Researching Earth Hour March 10, 2009
Posted by Leonard Low in Assignment, Contains Images.Tags: artwork, earth hour, ideas, reserach, shepard fairey
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Spent a good few hours on the Web to see what kinds of things other people have done for Earth Hour. The Earth Hour site itself is pretty good, and has links to lots of promotional images that are available under Creative Commons. These are dominated by artworks designed by the guy who created Barack Obama’s portrait for the 2008 US elections, Shepard Fairey, with the theme “Vote Earth”. I found some of his postcards in the CIT Canteen today and will bring them to class to share on Thursday. This is the artwork on the front of the postcards:
The back of the postcards reads:
Earth Hour
At 8.30pm on Saturday, March 28 2009, millions of people in hundreds of cities around the world will switch off their lights for 1 hour as part of Earth Hour 2009. We need you to be part of this important event. Together, our small actions will represent a global vote for action on climate change.
A bio on the artist follows.
Thoughts on the brief March 9, 2009
Posted by Leonard Low in Assignment, Contains Images.Tags: Assignment, assignment 2, ideas
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The brief is really very open and will allow all of us to do our work however we want to. I’m interested mostly in underwater, low-light, action (dance), and portrait photography, so I should submit a proposal that appeals to one or more of my natural inclinations.
Underwater photography is pretty much out. Although that would make for some stunning, original shots, and an outstanding assignment, it’s getting too cold to go scuba diving any more this season… not to mention the expense and risk of getting an underwater casing for the new camera!!!
Perhaps it would be interesting to try using dancers to portray Earth Hour themes, and capture it on film? Or else doing some portraits and using this assignment as a way of improving my skills in that particular area.
