Personal Narrative

Our society is made up of many different cultures, subcultures, and lifestyles.
We all have aspects of our lives that others might not be aware of.
For this project you are to document some aspect of your life and the part of society you connect with in the form of a photo essay.

You will share your special insight to this part of your life and our culture.

You should be familiar with your subject and have the accessibility to photograph your subject in depth and repeatedly.
This is a project about investigation and social awareness.
You are the cultural observer, recorder, documenting an aspect of our society.

You will shoot multiple sessions using at least two rolls of film.
You will produce a series of at least 4 images that should be viewed in sequence.
You will create an artist statement for this work.

The images may or may not have text related to them for the viewer.

Consider sequence, flow and unity of design and content to strengthen your series.

Steps for completion of this assignment:

1) Consider your options and opportunities and create a written proposal.
Consult with the instructor to make sure this project will work for the class.

2) Shoot your first roll (s), contact print, evaluate.

4) Consult with instructor to develop strategies for completion.
You must have the first attempts evaluated before shooting the followup.

5) Shoot more film

6) Produce at least 4 half sheet prints for presentation.

7) Prepare an artist statement and title for the series.
Statement must be printed out AND e-mailed to photo@properproof.com

Identify your work! You must identify the sequence of the images and provide your written narration and contact sheets.