for full session see: All I want for Christmas…

Session overview:

• Every day – for 12 days – participants will photograph an object / create a scene which they feel relates to a Christmas heading / captiion / song etc.
• These should be provided in advance (with dates) and participants should concentrate on one ‘caption / quote’ for each day.
• These can be mixed up amongst a class group / more than one participant can work on the daily ‘caption’ at one time.
• Participants should independently research the work of Lee Friedlander – Merry Christmas from Lee Friedlander (2011) at the Janet Borden Gallery, NYC.
• Upload daily to Instagram / Twitter / social media platform

some Example Christmas captions to work from:

1. 1. All I Want for Christmas
   2. Tis the Season to be Jolly
   3. Silent Night
   4. We Three Kings of Orient are
   5. Down in Yon Forest
   6. The Friendly Beasts
   7. Good King Wenceslas
   8. The Holly and the Ivy
   9. i Wonder as i Wander
   10. O’ Holy Night
   11. Rockin Robin
   12. O’ Christmas Tree

suggested output: daily (clASS) Instagram / book / zine

Additional activity ideas:

• Run a Christmas Treasure Hunt: Find and photograph a ‘present’ every day for 12 days. Who is it for?
• Pinhole Christmas: Make a Pinhole Camera:  Expose the scene for 12 days

THESE Sessions could be adapted from:

• Fake News?
• We Seek him Here: We seek him There
• Down the Rabbit (Pin)hole