Justin Quinnell – Brought to Light

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. 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:

Looking Through The Pinhole

This is a fun session in which participants will make thier own pinhole cameras to take away, as well as learn the basics of pinhole photography. It also serves as an introduction to apertures, shutterspeeds and basic darkroom development principles.

This Session could be run in conjunction with:

Sculpted by Light
Down the Digital Rabbit (Pin)hole

Aims & Outcomes:

For participants to discuss and visually explore the nature of seeing like a camera
For participants to conduct in depth research on the work of Justin Quinnell and apply these ideas to thier practice.
For participants to expereince the nature of darkroom processing
For participants to understand how to scan and inverse images using Photoshop
Participant Take Away Outcome: A pinhole camera and least 4 pinhole photographs

Research: The work of Justin Quinnell:

Justin Quinnell (2014) from pinholephotography.org

You will need:

1 x 500ml Aluminium can per participant
A Can Opener
Black Duct Tape
Black Card
Black insulation / Electricians Tape
Scissors
Pins
5 x 7 inch Ilford Multigrade Paper
A Darkroom / Darkroom chemicals
*if you are working off-campus you will need a light tight room, chemicals, trays and red lights
An introductory brief & Presentation (below) for participants to outline the ideas and provide examples
A booked room to critique participants work
Blue tack to pin the work
* Access to Scanners, Printers etc if you are planning on inversing and printing the work
Costings and Risk Assessments

presentation ideas: Down the Rabbit (pin)hole:

Preparation Work:

Make sure you have all of the required materials.
Make sure you have booked the darkrooms if you are working on campus.
Have some 5×7 Pinhole work ready in a box to demonstrate development
If you are printing digitally in the Photo Lab – make sure they know when these images will be sent and when you need them back by.

Suggested Session Outline:

Ask participants what they think the characteristics of photography are. (e.g. light, time, fixed, reproduction) Are these specific to certain ‘types’ of photograph? Is the word ‘photographies’ more appropriate?
Deliver presentation / brief and encourage discussion and debate
Show Pinhole camera
In small groups – make Pinhole Camera
Break
Have some 5×7 Pinhole sheets ready to demonstrate development
Darkroom Induction
Explore Pinhole cameras / develop
*Scan and inverse Pinhole work into positives. Print analogue or digital.
Critique and give feedback with the group

Brought to Light

Tag: Justin Quinnell

The 12 Days of Christmas