Photography and the Essential Questions of Philosophy

DUE APRIL 2

Using documentary photographs assemble a slide show which addresses one of the essential questions of philosophy.

WHAT IS GOOD
WHAT IS TRUE
WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW

Assignment starting with at least three documentary photographs where there is an ethical committment to truthfulness. After these photographs you can branch out to cartoons, advertisments or personal photographs.

These images should make the viewer think.

McCloud and Eisner Ideas... Follow the Links

Big Triangle

McCloud Faces and Abstraction

Faces and Character: McCloud

McCloud: Transitions
Found at an interesting blog, Gary Sullivan's Blog: Elsewhere
July 21, 2007 he writes about narrative v. non-narrative comics and poetry.


This is from Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics p.74

From Will Eisner from Graphic Story Telling and Visual Marrative Eisner illustrates story telling shortcuts how comics (and film) rely on stereotypes and conventions of particular story telling genre's western, horror, scifi etc. He also shows how film differs from comics. Click on image to see larger version.

Graphic Novel Assignments

Read once through, by class March 3.

BRING BOOK TO CLASS March 3

Quiz March 3rd.

Blog Assignment Update

Add critical comment (100 words) to the bloggers, with whom you share the Cornell/Oppenheim image. Explaining what changes could be made to improve your fellow artist's collage interpretation.

If you don't know which blog to visit email me.

If your colleague(s) have not posted a collage comment on my collage at http://www.docmox.blogspot.com/



Due Midnight Tuesday, February 3