for full session see: All I want for Christmas…

session overview:

• Participants will find / take a straight photograph of a ‘typical’ Christmas scene *this could be a constructed family portrait
• Shoot the scene in parts / use Photoshop or a photocopier to enlarge different aspects / areas of the scene
• Collage these photographs together into a grid or joiner *Scale is an important consideration here
• Re-photograph and print

suggested output: christmas print

Additional activity ideas:

• Dual Christmas: Find a photograph / image of a typical Christmas scene / object and take a photograph to make the ‘another half of the scene’ *This could be expanded to consider scale and additional collage in creating the ‘scene’
• Merry Christmas from Me: Make a collage of a Christmas scene using found photographs / Christmas cards / objects / or draw a scene on the ground. Using yourself (either photograph yourself or use your shadow etc) position yourself ‘into’ the scene.

THESE Sessions could be adapted from:

• The Seen is the Sum of its Parts
• Splitting Image
• Me, Myself and Eye