time, effort and money on.  Because ideas can sometimes be elusive, many artists have used writing as a way of jump-starting their visual aesthetics.  It is common to see art that is inspired by, or that illustrates, particular writings, novels, plays, sayings, songs, poetry, language, stories, myths, etc.

Your assignment is to choose a piece of writing and make imagery from it.  This means you can directly recreate a scene or place or character to illustrate the idea, or you can take the feelings (or general emotions) of the work and make something entirely different.

As always, it is up to you the artist to interpret the assignment and to find a way to make imagery you want to make within the boundaries set by the criteria of the assignment. 

The written piece can be anything from a single word to a series of novel, just make sure you don’t loose focus on your idea. 

You should write the intent of your idea down to maintain focus.

Notes:

Do a quick write to get all the adjectives out on paper. Walk away from the paper for a while, then return and select the words that generate imagery in your mind.

Try to pre-visualize a scene.

Tape a piece of tape to the back of your camera and write a key word on it. This will help you maintain focus on a particular idea every time you bring the camera close to your face.

You will shoot a minimum of 60 images which you will turn in as a digital proofsheet (will not be printed).

You will select 3 images to have printed.

All images will be shot in RAW and converted to black and white for printing.