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01/17/2010 08:25:15 PM · #1 |
One of the photography classes I'm taking at school is supposed to teach me conceptual creativity, but the guy who is teaching it hates everything I've done for him in the last 5 months. I once even tried to emulate the work of the teacher's favorite student, but he still didn't like it. As such, I'm fighting internally about having to do these assignments at all and it's killing my creativity. He already stomped on my two idea proposals, so I was hoping you guys might be able to help me come up with something better.
I have to photograph a "captive world." Both "captive" and "world" have to be represented in the photo, but abstract-ish representations are usually better with this teacher. The final product should be something easy to "read" as a "captive world." We are allowed to use photoshop, but the main part of the image has to be photographic (and shot by us). Keep in mind that I am on a student's budget and my only mode of transportation is a bicycle.
Any brainstorming ideas you might have would be very helpful! Thanks! |
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01/17/2010 08:28:11 PM · #2 |
| How about something representing your own captivity to the stifling effect of his rejection? |
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01/17/2010 08:44:30 PM · #3 |
| Do you have an aquarium nearby? |
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01/17/2010 08:56:13 PM · #4 |
| "abstract" and "easy to read" are often at odds with each other. What were your previous ideas that he didn't like, and what were his reasons for rejecting them? |
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01/17/2010 09:11:27 PM · #5 |
| Not abstract but zoos, animal sanctuaries, and ASPCA/dog shelters could all be "captive worlds." More abstract could be the US welfare system in which new generations of children are born into welfare families, fail in the education system and job markets, only to bear their own children full circle into welfare. |
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01/17/2010 09:16:11 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
How about something representing your own captivity to the stifling effect of his rejection? |
Originally posted by Kelli:
Do you have an aquarium nearby? |
Just how many gallons is a human being? |
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01/17/2010 09:23:37 PM · #7 |
| Some random thoughts - Gaols, Holocaust Stuff, Poverty, Workers trudging off public transport um and addiction - gambling, drugs, casinos (don't take cameras inside though :-) ) e.t.c. |
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01/17/2010 11:14:11 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
Do you have an aquarium nearby? |
Yes, I do. I've never visited before, so I don't know much more about it than that : )
Originally posted by yo_spiff:
"abstract" and "easy to read" are often at odds with each other. What were your previous ideas that he didn't like, and what were his reasons for rejecting them? |
By abstract, I didn't mean it in a "puzzle macro" kind of sense, but more in a "no globe, no bars,"-kind of literal sense. Maybe non-literal is a better way to describe it, but I didn't think of that word until just now!
My previous ideas were 1) animals in cages at the zoo, and 2) glazed-eyed people staring at a bright, glowing TV, playing off the idea of the "captive audience." He said that the animals at the zoo was too literal and that anyone looking at it would not read it as "captive world." He said that my second one was too subtle, that people might read it as a humorous Sony ad for the latest new flat screen, and that it could too easily be read as "willing world."
 fldave and  robs, those are some great ideas. They definitely got the wheels in my head turning. Another of my weaknesses with these assignments is that I have difficulty capturing such grand-scale ideas and entities in a clean, clear, and concise way, so that's another thing I have to work on. |
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