Activity 5.1: Controversial image

Find an image from industry that has sparked controversy and discuss the reasons driving the response.

Activity 5.2: Photo essay ethics

Consider and prepare for the ethical considerations applicable to your photo essay shots.

Activity 5.1: Controversial image

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has always been controversial from it’s beginnings in 1978 on the Day of International Gay Solidarity, 24 June 1978. The Gay Solidarity Group, following a morning protest march and a public meeting. At 10pm that night, people began to assemble at Taylor Square, with the crowd surrounding a flatbed truck with a sound system playing Meg Christian’s Ode to a Gym Teacher and Tom Robinson’s Glad to be Gay as they set off down Oxford Street to Hyde Park. The picture above as featured in The Guardian newspaper was particularly concerned with AIDS remembrance with Paraders wearing nothing but Red Ribbons.

Activity 5.2: Photo essay ethics

Ethically with mine there will be nothing sexual even though it’s about sexuality essentially as my daughter is A) 13 almost 14 and B) it’s not exploitative it’s documenting her life.

We’ve gone over this extensively and discussed the images were both comfortable in crowd situations/street events and in studio also any shots in hospital will not feature faces of medical staff or include other patients for privacy and ethical reasons unless their parent/guardian consents and signs release, but i am not comfortable about featuring minors in hospital for any reason other than my own child who is on board with the project

Activity 2.1: Photo essay aesthetic

Find and share an aesthetic style example for your photo essay. What do you like about this style?

Activity 2.2: Photo essay subject research

Find and share a photo story from industry created on a subject similar to yours. Discuss the style/success of the approach used.

Activity 2.3: Process blog

Post the results from the above activities, along with a brief summary of what you’ve learned and any challenges you faced in Module 2: How to find and build a story, on your process blog. When completed, post a link to your blog on the Discussion Forum on the Blackboard LMS portal.

Activity 2.1: Photo essay aesthetic

I’ve been trawling the web for layouts and ideas that appeal to me. I really liked some work i found on Pinterest called Finding Friendship https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/843299098961152628/ as pictured below, the asthetic appeals to me and relates in that it’s a child’s day/life and my photo essay is about my daughter. With this piece it’s about feeling lonely and wanting friends and joining into play the narrative is simple to understand in the flow of images in the layout.

Activity 2.2: Photo essay subject research

There’s a wealth of photo essays on pride and Gay family’s on the world wide web.

I found some great ones including :-

https://prezi.com/p/6pr6ahao7bqb/photo-essay-lgbtq-rights/

it’s quite interactive every time you click the arrow it takes you to a different plot point and opens a photo and then another captioned one, not the visual style i was going for but engaging none the less.

For this part of the exercise and just in my general research over the last few months I’ve fallen in love with this site:-

https://www.gayswithkids.com/top-gay-dad-photo-essays-2018-2623322476.html

it’s a family aesthetic but geared very strongly towards Gay Dads. The kids are just adorable.

Activity 2.3: Reflections

There’s some brilliant work out there and i often find my self looking at pictures and not doing my work While I’m still attached to NAT GEO at this point I’m researching other online publications that may be interested in my essay.