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Department of Media BA (Hons) Photography
SummerProject
POSTTRUTH
post-truth – an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’.
Oxford English Dictionary, Word of the Year, 2016. (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016).
Task:MakeaSelf-PortraitthatmakesreferencetoideasofPostTruth.Consider:PostTruth.Whatisit?HowdoesitrelatetoideasofPhotography?ConsiderissuesofPhotographyandrealityandtruth;documents,evidenceandproof.SocialMedia,MassMedia,FakeNews,manipulation,stagedphotographsandfiction.PropagandaanditsroleinPoliticsandrecentelectionsinUKandUSA.Identities,alteregos,masquerades,onlinepersonas,avatars,fakeID.Consider:SelfPortraiture.WhatmakesaSelf-Portrait?LookatthehistoryofSelfPortraitureandhowthisrelatestothepopularityoftheselfietoday.However,thisimageshouldgobeyondthestandardselfie;itshouldsaysomethingaboutyou;pushtheboundariesofwhataselfportraitmightbe.Shoulditnecessarilyincludethefaceorbody?Coulditbeobjects?ThinkabouttheSelfPortraitinthecontextofPost-Truth.
Thisimagecanbetakenbyanymethodyouwant;whetherdigital,withyourphone,oramoretraditionalanalogueprocess.Youmightmakeascanofsomething;afoundimageorobject,acollageyouhavemade.Youmaychoosetostageanactionorevent,ormakesomething3Dtobephotographed.Itcouldbeelaborateorsimple,observationalorconstructed.Utiliseyourskillsandcreativityasphotographers.AFacebookgrouphasbeensetupforstudentsstartingthecourseinSeptember.Gotohttps://www.facebook.com/groups/378477056007940/tojointhegroup.Onceyouhavejoined,youshoulduploadyourSelfPortrait.Trytodothisbeforethe7thSeptember.Youcanalsousethegrouptomakecontactwithotherswhowillbeonthecoursewithyou.ResearchImageInaddition,researchaSelf-Portraitimagebyanartistorphotographerthatinspiresyou(foraninterestingselectionofartist’sSelf-Portraits,havealookatlastyear’sSaatchiexhibitionFromSelfietoSelfExpression:http://www.saatchigallery.com/selfie/)Writeastatement(nomorethan100words)aboutwhyyoulikethisimageandhowitrelatestoyourownSelfPortraitandthecontextofPost-Truth.DosomeresearchintoPost-Truth,lookatMatthewD’Ancona’sPostTruth:TheNewWaronTruth(London:Ebury,2017)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/19/post-truth-matthew-dancona-evan-davis-reiewsYourFirstDayofUniversityPleasebringaphysicalprintofyourSelfPortraitonthefirstday,alongwithyourResearchImageandshortStatement.(PleasedonotuploadyourArtist’sResearchImageorStatementtoFacebook!)Theseprojectswillbeusedasanicebreakerandagroupdiscussionpoint,sodon’tworrytoomuchaboutit.Itshouldbefunandenlighteningandgetusalltalkingtoeachotheraboutphotography.ReadingInaddition,pleasereadthefollowingonlinearticle.Readthearticleacoupleoftimesandresearchsomeofthereferencesthataremade.Notedownwhatyouthinkofwhatissaid,doyouagreewiththepointsthataremade?ThisarticlewillformthebasisofadiscussionduringtheInductionweeks.JörgM.Colberg,WhatIsAPhotograph?ConscientiousPhotographyMagazine(31March2014).(Online:http://cphmag.com/what-is-a-photograph).GoodLuck!Welookforwardtoseeingtheresults,andtomeetingyouinSeptember2018.Anyquestions,pleasecontact;AlanJones(YearOneTutor,BAPhotography)[email protected](ProgrammeLeader,BAPhotography)[email protected]