Panopticisim Task

FD Year 2 Photography Contextual Studies

Surveillance - Student Task

Research artists from the recent exhibition at Tate Modern Exposed - Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera (2010). Choose three photographs by artists in the exhibition, and conduct a short visual analysis. Examine the different elements that construct the image. Consider how they are arranged, and how they interact with each other. Think about the intended purpose of the image, and consider the way the image is presented, and how people engage with it. When was the image taken, and what technology was used to create it? How does the photographer interact with the scene that is depicted, and how do they interact with the subject? Is the artist making a comment or criticism through the photograph, and if so how are they doing this. Compare and contrast between the images. In what ways are they similar and in what ways are they different. By contrasting them your task is to consider different modes of photographic presentation, how they are distributed / presented to viewers, and how the image communicates with them.

Choose three artists from the list and use the resources in the library to research them. You might also want to consult the exhibition website http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/exposure

Vito Acconci, Merry Alpern, Nobuyoshi Araki, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sophie Calle Larry Clark, Edgar Degas, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Bill Eppridge, Walker Evans, Harun Faroki, Robert Frank, Nan Goldin, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Bruce Nauman, Helmut Newton, Thomas Ruff, Andy Warhol.

Structure your research into three 1-200 word statements examining the images. Consider each image and contrast them with one another. Post these on your blogs with the images you are examining as the first entry on their blogs.